Hope he's a Spur for Life.
Hope he's a Spur for Life.
Imagine getting selected for a mid season rookie compe ion and you have to go to Utah.
Park City is pretty fking dope and I’m not sure if you have ever been to a a city during NBA All Star weekend but I’ve done Cleveland and Toronto and it gets pretty fun.
I'm sure the old polygamists have the prime tail on lockdown.
haha my close friend works for Steve Young’s private Equity fund (HGGC) in San Fran but is now Utah based. Those basic Utah girls are pretty damn hot!!
Congratulations Rising Star Sochan!
You earned it. Nice work.
A little surprised he got the nod with his mediocre start, but he deserves to be in. He should be in the league for awhile.
Goodluck young Spur. Rooting for you to get the trophy. Is he coming in as a PF or PG? I don’t know how it works for the Rising Star. But Jeremy likes to mix it up, and I’m sure he’s not going to be shy to slam it everybtime. It should be fun.
I’m sure his playing style helped him a lot to go there indeed.
Yup these kind of games are dominated by wings who just takes it all the way to the basket. And Jeremy is never shy to slam it, plus he likes the ally ops and put backs, in addition to his new found confidense on his offensive game. And you know Jeremy is not the type to back down. It will be fun.
He's definitely turned heads these last few weeks.
He's climbed up to 7th on the Rookie Ladder: https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-...1-2023-edition
My only beef with this list is that Walker Kessler really doesn't deserve the #4 spot at this point. On current trajectory, I could see him falling and Ivey and Sochan passing Keegan Murray (though Keegan has the benefit of playing for the #3 team in the west). If Sochan can keep this up he has a legit shot at 1st team.
The think we need to keep in mind is that it isn't about who is better now, but who will be more valuable in the future. If Jeremy continues his trajectory, he could end up no. 2 behind Banchero, not because he'll put up more points than Mathurin or Ivey, or he'll make more defensive teams than Kessler, but because his type is so special that he's much harder to come by than a shot blocking center or a scoring guard. This is exactly why I wanted to draft him, as opposed to other more flashy picks.
I said after the draft the best two players would eventually be Mathurin and Sochan. A bit of a hot take, but not unbelievable.
2022 Draft - Youngest 1st round players (born in 2003)
Jalen Duren: November 18
AJ Griffin: August 25
Nikola Jovic: June 9
Shaedon Sharpe: May 30
Ousmane Dieng: May 21
JEREMY SOCHAN: May 20
Jabari Smith Jr: May 13
MALACHI BRANHAM: May 12
Dyson Daniels: March 17
BLAKE WESLEY: March 16
So basically Sochan and Malachi are among a group of guys born within a few weeks from each other (along with Jovic, Sharpe, Dieng and Jabari Smith Jr) that are only 6 months older than Duren (first) and 3 than AJ Griffin (youngest and second youngest). And Blake Wesley and Daniels are just a couple of months older. So basically most rookies ranked above Jeremy are older than him, between one and (almost) three years (in Keegan Murray's case). He's got a long, very promising road ahead.
I liked them both (in fact they were my top picks for our position), but I always had Banchero no. 1. Still do.
That's part of the process.
-So, What made you pick Sochan?
-Rising stars selection committee:
His Rodman-look will get him noticed, enough to see the kid can play. The media will love him and Jeremy is not shy to back it up, a couple of ally ops, put backs, 3’s, nifty passes. He might even steal the show from Banchero this Rising Star challenge. Let’s see.
My ty direct tv took a due to ice conditions
why is sochan not playing?
injury?
Lower back
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