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I really hope Anderson develops his game. Hes only averaging 8pts and 6rebs a game. To be 6'11'' you should be putting together better stats than that especially in Wisconsin. Granted he will be a junior but ive seen him play AAU ball many times and he can barely dunk the ball. He gets dunked on frequently and he is only a short range/back to the basket type of player. He needs to toughen up a lot and get way more aggressive down low for me to feel comfortable with his commitment. I really like his upside and now its just up to him to determine if he wants to be a great center or a poor mans Brian Butch. Dont get me wrong i think that snagging him is a very good thing, i just dont think that RIGHT NOW he is a top 5 nationally ranked recruit.
Your comparing apples and oranges I suspect. He IS a top 5 nationally ranked recruit for his CLASS. Compare him to other sophmore centers and he is the best of the lot, further overall his play in AAU ball is uaully what gets you ranked, hwo you play for your high school has less to do with it than what you do on the AAU curcuit because there you are playing against all kimds of kids from all over the place. The top 5 ranking is legit, as his is size (which you can't teach by the way). So yes RIGHT NOW he is a top 5 national ranked recruit for his CLASS and completely deserves it.
As for a poor man's Brian Butch, that comparison is wrong on so many levels. first of all Butch was 185 lbs when he graduated high school and when he put on weight in college he was never comfortable with his game again because of that weight gain. Evan Anderson already weighs 250 lbs and he's only a sophomore in high school, by the time he gets to college he'll probably weigh between 255 and 270 and will be really put together and will vbe very comfortable at that weight, he'll have no need to gain any weight so his game won;t change. Further Butch was a perimeter player with center height who tried to change himself into a center and never did so completely, whereas Anderson is a back to the basket center. Two completely different players. I'd say this kid is more comparable to Stiemsma than Butch if you insist on making the comparisons
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