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Gerald Henderson: NBA Draft Profile
January 13th, 2009
by Jeff Fox
Gerald Henderson
College: Duke
Class: Junior
Position: SG
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 215lbs
Accolades: McDonald’s All-American - high school (06), Second Team Parade All-American - high school (05).
Scouting Report: An experienced, athletic shooting guard.
Strengths: Very athletic. Strong defender. Quick player. Good mid-range shooter. Good at slashing to the hoop. Good genes - dad played 13 seasons in the NBA. Strong physique. Explosive leaper - attacks the rim. Long wingspan. Very experienced - played for one of the top coaches in the world in one of the top conferences in college. Strong physique. Tough player. Showed ability to be a clutch player in last season’s NCAA tournament. Good shot blocker for a wing player - led Duke in blocks his sophomore year. Solid rebounder for a guard. Has three-point range.
Weaknesses: Will be undersized for the NBA. Very inconsistent. Never been a big-time scorer in college. Never proved he could be “the man” for Duke. Mediocre free throw shooter (much improved his junior year though). A decent ball-handler but it still needs more work. Needs to become more of a long-range threat - doesn’t hit too many threes.
Projected 2009 Draft Range: Mid to late first round pick.
Consensus: Despite having a solid collegiate career, Gerald Henderson has to be considered a bit of a disappointment. However, he has all the tools you’d want in a NBA prospect and with some more development of his game he should stay employed in the League for years to come.
Stats:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31708
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Gerald Henderson
Submitted by TJ (not verified) on Fri, 2009-04-17 08:27.
I believe "G" as we call him should stay, if he thinks of everything that Duke stands for and he could be a large part of something bigger than himself. He stays!!! Duke is a special place and i cant see him walking away from that! He can only improve his status and someday hang in the rafters as one of the best to play at Duke.
Welome to the Phx Suns.
Submitted by NBA (not verified) on Tue, 2009-04-21 13:33.
Welome to the Phx Suns.
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About Jeff Fox
Columnist
NBA Draft & International Hoops
Contact
foxyjj@sympatico.ca
Background
Jeff Fox is a freelance journalist based an hour outside of Toronto, Canada. While attending University of Waterloo (Canada) earning a B.A. in Economics and Management Studies, Jeff managed to walk onto the school’s varsity basketball team, the Warriors, for 2 seasons. His final year riding the pine for the Warriors saw the team make it to the CIS (Canada’s NCAA equivalent) Final 8 tournament. In addition to this site, he is a regular contributor to SLAM magzine (& online) and The Hoops Manifesto. When he isn’t planted in front of his computer he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Lisa, his son, Adam and his dog Jeannie.
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Toronto, CA
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Gerald Henderson
You need to update your evaluation of Henderson. He proved he can be "the man" the last half of this past season, and he will only get better. Oh well, just as well you don't have an accurate evaluation. Increases my hopes he will stay at Duke for his Senior season. Good for Duke and good for Gerald's evaluation when he piles up the numbers next season.