Marreesse Speights vs. Chris Richards

shanksta13 · 06-27-2008, 02:33 AM

I thought about all the Gator big men that have gone to the NBA in the past 2 years and I got to thinking. Speights was taken in the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft, but if I was picking I would have taken Chris Richards over him. Richards was the Gators 6th man in the 2007 National Championship season and was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft. So I pose the question... who is the better big man?

**gatorunvrsty** · 06-27-2008, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by shanksta13

I thought about all the Gator big men that have gone to the NBA in the past 2 years and I got to thinking. Speights was taken in the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft, but if I was picking I would have taken Chris Richards over him. Richards was the Gators 6th man in the 2007 National Championship season and was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft. So I pose the question... who is the better big man?

I said Speights, because I feel like he WILL be the better big man eventually. I think he has a higher ceiling than Richard, and would have shown it with a little more development with BD. He'll still get the improvement... it'll just have to come in the NBA now. Richard just doesn't have the touch, shots, and moves Speights already has. If Speights could just play with as much heart as Richard, he'd be a real force.