The first time I saw Omar Grant play, it took only 10 or 15 minutes of watching him hoop to see his NBA equivalent: Chris Paul. Like CP3, Omar isn't the biggest guard on the floor (5-10 maybe?) but he's definitely one of the most effective. The starting point guard for Terminator is extremely quick, aways in control and can get buckets on cue.

For the season, Grant is averaging 15.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2 apg and 1 spg (well according to our faulted stat keeping system). He is knocking down 53.8 percent of his shots and 50 percent from downtown.

Omar and CP are both well balanced. They're not extremely athletic, but have a nice mix of strength and explosiveness. Both can easily get past defenders and finish in the paint or get a mid-range jump shot or teardrop. Neither Paul or Grant ...

To find the perfect NBA player for comparison to Brendan Callahan, we were looking for a couple key criteria:

1. The dude had to be able to shoot, and shoot it accurately from deep.

2. He had to go strong to the cup.

3. It would be an added bonus if the NBA player liked to take the occasional off-balanced, ill-advised shot.

Though he's struggling this year in L.A., Baron Davis has made a career out of doing those three things, and doing them well. When Boom steps between the lines, you know the first thing going through his head is how he's going to abuse his defender. He can out-muscle guys, he can blow past them with quick moves, he can step back and shoot high arching jumpers over them. 

Likewise, BC knows how to get in the lane. And when he does so, he goes ...

Watching Eric Raymundo play a monster role in knocking off two of the best teams in NRF this year at separate times - Shox in Week 2 and Uptempo in Week 6 - I knew that we'd have to find an NBA player who wants the ball in his hands late in the game for a good comparison. The other important criteria was finding a smooth operator who likes to use his handle to free himself up for three's. Though Raymundo can get to the basket, he likes to use his handle to catch an extra glimpse at the rim from 23 feet. 

That description sounds a whole lot like Jamal Crawford. The former Knick guard has one of the prettiest J's in the League - and he has no problem shooting it wherever, whenever. And like Raymundo, 'Mal lulls his man to sleep on the perimeter with a bevy ...

Though Christian Grant-Fields was once mistaken for Dwyane Wade coming out of the Westin Hotel during the pre-NBA Draft festivities, it'd be an unfair comparison to say that he plays like Wade. On his Huarache team, CGF is a real point-forward. On one trip, he'll bring the ball up the floor to start the offense, and the next, he'll exploit a man-to-man match-up in the post.

In that sense, Grant-Fields is quite similar to another New York product, Lamar Odom. The sweet-shooting lefty might be a better jumpshooter from beyond the arc, but he could learn a couple things from the way Christian hits the offensive glass. CGF might be the most ferocious offensive rebounder in NRF today, relentlessly attacking the ball off the rim. He's a complete pain to try to box out.

As a matter of fact, since Andrew Bynum went out with that ...

Like Rajon Rondo, Do Kim doesn't really need too many dribble moves to get the job done. He's fast enough with the ball as is. Foamposite's starting point guard is one of the fastest guards in NRF from end-to-end, and he's equally tough to stop from getting to the rack in the halfcourt set. That being said, he's not crazy enough to challenge Usain Bolt in a footrace.

As fast as Do is with the ball, he might be best when strapping up on defense. Like Rondo, he's a real annoyance to ball handlers, as he has quick hands, and he's aggressive. That's why he's averaging a ball-hawking 2.7 steals per game. But that's not all that he does - Kim does a bit of everything. He's posting 9.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, and a ...

Generation's J.J. McGowan and San Antonio's Manu Ginobili share more than their perpetual five-o'clock shadows. Both of these guys are crafty scorers who find a way to clear themselves up for a clean look at the rim in a number of unorthodox ways. They'll throw a barrage of up-fakes and step-backs at you, and the second that you're leaning, both of these guys will lean in, draw the foul, and get the hoop.

Though McGowan (10 ppg, 62.1% FG, 4.8 rpg) doesn't have the sick behind-the-back that Ginobili (15.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 46% FG) uses to split double-teams, he first reminded me of Manu when watching him move without the rock. There's a European feel to his game. On defense, they both do a nice job playing the passing lanes as well. McGowan's averaging 2 swipes per ...

He's strong with the ball, but not overaggressive. He's got a reliable jumper, but he doesn't pull too often. He can see the floor, but he doesn't force too many passes. In the League, that's a fitting description of Mr. Everything Brandon Roy, the young Blazers' leader who plays far beyond his years. And in NRF, it sums up the engine that runs Delta Force's offense, Kelvin Coffey.

Both guys are big combo-guards who do the majority of their damage when they've got the ball in their hands. Though Damian Bullock could never be compared to Steve Blake in looks or style of play, both Delta Force and the Blazers do work when they've got two guys who can play point guard or off-guard on the floor at the same time. 

And whether Coffey is handling the rock or playing off-ball, he ...

Comparing a ballplayer to someone in the NBA can be either the highest form of flattery or the greatest insult. Consider: if you're called Mark Madsen, what are the chances that someone is saying you've got a beautiful jumper and tight handle? But it's obviously not all bad. Since first coming to the U.S. at age 18, Niko Klansek has been compared to Dirk - not just because of his floppy blond hair, but because he can let it fly just like the Big German.

At 6-5, Niko could play on the block, but just like Dirk that would be a waste of his skill set. He's much better off where he can put the ball on the floor, and stretch the D with his accurate long-distance dialing.

But the nickname "Dirk" didn't start off at NRF. When Niko first came to the U.S ...