Calvin Booth, Penn State

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Name:	Calvin Booth
College:	Penn State
Height:	6'11"
Weight:	229
Class:	Senior
Position:	Power Forward
Other Position:	Center

Stats (Provided by JazzyJ)

                  G  MIN  FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
95-96 Penn St    28  670 100  182   0   1  61  96  150  64  35  42 101  19  261
96-97 Penn St    27  706  87  204   1   3  61  84  134  66  15  65  92  15  236
97-98 Penn St    31  955 149  283   0   1  65  97  200  74  33  60 137  21  363
98-99 Penn St    27  942 157  306   0   6 100 129  236  59  24  62  95  17  414
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TOTALS          113 3273 493  975   1  11 287 406  720 263 107 229 425  72 1274

                  MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
95-96 Penn St    23.9  54.9   0.0  63.5  5.4  1.3  1.5  3.6  0.7   9.3
96-97 Penn St    26.1  42.6  33.3  72.6  5.0  0.6  2.4  3.4  0.6   8.7
97-98 Penn St    30.8  52.7   0.0  67.0  6.5  1.1  1.9  4.4  0.7  11.7
98-99 Penn St    34.9  51.3   0.0  77.5  8.7  0.9  2.3  3.5  0.6  15.3
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TOTALS           29.0  50.6   9.1  70.7  6.4  0.9  2.0  3.8  0.6  11.3

Scouting reports

Scout: James Gibson [jgibson@psu.edu]

Calvin Booth came to Penn State as a skinny freshmen. After redshirting his first year, he developed quite nicely into an NBA prospect over the next four years. Although his game was thought of as one-dimensional in the beginning (mostly shot- blocking), he managed to develop a nice short-range jumper and even hit several mid-range jumpers by his senior year. Booth is still thin, but he is a lot bulkier and stronger than he was three years ago.
Booth's average scoring went from only 9.3 ppg and 8.7 ppg in his first two years to 15.3 ppg in his SR year, where he also averaged 15.6 ppg in Big Ten play. In each of his first three years, Booth's average fell during conference play, but it actually went up his senior year and he was even a decent match for Evan Eschmeyer. Booth never lost his shot-blocking ability and continued to swat shots away. He was named Big Ten defensive POY in his JR season for his shot-blocking ability.

After his first two years, it did not seem as though Booth would be an NBA prospect. However, with the help of some development in his junior year in addition to his stint on the American team in the Goodwill games, he has gained some attention. Add to that an excellent senior season and Booth should now be looked at as a quality NBA prospect. He's still a little skinny to be duking out with the NBA's best centers, but he should make a quality backup somewhere. Because he will not be an impact player right away, the first round may be a bit of a reach, but he should definitely be drafted in the second.