Van Vleet a top 10 impactfull sophomore

[SubGod22]

Ummm...Shane Larkin was just drafted outside the lottery and he is the same size

Larkin also has a vertical around 45 inches and was one of the fastest players in the draft. He also shot over 40% from deep. He's also an exception and many question how effective he'll be being as small as he is. It's not impossible, but in the NBA, players of his/FVV stature have a lot to overcome.

FVV has a lot of work to do before people will be talking NBA potential outside of Shocker Nation. That's all I'm saying.

[shockmonster]

Don't really care if he is an NBA prospect or not (I guess it would be really cool and I'm sure he wants it). I just want him to be a really good, top college point guard on a really good college team.

[Zardoz]

FVV still has 3 years of college ball ahead of him so I think it's a bit to early to speculate. If he can continue to break down and confuse defenders like he did in the NCAA's he can make some good coin in pro ball if not in the NBA.

[1979Shocker]

WSU notes: VanVleet’s devotion to training rubs off on teammates

Wichita State guard Fred VanVleet knows he needs to get quicker to play basketball as a sophomore. He went to Kerry Rosenboom and asked for extra speed work.

That tells Rosenboom, WSU’s strength and conditioning coach, two things: VanVleet is eager to improve and he is leading by example. After VanVleet started showing up before weights to run the Cessna Stadium ramps, other Shockers followed.

“He knows he’s got to get faster, so he was the one who came to ask me first,” Rosenboom said. “Now more people are coming and coming and he’s taking really good leadership roles.”

VanVleet wants to lose about seven pounds to play at 183. He will be WSU’s starter this season, in charge of running the offense and starting the defensive pressure. Every step he can pick up is important. So he runs the ramps, steps and hills around campus, working on defensive slides and moving his feet.

“Just trying to get my hips loose so I can play a little bit lower and be a little quicker,” VanVleet said. “The more loose and open your hips are, then you can move better and quicker. You want to play low at all times.”

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/09/14/300...#storylink=cpy

[wufan]

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/09/14/300...#storylink=cpy

Great article! Thanks for sharing.