Honestly, I'm pretty done with rating services. I watched Melvin Tabb play 10 minutes, threw a pillow across the room and declared just that. I pay cursory attention ever since. Tabb averaged like 8 pts a game in Div 2 or Div 3 last year. How he and Kevin Swinton got 4stars is beyond words. Both had/have hands of stone. You can never ever be a major conference player with hands like that unless you are a rebounding beast and that is all you do. Swinton was even undersized.
Someone should start a rating service where they break down their ratings:
Skill, basketball IQ, hands, balance, athleticsm, size, hustle, other
Travis McKie has amazing hands, that is what makes him very good.
CP3 has the best balance I think I've ever seen. Maybe Deron Williams is on par. Because they have such great balance, they can just wait for their defender to lean one way or the other and because they are always ready to move, they beat you that way, despite average to above average speed.
In comparison, Tony Chenault had maybe the worst balance I've ever seen, so he has to commit to his moves like three steps before he takes it. It's almost insufferable in comparison.
Somebody show me a rating service that got Melvin Tabb right and I'll follow it.
