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Its awesome to see a Uconn bound kid get these types of accolades. Cant wait to watch him next season.
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I had the same thought about myself when I was in Maui for the 2nd game between Michigan State-Colorado. I heard the introductions say "Jason Richardson Jr.". I had to pause and think, "I think I have heard this name before" until I realized, "Oh damn I watched his father play in Michigan State and his entire NBA career".
It made my mid life crisis come faster, LOL.
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The way I see it you must still be a kid.
Milt Wagner was a freshman at Louisville during my senior year of college. His grandson is noe playing college basketball.
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FWIW Darryn Peterson was named the Naismith High School Player of the Year today and not AJ Dybantsa. That didn't surprise me that much but what did surprise me in this article is that Jonathan Givony has Peterson being drafted overall number 1 over number 2 Dybantsa. I thought Dybantsa was supposed to be the best prospect in the last 10-15 years? Is this going to be like Michael Jordan going 3rd? Or is Peterson really a better prospect? Because that's not what the hype machine has been telling us.
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FWIW Darryn Peterson was named the Naismith High School Player of the Year today and not AJ Dybantsa. That didn't surprise me that much but what did surprise me in this article is that Jonathan Givony has Peterson being drafted overall number 1 over number 2 Dybantsa. I thought Dybantsa was supposed to be the best prospect in the last 10-15 years? Is this going to be like Michael Jordan going 3rd? Or is Peterson really a better prospect? Because that's not what the hype machine has been telling us.
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Peterson is awesome. Self must be geeked. Dybantsa gets the edge as a prospect because of his size and athleticism and what you can project him as but I wouldn't be surprised if Peterson is more productive in his one year of college.
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Peterson is that good. And he’s not nearly the me first hot dog AJ is. Flagg is the best US prospect of the last 10-15.FWIW Darryn Peterson was named the Naismith High School Player of the Year today and not AJ Dybantsa. That didn't surprise me that much but what did surprise me in this article is that Jonathan Givony has Peterson being drafted overall number 1 over number 2 Dybantsa. I thought Dybantsa was supposed to be the best prospect in the last 10-15 years? Is this going to be like Michael Jordan going 3rd? Or is Peterson really a better prospect? Because that's not what the hype machine has been telling us.
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FWIW Darryn Peterson was named the Naismith High School Player of the Year today and not AJ Dybantsa. That didn't surprise me that much but what did surprise me in this article is that Jonathan Givony has Peterson being drafted overall number 1 over number 2 Dybantsa. I thought Dybantsa was supposed to be the best prospect in the last 10-15 years? Is this going to be like Michael Jordan going 3rd? Or is Peterson really a better prospect? Because that's not what the hype machine has been telling us.
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Flagg is the best prospect of the last 10-15. He is a far more impactful player IMO. Dybantsa is a better than average first pick, still.
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Peterson feels like a lock to drop 20 day 1 in college, Dybantsa has better tools to be an all world player in the long term. Can't go wrong with either.
Oats and golden never leaving for indiana. They will have to settle for up and comer or beard
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I thought I read a bunch of articles that said Dybantsa is. Looks like they all said Flagg though. Flagg seems to be a better overall player. Dybantsa more potential as a scorer.
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Dayummm, you old! I think I was 6 and I remember seeing Never Nervous Purvis, Billy Thompson, Herbert Crook, and Milt beating some rat looking guy’s team.
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I have a couple decades on you.
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Just how good is this kid? Are we talking McNeeley good?
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Good question. We’ll find out soon. He’s ranked around the same as McNeeley was. But McNeeley was at Montverde so probably had better training.
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IMO opinion yes but he's a very different player than McNeeley. Liam is a lot bigger than Mullins and is better at putting it on the deck at this stage, bodying people and drawing fouls. Mullins a better shooter than Liam and he's a lot quicker than Liam. Won't be as much ballhandling and driving from Mullins at least early on, mostly catch and shoot and he'll stay in front of his man better than Liam on the perimeter.
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From what I have seen, which admittedly is limited, but with him and Solo in the game we should be lethal from three. Demary and Smith are both very capable of getting into the lane and then kicking out or lobbing. That is going to put way more pressure on defenses.
