With any common sense, the organization will judge Maten on the numbers he puts up and not simply measurements from a combine. Maten will get a shot with the Heat this summer to prove his abilities. Pre-draft reviews had Maten as an undersized “tweener” who had more negatives than positives when it comes to the NBA.Įither way, I don’t need a measuring tape to know that he’s successful at playing the game. In an exhibition game against Michigan State, which had two forwards drafted inside the top 12 on Thursday, Maten dropped 33 points. He led the SEC in points, was third in rebounds, and, playing with and against his peers at the Reese’s College All-Star Game, Maten was the West Team’s most valuable player after scoring 17 points and pulling down nine boards in 19 minutes of play. I watched Georgia forward Yante Maten for four years, and the last three he was the best player-key word being player-on the floor every night. When does drafting a player come down to what you see with your own eyes? I foresee more Hawks jokes coming if that becomes the trend. Long arms and reach and ability to take up space and all the other cliche terms that apparently make a good professional.īilas went on and on about Georgia Tech’s Josh Okogie, selected 20th overall by the Timberwolves, and the length and big hands he has.
Wingspan was the hot topic for analysts again Thursday. When they passed on Mo Bamba for Young Thursday, I had to make the joke once more.Īfter ESPN’s Jay Bilas raved about Bamba’s 7-foot-10 wingspan, the largest ever recorded apparently, I shot my dad a text expressing my shock that the Hawks just passed on a guy with such impressive arms.īut then it somehow did Thursday, not solely for the Hawks, but for the entire NBA. Excavations of Aleut and Eskimo settlements reveal many albatross bones and suggest that the birds were an important part of human diet in the region.Every one of those players stood 6-foot-8 or 6-9, could run up and down the floor and had long arms. The Laysan albatross was important to the indigenous hunters of the northern seas. Some albatross species were heavily hunted for feathers that were used as down and in the manufacture of women's hats. Albatrosses have a special place in maritime lore and superstition, most memorably evoked in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
DietĪlbatrosses feed primarily on squid or schooling fish, but are familiar to mariners because they sometimes follow ships in hopes of dining on handouts or garbage. Young albatrosses may fly within three to ten months, depending on the species, but then leave the land behind for some five to ten years until they themselves reach sexual maturity. Mating pairs produce a single egg and take turns caring for it. They are rarely seen on land and gather only to breed, at which time they form large colonies on remote islands. These long-lived birds have reached a documented 50 years of age. Albatrosses drink salt water, as do some other sea birds. Eats birds and some small mammals, sometimes appearing at backyard bird feeders to consume the avian visitors. They also float on the sea's surface, though the position makes them vulnerable to aquatic predators. Up to 19 long, with a wingspan of up to 34. Albatrosses use their formidable wingspans to ride the ocean winds and sometimes to glide for hours without rest or even a flap of their wings. These feathered giants have the longest wingspan of any bird-up to 11 feet! The wandering albatross is the biggest of some two dozen different species. An albatross aloft can be a spectacular sight.
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