Sam Dekker is a white guy.
If you watched the NBA Draft on Wednesday night, or any Wisconsin basketball game over the past few years, you already know this.
But you’d also know it by the player comparisons to Dekker. As friend of AA Paul Pabst likes to always note, there’s a funny quirk when it comes to scouting reports and player comparisons where white guys always get compared to other white guys, no matter how similar or dissimilar their games might actually be. This hypothesis manifested itself when ESPN’s Jalen Rose dusted off the Wally Szczerbiak tape from out of nowhere as Dekker’s NBA doppelganger. Even Kyle Lowry of the Raptors joked that Rose was just comparing players who looked alike.
Naturally, it wasn’t just Sczerbiak who was compared to Dekker on draft day. No, no, no, no. In fact, you can make the case that Sam Dekker is basically every white guy who has ever laced it up in the association….
Gordon Hayward
The http://t.co/jU5uomGtFk comp for Dekker is Gordon Hayward. Do these folks have even a modicum of self awareness?
— Sans Tariff (@22ndtimeout) June 26, 2015
Dekker is my sleeper on this draft. He reminds me of Gordon Hayward. And yes, I compared him to another white guy. Sorry
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_NBC4) June 26, 2015
Brad Stevens coached Gordon Hayward who many compare to Sam Dekker.
— Jon Griffith (@JoncGriffith) June 26, 2015
Wally Szczerbiak
Comping Dekker to Wally Szczerbiak is literally the worst comp I've ever heard in my life.
— Jeff (BPredict) (@BPredict) June 26, 2015
Come on!!! Wally Szczerb comparison for Dekker? Make a little effort.
— Steve Cofield (@stevecofield) June 26, 2015
Keith Van Horn
We going to see @dekker to the Bucks?! I like the pick. An elevated Keith Van Horn for sure
— Sam Sova (@samsova) June 26, 2015
Chandler Parsons
Rockets select Chandler Parsons, uh, I mean Sam Dekker.
— Darius Soriano (@forumbluegold) June 26, 2015
Chase Budinger
I like Sam Dekker at #15 for #ATL but he reminds me a lot of Adam Morrison or Chase Budinger.
— Kevin Parten (@kevinparten) June 25, 2015
The #Rockets lost Chase Budinger a few years ago and just drafted another guy like him in Sam Dekker #Badgers
— Mike Cianciolo (@MikeCianciolo) June 26, 2015
Kyle Korver
Hoping Dekker drops to Atlanta Hawks #NBADraft2015 Another outside shooter like a poor man's Korver.
— Warrior Bill (@PunaGold) June 26, 2015
Sam Dekker will be a bigger and better Kyle Korver no doubt ya boy is nice
— Garrett Croson (@Garebear_20) June 26, 2015
Steve Novak
https://twitter.com/BYUfootballguy/status/614102033461743618
Kyle Singler
I see a lot of Kyle Singler in Sam Dekker… Big college name, but will have a tough time in the NBA
— Korbin Winsor (@StanziFan12) June 26, 2015
Sam Dekker is an athletic Kyle Singler
— Dad (@RealBisi) June 26, 2015
Adam Morrison
I like Sam Dekker at #15 for #ATL but he reminds me a lot of Adam Morrison or Chase Budinger.
— Kevin Parten (@kevinparten) June 25, 2015
And yes, Larry Bird.
Houston Rockets 2016 NBA champs best pick of the draft highest value Dekker is literally Larry Bird
— Karinna Cesar (@karinna_cesar) June 26, 2015
This is incredible. I mean really, the only name missing from this list is Eric Piatkowski! Wait a second…
Sam Dekker = Eric Piatkowski
— LovePotionNumber9 (@16alain16) June 26, 2015
I think we’re done here.
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