Following potential 2017 draftees...
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Do it!
Thankfully it went missing today.
Anyone else see a resemblance between UK's freshman "Bam" Adebayo as a young Dwight Howard (12 years age difference)?
Got the same shoulders
Game6Conley
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Emmanuel Akot, currently a 5-star Jr. at Wasatch Academy, who recently cut his list to Utah, Oregon, Arizona and Louisville. The last and-1 drive on the video I posted looks like some Dr. J ****. He might end up actually being a better pro prospect than Frank Jackson, I kinda get that inclination...
I've whittled down the 4-star players (if any service rated em 5-stars they're not included) to 5 that COULD surprise in year one, outperform their 5-star peers and have a shot at 1-n-done status. few names I've mentioned before and a few new ones. Without further ado;
(ranking # is from Rivals)
#38 DeJon Jarreau 6'5" PG/SG UMass, mentioned him before, huge recruit for UMass, lots of parallels in his game with projected 1st rounder Xavier So. Edmond Sumner
#59, Kevin Huerter 6'7" SG Maryland, he's recently grown 2 inches, Main NBA skill is 3pt shooting pretty good athlete too.
#86 Kodgye Pugh 6'8" SF Stanford, do-it-all lefty he's actually kinda similar to Emmanuel Akot, skilled and athletic.
#67 Robert Williams 6'9" PF Texas A&M, spotted mentioned him a while back, Jordan Mickey style shotblocker/Athlete,recently grown to 6'9" with a 7'3" ws
#83 James Banks 6'11" C/PF Texas, also mentioned him a while back, he's competitive and easily has NBA size as he's like an inch taller and longer than Favors, maybe 2 in WS..
Game6Conley
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No ones mentioned it here but 6'5" Hamidou Diallo is apparently going to be eligible for this draft.. Utah could be a great landing spot, he's a project and needs skill development(sub-30% 3pt shooter), EXTREMELY gifted athlete, like some Russell Westbrook ****, no lie... Correct me if I'm wrong but he'd probably be the most athletic guard the Jazz ever had...
Never have I seen a 6'5" player get those Hayward style chase down blocks in transition as regularly as this kid, he's truly a freakish athlete.
Posted a video of him blocking the **** out of Josh Jackson here long ago. Here's a recent mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmhMQlM4m3I
He's got all the tools... Just needs to sharpen up a few of them..
I'd actually have to say he's a better athlete than Zach LaVine, there's absolutely no comparison between them defensively.. Kid is built for war on the court!!
Never have I seen a 6'5" player get those Hayward style chase down blocks in transition as regularly as this kid, he's truly a freakish athlete.
Posted a video of him blocking the **** out of Josh Jackson here long ago. Here's a recent mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmhMQlM4m3I
He's got all the tools... Just needs to sharpen up a few of them..
I'd actually have to say he's a better athlete than Zach LaVine, there's absolutely no comparison between them defensively.. Kid is built for war on the court!!
He just needs to sharpen his shot and he'll be elite. I'm a little meh if he doesn't.. but he is a true freak athlete.
Game6Conley
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I don;t pick fights. Never at any point did I toss personal insults here to anyone that didn't clap first.. Definitely guilty of carrying on after the initial shots have been fired but what can i say, it happens.
The reports were along the lines of Booker's defense being behind the other freshman and that it could limit his PT.
IIRC this was around the time your opinion was he's a multi-year player, which is in line withthat story..
The story just seems like sensationalized revisionism to me..
Anyone see this list, pretty massive task to rank that many teams.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...-of-every-college-basketball-team-from-1-351/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...-of-every-college-basketball-team-from-1-351/