Kyle Weaver: NBA Draft Profile
May 14th, 2008
by Jeff Fox
Kyle Weaver
College: Washington State
Class: Senior
Position: PG/SG
Height: 6’6”
Weight: 201lbs
Accolades: Honorable Mention All-American – CHN (08), First Team All-Pac-10 (08), Pac-10 All-Defensive Team (08), First Team All-Pac-10 (07).
Scouting Report: A great defender capable of playing either backcourt positions.
Strengths: Versatile – can play either backcourt positions. Great defender. Quick. Very good beating man off the dribble – nice crossover. Good at getting to the hoop and scoring or dishing to teammates. Good wingspan. Good athlete. Fantastic rebounder for a guard. Smart player. Great passer/assist man.
Weaknesses: Thin – needs to get stronger. Bad form on jump shot. Not very explosive. Wasn’t the team’s primary ball handler. Not much of an outside shooter – needs to develop a three-point shot to keep defenders from sagging off him. Inconsistent. Not able to fully show offensive skills in Washington State’s system.
Projected 2008 Draft Range: Early to mid second round pick.
Consensus: While he doesn’t project to be a NBA star, Weaver could turn out to be a very solid pro at both ends of the floor. Definitely would be worth a team using their second round pick on him and seeing if he can develop into a solid bench player at both guard positions.
Stats: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=22493
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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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