EvenMoney’s NBA Draft 2011 – Top 10 Power Forwards, #4

 #4 – Gary Flowers

Gary Flowers is this draft’s small basketball school PF who is going to shock in the NBA. Flowers possesses the all-around offensive skills of a Small Forward and the rebounding and defensive acumen of an undersized PF.

We see Flowers as a guy who might get picked late in the second round or become a free agent camp invite for a team. That is when and where he will surprise people with his nearly Five-Tool skill set: three-pointer, rebounding, steals and blocks. The only thing currently lacking is the ability to consistently create scoring opportunities for other players.

Still not convinced? Ponder the stats below and press play!

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PF	Gary Flowers
	BPM		PCM	DIR	TPA
Rank	24.33	35.00		27.00	3.00

Out of 138 players:

·        Gary Flowers would be a first round pick in 3 of the 4 metrics, but might be a late second round pick.

·        His lack of size at PF will push him to a tweener roler.

·        The small school, some-what lower first tier, second tier conference is the other knock.

·        Considered as a whole (BPM), as well as for each specialty (PCM for Production; DIR for Defense; and TPA (Talent/Skill-set).