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There was no way he had a 7' wingspan. People believe such nonsense.
That hurts
There was no way he had a 7' wingspan. People believe such nonsense.
True, but this is still a few inches less than should have been reasonably expected..
Agreed, i was thinking more of something like 6'9 personnaly. That's a huge blow for topic imo.
How is he such a poor shooter with a short wingspan like that tbh. Guys with short arms are usually snipers.
His specialty is penetration. He is a ball handling savant for his age and height. If he focused on shooting more, it would get better.
I tend to agree. Basically comes down to how severe the ACL tear is tbh. If it’s something the Spurs think isn’t a long-term issue, I think they’ll still potentially be interested at 8 imo.
Finally confirmation of the T-Rex arms . . .
It'd probably be a +0 wingspan if it wasnt for that gargantuan neck of his.
Moving on.
That story has Sarr listed at 7'1" when he measured at 6'11.75". I wouldn´t be surprised if that wingspan ends up being wrong. Also, if he has a Cam Whitmore like slide to the 20s, I'd try to snatch him there. Negative wingspan doesn't scare me and plenty of guys come off of ACL alright, plus shooting is the swing skill that opens up the whole game for him, and he seems to have good touch and great FT%, so he's a big risk in the top 10 but not so much later on.
Interesting. Wingspan is tricky because its just not the arm length but the shoulders. He does seem to have broad shoulders.
#9 belongs to Grizzlies, and they've shown w/ Bane and Brandon Clarke that productive players w/ shorter wingspans who drop are targets...
He always had a weird body type, with short legs and a giraffe-like neck, but his arms didn't seem too short. I hope eventually the measurements go into the official combine page.
Maybe, but they're also trying to compete right now and no. 9 is the best pick they're going to have in quite a while, I don't know that they'll use it on a project like Topic who's 2+ years away (injury being baked into that number). I could see them trading back and getting multiple shots at it though, or trading for a later pick if he slides too far.
It's not the contrary ? without that long neck, he's more of a 6'4 player with a 6'7 wingspan
Agreed. Needless to say the ACL news + now the wingspan stuff is making him less of a no-brainer/home run pick at #8…but I still think he’s very much on the table if the Spurs’ medical staff feels good about the knee.
He’s not my first choice at 8 but I wouldn’t have a meltdown or anything if we took him.
Probably without the gargantuan neck he's 6'5 height and 6'5" wingspan (thus +0)
the 6'7 seems legit. photos of him next to teammates always indicated his listed height was legit. his effective height is definitely shorter than that because a giraffe neck doesnt help you for anything other than court vision. doesnt help you get shots off, contest defensively, finish, etc.
7 foot wingspan always seemed kind of wild. but a negative wingspan (probably about neutral if you discount for the giraffe neck)... that was supposedly part of his appeal
And he can’t shoot and doesn’t play defense. All that and a torn ACL, what’s not to love?
Never cared about that, other than, “oh,that interesting”. It was always about penetration, pick and roll play, and passing in general.
Wouldn’t be surprised if his lying agent who lied about his injury was also the one who floated that false rumor.
the length is what gave people some optimism that it will be easier to hide him on defense
I don’t know anyone would think he had that wingspan heck most people were ing that he was NO way close to 6’6 many stated 6’4. So now he comes out as a legit 6’7 and for you neck people will just go with 6’6 which is still tall for a pure PG.
lol, dude has been a fabrication of his agent/team owner (who we know stands to benefit from him being drafted high via buyout). All of this videos of him making layups against fat Serbians were probably filmed in front of a green screen in some Bratislavan human trafficking warehouse
we see you tube videos, read mock drafts and check out combine measurements. in other words, we see an iota of what a scout sees. we have no access to interviews, medical records or workouts. tony parker's selection was predicated on a second workout that convinced pop that RC was right about him. it sometimes just comes down to that. and sometimes, the scouts and higher ups get it flat out wrong and sometimes they land a gem. but i'm not gonna about it if the spurs use their second lottery pick on topic.
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