Article: What Thomas Haugh Needs To Do To Take The Next Step

Let the games begin

 

Matt Bonner lite?

 

The only thing he has in common with Matt Bonner is that they're both white basketball players.

 

They are also similar in size, and both were very talented high school players.

 

There is more in common is my hope for this year.

Skin tone has nothing to do with it.

 

Yeah, but shame on him for getting a B+ in one of his courses. By the way, Matt was measured at 6'81/2" without shoes by the NBA combine folks.

 

I don't remember who said it, but one guy on this board once said, "Bonner shoots like Larry Bird and runs the floor like Frankenstein."

 

Haugh's ascendance is going to come down to one thing... outside shooting. If he becomes a serious and consistent threat from the perimeter, he will be a problem.

 

Well, there's also the free-throw shooting.

 

or perhaps a Chandler Parsons-lite

 

Lite? Maybe. Certainly he's more similar to CP than to Bonner. But he was better as a freshman than CP was as a freshman.

 

Hopefully he has a bigger sophomore jump than Parsons, he didn’t really come into his own until his Junior year

 

Yep. Parsons had more of a steady improvement line over his four years. Not a huge sophomore jump.