Alterique Gilbert: Naismith All American

[superjohn]

You would be insane to repeat the pattern of assuming a kid who's dominant in high school is going to seamlessly transfer that dominance to the college game. But here we go again.

Who the hell ever said he would dominate as a college freshman? I just think it's silly to not be excited about a McDonald's all-American point guard coming in next year. Of course it's a process with freshman but he is bringing in a skill set we are desperately missing this season.

 

[superjohn]

For reference, here are last year's senior Naismith HS All-Americans and their current CBB stats:

1st team
Dwayne Bacon
Jaylen Brown
Malik Newman
Ben Simmons
Allonzo Trier

2nd team
Isaiah Briscoe
Cheick Diallo
Ivan Rabb
Diamond Stone

3rd team
Henry Ellenson
Chase Jeter
Skal Labissiere

Those fanbases were dumb to be excited about any of them, they are all freshman and weren't ready to contribute this season.