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Like right now Bagley feels like a poor man's Blake Griffin.
Not to argue, but Knox is a few months younger than Bagley. The thing is, Bagley has a size and athleticism advantage at the college level that enables him to score and make plays around the rim. He's not going to have the same advantage against NBA lenth. For any college player who relies on purely physical dominance, they typically have to adjust their game at the next level. See Thomas Robinson, Julius Randle, and Nerlens Noel as examples. Bagley should be better than those guys, but he needs to expand his floor game. Whereas, a guy like Kevin Knox has enough of a skill set to step right in as a big wing or power forward.
There some dude who looks like Ed Sheeran and he has dunked all over Bagley a few times.
Jack Strop
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Well, since Utah only gets decent production out of Favors if he plays the 5, I'd take a poor man's Griffin. But I don't think we have to worry about that. I see Utah drafting ~8-12.
Yeah, but Bagley is pretty good at being a garbage-man, which should be lauded for being such a hyped player. That's the one thing that keeps me optimistic about him, he works hard on the court.
Some Bagley footage. You can see he's pretty raw.
Bamba really makes me thankful Rudy is happy just being a roll man who dunks.
Ill give Justin Jackson a bit of a pass this year. For some reason Maryland is playing him at the 3 with two other non-skilled bigs. His stats make sense now in that context. Playing out of position.
Game6Conley
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Definitely keep an eye on this giant on Purdue Redshirt Freshman Matt Haarms. He's fluid and has a nice motor for 7'3". I can tell u for sure he's gonna be in the NBA.
Cy is wrong about Bagley, if any of u play overwatch, tracer is the fastest character in the game and if played correctly can be used to beat opposition at the point of attack over and over and over, and thats what Bagley is capable of doing, basically he's nimble and fast enough and has a good enough feel for scoring to be able to pick his spots and exploit them, over and over and over. It's that simple. Today's game was simple rinse-and-repeat. **That being said Texas not having James Banks was critical. Also the Bagley 3 at the end of regulation was atrocious, Coach Cal would've blown a gasket.
Cy is wrong about Bagley, if any of u play overwatch, tracer is the fastest character in the game and if played correctly can be used to beat opposition at the point of attack over and over and over, and thats what Bagley is capable of doing, basically he's nimble and fast enough and has a good enough feel for scoring to be able to pick his spots and exploit them, over and over and over. It's that simple. Today's game was simple rinse-and-repeat. **That being said Texas not having James Banks was critical. Also the Bagley 3 at the end of regulation was atrocious, Coach Cal would've blown a gasket.
Bagley is weird. I expected him to have better touch and better floor game/skill-level... and he is still dominating other potential 5 picks, while being raw. His physical and athletic attributes are off the charts and his motor is very good. He is very coordinated and his balance(proprioception™) is good. Something people are sleeping on - the league is moving onto a switching game on D. Bagley will kill smalls. He will absolutely destroy them IMO. He is extremely good at pushing his physical advantages where he has them and he has enough skill to do it vs overmatched players. Now imagine if/when he develops his game a bit... I would love for our development staff to get their hands on him. If Porter/Doncic are not there I wouldn't overthink and I would just draft him...(opinion subject to change if other players catch my eye and/or improve over the season).
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