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Nigel Hayes with a deplorable last possession in a 1 possession contest with the game on the line.. 2 terrible hero shot attempts that weren't even close.

Ellenson will continue to trend upward if he plays like this
 
Nigel Hayes showing exactly why I don't have him in the 1st round vs Marquette. This years Montrezl Harrell.


Ellenson looks great. He's really, really skilled.


Haniif Cheatham was a late riser in the top-100. He's a legitimate super sleeper, it's not the first time I've mentioned him. He's 9 for 14 from 3 so far and can do a multitude of other things you'd look for in a combo guard.

He has to do too much on this team, especially with how meh Koening has been. If his stock actually drops, then he is going to be a steal.
 
Nigel Hayes isn't a first option anywhere, no matter the competition level. That just isn't his strength and his FG% is suffering. He is still getting to the line a ton, which has surprised me, and getting his teammates involved. My opinion really hasn't changed on him. This is probably good experience for him in the long run having an offense run through him, but it's not his strength to be a team's best facilitator and scorer.
 
Nigel Hayes is a glue guy, role player. Offense running thru him is not his game. Id judge him by what he does when he has other players around him. He is trying to force things this year since he is beingasked to be THE Man at Wisky. Will make a fune pro. Better then Carl Landry who has stuck around awhile in the league.
 
-Really poor showing from Kennedy Meeks, vs Texas. Somehow Dx hd him in the first round not too long ago. Cameron Ridley thoroughly outplayed him.

- Terrific showings from Isaiah Taylor, and Eric Davis. (Javan Felix too- he's not on draft radars though..)

-UCLA beats Gonzaga too. Not suprised one bit, both of their starting bigs are still shooting 61% from the floor. Isaac Hamilton and Jonah Bolden with very strong showings.

-Been posting about Bolden for sometime, he's an import from Australia. Looks really tall now that he's finally on the floor. They list him at 6'10 because he's a wing player, he might actually be taller than that though. I'd say 6'10½ or maybe even 6'11 in shoes. That was a good time to pick up his first double-double.

- Gary Payton II with a strong showing, add his name to the list of old players that will probably get drafted this year. Posterized Cheick Diallo too.

- Marcus Lee is probably the 4th player on Kentucky most likely to get drafted in the first. As I've posted before he's looking like an NBA rim protector.

- Trimble scores 18 on 5-6 shooting (4-4 from 3, 4-4 from the stripe)
 
- If UL gets this kind of effort from Ray Spalding more often, their very dangerous. In 18 minutes - 11pts(4/4 shooting) 7 boards, 2 asts, 2 stl, 2 blks. He's a legit 6'10 too.

- Damion Lee is obviously going to get drafted in the 2nd. There's little debate about it IMO.

- Utah was abominable throughout that game in Wichita St. The refs were terrible too, both coaches were ready to get techs, just to prove a point. Their spacing was atrocious, constant turnovers. Poeltl wasn;t getting the ball nearly enough. Henry Ellenson will usurp Poeltl in my next mock

- Vince Edwards at Purdue is a legit sleeper. He puts up easy #'s on great %'s.

- Swanigan might end up averaging 10 points, 10 boards and 4 assists this year. While shooting 30% from 3.

- Native NY'er and Sr. at OU, Isaiah Cousins is torching it from 3 thus far. 55% from 3, he's 6'5" has some combo skills and is averaging 4.6 Assists per game.

-What more does Buddy Hield have to do to get into the 1st round?? I just don't know at this point.

- A really poor performance from Trevon Bluiett of Xavier, in a victory vs Cincinnati. Troy Caupain has been seriously under-performing for Cincy thus far.

- Exemplary game from Dillon Brooks of Oregon (In a loss, with Tyler Dorsey out), he had a monster stat line, but he willed Oregon back from a big deficit late. closed it to a 2pt game, then he drove and clearly got fouled with the game on the line and the refs swallowed their whistles. What a shame. 26 points on 10-19 shooting, 5-10 from 3, 3 rebs, 2 asts, 2blocks. He's an NBA player.

-Denzel Valentine takes some AWFUL hero ball shots, I hate that stuff, been watching him do it for years. I'll put him in the first round, but not near the lottery.

- 33/56 so far from 3 for Duncan Robinson

- solid games all-around for Illinois 4 best prospects, Kendrick Nunn and Finke with 14, Hill with 22 (on 14 FTA's) and Jalen Coleman-Lands goes 4/6 from 3 and drops 15.

- Marcus Derrickson, frosh at Georgetown 5-7 from 3, 4 boards, 1st 1stl 1blk in 21 effective minutes. He's worth keeping tabs of.

