Quincy Douby declared Early Entry for NBA!

Opportunity for Rockets to rock in the 2nd round!

 

I have watched a bunch of Douby's game. IMHO, he should be better than Kerr in a lot of aspects and he is clutchy!
NBA Comparison: Steve Kerr

Strengths: Lights out 3 point shooter with excellent range ... One of the top scorers on the college level (top scorer in the Big East conference as a junior at 24 ppg) ... Has a great feel for the offensive game ... Effortless release on his shot ... Excellent free throw shooter ... His game has shown steady improvement ... Has gotten stronger body wise but still lacks bulk and body strength ... Has become adept at anticipating passes and making steals ... Very streaky shooter, when he gets hot he is deadly ... Proved in his sophomore year that he has the ability to protect the ball and be a distributor (as his 2/1 A/TO ratio shows) ... Has a good ability to create shots for himself with deft ball handling ability ...

Weaknesses: Lacks an NBA body, his frame wont allow him to put on much weight ... Not a true point guard, so he is a small 2 guard ... Will be limited to being a scoring role player in the NBA ... He'll be a defensive liability on the next level due to his size and strength ... Not a great passer, but decent ... Not an explosive athlete but has good quickness ... A bit one dimensional has a hard time contributing when he's not scoring ...

 

Big Ben went to Virginia Union

 

Exactly, what we need is a shooter, a pure shooter, not the entire Rutgers team.

 

Just checked draftexpress.com and douby is listed at 19 of 1st round
http://draftexpress.com/mock.php?y=2006
I just hope he can drop to the second round and get drafted by Rockets.

 

Some key sentences:
1) hitting an impressive 39% of his shots from behind the arc (over 8.5 attempts per game) despite getting no more than a handful of open looks
2)Being almost the only legit scoring threat on his team, he has regularly seen double and triple teams as soon as he passes the half-court line throughout the course of the Big East conference slate
3)Like many New York City point guards, Douby plays the game with a passion that just can not be taught.
4)he was better against top competition than he was against the fairly easy non-conference schedule his team played. In the Big East he averaged 27 points per game, 6 points more than his closest competitor Randy Foye, to go along with 3.7 assists per game and 40% shooting from behind the arc in over 38 minutes per game.

At 6-3, Douby has excellent size for the point guard position, although his frame is very lean. He has good quickness in the open floor along with the first step to get by almost anyone at the college level. While not being a freak in the mold of a Rudy Gay or Rajon Rondo or, his basic physical characteristics combined with his outstanding skills with the ball in his hands mean that athleticism will never be an issue in whether or not Douby makes it in the NBA.

Offensively, Douby is a pure scorer who already has nearly the entire package down pat after just a few seasons of playing organized basketball. His offensive game is extremely advanced and polished at this point, and he¿s prone to erupt at any moment for a huge amount of points in a very short amount of time.

Douby is first and foremost an outstanding shooter, hitting an impressive 39% of his shots from behind the arc (over 8.5 attempts per game) despite getting no more than a handful of open looks (if that) all season long. Being almost the only legit scoring threat on his team, he has regularly seen double and triple teams as soon as he passes the half-court line throughout the course of the Big East conference slate. Douby has range out to the NBA 3-point line, an extremely quick release, and just as much ability to knock down shots off the dribble as he does from static positions. His footwork is outstanding as is his body control, and he elevates nicely off the floor to get a high release point on his very smooth shot.

From mid-range or behind the 3-point line, once Douby has made some space for himself he can step back with a sharp crossover to take a quick jump-shot off the dribble, clearly an NBA caliber move. He takes and makes plenty of contested shots of this sort, and shows little to no conscious in deciding to pull the trigger from anywhere on the court, for better or for worse.

What makes his outside shot so lethal is the fact that Douby is also a terrific slasher. He is an outstanding ball-handler who is capable of taking his man in any direction he pleases with his herky-jerky style of play. He takes the ball to the hoop fearlessly with little regard for what¿s in front of him, using outstanding footwork to create his own shot on the perimeter and all the moves in the book to make space for himself. Douby has a wide array of hesitation moves he can go to, being able to change gears in the blink of an eye and just blow right by his man to get to the hoop. Once he¿s there, he finishes well either with the layup high off the glass or with a creative arsenal of runners, floaters, tear-drops, or even a crafty hook shot. If the lane is even mildly open, though, Douby will not hesitate to take the ball strong all the way to the goal and finish with authority. Douby goes to the free throw line over 5.5 times a game, showing you not only how fearless he is slashing to the hoop, but also how well he mixes up his slashing game with his outside shooting. Once he¿s there, he knocks down over 85% of his free throws.

As a passer, Douby shows sparks of excellence at times. As the season has progressed he¿s learned to trust his teammates more and more, and in return has delivered some very well rounded performances where he moved the ball around crisply and unselfishly. He has a good feel for the game and has shown the court vision to find the open man this year. Logging heavy minutes at the point in his sophomore year, Douby put up a very nice 2/1 assist to turnover ratio, although this does not tell the entire story about the way he played.

