George Mason University basketball‘s Cam Long is college basketball’s Rodney Dangerfield; he just gets no respect.
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Mason’s 6’4″ Shooting Guard leads the nationally ranked Patriots in minutes, field goals, points, points per game, while providing the team with the senior leadership they lacked on last season’s 17-15 team. Despite this, Long is currently projected to be drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round, with the 48th overall pick by the respected web site NBA Draft Net.
Are there really 47 players better than Long right now?
NBA Draft Net doesn’t even think so.
They have Long rated even lower, as the 70th overall talent in college basketball. One of the biggest knocks against Long and his 87 (out of 120) overall rating is his size, which seems rather unfair considering the level of talent the NBA has seen over the years from “undersized” players. Don’t believe me? Ask Allen Iverson, Muggsy Bogues and Charles Barkley if their size mattered to their illustrious careers. It seems interesting that a player gets knocked for their height, when they are clearly a consistent performer on the basketball court.
Long’s potential is also rated as a 6 out of an overall 10 possible points. I’m curious as to how this number is reached, considering that the general majority of players that head to the NBA tend to improve their game.
Long is the type of player who wins games for teams. Not just in the NBA, but in every sport. The solid, does his job day in and day out, consistent performer that doesn’t complain?
I’ll take that on my team any day.
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