Thompson is very limited. I'm surprised he's considered a top 100 player to be honest.From the tape he would offer more than Thompson that I have seen several times.
Like many of these kids, it makes a big difference exactly when you see them Thompson most frequently blends into a game and makes a play here or there like Facey does for us now, then in a particular game he shows more moves and game than his mix tape and you say 'wow", I see why he is highly rated. But in my mind a high rated kid should be there based on high caliber regular performance rather than peak capability. With that said, Gak's tape shows a better player with more upside because he is a better athlete from appearances. Other comments from posters about good hands is a solid observation. Whoever made that mix tape did a good job organizing the tape to focus on each skill one at a time. Mohamed Bamba runs the court like a deer and looks graceful and is rightly highly rated, but I doubt his highlights could showcase as many good basketball plays that weren't based solely on athleticism. I usually look at these tapes to get my 'minds eye' around the physical characteristics of the player rather than projecting a basketball judgment, but this tape was good enough to make me want this kid as our 'Facey' replacement for 2017. (At least until the mix tape of the next player I see)Thompson is very limited. I'm surprised he's considered a top 100 player to be honest.
You could knock him over with a sneeze. Speaking of sneezing if he sneezed he would be Achou Deng. Gak. Can't believe I did that.This kid looks skilled, but 7'0" 190lbs is ridiculously thin. Guess that's what college weight lifting is for?
This kid looks skilled, but 7'0" 190lbs is ridiculously thin. Guess that's what college weight lifting is for?
Yes and no. The last couple years our weight lifting program has been a dismal failure at transforming skinny tall guys into strong men. That needs to change.
Wrong! It's the gymnastics. The entire "weight program" consists of the players doing cartwheels up and down the court.Or they are skinny guys not capable of putting on serious weight. Watch what happens with Enoch and Zach Brown. If they fill out, you can take back the same refrain you've mentioned 326 times now.