Defensively, Douby is surprisingly both willing and able to get in front of his man and do whatever he can to lock him up. He gets in an aggressive stance and uses his size, length, quickness and footwork well to stay in front of his matchup, showing excellent hands to get in the passing lanes. He takes a lot of pride in this part of his game, which is rare for an unequivocal star who needs to expend so much energy on the offensive end of the floor for his team to stand any chance.

Like many New York City point guards, Douby plays the game with a passion that just can not be taught. He is extremely competitive and confident in his skills, playing with an unapologetic no-nonsense swagger that you have to respect.

As a player that has only been playing organized basketball since his junior year of high school, Douby has shown massive improvement from year to year and even from game to game and still appears to have a big upside to continue to improve. Unlike most players who put up huge numbers early on in the year and then leveled off as the competition stiffened, Douby was only average by his standards against poor competition and at his absolute best against the top teams and players he faced.

Despite being 6-3, Douby¿s more natural position in the NBA in terms of his skills and approach to the game would likely be shooting guard. Although he¿s not a selfish player, it¿s clear that Douby would much rather be scoring and creating for himself off the dribble instead of having to run a half-court offense and getting all his teammates involved. He was much more effective as a shooting guard his junior year than as a point guard as a sophomore, but this has just as much to do with the way he improved from one year to the next.

Douby is a very dominant offensive player who appears to need the ball in his hands excessively to be most effective, since almost everything he does here comes off the dribble. It¿s hard to evaluate him too seriously in the system he played at at Rutgers because of the talent gap between him and his teammates and the role he was forced to play to give his team any chance to win in the murderers row known as the Big East, but there were many concerning signs at various points of the season here. He has a tendency to over-dribble the ball excessively, killing the ball-movement of his team, forcing the issue and being fairly turnover prone because of the sheer volume of shots he is forced to create every game. His shot-selection can be questionable at times, taking tough, contested shots early in possessions

His body language in the context of his team¿s offense can be very questionable at times, especially last season and early on this year. When his teammates wouldn¿t pass him the ball and clear out the floor for him he would sometimes clap his hands incessantly at them and demand the ball, or get frustrated when things don¿t go his way. In his sophomore year this was especially evident, as Rutgers¿ entire team seemed to have little chemistry and players (including Douby) were either leaving the program or heavily considering doing so. You would see Douby moping up and down the court with a scowl on his face, and there were constant rumors of problems he had with the Rutgers coaching staff. As a player that has only been playing in an organized team setting for a few years, there is still going through a maturation process that most players face early in on their career playing alongside equally talented players alongside them. Douby never got that as he never even played AAU basketball as a high school player.

Douby¿s frame is fairly frail at only 175 pounds. He is as tough as they come, but will still take a beating in the NBA with his style of play especially. He has problems fighting through screens because of this, and will need to adapt his style of play a bit to be able to stay healthy and on the floor. His in-between game shows great promise, but he¿ll have to continue to work on his pull-up jump shot from mid-range since that will likely be a key part of his arsenal at the next level.

Although it¿s hard to blame him for this considering Rutgers¿ fairly mediocre history, Douby did not win many games at the NCAA level in any of his 3 seasons.

Douby plays in the best conference in America, the Big East.

As a freshman he made an immediate impact coming off the bench initially for Rutgers, and then blossomed late in the season when he was inserted into the starting lineup, ending up averaging 12.5 points, and 2 assists in 25 minutes per game, and shooting 43% from behind the arc on a large number of attempts. Douby helped his team reach the finals of the NIT tournament, scoring 35 points in the semifinals against Curtis Stinson and Iowa State.

As a sophomore on the court and off the court problems plagued the entire team, and Douby had a fairly disappointing season compared with what was expected of him with the way he finished off his freshman year. Rutgers finished 10-19 for the year, and Douby shot just 39% from the field and 34% from behind the arc, averaging 15 points and 3.5 assists per game.

As a junior, Douby established himself as one of the top shooting guards in the entire country, leading the Big East in scoring at over 25 points per game, shooting an excellent percentage from both the field (45.5%) and behind the arc (39%) despite being one of the most closely guarded and physically abused players in the nation. He saw double and triple teams numerous times every time he stepped out on the floor, but still found a way to score his points as well as help Rutgers to a surprising 18-13 record for the year, as well as a berth in the Big East conference tournament where he helped his team upset Seton Hall in the first round. As mentioned already, he was better against top competition than he was against the fairly easy non-conference schedule his team played. In the Big East he averaged 27 points per game, 6 points more than his closest competitor Randy Foye, to go along with 3.7 assists per game and 40% shooting from behind the arc in over 38 minutes per game.

The way he looks right now, Douby looks like your classic sparkplug backup guard to bring off the bench, keep the defense honest with his perimeter stroke, erupt for points and do a good job defending the opposing team¿s backup point guard. He could very well not be done developing as a player, though, so it¿s not out of the question to see him develop his point guard skills and maybe even become a starter for the team that drafts him. He¿s not the type of player every coach or GM will fall in love with, but he will have more than his fair share of fans because of his high skill level and aggressive style of play.

 

so what?
Yao= rik smits too.
Actually, that's why I said Douby should be better than kerr.