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Doncic's play has cooled off, I wonder if his efficiency is dropping because his team is injured and opponents can funnel so much into stopping the young kid or if it's just a slump. He still tries to control the game, he's just making more mistakes in the process.
 
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Doncic's play has cooled off, I wonder if his efficiency is dropping because his team is injured and opponents can funnel so much into stopping the young kid or if it's just a slump. He still tries to control the game, he's just making more mistakes in the process.
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Considering his age it was inevitable that he would cool off.
 
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Knox is not far behind Marvin Bagley as a prospect, imo. Knox needs to shoot the ball better, but of course so does Bagley. If Knox starts scoring more consistently, then yes, he's up there. Bagley's obviously a better rebounder and defender.
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Lmao. Yes he is behind Bagley. Bagley also graduated high school a year early. He is supposed to be a senior in HS still. NBA drafts off potential. I question anyone Bball Iq that thinks Bagley will fall out of the top 3. If anyone falls its Porter Jr because of back injury! Back injury is what made Larry Legend retire early. Karl Malone was a much better and dependable player then larr y Bird
 
Bagley isnt that good. Huge project. Doesnt have the insane length to give him teh upside he needs to be worth a top 3 pick. Not super high IQ, not super high awareness on defense. Is average at everything (besides shooting which is just bad at ) other than being athletic.
 
Not to argue, but Knox is a few months younger than Bagley. The thing is, Bagley has a size and athleticism advantage at the college level that enables him to score and make plays around the rim. He's not going to have the same advantage against NBA lenth. For any college player who relies on purely physical dominance, they typically have to adjust their game at the next level. See Thomas Robinson, Julius Randle, and Nerlens Noel as examples. Bagley should be better than those guys, but he needs to expand his floor game. Whereas, a guy like Kevin Knox has enough of a skill set to step right in as a big wing or power forward.
 
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Not to argue, but Knox is a few months younger than Bagley. The thing is, Bagley has a size and athleticism advantage at the college level that enables him to score and make plays around the rim. He's not going to have the same advantage against NBA lenth. For any college player who relies on purely physical dominance, they typically have to adjust their game at the next level. See Thomas Robinson, Julius Randle, and Nerlens Noel as examples. Bagley should be better than those guys, but he needs to expand his floor game. Whereas, a guy like Kevin Knox has enough of a skill set to step right in as a big wing or power forward.
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Yeah, but Bagley is pretty good at being a garbage-man, which should be lauded for being such a hyped player. That's the one thing that keeps me optimistic about him, he works hard on the court.
 
Ill give Justin Jackson a bit of a pass this year. For some reason Maryland is playing him at the 3 with two other non-skilled bigs. His stats make sense now in that context. Playing out of position.
 
Definitely keep an eye on this giant on Purdue Redshirt Freshman Matt Haarms. He's fluid and has a nice motor for 7'3". I can tell u for sure he's gonna be in the NBA.

Cy is wrong about Bagley, if any of u play overwatch, tracer is the fastest character in the game and if played correctly can be used to beat opposition at the point of attack over and over and over, and thats what Bagley is capable of doing, basically he's nimble and fast enough and has a good enough feel for scoring to be able to pick his spots and exploit them, over and over and over. It's that simple. Today's game was simple rinse-and-repeat. **That being said Texas not having James Banks was critical. Also the Bagley 3 at the end of regulation was atrocious, Coach Cal would've blown a gasket.
 
Bagley is weird. I expected him to have better touch and better floor game/skill-level... and he is still dominating other potential 5 picks, while being raw. His physical and athletic attributes are off the charts and his motor is very good. He is very coordinated and his balance(proprioception™) is good. Something people are sleeping on - the league is moving onto a switching game on D. Bagley will kill smalls. He will absolutely destroy them IMO. He is extremely good at pushing his physical advantages where he has them and he has enough skill to do it vs overmatched players. Now imagine if/when he develops his game a bit... I would love for our development staff to get their hands on him. If Porter/Doncic are not there I wouldn't overthink and I would just draft him...(opinion subject to change if other players catch my eye and/or improve over the season).
 
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Trae Young is a baller:


I'd like to see a stat on his 30 feet heaves. Also... having conflicting feelings about him. I think I still have residual trauma from the other Treys....
 
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stitches said:
Bagley is weird. I expected him to have better touch and better floor game/skill-level... and he is still dominating other potential 5 picks, while being raw. His physical and athletic attributes are off the charts and his motor is very good. He is very coordinated and his balance(proprioception) is good. Something people are sleeping on - the league is moving onto a switching game on D. Bagley will kill smalls. He will absolutely destroy them IMO. He is extremely good at pushing his physical advantages where he has them and he has enough skill to do it vs overmatched players. Now imagine if/when he develops his game a bit... I would love for our development staff to get their hands on him. If Porter/Doncic are not there I wouldn't overthink and I would just draft him...(opinion subject to change if other players catch my eye and/or improve over the season).
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I'd still take him in the top 5, but I do think he's a project. He has the athleticism and motor to be great; it'll just take a few years before his skill set is up to speed with what NBA teams want from the 4 spot. Right now he's more of a traditional 4 with the ability to push the beak.

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