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Seems like Frank had the flu and was playing while not feeling well to begin the tournament. That would explain his pedestrian start and explosive finish.
 
Here's highlights from the final:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN8GVpPSBqA

and from the semi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q39Lb7KTSYY
 
Lets say the Jazz have the 22nd, 30th, 43rd, 49th, 53rd pick. I like;

Robert Williams(PF/C) at 22, *(or Felipe Dos Anjos)
Arnoldas Kulboka(SF/SG) at 30, - Stash possibility
De'Anthony Melton(SG/PG)at 43,
Jonathan Motley(PF/C) at 49
and Michael Weathers(PG) at 53.


PG -Hill(?)/Exum/Neto/Burks/Weathers/Melton
SG - Hood/Burks/Kulboka/Exum/Melton
SF - Hayward(?)/Johnson/Kulboka/Burks/Bridges
PF - Favors/Lyles/Motley
C - Gobert/Favors/Bolomboy/*Dos Anjos
 
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I don't think Williams will be there at 22. DX hasn't updated in a long time but darft already has him at 12. Really hard to find footage on him if you don't have access to watch the games but this one vid has surfaced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9haQRO-SZ4
 
I don't think Williams will be there at 22. DX hasn't updated in a long time but darft already has him at 12. Really hard to find footage on him if you don't have access to watch the games but this one vid has surfaced.

He's a supreme athlete, He's like Stromile Swift but way more advanced/skilled.. he's actually more athletic than Marquese Chriss so I have little doubt he'll be out of range.

Really an ideal platoon partner with Lyles, I can't stress that enough. Even though he's 6'9" he'll easily be able to function as a backup C too. Cheesy but true - Williams would be the Thunder and Lyles the Lightning.

I first saw him 2 summers ago when he was closer to 6'7" and he was jumping out of the gym and appeared to have a near 9' standing reach.



You're probably right though, it's unlikely he'll be in that range. There's alternatives but I suspect none with a ceiling quike like Williams. He could still be growing too.

-Cameron Oliver(Nevada So.) is an interesting alternative. He'd look GREAT next to Rudy IMO, he's built like Millsap but he's got much more bounce which really helps him block shots at a good rate and throw down nasty dunks. (also shooting in the mid 40's from 3 on nice volume this season)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azprOmvJyg0
-Chimezie Metu(USC So.) is also an interesting alternative. He's not the shooter the other 2 are but he's 6'11" long and really exceptionally athletic(and fluid), and I think would look great next to/backing up Gobert eventually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONSs1xDveKQ
 
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I don't mean Metu or Oliver as a replacement for the Jazz pick in the early 20's btw, they're more in the Warriors pick early 2nd rd range.

Felipe Dos Anjos with the 23rd pick! He can be stashed but I'd try to get him in the D-League.
 
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Jacob Evans on Cinci is legit. 3 to take it to OT. 40+" vert 6'6" long armed wing tough defender. he can pass and is shooting like 43% from 3 on 5 attempts per.
 
This is the U19 though, Exum dominated that as well, it's high school. Exum was never mocked lower than 6 at any point by DX. Some of the brainier stat guys like Pelton who make a living projecting these various levels of stats to the pros said he would take Exum at #1. So who is was the better prospect? Exum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IBvtMkkEdA

Exum didn't dominate U19. He was pretty good. But your point is still well taken. It is HS. You have to be wary. And if you are going to take a guy based on HS, yeah he really better be dominant. Not 17 ppg on 44% shooting or whatever Exum did.
 
Exum didn't dominate U19. He was pretty good. But your point is still well taken. It is HS. You have to be wary. And if you are going to take a guy based on HS, yeah he really better be dominant. Not 17 ppg on 44% shooting or whatever Exum did.

He averaged like 26 and 5.

Note: Exum averaged 25.5 points and 4.8 assists in the next four games after his encounter with Team USA, almost single handedly willing his team to the semi-finals and an eventual fourth place finish. These were essentially the last competitive games Exum played in before his eventual NBA debut next season, and thus a substantial part of his evaluation as a NBA prospect.
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Exum didn't dominate U19. He was pretty good. But your point is still well taken. It is HS. You have to be wary. And if you are going to take a guy based on HS, yeah he really better be dominant. Not 17 ppg on 44% shooting or whatever Exum did.

https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/...2013_FIBA_U19_Championship_for_Men/index.html

I was wrong on the above, there are all of his game, which amount to 18 ppg. But his averages took a hit because he played under 20 in 3 games. Any game where he got minutes he dominated.
 
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