Today’s DTB challenge: figure out a good comparison for Kevin Huerter who ISN’T melanin-deprived. I’ll let you work on it for a bit, and then reveal my answer. Tough, huh? The problem with human brains (among other things, like not ever being able to stop thinking about naked females), is that they are simply incapable of coming up with NBA player comparisons that are of different races. This possibly reflects a deeper flaw in general thought that I am not qualified to delve deeper into. But it means that initially my list of comps for Huerter looked like this:
Rik Smits
Larry Bird
T.J. McConnell
George Mikan
Kelly Tripucka
Klay Thompson
Mark Price
Matt Carroll
Isn’t that a messed up list? None of those players are anything like Huerter except for, like, Klay Thompson maybe. And Matt Carroll, except I don’t think that scrublord ever scored 29 (just checked; he didn’t). But my brain is stuck. It just keeps retrieving more and more white-skinned dudes from my mental database and saying “here’s another comparison for you I’m so smart”. Stupid brain. You are not smart.
After much thought, I’ve come up with one: Paul Pierce. Huerter is like a pre-rookie Pierce with less pure scoring ability. Yeah! That’s pretty good. The Hawks definitely got a steal if they drafted a Pierce-like substance with the 19th pick.