Well, Dudley may not be Carmelo, but he’s awfully good. “He’s a basketball player, one of those guys who could step in and play in a NBA game today,” Nets GM Ed Stefanski said. “A lot of kids at the high end of this draft are not ready to be put into a NBA basketball game right now. Jared Dudley is -- and to me, that’s the ultimate compliment.”

Ironically, it’s also Dudley’s ultimate problem. The 6-7 Boston College forward is not a player who jumps out of the gym, or is super-quick, super-athletic, or super-anything. He’s “just” Mr. Intangibles, the ultimate teammate, team player, and winner.

But, NBA-wise, how do you quantify that?

“There’s no doubt, with my basketball I.Q. I try to makeup for my relative lack of athletic ability,” Dudley admitted. “But, since the end of the season, I did drop close to15 pounds. And I’m showing in these workouts that I can shoot the ball extremely well.’’

“What I try to do is just fit into any system, I don’t care what it is,” added Dudley. “Come in, play with a lot of energy, be ready to do whatever to win. My niche at first at B. C. was to be the junkyard dog, and that was fine. Then in my senior year I was the go-to guy, but even then I was doing all the intangibles. And that’s how I’d help a NBA team.”

It’s impressive that North Carolina swinger Reyshawn Terry is even in a position to earn a spot to help a NBA team. The 6-8 senior was pretty much lost last season on a team chock-full of freshman superstars. But he’s an athlete -- and a strong performance at the NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando even has people talking possible first round.

“I felt like as a senior, blending in and playing within the system is what I had to do,” said Terry. “Me not being able to score as much enabled me to show my overall skills, my rebounding and stuff. I think it actually helped me overall. I did become a better player, just doing everything, all the small things, and play basketball from another perspective.’’

“So this postseason, and these workouts, have to be my time,” added Terry. “Coming from the ACC, I feel I’m ready. Your basketball I.Q. must be high to play there. And Coach (Roy) Williams, he makes you see the game from a higher perspective which makes it easier to play.”

“He made you see things on the floor that you wouldn’t have seen your own.”

With his hustle and never-ending arms, the lanky Terry is probably ready to provide a NBA caliber defensive presence right now. Even more so for Dudley. Ignore a player with credentials at your peril: “Remember, there was another extremely intelligent, intangibles-filled ACC Player of the Year just a few years ago who wasn’t selected until the very end of the first round,’’ Stefanski said. “His name was Josh Howard.”