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Following potential 2017 draftees...

QuinSnydersHair said:
Ugh. Are there any mix-tapes of supposed studs broken down into a 15% dunks and 85% slashing, attacking and shooting ratio?

So done with these Look at me jump! "highlight" reels.
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Thing is with many of these younger players, they achieve their rank vs Older competition so naturally the bigger players have less of a disadvantage, making them easier to project.

I saw Andre Drummond probably 4 or 5 years before he was drafted and thats basically what you get. Laquinton Ross was once the top rated player in his class, WAY early, like when he was a freshman in HS, Im not so sure "skill" players are the type you want to forcast so early.

DeAndre Ayton is obviously a quick case study, even though hes like 15 and wont be draft eligible for 4 years.

If i were to make the 2018 thread the first post would either be about Ayton or Jarred Vanderbilt, hes more of a "make the game look easy" type of prospect than some insane athlete. Check it out;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuirGq9osT4

But i've gotta say, These mixtapes might just not be for you Quinsnydershair, Malik Monk is probably the most exciting player in HS and you werent all that excited when i posted a mix of him.
QuinSnydersHair said:
Freakin' love this kid. Why was he at UVA?
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He plays HS ball in Virginia.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWQ_WT_Cds

Kwe Parker is going to be moving up the rankings, Eric Bossi wrote an article about him today, He's apparently 6'1 which is almost hard to believe when you see those dunks... He also plays with Dennis Smith Jr at Trinity Christian School, what an insane backcourt.
 
Decent read on Thom Maker:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t4

At present, the NBA remains at least three years away for Maker. There's no shortage of work for him to do in the meantime, particularly on his body. Playing so much competitive basketball has made it difficult for Thon to keep weight on his 7'1", 205-pound build, much less add any. As such, Smith has suggested that Maker won't be partaking in his high school team's full slate of games next season.
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I had no idea he was being handled quite like he is. Could be either good or bad, I guess.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
Decent read on Thom Maker:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t4

I think we'll be seeing A LOT more of this. Towns didnt participate in AAU in lieu of working with dribbling, shooting, and post moves specialists. For Towns, I believe it pays off.. as he's way ahead of his peers for his age.

Maker needs to replace games not to simply gain weight, but to hit the weights, hard, and, like Towns, work on skills.


I had no idea he was being handled quite like he is. Could be either good or bad, I guess.
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^I knew I biffed that post before I even hit reply... but my phone sucks for copying/pasting and it wasn't worth it to fix.
 
PKM said:
^I knew I biffed that post before I even hit reply... but my phone sucks for copying/pasting and it wasn't worth it to fix.
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It's definitely pretty smart, especially for guys that aren't going to improve their recruiting stock through playing in more games. I'm not sure I would ditch the actual high school games themselves- those are fun games....memories worth having. More valuable than the extra 5 -10 lbs he might put on. I'd have little problem cutting the AAU games games as soon as I had offers in hand if I were in their positions though.
 
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So we should draft well. Oh, and look, we are already at 8 pages! Awesome this has been around a long time.
 
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