7'5" Boban Marjanovic - "I want to play in the NBA."

[Euroleague]

http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/07/featured/107961

MARJANOVIC: “I WANT TO PLAY IN THE NBA”

As he says to Eurohoops.net: “I know about the prospects that exist in Europe, but I want to play in the NBA. I want to wait, and if a good proposition comes from there, I want to try and play in the NBA.”

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Some info on Marjanovic. He is supposedly,

7'3.5" without shoes.
7'5" with shoes.

Has a 7'8" wingspan.

Weighs 296 pounds.

He is 26 years old.

For my personal opinion, he is the best center in the Euroleague.

However, he has a fatal flaw to his game that due to his enormous size, you have to build your entire team around him both in offense and defense, and that means playing very slow, grind it out, half court basketball.

His Euroleague team, Red Star Belgrade, played that way in order to accommodate him. But they were a bad team, because in modern basketball, you just can't play that slow and be successful. Not in the NBA, where the game is becoming faster, and especially the Euroleague, where it has been faster before the NBA started to play that way.

So even though they had the best center in the Euroleague, they were still a bad team. So I'm not sure what kind of an overall impact he can give to a team.

But, for 5-10 minutes at a time, in a half court grind it out setting, in tough playoff basketball, say not against a team like the Warriors, but against a team like the Cavs and Mozgov - this guy could be a huge weapon for someone to have if the coach would use him properly.

Here's some of what he can do on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyHS-oTeAkM

[kennethgriffin]

too soft around the rim

no mobility

no extension

no strength

can only dunk when hes wide open



reminds me of vlade divac without the play making ability or extended range



would only be able to play 25 minutes per game. would be useless in the new nba with the new style/rules/offenses




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[Bandito]

Arroyo is better than Spanoullis and is always owning him everytime they play against, how can he, Spanoullis, be the best player in the Euroleague?

Also why is a center compared to a point guard? Nobody would make that comparison.

[kennethgriffin]

and he looks more around 7-1

[Haymaker]

Notice that he didn't say "I want to play in the Euroleague".

[Bandito]

Holy crap, I just saw an old video of Vasillis actually saying that Arroyo is better than him and is the best player in the euroleague "confirmed". Will put a link later...

[Sakkreth]

and he looks more around 7-1

He would get listed 7'4 or 7'5 in the nba.

[Rooster]

Notice that he didn't say "I want to play in the Euroleague".

He's more suited for minor league actually.

[LAZERUSS]

Oh geez...another Sim Bullar...

How did that work out?

[HylianNightmare]

He's 26 already

[KG215]

Notice that he didn't say "I want to play in the Euroleague".

Makes sense. The NBA is a far, far superior league.

[Knicksfever2010]

In b4 the Knicks waste their 2017 #1 overall lottery pick on him

[LAZERUSS]

In b4 the Knicks waste their 2017 #1 overall lottery pick on him

Classic...

[Euroleague]

This thread is being sent directly to Jeff as proof of harassment and taunting.

He asked to be sent for any when legit news is posted to the forum and trolls ruin it.

[LAZERUSS]

This thread is being sent directly to Jeff as proof of harassment and and taunting.

He asked to be sent for any when legit news is posted to the forum and trolls ruin it.

And you believed him?



Of course, when you FINALLY give us LEGIT news maybe we will be more lenient.