He's starting to draw some comparisons to Andrew Wiggins for his length, athleticism and rim finishing. I'm wondering if he'll measure close to 6'7". Given that he's only 18, he might still be growing.
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He's starting to draw some comparisons to Andrew Wiggins for his length, athleticism and rim finishing. I'm wondering if he'll measure close to 6'7". Given that he's only 18, he might still be growing.
Gortman is legit.
He might be in my top 30
He might be in my top 30
Wiggins was an excellent self creator at least in terms of getting his shot off. I think it's an awful comp.
Gortman reminds me a lot of Schroeder as a prospect.
DX said he's 6'8....looking at him compared to other players on the court he's probably closer to 6'8 than 6'6. He was 5'11 two years ago so could definitely still be growing.
As far as the Wiggins comparison, maybe in those 3 areas, but he definitely does not have the offensive bag that Wiggins had. IMO the most likely scenarios are a McDaniels/Herb Jones type. A menace defensively, but fairly limited on offense. He is on a sharp upward trajectory though.
PJ Hall being super productive, but he's playing small ball 5 and I don't see that working in the NBA.
Much worse 2nd half for Gortman.
Still intrigued by the talent but definitely raw
Still intrigued by the talent but definitely raw
Dillon Jones unsuccessfully trying to drive. Definitely has a slow first step. Makes nice quick passes though.
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Listened to Vecenie talk Leonard Miller on the athletic weekend pod. I am a full believer. I honestly think he’s gonna end up a late lotto pick… can see Toronto just drooling over that guy.
Few highlights… he has an article coming out… his body has come a long way in a short time… when from skinny kid to moving people. Had an untimely injury in HS so they don’t have as much evaluation film pre GLeague. Apparently he’s a hard worker and extremely fast learner… they would give him something to work on and a week or two later he figured it out. Kinda the same book on Donovan early in his career. Said he reminds him of Lamar Odom but Sam said he thinks he has a chance to be a better version of Odom. I buy the high potential on him… Sam isn’t usually that wild with his comps.
Also talked a bunch of GG… said he will have him 25-30 in his next round of ranking mocks… said even though the draft next year is bad that GG would go 15ish if he was guessing… so the whole narrative that he could be a top prospect or the top prospect next year sounds dated. So Barlow has him top 5 and Vecenie has him end of the first… pretty wild.
Long story short… forget GG and go get Miller.
Few highlights… he has an article coming out… his body has come a long way in a short time… when from skinny kid to moving people. Had an untimely injury in HS so they don’t have as much evaluation film pre GLeague. Apparently he’s a hard worker and extremely fast learner… they would give him something to work on and a week or two later he figured it out. Kinda the same book on Donovan early in his career. Said he reminds him of Lamar Odom but Sam said he thinks he has a chance to be a better version of Odom. I buy the high potential on him… Sam isn’t usually that wild with his comps.
Also talked a bunch of GG… said he will have him 25-30 in his next round of ranking mocks… said even though the draft next year is bad that GG would go 15ish if he was guessing… so the whole narrative that he could be a top prospect or the top prospect next year sounds dated. So Barlow has him top 5 and Vecenie has him end of the first… pretty wild.
Long story short… forget GG and go get Miller.
Vecenie also had Walker Kessler like 10th in a redraft so he's kind of an idiot