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Big Abe's take looking and trending in a mighty strong fashion. And grass is green.The work will show
Big Abe's take looking and trending in a mighty strong fashion. And grass is green.The work will show
Gonna give @Abe1 respect. .He was way out in front of most Yarders about Bouk for a long time around the injury situation.Big Abe's take looking and trending in a mighty strong fashion. And grass is green.
From Givony:
All year, we've heard about a 'five-player draft.' Is there a player who could break up that top-five group?
While he might not go in the top five, James Bouknight could ultimately end up as one of the best players to come out of this class outside that core four. With the NBA full of guards who can shoot off the dribble, score out of quick actions and create offense, Bouknight is a perfect fit and should look even better with NBA spacing at his disposal. Analytics models won't appreciate his negative assist-to-turnover ratio or sub-30% 3-point clip, but Bouknight is as talented of a shot-creator as you'll find after Cunningham and Green.
ESPN Article
Gonna give @Abe1 respect. .He was way out in front of most Yarders about Bouk for a long time around the injury situation.
I was skeptical about Bouk's Lottery position.Not his NBA draft attractiveness.
I was wrong on his draft position. I'm not an expert or an insider. I now think he goes in position 5 to 10.
Love Bouk's NBA upside...Happy for him.
I think it’s less that people were wrong in estimating his draft position than that Bouk did the hard work necessary to improve his standing.Gonna give @Abe1 respect. .He was way out in front of most Yarders about Bouk for a long time around the injury situation.
I was skeptical about Bouk's Lottery position.Not his NBA draft attractiveness.
I was wrong on his draft position. I'm not an expert or an insider. I now think he goes in position 5 to 10.
Love Bouk's NBA upside...Happy for him.
That’s not factual…the feedback came back top 10. That’s why the decision was made.I think it’s less that people were wrong in estimating his draft position than that Bouk did the hard work necessary to improve his standing.
I’m sure you’re right, although, you may remember there was a lot of chatter that indicating James coming in lower for a while. I don’t pretend to have any inside sources or expertise, but that’s what I was reading here and elsewhere for a while.That’s not factual…the feedback came back top 10. That’s why the decision was made.
If you are a first rounder, and guaranteed first round, you leave. If you are a consensus top 20 pick, you are going to get taken.That’s not factual…the feedback came back top 10. That’s why the decision was made.
If only I'd been forward looking enough to buy some land when we went to Disney World in 1972................I believe the Orlando metro is, or at least was, the second fastest growing major metro in the country. It’s become a rather large market.
If you are a first rounder, and guaranteed first round, you leave. If you are a consensus top 20 pick, you are going to get taken.
I think you are seriously overestimating how much money kids will make from NIL. Desmond Bane, who was the last pick of the first round in 2020, signed a four-year deal worth nearly $10 million, and is making just under $2 million this year. No basketball player is going to make $2 million a year in college from NIL money.With NIL, the economic cliff is much less severe, so players in that mid to late first rounder may actually be looking at a financial wash or even more guaranteed $$ coming back to school and being an All conf, All American, NCAA Tourney star than being the 10th guy on the (random NBA team).
Not even in Baton Rouge, Lexington, etc.?I think you are seriously overestimating how much money kids will make from NIL. Desmond Bane, who was the last pick of the first round in 2020, signed a four-year deal worth nearly $10 million, and is making just under $2 million this year. No basketball player is going to make $2 million a year in college from NIL money.
I think you are seriously overestimating how much money kids will make from NIL. Desmond Bane, who was the last pick of the first round in 2020, signed a four-year deal worth nearly $10 million, and is making just under $2 million this year. No basketball player is going to make $2 million a year in college from NIL money.
Wojciechowski? Bouknight had 6 against Marquette the first time they played (during which he was injured) and 24 in the second game.From David Aldridge and The Athletic:
(Making a case for who is the 4th best guard in the class behind, Cunningham, Suggs and Green)
The case for Bouknight
Eastern Conference executive 3:He shot the piss out the ball in workouts. I don’t know if he’s the hardest worker in practice, but when the lights come on, he shined.
College head coach 2 (his team played UConn last year): Streaky. He can shoot, can put it on the floor. He just needs to become a more consistent shooter. All that will fall into place. He can put it on the floor. He kicked our ass. First game he struggled; next game he went off on us. But he’s got to improve on his game. Don’t think “I’ve made it.” Continue to work on his handle. Like everybody in college, it’s a different level when you get to (the NBA). But I like him.
I wonder who the coach was.
The Athletic NBA Draft Article
Wojciechowski? Bouknight had 6 against Marquette the first time they played (during which he was injured) and 24 in the second game.
I think you are seriously overestimating how much money kids will make from NIL. Desmond Bane, who was the last pick of the first round in 2020, signed a four-year deal worth nearly $10 million, and is making just under $2 million this year. No basketball player is going to make $2 million a year in college from NIL money.
First rounders won’t stay.
But you forget that there’s like 100 underclassmen who declare for a 60 player draft (and some seniors and foreigners get drafted)
I’d like to see that number cut down as it’s in everyone’s best interest
So he went from all over the lottery in the last consensus to coalescing at 7 or 8. Most mocks have him ahead of Moody and Keon now, and some ahead of Mitchell.Consensus Mock Draft: Top 3 seems clear in final look before Draft night | NBA.com
In the final update before Draft night, the top is becoming settled, but then uncertainty abounds as teams make their final decisions.www.nba.com
NBA.com did a compilation of the prominent mock drafts out there and had Bouknight at 8 along with him being the biggest riser.
- The player making the biggest rise since the Lottery is James Bouknight, a shooting guard out of UConn. According to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony, Bouknight had an “impressive” pro day and is looking like “one of the best shooters in the draft.” Bouknight now appears as high as seventh to Golden State (four times) or three times to the Magic at No. 8. Expect his stock to continue to rise as more mock drafts update leading up to Draft night.