Edrice "Bam" Adebeyo and he's legit, a fringe lottery talent, possibly higher, and new UK target. Plays like a quicker, more explosive version of Cliff Alexander (He's got much better feet). that approach in the link is picturesque.
Interesting that Peeks still likes 2017 more than 2016, even after the emergence of what looks to be a blue-chip prospect in
Wenyen Gabriel..
I agree though, despite many respected names saying 2016 looks like the most talented crop they've seen.
These drafts are both going to be loaded, because there's also International talent born in similar years. I've been watching this Euro U18 championship. French team member
Frank Ntilikina seriously looks like a lottery pick, he's like a rich mans version of Devin Harris...
I think he's a better prospect than Frank Jackson. Ntilikina appears to have a 7' wingspan at 6'4", he plays smart, instinctual and relatively mistake free. I'm not sure about his FT shooting, but from what I saw his 3pt shot looks much better than advertised.
The top-20 in 2017 will end up crazy strong, no doubt, there's many legit big's involved(Ayton, Bamba, Carter, Wiley, Nick Richards, Zach Brown, Obiagu), also the crop of SG/SF's looks very promising(Michael Porter> Josh Jackson IMO). And Trevon Duval does infact look better than the much ballyhoo'd 2016 PG's, I'm pretty sure Duval is can't miss.
Back to 2016 though, Wenyen Gabriel looks absolutely out of this world, I wanted to stop by and bring that up. I think he's at-least on par with Miles Bridges and Jonathan Isaac, I suspect he's a lottery or top-10 pick. Put him on a loaded team and he's gonna shine even brighter IMO.
I actually think he's got a decent chance to end up as the top Wing from this class, even over Josh Jackson..
Gabriel is the type of PF you can put at SF, he's got the ballskills, shooting and the athleticism in spades. He runs the floor like a truely elite athlete for that size,
crazy long strides, He shows great balance body control and timing on boards and blocks, He will cause all sorts of mismatches anywhere on the court. PKM - please tell me it's not a foregone conclusion he's going to Duke. He looks like the goods.
Peeks I also
have to ask about this 7'5" Italian player coach Cal was talking about.. Is that real? Can you identify him? or is that Coach Cal talking about Isaac Humphries without being able to talk about Isaac Humphries?
Whats the word on Humphries anyways? always liked his game since he dropped 41 19 and 5 blocks in 30 minutes during a loss to a Jamal Murray led Canadian team. Is he closer to 6'10½" 6'11" or 7' ?? He'd be too young to be one and done for the 2016 draft correct??
Also on that note seems like The Nigerian Nightmare, Udoka Azuibuke c/o 2016 is born in late '99(31 months after Josh Jackson..) He's younger than many in the HS classes of '17 and '18 [Bagley]?!? which would make him too young to go one and done in the 2017 draft.
the 1 and done rule is so stupid, more than ever I believe its infact a diversion. I believe in-part the rule is in place to buy the domestic players more time to catch up with the international ones... So many old *** players lying in weight in these classes, its a joke. 20 year old freshman playing in march madness is the result,
not teams having less of a chance to pick a bust.
