I'm surprised his making an NBA team hasn't been discussed much....first i knew was glancing through some box scores last night.
Looking at some of his stat's for preseason....they don't look half bad.
I think it's because of where he landed. Also, recent ISU NBA players haven't had the most excitement.
Fizer was THE MAN here, and he left the NBA and is playing overseas.
Tinsley was THE MAN here, and he's still in the NBA, but he's not popular. Larry Bird hates him, and so do most Pacer fans.
Hoiberg was THE MAN here, and he ended up being a role player, who's career was saved by the T-Wolves but he had to retire early due to heart problems.
Hornacek was THE MAN here, and had a good NBA career, but he's been retired for a while.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that recent guys who we thought were REALLY good, ended up not having all that exciting of careers.
I think people here are generally happy about Mike Taylor, but the NBA doesn't use a lot of depth, and he went towards the end of the 2nd round. We've had better talent in the past that we'd probably assume would do more, yet ended up not.
I think most scouts believe that he's probably an overseas player as well, but perhaps he will improve and stay here. Time will only tell.
He's just reminding me of Will Blalock (minus all the medical stuff) Will went in the 2nd round, got minimal playing time (I think something like 14-15 games), but ultimatley ended up playing in the D-League.
I hope it works out for Mike and it was cool to see him playing, but I'm just not as pumped about it... I'm sorry.
