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KqWIN said:
Traore has some massive games….his playoff game last year made me think he could be in the mix for top 3 before the season. But he also has so many stinkers and he’s continued to be inconsistent.

I remember when people were hyping JHS because he had some massive games. There was this idea that a player’s peak meant more. Obviously didn’t work out for JHS, but is there anyone that still subscribes to that theory?
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I have thought that before. I think I still kind of do. The highs can show you what a player is capable of if developed to their maximum potential. Or in other words the highs can give you a glimpse of their ceiling.
All information is important though, so I'm not sure I would say highs mean more.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
It would have to be PG + Harper for Lauri?

It's hard to see that deal happening. I'm not sure Lauri is worth the 2nd overall pick, especially not in a vacuum. Philly would really have to believe in Embiid staying healthy (and think PG is completely cooked) to make that kind of deal. I think they would ask Utah to add something.
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I would do that.
 
I wonder what Traore would have looked like I had he been playing in Egor’s spot at BYU. We talk about bad college situations all the time, but BYU was as good as it gets for a playmaking guard.
 
Is this the deepest international class of the past 5 years?

  • VJ Edgecombe (Bahamas)
  • Kasparas (Lithuania)
  • Khaman Malauch (South Sudan)
  • Egor Demin (Russia)
  • Nolan Traore (France)
  • Noa Essengue (France)
  • Ben Saraf (Israel)
  • Noah Penda (France)
  • Hugo Gonzalez (Spain)
  • Hansen Yang (Spain)
  • Dame Sarr (Italy)
  • Maine Raynaud (France)
  • Joan Beringer (France)

All these players have potential to go in the first rounder.

Then you have some sleepers who could rise like:

  • Neoklis Avdalas
  • Bogojlub Markovic
  • Rocco Zikarsky
  • Alex Toohey
  • Michael Ruzic
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Is this the deepest international class of the past 5 years?

  • VJ Edgecombe (Bahamas)
  • Kasparas (Lithuania)
  • Khaman Malauch (South Sudan)
  • Egor Demin (Russia)
  • Nolan Traore (France)
  • Noa Essengue (France)
  • Ben Saraf (Israel)
  • Noah Penda (France)
  • Hugo Gonzalez (Spain)
  • Hansen Yang (Spain)
  • Dame Sarr (Italy)
  • Maine Raynaud (France)
  • Joan Beringer (France)

All these players have potential to go in the first rounder.

Then you have some sleepers who could rise like:

  • Neoklis Avdalas
  • Bogojlub Markovic
  • Rocco Zikarsky
  • Alex Toohey
  • Michael Ruzic
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It doesn't feel like it as much because the top international guys played in the NCAA.

I'm guessing the Yang is from Spain is a typo.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
www.espn.com

French center Beringer to enter NBA draft

French center Joan Beringer, a projected top-20 pick, will enter the 2025 NBA draft, he told ESPN Friday.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Oh and he officially declared for the draft.

Also Beringer claims he is 6'11 without shoes in the article. DX says his wingspan is 7'5. That puts him a good deal bigger than his most common comp, Daniel Gafford. 2nd youngest player in the draft. Going to grow into his frame well.
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I think Beringer is my top guy for #21 unless something crazy happens and an obvious lottery guy is still sitting there.
 
Powell is a smaller, poor man’s Bryant….but you could already say Bryant is a poor man’s 3&D prospect. I probably won’t find 30 guys I really like this year, so he could be a first rounder based on that.

64 FT% and low 3FG volume makes him a really bad shooting prospect. I’m not fooled by his 38%.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Is this the deepest international class of the past 5 years?

  • VJ Edgecombe (Bahamas)
  • Kasparas (Lithuania)
  • Khaman Malauch (South Sudan)
  • Egor Demin (Russia)
  • Nolan Traore (France)
  • Noa Essengue (France)
  • Ben Saraf (Israel)
  • Noah Penda (France)
  • Hugo Gonzalez (Spain)
  • Hansen Yang (Spain)
  • Dame Sarr (Italy)
  • Maine Raynaud (France)
  • Joan Beringer (France)

All these players have potential to go in the first rounder.

Then you have some sleepers who could rise like:

  • Neoklis Avdalas
  • Bogojlub Markovic
  • Rocco Zikarsky
  • Alex Toohey
  • Michael Ruzic
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Sarr is out, but Riley and Condon could also be added to this list.
 
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