it's almost like BYers missed Liam being mocked late lottery/teens last year and then nearly falling out of the first round because the actual production didn't match. Braylon still has plenty of time and a 10 day break will do him wonders but at the end of day pre-season "mock drafts" will only take you so far.
We've yet to see what Mullins will be. The kid only came back a few games ago as most of the current rotation found their sea legs. Let's all stay patient - no point arguing this now.
Sure, which is why nobody is arguing top 5 for him. But the production is already there for him to be a lottery pick, he's not being drafted on potential
I would post Braylon’s #s compared to the rest of the freshman and sophomores in the 10-20 range but it would be largely pointless.
Mind you Liam came in physically more ready for the NBA and had showed more up until this point.
Still waiting for him to drop 10 3s in one game
Well he doesn't seem to be one and done, so Im sure he’ll get plenty of opportunities.
I do, the freshman class is loaded this year. And when we look at the end of the year Mullins will have really good numbers too, now that his minutes restrictions are gone and he's running the actual offense more and more.
Keaton Wagler wasn't even a top 200 recruit and he's already getting first round talk because of his production outperforming expectations and his potential once he fills out. Draft is way too deep with young talent performing at a high level to be talking with certainty without actually looking around at the rest of the cbb landscape.
How do you figure that? I'm not arguing he will or won't be a lottery pick, it's too early for that, but his production isn't near what lots of freshmen are doing so I don't see how that figures much in what NBA scouts are focusing on at this point.. He's coming off an injury that sidelined him for almost 6 weeks and he's only played in 7 games. He'll get better but this UConn team is so balanced he's probably not going to have numbers that other top 10 freshmen are producing. I don't think that will matter where he gets drafted anyway.
If you go to a place like Maya and look at his efficiency rankings, he's 8th on Uconn right now. Reibe is actually 9th. So he's definitely not lighting it up. To compare to let's say Arizona, Burris and Peat are up at 6.79 and close to 6, where Mullins is around 3. He has shown some flashes of what he can do, but that's about it. He's not producing consistently or efficiently right now. It's going to take some time. Thanks goodness for the Big East.
Think taller Reed Sheppard. I think Sheppard shot around 45% from three.
What injury did Karaban have?
A game vs Xavier? They stinketh. They just got beat by Creighton by 40 at home.
Thanks for this. All you have to do here is suggest something other than what everybody wants to hear and away we go. I love this Mullins kid but I don’t see NBA today. As good as he is, maybe by the end of the season. I hope not but maybe.
Are you sure you dare to say this? Some how my comments have been interpreted to mean that I don’t think this kid has great talent which is absolutely wrong. He does but he needs time to grow and mature.
He will soon play in the NBA. He needs to get bigger, stronger and quicker if he is gong to make a difference on day one. He has skills that most players dream about and he will get there for sure. I hope he is paid to stick around one more year so that we can all make Bird-like comparisons here.
Outside of Kansas, his best game has been 12 points. Wouldn’t say he’s had big games.
This is kind of Mullins main competition for the shooter lottery spot. He’s also 6’6 and slight. Averaging like 15 a game.
Sometimes a loss is better than a win, especially early in the season.
BR's latest (Mullins 15)
This is the one I linked. He’s 16 in front of Tounde, Wagner, Cenac, Thomas, Yaxel and Mara as far as notable players go.
Taking away his best game makes his stats worse?! More breaking news tonight at 11.