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FWIW I did find out how you can watch French LNB Elite games to watch Traore/Penda/Etc. You have to have a VPN to connect to a French network, and then the games are on DAZN. The U.S. cost for DAZN is like $30/month. It is basically impossible outside of that to find streams/highlights/or any videos of those games.

It looks like most of the Ulm games (Essengue/Saraf) have highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@basketballbundesliga . I'm still trying to figure out how to watch full games or stream, but it might be as simple as connecting to a German network via VPN and watching games on DAZN.

The games that these teams play outside of their country's leagues via EuroCup/BCL/etc. I can mostly find and have watched on ESPN+. There are 4 different European leagues though, and one is called Eurocup and the other Europe Cup, and so it gets confusing. The leagues also change names frequently based on the name of the sponsor, which makes it even more confusing.

Maybe the best thing about NIL is when hopefully all of the top prospects are playing in the NCAA.
 
Asa Newell is everywhere on draft boards. I think he’d be awesome value at 21. He definitely has concerns about how he fits in the modern game, but so do bigs who will be drafted ahead of him. Queen and CMB are way more skilled with the ball, but Newell is the most promising shooter imo and also has defensive potential. He’s a great athlete.
 
I'm warming up to Beringer, don't think there are 21 guys I'd be over the moon to have in this draft so he's in play. Think I'd have to watch full games of his to get a feel for his defensive IQ, but I ain't searching for ABA film @SoberasHotRod. His highlights and basic production don't quite pass the sniff test for me, but I'm reading that his deeper numbers might be pretty good so I'd have to check the film to get a better opinion.

For now, I'm still a Sorber guy in that range if we draft C.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I just got a feeling Beringer is going to be a special player.
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I like guys that big that play hard. Shows they have a high care factor and some of these guys play because of size. Seems pretty fluid. Quick glance at the stats leave me wishing he was a bit more productive. At 21 there are very few guys I would wine about. Taking centers in that range has been a good strategy to unlock value.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I like guys that big that play hard. Shows they have a high care factor and some of these guys play because of size. Seems pretty fluid. Quick glance at the stats leave me wishing he was a bit more productive. At 21 there are very few guys I would wine about. Taking centers in that range has been a good strategy to unlock value.
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The hit rate on these roll/cut centers is pretty good, but the other side of that coin is that I think these guys fall because they aren't in priority. It's kind of like the success rate of small, offensive guards. Good hit rate, but I think teams are willing to take bets on more desirable archetypes even if they fail more often. What gives me pause about Beringer is that everyone, including his biggest supporters, will mention how he's far away. So you have a guy who is both far away from contributing and also one that doesn't fit into a high priority archetype. I understand he's young and started playing late. While I believe those things are a factor I also think they may be doing too much heavy lifting for his case.
 
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