Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Rodney Carney From: Memphis Height: 6-7 Weight: 205 Position: Forward/Guard Projected Picks: (as of 6/13) NBADraft.net: 9 DraftExpress: 13

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Locke's take: There is only one thing I can get everyone in the NBA to agree upon when it comes to Rodney Carney, and that is that he is a legendary athlete. NBA people can’t stop talking about Carney and his unreal athleticism. The other talk about Carney is in his individual workouts he has shown the ability to hit the outside shot with some regularity.

However, what I can’t get any consensus on is where Carney is going to go in the draft. One NBA personnel person today told me he should be grouped with the top seven players in the draft. Others have had him as low as 15. He may have the largest discrepancy of any player in the top 20 of the draft.

On the basketball floor Carney is still an athlete playing basketball rather than a basketball player who is a great athlete.

One way a lot of NBA people evaluate draftees is can they be an All-Star. Carney becomes a great debate on this issue. If the light goes on and he understands the game it could be amazing. He also could always be just an athlete.

Carney's handle is very limited and therefore it is hard to think of him as a two guard, but he is not a strong rebounder for a small forward and more and more the small forward needs to have a handle as well.

Carney’s limited strength of schedule at Memphis and unique roster make-up of the Tigers makes the Locke three-part test irrelevant.

Pelton's take: Let's say that you were looking at statistics to get a picture of how a player you've never seen before plays. What would tip you off that this player is a great athlete? I would guess off-hand that you would expect to see a lot of steals and plenty of blocks, lots of rebounds, a high two-point percentage and a lot of trips to the free-throw line.

Here's the thing about Carney (whom I have seen play a few times, for the record) - none of this is there. He got to the free-throw line less frequently per field-goal attempt than any of the other top 15 prospects SUPERSONICS.COM is breaking down. His two-point percentage was a subpar 48.4%. Carney does score fairly well on defense (1.9 steals and 1.0 blocks per 40 minutes), but that's it.

In this regard, Carney reminds me a lot of Kirk Snyder, another guy whose statistical profile didn't fit what scouts saw. Snyder was a disappointment in Utah before rebounding last year with the Hornets. DraftExpress has a potentially great comparison for him in Quentin Richardson, who came into the NBA as an athlete but has turned into a 3-point gunner.