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Message: [QUOTE="Coach Orange, post: 2051820, member: 2260"] Hey, Tom! Truthfully, I don't think either player is ideal for the NBA. White wasn't a horrible man-to-man defender at Nebraska, though I wouldn't say he was the second coming of Jordan. Still, his lack of speed and lateral quickness will hurt him at the next level. Additionally, White's lack of handle will limit his NBA upside, but his shooting will give him a chance to make a roster. However, the truth is that he would already be in the league if he was a real prospect. Bacon is younger, so he would get bumped in NBA mock drafts because of his potential upside. He hasn't looked great to me against the better talent in terms of his fundamental skills. Scoring matters, and it is no doubt Bacon's best skill. The game is more than just that, though. He scored 18 against UNC (who is not an elite defense), but did very little else. He had an average shooting game with few rebounds, assists, steals, etc. He had two boards, one steal, one block, and three turnovers. To his credit, he scored 26 of his 29 points against Virginia on the road in the second half. Again, he didn't really do much else, though: one board, two steals, one turnover, no assists. He hit a couple of midrange jumpers yesterday, but really never found a groove against us. He secured four rebounds, but had no assists, no steals, no blocks, and two turnovers. As a guard (not the point guard, but still a guy with the ball in his hands quite a bit), he turns it over more than he provides assists. I'm not sure he's truly much more than an average to above average defender, either, though I admittedly would have to study him more closely to make a full judgment. In the end, he is a very good scorer in college that does little else to help a team at this point. If he's not an elite athlete at this level, he will struggle to score in the NBA the way he does in college. NBA gms will have to decide what else he might bring to their teams. Neither White nor Bacon is an elite athlete. You may be correct; Bacon may be better athletically than White. Lots of players in the P6 conferences are. Is he so much better that he makes Florida St. a better team than White would if they switched teams? Probably marginally at best given that he averages one point more a game. That said, White is a more effective offensive player based on effective FG%. They're both good college scorers, but neither is a fundamentally well-rounded, athletic game-changer. [/QUOTE]

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