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Will be interesting to see official measurements. Just did a bit of a dive, sorry if this is redundant.

-He is an old freshman (19 now, 20 in April - BTW, how does this happen???), so the book is probably shut on him growing, but
-he was measured at 6’ 2” w/o shoes just after he turned 18… so there’s a small chance he’s grown a little more
-wingspan of 6’ 7” at the same measuring (very nice)

But we probably won’t have a draft pick, so
To the age thing. We had a few guys in HS sit a year out in like middle school/late junior high because they were supposed to be good athletes but hadn't hit a growth spurt. My guess is that is the type of thing that happens. It worked pretty well in most cases... maybe because the parents were maniacs in the cases I saw.
 
I usually don’t put a lot of weight on individual highlights, but this is bonkers:
-drives and finishes with his off-hand
-injures the defense being met at the rim by two defenders
-lifts off one leg in traffic outside the restricted area

This is just monster stuff. Key could not do this at the same stage in development. He also looks bigger/longer to me.
Murdering a man while dunking off hand can't be ignored.
 
Will be interesting to see official measurements. Just did a bit of a dive, sorry if this is redundant.

-He is an old freshman (19 now, 20 in April - BTW, how does this happen???), so the book is probably shut on him growing, but
-he was measured at 6’ 2” w/o shoes just after he turned 18… so there’s a small chance he’s grown a little more
-wingspan of 6’ 7” at the same measuring (very nice)

But we probably won’t have a draft pick, so
No possible way he's 6'2 without shoes. He looks at least 6'3.5 without shoes.
 
+ one-legged + packed paint + elite competition
When he took off no one was actually in the paint. That's kind of NBA spacing on that play because the help didn't get there until he already jumped. Not the standard big man sitting in the paint college defense that players usually see.
 
Had a 7'1.75 wingspan two years ago at a Eurocamp.
I would have guessed he is plus 3 or 4 inches just visually. Interesting prospect for sure. Would like to see him shoot more threes.
 
AJ has scored over 15 points in every game. He just passed Kevin Durant for most consecutive games with at least 15 points to begin a career in the big 12
 
AJ has mostly looked DeRozan like, but some of the highlights last night looked more like Kobe. Hopefully he can do that stuff against better teams later on.
 
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