- Poor shooting game for Ty Wallace of Cal. Rabb posts an easy 15, 11 and 4 blocks, his perceived value is only going to rise.

- The ****ty MSU loses to WHO?!?! The UMKC Kangaroos ??!?!? Malik Newman with acareer high 18 points tho on 4/10 from 3.

- Check out this stat line in 25minutes. UW frosh, Marquese Chriss with 22(11/14 from the stripe), 11 boards(5 orebs), 4 asts, 1 stl, 2 blocks and 1/2 from 3. Their other Frosh Dejounte Murray just needs to pick up his 3pt shooting and his stats will look juicy.

- James Blackmon Jr. with another strong showing. He's shooting 44% from 3 on over 6 attempts per. strong showing for Thomas Bryant 18 and 9 on 7/7 shooting in 21 minutes.

- I'm telling ya's Tacko Fall is no gimmick.. 8pts, 6boards, 1 stl and 6 blocks in 21 minutes.

- Check out this stat line from UNLV's Pat McCaw. - 17pts on 6/11 shooting (2/4 from 3) 8 boards, 3 asts, 7 stls, 1 block.

- Beastly performance by Dedric Lawson of Memphis - 21, 8, 3, 1, 2. They were losing at the half vs Manhattan too.

- 22-10-3 for Josh Scott of Colorado.

- 17-14-3 for Mamadou N'Daiye of UC Irvine

- 25-7-2 for Elijah Brown of New Mexico
 
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Wow... do we even have a chance? Bender is currently #4 on DX...

David Pick ‏@IAmDPick 2h2 hours ago
Utah assistant general-manager Justin Zanik is in Israel. Jazz Monitoring NBA prospect Dragan Bender.
 
There's something amiss with this whole Ben Simmons mania.. I must be missing something.. Can someone answer this essential question for me??


How is the UNDISPUTED #1 player in the land, who's surrounded by all 5 and 4 star players, playing well, and still his teams are getting outpaced by the likes of College of Charleston and Houston??

LSU is 4-4..
 
1 - Brandon Ingram 6'10 SF - Duke
2 - Dragan Bender 7'1 PF/SF - Maccabi Tel Aviv
3 - Ben Simmons 6'9½" SF/PF - LSU
4 - Jamal Murray 6'5" PG/SG - Kentucky
5 - Henry Ellenson 6'10 PF - Marquette
6 - Skal Labissiere 7'0 PF/C - Kentucky
7 - Jaylen Brown 6'6" SG - Cal
8 - Zhou Qi 7'2" C - Xinjiang Flying Dragons
9 - Jakob Poeltl 7'1" C - Utah
10 - Stephen Zimmerman 7'0 PF/C - UNLV
11 - Kris Dunn 6'4" PG - Providence
12 - Furkan Korkmaz 6'7" SG - Anadolu Efes
13 - Jonathan Jeanne 7'2" PF/C - Espoirs Le Mans
14 - Ivan Rabb 6'10" - Cal
15 - Diamond Stone 6'10" PF/C - Maryland
16 - Timothe Luwawu-Cabbarot 6'7" SF/SG - Mega Leks
17 - Demetrius Jackson 6'1" PG - Notre Dame
18 - Patrick McCaw 6'6½" SG - UNLV
19 - Damian Jones 7' PF/C - Vanderbilt
20 - Cheick Diallo 6'9" PF - Kansas
21 - Wade Baldwin IV 6'3 PG - Vanderbilt
22 - Isaiah Briscoe 6'3" PG/SG - Kentucky
23 - Malik Newman 6'3½" SG/PG - Mississippi St.
24 - Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 6'7" SG - Kansas
25 - Melo Trimble 6'2" PG - Maryland
26 - Tyler Lydon 6'9" SF/PF - Syracuse
27 - Taurean Prince 6'8" SF - Baylor
28 - Caris Levert 6'8 SG - Michigan
29 - Denzel Valentine 6'5" SF/SG - Michigan St
30 - Deyonta Davis 6'9" PF - Michigan St

Ellenson rising!! Otherwise it's just minor tweaks. Bacon's gone cold, he's gotta redeem himself. Svi's kinda cold too.


There's gonna be young talented players on the board for the Jazz. No doubt in my mind.

Gonna take a break from this thread on page 100. I'll be back
 
There's something amiss with this whole Ben Simmons mania.. I must be missing something.. Can someone answer this essential question for me??


How is the UNDISPUTED #1 player in the land, who's surrounded by all 5 and 4 star players, playing well, and still his teams are getting outpaced by the likes of College of Charleston and Houston??

LSU is 4-4..

No one should have drafted Paul George becuase his Fresno teams sucked.
 
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