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Originally posted by: Jamisonite
i dont like drafting foriengers(spelling) that high. They are playing agaisnt less quality of players.
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If you are going to draft players according to the quality of opponents they had to face, you've had to pass on LeBron too. Or do you seriously think that the level of high-school-ball is superior to the top European leagues?
Right now Podkolzine is riding the pine (getting about 5 min/g) on a mid-level team in Italy's Lega A - one of the better European leagues. He is awfully clumsy and jumps not high enough to put a newspaper under his shoes. He's nowhere near a Sabonis at his age. He wouldn't help at all at this point. My guess is, that he needs at least 3 more years to develop and when he's somewhere near ready, his built will take its toll and his knees will start to act up.