Butch/Flowers/Stiemsma Post Badger Career?

Stiemsma - if he wants to play he'll play in Europe and probably tear it up. Stiemsma is better than Bo allowed him to be IMO

Flowers - DLeague or Europe

Butch - Europe

Was Paul Mokeski really that much better than Butch or Stiemsma?  Has the NBA changed where Mokeski would be relegated to Europe?  Or how about Shawn Bradley compared to those two? 

Seems to me that Butch and Stiemsma have the size to get a look at the NBA.  They both have decent range on their shots, they both grab rebounds effectively.  Stiemsma is a legit shot blocker and post defender.  Am I just delusional?

Either you're showing your age, or I'm showing my youth, because I have no idea who that is.

I think that Stiemsma actually has a better shot at the NBA than Butch.  If the NBA were like the Badgers in that people actually played defense and tried to take charges then I think Butch could do it ... but it isn't.  That's why Stiemsma's defense is really important, because Butch could never dream of being the shot blocker Stiemsma is.  And while they both have decent range, is Butch going to be able to extend his out another few feet to continue hitting 3's?  If he can't, his 20' shots are worth the same amount of points as Stiemsma's 15' ones.  And while Stiemsma could probably hold his own in the NBA I think Butch would get eaten alive inside.

But all this is a moot (mute?) point because neither will make it there.  All three could play Dleague or in Europe.

And speaking of Dleague, did you see that Tucker was putting up 29 points in his last stint there?  That's not much better than his season average of 27.7, though.  He's also hitting 57.7% of his shots and 44.2% of his threes.  Phoenix called him back up and he's going to be on the roster for the playoffs.

Barry Alvarez sent a petition to the NCAA for Flowers to come back for his 5th year and play cornerback for the football team.  Flowers said he would consider it if he didn't get drafted.

Komacki - I agree with your assessment on Stiemsma being more likely to make the transition than Butch.  Stiemsma's 15 footer has to be honored more in my mind than Butch's 20 footer, plus Stiemsma's hook in the lane can be shot over a lot of NBA players IMO.  And Stiemsma's defense and shot blocking are better.

Mokeski was a 7 foot, slow, big guy who played marginal defense and could hit an outside shot with a decent percentage.  He was one of quite a few perimeter oriented big guys that Don Nelson brought to Milwaukee.  I think he played for 10 plus seasons.  Basically a bench guy/spot starter with 6 fouls to give and a 3rd or 4th option on offense when he was on the floor.

The NBA looks a tad quicker than those days, but still you can't coach size and both Butch and Stiemsma have size.