Nuclear Athletes

By Matthew Yglesias
Chad Ford reaches exciting new heights of hyperbole in his writeup of 2008 draft project Alexis Ajinca who's said to be a "Super long, wiry forward with nuclear athleticism." Yes, nuclear. Freakish is out. And the wingspan? "Amazing 7-foot-8 wingspan" so no worries. We still need wingspan. Nevertheless, he's only the 87th best prospect overall but might be good a good prospect "maybe two or three years down the road." Photo by Flickr user Dyxie used under a Creative Commons license

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