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[QUOTE="caw, post: 190391, member: 1764"]
From an outsiders prospective.  Fab could definitely be drafted in the first round this year.  He has a good amount of potential still and looks like he has some great stuff to work with.  He has some flaws which wouldn't be as big a deal if he were 18 but at 22ish, it doesn't help.
 
I think he could end up like Tyson Chandler type player on the right team and with the right coach and PG.
 
Fab has shown to be a defensive force and a solid rebounder.  He has shown he can finish at the rim and has solid shooting mechanics.
 
I haven't seen much of a face-up or post-up game from him at all.  Most of his game is dunking putbacks or dunking easy passes.  I'm not denigrating him, just stating what I have seen.  If he shows he can do either of those (post/face up) then he would likely be a lottery pick.  He had a good game shooting against UConn and his 3 jumpers against UConn looked good, but with such a small number made of that nature this season, it seems a bit fluky.  This doesn't make it a negative, but I don't think it's something you point to and say, "he will hit the 18 footer in the NBA".  It's a positive he has good shooting mechanics though.
 
His playing the zone is a bit of a concern because zone defenders stats (blocks esp.) can be skewed quite a bit.  The plus is that the NBA is playing more zone now than ever before (though in a different way than at Cuse).  A second thing that would concern me is his foul trouble.  He gets in a lot of foul trouble and plays limited minutes which may be masking his flaws.
 
He also gets up and down the court well for a 7 footer, maybe not as fast as Anthony Davis or Drummond but pretty fast.  Most importantly, he doesn't walk/move like an old man (Oden/Thabeet).
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