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Message: [QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 5345811, member: 175"] Yeah. I’ll be curious how it goes, with Nowell at least. I think the consensus when Abraham signed as a guy outside the top 100 was that he wasn’t really expected to contribute in year one and that maybe he could develop later in his career. Nowell was expected to contribute and had injuries that I’m sure stunted his growth, and I’m sure he lost some confidence too. There’s probably a better player in there than what we saw. But he’s 5-11 and wasn’t difficult to guard last year. His highlight reels in high school - other than some threes - were mostly playing bully ball off the dribble, and that didn’t translate to college at all at his size (the three ball didn’t either - but that may come with more PT and confidence). Kemba and Boat had explosive quickness and athleticism that made them hard to guard. Bazz and Khalid had deep bags and were cerebral. Nowell had none of those things - and looked like a really low ceiling guy last year that made me wonder what we liked in him (and why he was top 50). Maybe he’ll show it at VCU. [/QUOTE]