You can't underestimate the pressure on these guy to perform in these combine events. This isn't going to the gym and taking a few jumpers. This is high pressure shooting with eyes of dozens if not hundreds of scouts and execs watching everything. This is far from an empty gym experience. It may not be the final deciding factor, but a poor showing can cost a player millions. AK and others were impressive.
You say Tomaaato I say Tomahhto....I say Charlotte no thanks, Bouknight not the issue. Call it PTSD...Kemba's & Emeka's best years wasted in Charlotte.
The crazy thing about next year is that if we don’t three-peat, we’ll likely return the entire core of Stewart, Solo, Ross, Mahaney, McNeeley, Nowell, Abraham, and Reed Jr. So either we three-peat and lose at least 3 more guys to the NBA, or the 2025-2026 Huskies will be nearly invincible and we’ll win 3 titles in 4 years.
Yeah taking in all the measurements, his wingspan is longer than similar archetype players Baylor Scheierman, Payton Sandfort, Johnny Furphy, Matas Buzelis, and the same as Bobi Klintman.
Karaban is nothing like Buzelis though, he's not really anything like Scheierman either.
With his antics he might sell some tickets. Trash talking opponents fans. LOL.
Their NBA roles will be similar. Scheierman isn't playing point guard on an NBA team. He'll be a tertiary creator at best. Buzelis isn't particularly good at the things he does that Karaban doesn't, and I expect most of that will drop out of his game. They will all mostly be spacing big wings/stretch 4s with occasional playmaking.
Of course Scheierman isn't playing point guard but it doesn't mean he'll play like Karaban. Buzelis plays nothing like AK and has a lot more upside than him.
How exactly do you think Scheierman is going to play differently than Karaban in the NBA when he's a lower option for his NBA team than he has been in college and playing mostly off the ball? He's not going to be running pick and rolls. He'll run off screens (like Karaban does). He'll set screens (like Karaban does). He'll pop (like Karaban does). He'll cut (like Karaban does). He'll attack closeouts (like Karaban does).
I don't expect Scheierman to make the NBA. He doesn't play anything like Karaban, Buzelis is an even worse comparison.
I disagree with you. I don't think Scheierman or Buzelis play anything like Karaban or will be used like Karaban wherever they play. I don't expect Scheierman to make it in the NBA and I expect it to be a battle for AK to make it. I think Buzelis will make it and be a very good player. His skills and athleticism are totally different than AK's, using him like AK would be a waste of his skills and athleticism.
Scheierman is mocked in the same range as Karaban. He's actually a few spots ahead in the consensus big board on Rookie Scale, but Vecenie has Karaban a few spots higher.
If he makes the NBA, he will play similar to how Karaban will play in the NBA. And so they are fighting for the same jobs.
How about they three-peat, all return, then make it 4-in-a-row!?!?
Yeah I guess Tyler Herro would be a better comp. Both Kentucky guys who can hit the 3 and have some athletic talent. Hero is taller though.
U r correct. According to UConn it was 20/75. BUT he was 15/46 in BE play…nearly 33%. His shooting def improved second half
I think I saw Castle listed at 37"....not sure about the rest (except Clingan, who was like 29" oof)
StorrsCentral has a bunch of the numbers.
