Joey Dorsey: NBA Draft Profile
May 12th, 2008
by Jeff Fox
Joey Dorsey
College: Memphis
Class: Senior
Position: PF/C
Height: 6’9”
Weight: 265lbs
Accolades: Second Team All-Conference USA (08), Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year (08), Conference USA All-Defensive Team (08), Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year (07), Conference USA All-Defensive Team (07), First Team All-Conference USA (07), Conference USA All-Tournament Team (07), Conference USA All-Tournament Team (06), Conference USA All-Freshman Team (05).
Scouting Report: A big, strong, physical defensive force.
Strengths: Big, strong physique. Very physical player. Great defender. Used to guarding opposing team’s best big man. Used to guarding players bigger than him. Very athletic for a big man. Great offensive and defensive rebounder. Great shot blocker. Big game experience. Good at cleaning up the garbage.
Weaknesses: Didn’t play in a BCS conference – didn’t go up against the top competition every game. Questionable attitude. Age – will turn 25 early next NBA season. Probably too short to play center in the NBA. Horrible free throw shooter. No offensive game at all – almost all his scoring comes on garbage points.
Projected 2008 Draft Range: Late first round to mid second round pick.
Consensus: Every NBA team needs a physical, defensive-oriented player like Dorsey so he will definitely get drafted. Whether or not a team can make him into another Ben Wallace, like John Calipari tried to do, is another question.
Stats: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=22285
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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, his work has also appeared in Dime magazine, Inside Sport magazine in Australia, and he is a writer/editor for Canada’s top independent hoops site, Hooplife.ca. When he isn’t planted in front of his computer he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Lisa, his infant son, Adam and his dog Jeannie.
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