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Ball handling is definitely an area for improvement for VJ, but some people make it seem like he can barely dribble. The guy who actually can’t dribble is Egor. VJ is not that bad and his passing is pretty good.
 
BYU 96Iowa State 92BYU wins its ninth straight game by knocking off a fourth consecutive ranked opponent for the first time in 74 years.
BYU made a season-high 18 3-pointers (18-for-36) in setting a Big 12 tourney single-game record.
The two teams combined to tie a record for any conference game with 31 triples (ISU: 13-for-30).
BYU had 24 assists on 30 makes.
 
Terrible shot by VJ for the game winning attempt. Definitely had enough time to get his body more under control instead of attempting a full speed running 20 footer
 
I think my Top 15 would look like this at the moment:
  1. Cooper Flagg
  2. Dylan Harper
  3. Ace Bailey
  4. VJ Edgecombe
  5. Tre Johnson
  6. Noa Essengue
  7. Derik Queen
  8. Collin Murray-Boyles
  9. Khaman Maluach
  10. Kon Knueppel
  11. Jeremiah Fears
  12. Kasparas Jakucionis
  13. Liam McNeeley
  14. Carter Bryant
  15. Rasheer Fleming
All of these guys should probably be starters eventually.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I think my Top 15 would look like this at the moment:
  1. Cooper Flagg
  2. Dylan Harper
  3. Ace Bailey
  4. VJ Edgecombe
  5. Tre Johnson
  6. Noa Essengue
  7. Derik Queen
  8. Collin Murray-Boyles
  9. Khaman Maluach
  10. Kon Knueppel
  11. Jeremiah Fears
  12. Kasparas Jakucionis
  13. Liam McNeeley
  14. Carter Bryant
  15. Rasheer Fleming
All of these guys should probably be starters eventually.
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My top 4 are the same.
Don't even know most of the other dudes
 
Saw that Baylor was 19-14 and was worried they wouldn't make the field and we wouldn't get to see more VJ (haven't followed college that closely this year), but apparently they should be safely in and projected as a 9 seed? What a weak bubble this year.

Already don't get Harper and Ace, and we'll see h how quickly Flagg can come back, so happy we get VJ
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I think my Top 15 would look like this at the moment:
  1. Cooper Flagg
  2. Dylan Harper
  3. Ace Bailey
  4. VJ Edgecombe
  5. Tre Johnson
  6. Noa Essengue
  7. Derik Queen
  8. Collin Murray-Boyles
  9. Khaman Maluach
  10. Kon Knueppel
  11. Jeremiah Fears
  12. Kasparas Jakucionis
  13. Liam McNeeley
  14. Carter Bryant
  15. Rasheer Fleming
All of these guys should probably be starters eventually.
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I'm having a hard time getting excited about Noa after watching Cody this year. It's hard to be that skinny in the NBA.
 
I was traveling for most of the day yesterday so I didn't see any basketball. It looks like Fears had another monster game with 28 points. Newell had 17 boards.
 
Just thinking out loud, but I think Fears and Traore are in similar circumstances. Both have huge responsibilities on bad teams in good leagues. Both have struggled with efficiency and consistency because of it. Their games are fairly different, but they are both able to break the paint easily and get wherever they want on the court. Traore is the better playmaker, but Fears has the better shooting indicators (FT%/3PT rate). Hmmm...
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Just thinking out loud, but I think Fears and Traore are in similar circumstances. Both have huge responsibilities on bad teams in good leagues. Both have struggled with efficiency and consistency because of it. Their games are fairly different, but they are both able to break the paint easily and get wherever they want on the court. Traore is the better playmaker, but Fears has the better shooting indicators (FT%/3PT rate). Hmmm...
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I just hope we are not in a spot where I have to care about Traore vs. Fears. . .
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I'm having a hard time getting excited about Noa after watching Cody this year. It's hard to be that skinny in the NBA.
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If Noa really weighs 194 lbs, then he's 15 lbs heavier than Cody. He's like Bilal Coulibaly from a couple years back. I'm not all that excited about skinny guys either, but if you look at Noa's combination of age, measurables, steals and EFG%/TFG%, then empirically he's a high-level prospect.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Just thinking out loud, but I think Fears and Traore are in similar circumstances. Both have huge responsibilities on bad teams in good leagues. Both have struggled with efficiency and consistency because of it. Their games are fairly different, but they are both able to break the paint easily and get wherever they want on the court. Traore is the better playmaker, but Fears has the better shooting indicators (FT%/3PT rate). Hmmm...
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If there's a solid lead guard prospect available with the Twolves pick (and assuming the Jazz didn't draft Harper with their own pick), the Jazz should consider it. I don't think they're sold on either Isaiah or Keyonte as a lead guard at the moment. Traore might be there. Sergio de Larrea is interesting as well. Fears is probably gone in the top half of the 1st round.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I wish. He listed at 190 lbs all year at Colorado, and he's currently listed at 190 lbs. At the Combine, he was 178 lbs, which, to be honest, was a red flag.
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Hes listed at 190 per ESPN. They take those at training camp at some point. It's the more accurate weight.

Like I theorized before. I bet Cody cut weight for the combine to make his athletic testing more impressive then gained it back for the season.
 
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