You talk as if being 6’8” is an anomaly in the NBA. And his lower leg injury is far more likely to impact his agility than his 3 point game. Listen, love on the kid all you want. He underperformed for us when considering the hype with which he came.
Not anomalies, but they are highly valuable. Hence even after struggling with an injury and shooting well below his projected splits he's going to be a top 25 pick.
Please give us your definition of hate.
I agree, likely 15-25. While it wasn’t a bad decision to leave, I think with a good season he could have been 5-10 after next season. Absent injury, Liam would have been better off staying, but I doubt that was ever the plan from before enrolling at UConn.
Money wise, if he had a good season, he would have been better off waiting. Castle got $41 million @ #4 and Clingan $31 million at #7. Jackson got $7 million. So you see the dropoff from top 10 to early second round.
I agree. And he is that good where I just didn’t see the upside to entering the draft this year - at least once it was clear he was slipping a bit and got some feedback on workouts.
He became skittish after the injury. He played one great game at Creighton. Then underperformed to prevent getting injured again. The hype was real and deserved.
When has Washington been a good landing spot for anyone?
Hurley should take a look at him.
That would be! Baylor Scheierman looked pretty good toward the end of the season and it seems like the C's are high on him as a cheap depth piece. Liam brings more skills, flexibility and upside to the table but wonder if they are too similar to be 1st round picks in back to back years. Hope not (not that I expect Liam to fall that far in any case).
I heard he transferred from Yale to Michigan.
I hadn’t checked in on this thread in a few days and after I saw that, knew I had to immediately catch up just for the 2 pages of guaranteed belly laughs at all of the “shoulda stayed at UConn” “bad advice to go” type posts from the BY draft experts.
they invited 25 last year, Edey declined so there were 24 in attendance. Kyle Filipowski was one of them and he went 2nd round, although there was speculation that the family stuff contributed his slide.
well that's obnoxious. Him doing badly does not make me happy. I am rooting for the kid. The ankle injury impacted his 3 point shot. That's your point. Okay. That argument belies logic, but maybe it is true. I hope and pray that he is a better pro than he was with us.
