Monday, April 1, 2013

2012-13 Jon Rothstein Comparisons

Last year, a random compilation of player comparisons tweeted by friend of the website and college basketball insider Jon Rothstein ended up becoming the most-viewed piece in our four-year history.  How did we capitalize on this success, you might ask? Well, we've been keeping track of Rothstein's analogies once again, because there is just so much (no pun intended) to go around.

With the Final Four set to take place this weekend in Atlanta, we'll set the table for the national semifinals with some of Rothstein's correlations:
Jalen Rose (poor man's version) in Kyle Anderson
Alan Anderson and Alando Tucker in Branden Dawson
Charlie Bell in Keith Appling
Ryan Anderson in Kyle Wiltjer
MarShon Brooks in Archie Goodwin
Dwayne Anderson in James Bell
Ed O'Bannon in C.J. Fair
Chevon Troutman in Ricardo Gathers
Tajuan Porter in Ahmad Starks
Sharaud Curry in Myles Mack
Robert Mitchell in Mike Poole
Terrence Roberts in Derrick Randall
Theo Ratliff in Chris Obekpa
Darren Collison in Phil Greene
Salim Stoudamire (right-handed version) in D'Angelo Harrison
Tyler Smith in Juvonte Reddic
Luis Flores in Mike Rosario
Shawn Marion in Andre Roberson
Toney Douglas in Ian Miller
Loren Woods in C.J. Aiken
Rashad Anderson (mid-major version) in Sean Armand
Lee Humphrey in Brady Heslip
Isaiah Thomas (right-handed version) in Pierre Jackson
Stephen Curry (mid-major version) in Patrick Holloway
Randolph Childress in Isaiah Canaan
Louis Hinnant in Vincent Williams
Gerald Wilkins in Victor Oladipo
Nick Young in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Boris Diaw (2006 version) in Otto Porter
James Harden in Shabazz Muhammad
J.J. Barea (poor man's version) in Angel Rodriguez
Steve Blake (poor man's version) in Will Spradling
Eric Maynor in Trey Burke
Preston Knowles and Keon Lawrence in Briante Weber
Dell Curry in Troy Daniels
Tyrese Rice in Jabarie Hinds
Danny Green in Damion Lee
Reece Gaines in Sean Kilpatrick
Brian Laing in Treveon Graham
Eric Devendorf in Katin Reinhardt
Shelden Williams in Alex Oriakhi
Mike Nardi in Dave Sobolewski
Corey Beck in Tyreek Duren
Derek Raivio in Nik Stauskas
Eddy Curry in Joshua Smith
Denis Clemente in Shane Larkin
Taliek Brown in Trae Golden
Demetris Nichols in James Southerland
J.J. Hickson in C.J. Leslie
Aaron Brooks in Joe Jackson
Mustafa Shakur in Cashmere Wright
Penny Hardaway and Shaun Livingston in Michael Carter-Williams
Sam Cassell in Shabazz Napier 
Marcus Ginyard in Dane Miller
Delonte West (right-handed version) in Mark Lyons
Jeff Foster in Jeff Withey
John Garcia in Freddy Asprilla
Royce White in David Laury
Greivis Vasquez in Nick Johnson
Willie Shaw in Tony Snell
Randy Foye in Langston Galloway
Larry Johnson (pre-back injury) in Anthony Bennett
Andre Barrett in Peyton Siva
Corliss Williamson in Chane Behanan
Alonzo Mourning in Nerlens Noel
Bobby Jackson (poor man's version) in Russ Smith
David Lee (mid-major version) in Tommy Brenton
Quintrell Thomas in Jameel Warney
Khalid El-Amin in Junior Cadougan
Todd Burgan in Xavier Johnson
Ismail Muhammad (Georgia Tech 2004) in D.J. Stephens
Ben Gordon (poor man's version) in Eli Carter
Ryan Wittman in Pat Connaughton
Darrel Mitchell (LSU 2006) in Anthony Collins
Paul Millsap (poor man's version) in Rhamel Brown
Wally Szczerbiak in Doug McDermott
Eric Eberz in Scott Wood
Robert Dozier in Amile Jefferson
Okaro White in Jerami Grant
John Linehan in Aaron Craft
Chris Childs in Eric Atkins
Brian Boddicker in Erik Murphy
Tim Thomas in Alex Poythress
Wes Johnson (poor man's version) in Will Clyburn
Lee Nailon in Deshaun Thomas
Scott Padgett in Ryan Anderson
Jeremy Lamb in Allen Crabbe
Justin Harper in Brandon Mobley
Robert "Tractor" Traylor in Davante Gardner
Alex Dillard (Arkansas 1995) in Tyrus McGee
Michael Doleac (poor man's version) in Rob Loe
A.J. Granger (Michigan State 2000) in Ryan Kelly
Scotty Thurman in P.J. Hairston
Todd MacCulloch in Alex Kirk
Patrick Sparks in Rotnei Clarke
Ronald Moore in Jason Brickman
Eduardo Najera (poor man's version) in Arsalan Kazemi
Paul Davis in Cody Zeller
Damon Stoudamire in Marcus Paige
Clubber Lang in VCU

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