Kenny George: NBA Draft Prospect
January 11, 2008 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under NBA Draft Prospects
After finally getting healthy and fit enough to log a decent amount of minutes, Kenny George has emerged as a legit basketball prospect. George, who attends the University of North Carolina at Ashville, is in fact a rather big prospect – literally.
Standing 7-foot-7 and weighting 360 pounds, George is a behemoth of a basketball player. He’s leading the nation in shot blocking and offensively he’s capable of dunking the ball without jumping.
While he’s a longshot to ever see an NBA court due to his lack of speed, he’s definitely going to be scouted heavily by the NBA to see if he could be used as a defensive specialist.
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He is the greatest seven foot plus big man offensively in years. Great hands and can shoot the basketball. He can blocks shots with either hand and will be a first rounder in the NBA draft…The question is should he come out this year or wait until next…He’s better than Hibbert from GTown now?….We’ll see…
-Kenny george is a very soft,brittle player
-Shows no heart
-Not NBA shape
Positives
-Good Touch
-Free Throws…No Problem
-Good Hook Shot
-7′7 360
Kenny George would definitley be a huge factor for NBA franchises. If he could improve his speed and agility more. That’s his only problem. Offensively and defensively, he is satisfactory. He has big heart and great passion for the game of basketball. But to be true, he’ll be in the late first round or early 2nd round of NBA draft. NBA would definitely make him a better player
KENNY GEORGE IS GONNA BE A THREAT IN THE NBA! he is slow and needs to work on some things but overall he will be a force in the nba better then YAO,MANUTE,MING MING,HAKEEM,WALTON I Doubt he will be able to stay in the league long because of his size and injurys for Big Men but short term he will have a great carrer!! and once he’s done he will be a movie star!!! i think No One Will Ever Be Like Shaq was but… Only time will tell if Kenny George will get that Killer I Wanna get better additude!! I WOULD LOVE 2 SEE HIM BE THE BEST BIG MAN EVER But… i dont see it happening
but overall i agree with everyone on here. I Think Early 1st round like 7th or 8th pick someone will take a chance on the big fella!!! look at Yi he sucks but they took a chance with him thinkin he might be the next big thing. well thats all i hafta say I WOULD LOVE 2 SEE HIM JOIN THE CELTICS COME DRAFT DAY IF HE FALLS !! TOP US OFF FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MORE YEARS! IMAGEN GARNETT,ALLEN,PIERCE,CASSELL,RONDO AND KENNY GEORGE OH MY LORD NBA WOULDNT BE THE SAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thatz all i hafta Say JAMEZ FROM MAINE ~
I’m a great fan of Kenny George. I guess he has few weaknesses just like any nba prospects. As time goes on he’ll develope his skills and he’ll be a great star.So far he has shown his potential while playing for UNC- asheville.
I think his chances of being drafted in the NBA are high as long as he can keep his knee problems at bay (which is very difficult). But even if he makes it to the NBA I doubt he would make much of an impact given how little PT he would get from his lack of stamina and constant injuries. A good defensive specialist he might become but the 24 s clock would be a serious problem for him.