Diarra maximized his talent because he truly had the heart of a champion. But his shooting was never a thing that defenders placed a priority on but with both Demary and Smith it will be different.
I think with this roster construction we may see some wrinkles in our sets. I can definitely see us play more inside out than we have in a few years. Offensively I think we are good.
Demary automatically makes us better defensively in the back court.
Still would love to see us pick up a defensive minded big 6’9” at least that we can put into the five spot when Reibe is in the game and the other team has a bigger line up.
Diarra maximized his talent because he truly had the heart of a champion. But his shooting was never a thing that defenders placed a priority on but with both Demary and Smith it will be different.
I think with this roster construction we may see some wrinkles in our sets. I can definitely see us play more inside out than we have in a few years. Offensively I think we are good.
Demary automatically makes us better defensively in the back court.
Still would love to see us pick up a defensive minded big 6’9” at least that we can put into the five spot when Reibe is in the game and the other team has a bigger line up.
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I hope and expect this kid to be lights out from distance. That said, we expected the same from Liam and he finished the season 31.7% from distance, despite being touted as the best shooter in his class. I'm sure a lot of that was due to him carrying the playmaking burden for a bulk of the year instead of just catch and shoot but still... Let's temper expectations.
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His injury derailed his shooting IMO.
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I took Mullins' stats with a grain of salt. Shooting is shooting, so if you knock them down at a crazy high percentage in high school, hopefully that eventually translates. But 30 ppg was a reflection on the competition and I don’t think we’ll get a prolific scorer.
But the little bit I saw of him in the McD's game - I like what we're getting. He knows how to play. He was making back cuts, flashing to the open places on the floor, moving with a purpose. And mostly not getting the ball - but he didn’t chuck when he finally did get it even if he would have had a right to. He swung the ball to the open man. He took on defensive challenges too and picked Dybantsa clean and forced Peterson into a contested brick.
Remains to be seen how it translates but he looks like he’ll fit our offense like a glove and he’ll make the players around him better - he won’t just be a shooter waiting for the ball in the corner.
One thing I did notice about him and Adams is that they both communicate and do try and get their teammates moving to the right spots.
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If you just look at the tape his release is as quick as I have seen. It jumps off the tape as different.
With that I think he could avoid the issue of trying to play to fast once he steps up in competition. Using Liam as any measuring for what this kid will do is kind of like comparing apples and oranges.
Not sure what Liam was rated as far as shooting but don’t think it was as high as Mullins. Mullins is 1,2 or 3 in shooting by most respectable scouting services. Liam had other parts of his game that were better and he came in with an NBA ready body which had to help his ranking. This kid is rated as high as he is pretty much because of his shooting.
I hope he is closer to the 6’6” he is listed at than 6’4” but I will take a shot and say he ends up with a freshman season that will compare if not exceed Liam’s.
He clearly gives us a chance to three peat on the BEFOY line.
Feel real good about his kid.
With that I think he could avoid the issue of trying to play to fast once he steps up in competition. Using Liam as any measuring for what this kid will do is kind of like comparing apples and oranges.
Not sure what Liam was rated as far as shooting but don’t think it was as high as Mullins. Mullins is 1,2 or 3 in shooting by most respectable scouting services. Liam had other parts of his game that were better and he came in with an NBA ready body which had to help his ranking. This kid is rated as high as he is pretty much because of his shooting.
I hope he is closer to the 6’6” he is listed at than 6’4” but I will take a shot and say he ends up with a freshman season that will compare if not exceed Liam’s.
He clearly gives us a chance to three peat on the BEFOY line.
Feel real good about his kid.
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His injury kind of derailed his season. At the end of the game against Florida it became clear that he never really got back to 100%. Even though he was hobbled in that game he still had his second highest points after the injury. All be it with high usage and poor efficiency.
His inability to get lift contributed to those missed rebounds.
He was most healthy right after coming back the first two games Then I think he tweaked it the Seton Hall game. If you look at what happened after that as far as production and efficiency there was a clear drop off.