Post by Portland on May 1, 2015 9:23:32 GMT -6
wanted to try my hand at one of these:
Name: Alaa Abdelnaby
Position: Power Forward
Number: 30
DOB:June 24, 1968
Age when drafted: 22
College:Duke
Hometown: Bloomfield, New Jersey
Height:6’10”
Weight:240
Alaa Abdelnaby was born in Egypt and his family moved to New Jersey when he was two where became a McDonald’s All-American. He played his college ball at Duke University where he had a solid career which looked like it would translate well to the pro game but ultimately didn’t. The team won back-to-back titles the year after he graduated. Alaa was selected 25th in the 1990 draft by the Portland Trailblazers. He became the first player of Egyptian decent to play in the NBA. The Blazers were first stop in a five-season journeyman career that he eventually led him to Europe and the CBA. He now works as a college basketball TV analyst where his performance is mostly as lackluster as his playing career was.
STRENGTHS: Alaa was the type of mobile big that Blazers tended to stockpile in that era. He had good but not great quicks and was active on the offensive glass. His shooting touch around the basket was acceptable at best.
WEAKNESSES: Abdelnaby had bad handles and fouled a lot. He took too many shots for a guy whose offensive abilities were only average; he got too much of the ball on teams that had better shooters available. Defensively his athleticism didn’t translate to steals, blocks, or defending the perimeter –basically he was a lazy defender who lapsed into occasional flashes of competence. Despite being a product of the Krzyzewski system his basketball IQ wasn’t impressive and lack of consistency probably had as much to do with his short career as any other part of his game. He was known as a flake and a Jailblazer in good standing thanks to his off-court mishaps (though like his on-court exploits there was nothing particularly juicy about his frequent brushes with authority.) His career PER of 13.0 pretty much says it all.
1-5 ratings for each category:
Ins 3.0
Jps 2.5
Fts 3.5
3Ps 1.0
Hnd 1.5
Pas 2.0
ORb 3.5
DRb 3.0
PsD 3.0
PrD 1.5
Stl 1.5
Blk 2.0
Qck 3.5
Str 4.0
Jmp 3.5
Sta 4.0
Name: Alaa Abdelnaby
Position: Power Forward
Number: 30
DOB:June 24, 1968
Age when drafted: 22
College:Duke
Hometown: Bloomfield, New Jersey
Height:6’10”
Weight:240
Alaa Abdelnaby was born in Egypt and his family moved to New Jersey when he was two where became a McDonald’s All-American. He played his college ball at Duke University where he had a solid career which looked like it would translate well to the pro game but ultimately didn’t. The team won back-to-back titles the year after he graduated. Alaa was selected 25th in the 1990 draft by the Portland Trailblazers. He became the first player of Egyptian decent to play in the NBA. The Blazers were first stop in a five-season journeyman career that he eventually led him to Europe and the CBA. He now works as a college basketball TV analyst where his performance is mostly as lackluster as his playing career was.
STRENGTHS: Alaa was the type of mobile big that Blazers tended to stockpile in that era. He had good but not great quicks and was active on the offensive glass. His shooting touch around the basket was acceptable at best.
WEAKNESSES: Abdelnaby had bad handles and fouled a lot. He took too many shots for a guy whose offensive abilities were only average; he got too much of the ball on teams that had better shooters available. Defensively his athleticism didn’t translate to steals, blocks, or defending the perimeter –basically he was a lazy defender who lapsed into occasional flashes of competence. Despite being a product of the Krzyzewski system his basketball IQ wasn’t impressive and lack of consistency probably had as much to do with his short career as any other part of his game. He was known as a flake and a Jailblazer in good standing thanks to his off-court mishaps (though like his on-court exploits there was nothing particularly juicy about his frequent brushes with authority.) His career PER of 13.0 pretty much says it all.
1-5 ratings for each category:
Ins 3.0
Jps 2.5
Fts 3.5
3Ps 1.0
Hnd 1.5
Pas 2.0
ORb 3.5
DRb 3.0
PsD 3.0
PrD 1.5
Stl 1.5
Blk 2.0
Qck 3.5
Str 4.0
Jmp 3.5
Sta 4.0
