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Message: [QUOTE="Fly Rodder, post: 2510572, member: 2133"] [I]Moneyball[/I] is old news nowadays, but one of the key things was that teams would virtually ignore prospects that didn't look like a ballplayer (e.g., they were too fat or too short or not "whippy" enough). Syracuse more often than not recruits players that look like NBA basketball players: long and lean with great height for the position, but they're not necessarily good basketball players. Of course every coach would love to NBA bodies with NBA skills, but there's a reason there's only a handful of them every year and invariably they go to UK or Duke, or Kansas. Because JAB is a system-orientated coach, IMO he prefers to teach his system to the players with the right body and hope they can develop some basketball skill. However, when they do, they're usually gone to the NBA ASAP. But sometimes, I'd love to get some kids who have the skillset even if they're just a 6'7" PF for four years. [/QUOTE]