Reply With Quote
Getting ready to watch futures Spurs Anthony Black and Gradey going against each other here in a sec.
Tyrese Proctor's outside shot reminds me of Derrick White.
Getting ready to watch futures Spurs Anthony Black and Gradey going against each other here in a sec.
... is that good?
Either Nick Smith is hurt or the Arkansas coaches hates him lol gets subbed out every minute it seems like
Or, option three: he sucks, and has been coasting off his HS rankings for a year.
Nick Smith is terrible. I wouldn't draft him at any point. I hope he stays and develops basketball skills.
Also, I keep seeing people defending Dariq Whitehead and supporting him even in late lotto. That guy blows, too.
Idea: disregard h.s. ranking because once you start college they don't matter anymore and never will.
This draft sucks so bad Gradey and Anthony Black might wind up in the top 10.
Or he's just having a bad season, dealing with injuries and adjusting to another level.
Yes Mr Body if he's not showing some things during the tournament, maybe returning is not a bad option.
I think you're wrong on something Mr Body, it's not the ranking it's the film, the games. Whitehead was a really really good prospect coming from HS. He was injured a lot this year, was not bad in the tournament...
Same for Smith, that's where i don't agree with both of you making a statement too early on both.
All I'm doing is assessing the college basketball player. High school is terrible and these players dominate because they're playing against kids who are 5'7". It's good to get them recruited, but NCAA is vastly a step up. Disregard the high school stuff. Like I said, it's completely over.
Nick Smith can't get separation, he's constantly taking tough shots and can't hit them. Even when he's open he can't hit them -- this last, I expect to get better. But he's also a skinny, small guy who isn't terribly quick. If you came into any of this season and asked you to pick out the best players in any game he's been in, he's not one of them.
Again, I truly do not care about high school rankings. It's like recruiting community theater thespians into Broadway, finding out a number of them suck, and then saying, "But they were good in Poughkeepsie." Yeah, but this is big time, sweetheart.
EDIT: And NSJ's handles are pretty bad, tbh.
So, yeah, I could give a about Whitehead's rankings, or film, or whatever. He's barely passable right now, a guy who is a spot-up shooter, does nothing else, and might develop in college down the line. Not worth a draft pick.
One thing is sure they could benefit from another year in College.
Speaking about the game, Black and Smith are not that good..... Council and Walsh doing the work for Arkansas.
Good question... I didn't really mean it as a positive or negative... I do like the kid though... 18 years old, can drive with either hand, not afraid to shoot it, has a good FT percentage...
No top 10 pick is returning and risking injury..
Smith Jr will defintely stay in.
Yes both will not return imo, they know they have talent ( maybe they're wrong lol). That's why i said they " could" but imo they'll not.
He looked great in that first game ESPN broadcast when he played against Wembanyama's team. But seeing how bad a shooter he has become over a full season yeah hard to see him at #2 now.
Sochan, Branham and Wes are carrying their team in March last year, the freshmen this year are underperforming so far.
I don't think you could pick out the supposed first round draft picks in this tournament. It's been that way all year.
vs Black right now.
Black is actually really good. He’s not scoring a ton, but Sochan scored 9 ppg at Baylor. I’ve seen a block, a deflection, and a steal in the second half. Guys who can affect the game without the ball in their hands are valuable. He looks like he belongs in the game, unlike Smith.
With how underperforming the projected one and done guys have done in the tournament thus far, gotta imagine the Thompson twins feel better about skipping out on college lol
They won’t, down the line. Nothing they have done is as difficult as playing one NCAA D1 game.
I would love to have Black on this team. He's an excellent connector and would help our perimeter defense tremendously.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
