It happened with Durant.
For reference, the full list of players 6'9+ with a 7+% block rate (Akok was at 9.8% so he's already top of the group here) and to shoot 30+% from 3. Those numbers would put him in rare company, ironically in the company of Whaley
But are you related to Kenny G
What I don't understand is you make that statement about Akok "he doesn't have much offensive skill at all", then we have Whaley who is fluid on offense? Akok in my opinion is the stronger 2 way player between them in limited play. Yes, his injury is going to be a mystery in the beginning of the season. Really love Whaley and how he has exceeded my expectations year in and year out and he is now a major key player on this team. I have been saying that I like Whaley coming off the bench but he will get plenty of minutes. Then we have Springs and Johnson to insert with those two along with Sanogo.
He has no chance of being a top 5 pick. He's 22 coming off a ruptured ACL. How did you get that I think he'll be one of the best players in college basketball and a top 5 pick from what I said?
We do have one of the best frontcourts in the country and we are going up against one of the best frontcourts in Auburn at the Battle.
Samson and Springs are going up against these guys in practice every day.. Have to be improving to get PT.
Whaley's 2020 and 2021 seasons offensively were both better than Akok's season in 2020, and by a significant amount
That's because Whaley played more minutes and most of his offense are put backs or dunks. I did say (Akok in my opinion is the stronger 2 way player between them in limited play). Skill wise I'm sticking with Akok and that's not to undermine Whaley at all. We will see as long as Akok stays healthy we are a better team.
Agreed, we're going to be a very good team no matter what but Akok and Jackson could take us from very good to a great team.
Exactly... all things be equal, before Akok's injury, Whaley put up better numbers as a starter(last year) than Akok did when got the same PT and starting minutes as a FR as you pointed out. And Whaley was a much better perimeter defender who could handle alot of these teams that play small ball when he needed to match up with their 1 in 4 out. Only thing Whaley regressed on this past season was FT % , which was 73% the last year of the AAC, when he almost took twice as many FT's (60).
Thank you. My grammar is on not on not… wait… my grammar is… wait… never mind. (I’m terrible at writing haha).
I'm saying the player you described him being in your post would be a top 5 pick, I agree there's no chance it happens. A player at his size with his defensive ability who can even shoot 30% from 3 is incredibly rare. I think that's semi realistic though mid 20s seems more realistic. The part I especially disagree with is this driving ability, unless something has drastically changed during his rehab that's not something I can remotely see him doing. He's going to be a very good player, I just think expectations for him have gotten wildly out of control
A 22 year old coming off a ruptured Achilles who is more fluid than Whaley on offense and who can shoot the three well enough on the wing to pump fake and get to the rim is a top 5 pick? I'm not following you at all on this.
Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what your expectations are for him then, if you mean the occasional drive like against Xavier then I agree he can do that. All I'm saying is I don't expect that to be a regular part of his game where we should be putting the ball in his hands and saying get to the rim
You're thinking stuff that I never said. All I said is I think he's more fluid than Whaley offensively and I expect him to keep the defense honest enough from the wing with the three where he can pump fake and get to the rim. I don't think Whaley can do that, don't think I've ever seen Whaley do that. I have seen Akok do that several times.
