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Cade/Walt Williams comparables

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Plowman, Jul 13, 2021.

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  1. Plowman

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    A lot of similarities with these two. Not saying Cade will crash and burn..quite the opposite.

    Both with great handles for 6' 8".
    Sweet J
    Court vision/passing
    Solid defense

    While Walt's pro career was a long profitable one, it was rather pedestrian compared to what was expected after his time at Maryland, which culminated with a 27/6/4 season.
    He was 22 when he came out.

    At 19, Cade is poised to become everything and more....
     
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    The Wizard deserves our respect as he was a part of that dark era where we were throwing hands on a regular basis

     
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    Walt Williams averaged 7, 3, and 1 as a freshman
     
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    Kinda. I get alot of Shane Battier from Cunningham.
     
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    If that's the case....STAY AWAY! FAR AWAY!
     
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    Stop the cap. Shane was a soft player that never drove to the basket.
     
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    Rudy moved him to Stretch 4 and he thrived. Yet Rudy didn’t just play him there???
     
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    Shane couldn't handle the ball like Cade...not close to being the scorer/distributor.
     
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    Yeah I don’t see the Battier comp, I see a less athletic TMac, Luka-lite, Grant Hill post injury, Brandon Roy pre-injury type player.
     
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    I'm down with the less athletic TMac comp......That's a good one too.
     
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    This. Comparisons are fun, but we're talking about a different class of prospect here. The Wizard made 2nd team All-ACC as a senior with those big scoring numbers, but Cade was a Naismith finalist as a freshman and went 1st team All-Big XII. Walt was drafted 7th overall at age 22. Cade is 19 and is practically a lock to go No. 1.
     
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    im too young to know who walt williams is
     
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    wow ruffled some feathers. To each his own!

    TMAC???? LOLLL yeah we are way too far away in what we see.
     
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    No feathers ruffled here, my friend. Our perspectives usually align.
     
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    and somehow Cade only dishes/dished two assists more per game when you compare freshman stats in totally different eras. (lets not look at the usage numbers though).

    Battier had a great NBA career and better college career than Cunnigham. Not sure why its a bad thing to be compared to him. Play styles? OKAY!
     
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    You're the coolest 99er by far brudda!
     
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    The Wizard is one of my all-time favorites. Such a stud.
     
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    they called him the Wizard

    because his names start with a W
     
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    Shane wishes he had Cade's guard skills.
     
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    It's just not a good player comp, similar sized wings but their roles will be completely different.

    Cade is scorer and ball handler, that was not Battier.

    But Battier was much more advanced defensively.
     
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