They did a 7:00 portion on Bennett Stirtz draft stock. That's insane. I was on him before anyone else.
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Pelton said Stirtz is in his top 30 model despite only having one year of data and Givony said a lot of teams are asking about him.
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1. Cooper Flagg: More athletic, better shooting Jimmy Butler.
2. Dylan Harper: Will be as good as Cade Cunningham if Harper becomes a good shooter.
3. Derik Queen: I don't know if he's physically gifted enough to be an NBA starter, but he's so skilled that he does have a lot of upside if he is.
4. Jeremiah Fears: Will be unstoppable going to the basket if he fixes his awful shooting form... We'll see. He's extremely small and that will cause lots of problem on defense and at the rim, but he may be able to make up for it.
5. Tre Johnson: These physical tools are just not good, his handle gets him nowhere, and he's an abomination on defense, but he's a ridiculously elite shooting prospect with some other skills on offense that could be built upon.
6. VJ Edgecombe: Super high BBIQ guy with a decent jumpshot and great athleticism. Way too small to defend wing players (limiting his upside on defense a ton) and his handle is so awful that he can't play on ball well (limiting his upside on offense a ton)
Not sure after 6 yet.
1. Cooper Flagg: More athletic, better shooting Jimmy Butler.
2. Dylan Harper: Will be as good as Cade Cunningham if Harper becomes a good shooter.
3. Derik Queen: I don't know if he's physically gifted enough to be an NBA starter, but he's so skilled that he does have a lot of upside if he is.
4. Jeremiah Fears: Will be unstoppable going to the basket if he fixes his awful shooting form... We'll see. He's extremely small and that will cause lots of problem on defense and at the rim, but he may be able to make up for it.
5. Tre Johnson: These physical tools are just not good, his handle gets him nowhere, and he's an abomination on defense, but he's a ridiculously elite shooting prospect with some other skills on offense that could be built upon.
6. VJ Edgecombe: Super high BBIQ guy with a decent jumpshot and great athleticism. Way too small to defend wing players (limiting his upside on defense a ton) and his handle is so awful that he can't play on ball well (limiting his upside on offense a ton)
Not sure after 6 yet.
Givony says Drake's head coach might be the leader for the Indiana or Iowa job. If he does take it, Stirtz probably transfers with him (assuming his draft stock doesnt blow up enough to leave to the NBA).
Crazy Stat:
Florida has 5 players who have a 10.0 BPM or higher. And they have a 6th at 9.6
All regular rotation players besides Handgloten, who is a regular rotation player who's been injured most of the season, but is healthy now.
Definitely the best overall team even if they dont have the star talent that Auburn/Duke have with Broome/Flagg.
Florida has 5 players who have a 10.0 BPM or higher. And they have a 6th at 9.6
All regular rotation players besides Handgloten, who is a regular rotation player who's been injured most of the season, but is healthy now.
Definitely the best overall team even if they dont have the star talent that Auburn/Duke have with Broome/Flagg.
To answer my own question on how unique this draft is with under 19 years olds, I went back through the past 10 drafts and found that they all had between 1-5 guys drafted younger than 19.
So, no, it's not incredibly unique for someone to get drafted younger than 19, but yes this year is an outlier with more guys that are than there has ever been. Although since there are some on the list who might go back to school, we'll see.
So, no, it's not incredibly unique for someone to get drafted younger than 19, but yes this year is an outlier with more guys that are than there has ever been. Although since there are some on the list who might go back to school, we'll see.
VJ's athleticism/strength is so massive for his size, I'm not too worried about his handle. He wont be a super creative player who breaks people down, but he's going to get where he needs to go.
Do you guys want to do a Mock Draft Exercise?
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Maybe. Its not a great start. I do think he needs to get on the court and Houston isn't ideal for that. They have had a need but a team trying to compete now is not ideal for a pg to be in the rotation and doing stuff.
I wouldn't write him off by any means, but its worrisome. I think it was more in the way the analytics on/off love him. It was just funny cuz of the skin color and phrasing.
Reed also needs to learn how to play PG at the NBA level and Houston isnt going to give him that
I have hard time reconciling Reed’s performance in the g league with his suckiness in the real games.
Shep will be fine as long as he can shoot it, even now I believe he will eventually be able to shooter and he will be ok. If he's going to be starter or beyond that he needs to improve his handle. I don't think Shep really has much to do with Kon except that if either can't shoot....yeah they're in trouble. I'm pretty sure both can shoot though.
BTW, to steal a conversation from the other thread....does anyone really think it's better for Reed to be developing in this "winning culture" or would he have been better off developing in some "losing culture" where he could actually play? For the most part, I think you're good if you're good and that will come forth in either situation....but minutes and opportunity to make mistakes is definitely the better environment for development.
BTW, to steal a conversation from the other thread....does anyone really think it's better for Reed to be developing in this "winning culture" or would he have been better off developing in some "losing culture" where he could actually play? For the most part, I think you're good if you're good and that will come forth in either situation....but minutes and opportunity to make mistakes is definitely the better environment for development.