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Following Potential 2022 Draftees

Also I keep seeing Shaedon Sharpe listed at 6'6".... Since when? is that legit? If thats legit, n I dont particularly buy it (he has like a 7' wingspan n effortless bounce so its easy to see why some might overlist him)..

In the event that he did grow an inch and a half.. How is he not the #1 guard on all boards i dont understand..
 
Tari Eason has been so good at LSU this season im sure it helped affect star recruit Yohan Traore's descsion to go there to step right into the same sort of role.. if Traore, whos extremely agile for 6'10 can get some of this polish that Eason has displayed it'll take his game a long way cuz hes kinda crafty n good at useing his athletic advantages to get downhill, the extra defense would possibly cement his status into the lottery..

LSU lands Marvell Allen too who's a Jr in HS right now.... They are gonna be a force to be reckoned with for some time...
 
Mark Williams on Duke is really good... He's a known 1st rd type of commodity but its almost understated how good he really is.. He makes many of these d1 games look like his stomping grounds n that he's ready for better competition.. He wouldve performed like crazy if they played him more freshman season too but they kept him under wraps n it seems to have done him some good..

at a legit 7 foot and 250 lbs, I wonder if he will actually be able to generate lotto hype.. most have him near the end of the 1st rd but when I watch him i think more like 12-20 is his range...

He makes me think of many lesser prospects with a similar build, who ended up being backups in the league.... IDK, i get the feeling that Mark Williams is gonna start in the NBA, n if so he should be taken in the teens.
 
Hard to get excited about too many guys considering we only have one first round pick the next three years in the 2023 draft.
 
Avery said:
Hard to get excited about too many guys considering we only have one first round pick the next three years in the 2023 draft.
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They can still trade up! some of Utah's best picks have been trade ups... Also the truth is, the quality of the players in the 2nd rd has drastically increased n will continue to do so.. They might not be able to find win-now / high upside guys, but they can find most excellent development projects n thats what i'd expect..


There is a very very very long list of players who were once hyped for the first rd n even the lottery that are, and have been all season, trending down towards the 2nd rd range.


This player is 18 years old right now and is 38th on ESPN's freshly updated best available list... He's a legit 6'6 with a really nice shooting stroke..
 
I mean just look at most every player UTah has coming off the bench right now.. Its those type of guys (sans Rudy Gay)
 
So many teams have been outrageously dissapointing... Maryland too, I pointed out they were gonna flop right away when the season started n it didnt take a genius to figure that out...
 
stanfords harrison ingram (made a terrible choice going to stanford) and UCLA's peyton watson continue to free fall down espn's board... these r the types of players utah can catch on a big sale n develop in the g-league..
 
ay Justin Lewis has finally cracked the top30 on espn's bigboard and its long overdue.. that kid can play and he's strong enough to possibly contribute to an NBA roster early on.
 
ay the 6'6" sg at Santa Clara, Jalen Williams, who hit a crazy floater while being fouled (that didnt get call) to beat BYU at the Buzzer is definitely on the radar.. 41% from 3, he's athletic but skinny but he can pass the ball.. Interesting player..


In a field where there's lots of wings who kinda maybe can shoot the 3, he looks a bit more legitimate.
 
the landscape of college ball has been obviously shaken n damaged by other leagues poaching top talent.. and you know which teams benefit most from that? Duke, Gonzaga, Kentucky... n to a much lesser degree teams like LSU, Auburn, Kansas and USC

They are the only teams who will consistently benefit from that while many other "new bloods" will struggle and completely demolish their top recruits value in the process of trying to 'make it'..

its bad for college basketball.. one of the worst things that couldve happened... the media will try and put lipstick on that pig year after year after year, without ever addressing it directly... sad times... It's just not the same anymore... The tournaments will still produce fireworks n thats what its about, i guess...

The real silver lining tho is that million dollar coaches are gonna tell lies to poor kids with hopes n dreams n then not even remotely come close to coming thru on those promises... The damage is everywhere, n its massive in scope and scale..
 
Jaden Ivey is absolutely insane. He should absolutely be a top-2 pick without question.
 
the fact that geo baker is still at rutgers is preposterous, i know lots of other players are sitting around for 5+ years... but cmon...
 
ppl just always had blind hate running thru their veins around here... hate on the youngins n now that we have widespread 24 y/o 5th year super seniors running things, no ones happy about that...

its just double standards.. circumstantial bs with no foundation or basis behind it..
 
I know this is the wrong thread but the Suns, after declining his 3rd year option earlier this year, traded former #10 pick Jalen Smith for literally some chicken giblets.. LMAO...

That was still a shockingly bad pick.... called that ahead of time.. He was only at best a fringe first rd pick I sware... Too mechanical...
 
See how Jaden Ivey performed today while getting beatdown by a 13-9 Michigan squad? 1/4 from 3, 0 ast 5 turnovers... No way u take this player over
Jabari Smith, Chet, or Banchero, not even up for discussion.
 
Caleb Houstan with a big showing in the upset. He has all the tools n is a legit 6'8. I definitely expect him to go in the first rd. the fact this discussion is even being had is absurd to me.

I get that when teams underperform players get scooted down the board over n over, but this is a situation like Ziaire Williams who they dragged thru the mud n ends up going 10th. (williams is more of a guard n Houstan is a combo forward but still they can shoot the ball n so its hard to imagine players like thatr just get their stock beatendown n then dont recover a good bit of it in the pre-draft process)
 
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