UK was guard dominant, but they were good guards who could create. Are we really going to give Bam a handicap when he had Fox on his team setting him up? Favors team had no true PG and selfish guards.
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UK was guard dominant, but they were good guards who could create. Are we really going to give Bam a handicap when he had Fox on his team setting him up? Favors team had no true PG and selfish guards.
Bam averaged 13/8. It's not terrible.
Favors averaged 10/6. We can't blame GT's guards for Favors' low rebounding numbers, though you could argue Favors was a year younger as a freshman.
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No, like O'Lindsey I whiffed on that one.
Never said it was bad but the way you wrote it sounded like Bam was at a disadvantage
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Bam wasn't a primary option at UK, the guards were ball dominant and the paint was often crowded. Bam shot a good percentage (60%), but it was mostly off put backs and occasional dump offs.
Bam's physical profile screams NBA athlete and he's got basic skills. With him you hope he works on his game. The upside is significant. You just have to stop thinking of him as a center at the next level.
Bam's physical profile screams NBA athlete and he's got basic skills. With him you hope he works on his game. The upside is significant. You just have to stop thinking of him as a center at the next level.
Bolomboy was a center in college too.
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The advantage with him is I think he will be decent at being able to switch on to other players.
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Bolomboy, Favors, Adebayo = PF/C
Jazz list Favors and Bolomboy as PFs fwiw
Jazz list Favors and Bolomboy as PFs fwiw
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The thing is, people's opinions of players are always skewed by their expectations. A guy exceeds expectations and he rises up the board. A guy puts up better numbers and has better raw potential, but because he disappoints relative to expectations, he drops.
DeAndre Jordan underachieved in college and he fell to the 2nd round. Now he's All NBA. He didn't even have to develop much to impact the league.
Bam is a prototypical NBA specimen who put up 13/8 with 1.5 blocks as a freshman in the SEC. If he measures and works out well, there's no way he'll fall to the 2nd round.
DeAndre Jordan underachieved in college and he fell to the 2nd round. Now he's All NBA. He didn't even have to develop much to impact the league.
Bam is a prototypical NBA specimen who put up 13/8 with 1.5 blocks as a freshman in the SEC. If he measures and works out well, there's no way he'll fall to the 2nd round.
The few games I have watched of the Stars (like 1) and the boxscores I look at, he is playing center (at least in the starting lineup). He has never played PF in any of his minutes with the Jazz.
It has nothing to do with underachieving. He is just an undersized player at a stacked NBA position without a lot of skill. People here can say he is a 4 all they want but the reality of the situation is that the NBA is moving away from playing dudes like Bam at the 4.
Every big ranked ahead of Bam in DX is either younger, longer, or more skilled.
While I'm ranting, I'll go out and say that I'll be surprised if Zach Collins is starter PF material. He'll get killed guarding in space, and I haven't seen much if any game off the bounce. Maybe I'm wrong, but he's probably a back-up stretch-5.
This is a case of a guy exceeding expectations and suddenly he's a top-10 pick.
This is a case of a guy exceeding expectations and suddenly he's a top-10 pick.
To me, Bam's upside is Tristan Thompson if he can really focus on the things he needs to focus on and not try to be something he isnt.
But he is miles ahead of Bam in nearly every aspect of basketball other than flexing his traps.
And he is a center, just like Bam. Not sure what is with everyone trying to make these dudes 4's.
Bam is markedly bigger and more athletic than Thompson. That's not an upside scenario.
Again, I think Bam is more skilled out on the floor than he showed at UK.