A steal

The New York Knicks got a steal at the bottom of the first round of the NBA draft. Toney Douglas from Florida State, the Clarion Content loves him! We watched him four times a year against Duke and the University of North Carolina teams. He is a tough as nails defender, ACC Defensive Player of the Year his senior season. He is an effort player. He is a consistent scorer, and was the leading man, the primary guy other teams focused on when playing Florida State and he still got his twenty a night.

He knows his own game. He says the NBA'er he modeled his game after is former Detroit Pistons six time All-Star guard, Joe Dumars (currently the Pistons head honcho of player personnel). Douglas sees his game as like Dumars because Dumars was also a terrific defender. Like Douglas, he was a guard who could play the one or the two. He could shoot, he could find other ways to score and always got his points. He could submit to the team concept and make those around him play better. He was a quiet presence on a team with a lot of alpha dogs. Toney Douglas is aiming high.

We are quite happy the Knicks got him. We hope he isn't about to be shipped off to Minnesota in some ridiculous Ricky Rubio package.