Ya know, I was a big Christian Wood supporter some of y'all might remember. I used to keep him at like #60 on my mocks back when everyone had dropped him. I just couldnt understand how people didnt think he was worthy of taking a flyer on.
I think I used to say "what makes Anthony Randolph (or Caboclo) a 1st rd pick and this kid barely a 2nd rd pick/undrafted type"
There was if u remember a bit of a Zach LaVine type of thing where people were convinced Wood was entering the draft too early, and that he was too skinny......
He was a sophomore but very young.
Christian Wood is such a bizarre comparison point for me personally. It's really uh, mind-melting.... I can't figure it out... He is a complete outlier.He averaged almost 3 blocks a game his last season at UNLV.. showed his outside shot was pretty good there.. long *** arms.. super mobile..
Part of it is, I still dont get how he doesnt get drafted.... right... so now i've gotta use that in my comparison point that he's an UDFA, but obviously he was/is good enough to be selected..
and the teams made the error, not me
like for example, comparing predraft Christian Wood to Jaden McDaniels... good luck with that... like my brain goes into auto-shutdown mode trying to figure that out because my conclusion is that it's not really on-court stuff + the strength of the field that made one of them a fringe draftable guy and the other a fringe lotto guy... cuz simply imo the footage just doesn't confirm any of that, it confirms the opposite... from what i saw at least..