Hansbourgh Will Emerge

by Tnert on Jul 3, 2009 1:59 PM EDT

Tyler will become a great player.

I think Larry Bird made a great choice by selecting Tyler Hansbourgh & A.J Price. Hansbourgh is a proven scorer, rebounder, and workhorse. He not a good shooter, but neither was Granger. He has the Highest Basketball I.Q in the draft, plus he won the tittle over taller more atheletic teams without TY Lawson for some games. With his heart and workethic I'm sure he will develope a strong outside game and look for him to improve defensively. not to mention, he lead the ACC in points (THE BEST conference in college) without a jumper. He will surpass Blake Griffith in the N.B.A The next Larry Bird.

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there was and will only be one Larry Bird. Hansbrough will be very good for a longtime in the NBA. Hall of fame? time will tell, I don’t believe so, but he will be valuable nonetheless.

by jetsandrew on Jul 3, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions

Give me Griffin any day.

I would guess if Blake had anywhere near UNC’s talent around him in his 2 years of college he wins 2 titles. He kills TH in every other way also. As long as he is healthy he will be a 25 and 12 type, something TH will never be.

Also the Big East was a better conference last season. No Doubt.

by kennythered on Jul 3, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

With all this said

I hope your right about Tyler and people are saying Larry who

by kennythered on Jul 3, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions

look at tyler in the summer league ,need i say more

by villian on Jul 11, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions

comparing hansbrough and bird… classic. the only thing they have in common is height and skin color.

if hansbrough ever makes an all star team I think most Pacer’s fans will be estatic. Let him work on being something more than a foster type before we compare him to top 10 nba player sof all time.

by dbcb on Jul 4, 2009 1:15 AM EDT reply actions

Tyler not a good shooter??

hmm, how could he have been acc’s all time leading scorer if he can’t shoot. even if a lot came from free throws, that’s still shootin’, ryt? ^^ and, he is a good shooter. and a great defensive player.

by kookygoddess on Jul 4, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions

people please stop being so negative

he hasn’t even played yet. let’s give him a chance and don’t evaluate him this early.

by kookygoddess on Jul 6, 2009 8:39 AM EDT reply actions

Funny

Tyler is a very good shooter. 40% from 3 as a senior. 40% from 3 over his 4 years in high school. His 12-15 footer dropped 50% of the time at UNC. That 12-15 footer will drop at the same rate in the NBA. He is an 84% FT shooter. The FT line is the same distance in the NBA, so he should be an 80+% FT shooter in the NBA. If he plays decent minutes, he’ll score. Defensive rebounds might be an issue because of Tyler’s inability to leap straight up fom being flat footed.

by DoNotWorry on Jul 6, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

i hope tyler proves the haters wrong. He does have a shit ton to offer the pacers and can be a good player, it will interesting to see him go against guys like howard, and amare. but no way you can compare him to Larry legend. a proven hall of famer.

by gmurdak on Jul 7, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions

so you guys wanna comment about his game now?

by kookygoddess on Jul 8, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

see the summer league case of:

Marco Benelli

judging from the summer league, he was the next chris mullen

by dbcb on Jul 9, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Emerging Rookie!

Tyler Hansbrough has emerged and contrary to the commentary which generated this repsonse, Tyler can shoot. Just ask Roy Hibbert. He was very complementary about Tyler’s ability to shoot. Tyler is not so flashy and will not be seen on many high-light videos. He just possesses all the skills, desire and more importantly, the basketball IQ to WIN.

by academy on Jul 10, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions

i totaly agree!

I tried to tell them that hansbourgh will be good. He won ’t be larry Bird, but bird-like. High iq, tough, hardWORKING! GO TYLER GO!!!

by villian on Jul 11, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah!

based on the posts and comments here i realized that, before the summer league games, not a lot of pacers fans have seen how tyler’s game is like. they only reacted based on what they heard and read from the espn etc. analysts. the main reason they’re knocking him before the draft was because he decided to stay for 4 full years in college. back in 2008 he was the consensus # 1 draft pick guys, until he declared he’ll stay for his senior year in chapel hill. back in his ncaa days he was hated by a lot of the other teams and their fans because he was seen as their main stumbling block. just ask coach k how many gameplans he’s devised to stop this kid, hahaha, eventually leading to the gerald henderson and kyle singler incidents. i really hope indy fans will eventually support him just as the unc fans did. ^^ screw bob kravitz!

by kookygoddess on Jul 12, 2009 12:02 PM EDT reply actions

he was NOT the consensus #1 draft pick if he came out in 2008.

quit making things up

by dbcb on Jul 12, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

woops

"he was NOT the consensus #1 draft pick if he came out in 2008.

quit making things up"

i was talking more about the national player of the year honors and the first round of the draft back in ’08. we all knew derrick rose was the cons #1 draft then. although i must say making things up is not my intention. just gotten some facts mixed up while typing agog. sorry bout that ^^

by kookygoddess on Jul 12, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions