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ibleedhuskyblue said:
Yes, but i think both of our guys can handle it.

DC at 1 is a real possibility. They may like Sarr better, but they have to be looking closely.

Crazy as it may sound, i think Steph at 1 is possible too.
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I do not want to see Steph at #1. Way too much pressure on him then to score more when he's on the court. I'd rather he had a year or two mirroring what he did for us -- playing top level D and being a non dominant shooter/scorer. His time for that will come, but it's not now.
 
caw said:
Yes and no.

Edey put up 20 in the first 30 minutes and 17 in in the last 10. Those 17 were basically meaningless and mostly against Karaban and UConn didn't even really double a ton then because Purdue couldn't stop UConn at all on offense and UConn already had a nice 10 point cushion in the last ten minutes. That is the yes portion.

The no is, Edey is also really good for a college player three years older than DC and is super strong with a decent set of (robotic) moves. The game plan was to have DC go 1-on-1 but Edey still did his best in that situation and really played well. DC stopped Edey just enough and Purdue really couldn't handle UConn's guards or wings at all. There are a lot of bigs who couldn't do anything against DC in a one-on-one. UConn was willing to give up a big game to Edey but Edey did still have one. That can't be a knock on Edey, just on Purdue, the role players for them and their coaching staff.
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There is no reason to be knocking Purdue at all -- they were one of the top three teams in the nation all year long and went to the national championship game. Saying they weren't good enough to play with us this year is hardly a knock.
 
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boog204 said:
Not sure why I thought his height was exaggerated a bit. Crazy how agile he is for his size.
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Clingan's size is freakish but he's not at the freakish level of Manute, Muresan, Shawn Bradley, Boban, Tacko where they looked like they had genetic conditions and had trouble moving or a slight breeze could knock them over.

The three largest men I've ever seen play basketball who were proportional are Mark Eaton, Yao, and Edey. Eaton is still my #1 giant, he looked like Paul Bunyan playing basketball.

Wembanyama is like nothing we've ever seen in terms of height/length/movement/skill. I still worry about his plastic man frame holding up though.

Clingan is at that perfect size where he's bigger than everyone else but he looks totally normal otherwise.
 
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ihatepants said:
I'm surprised to see Edey outperforming Clingan in all of the drills - agility, sprint and leaps. Clingan is the worst performing big man there, it looks like.

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hmm... surprising considering how they play on the floor. Donovan covers all kinds of ground defensively. Edey covers his area ok, but doesn't seem to do much outside of his area.
 
nomar said:
Right. Ron Holland is listed at 6'8" and he also was measured at 6'6.5" without shoes.

Height's irrelevant anyway. Wingspan is much more important. You don't shoot, rebound or block shots with your head.
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Obviously you've never seen me play basketball.
 
Clingan seems to be underperforming in drills, but that doesn’t negate the 35 games of film that sprung him to the lottery :)
 
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superjohn said:
Filipowski

6'10.75 height
229.8 lbs.
6'10.5 wingspan
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big t rex GIF
 
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MexicoHusky said:
One thing

seems like it's either that or it does nothing... which is probably the most likely result. Probably just shows Edey has a chip on his shoulder and put in a lot of work in the past month. Good for him. Seems like a solid dude.
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Good point....he knows mobility is his drawback...so training for combine specific drills makes sense..The Mike Mamula approach?
 
3rdbass said:
I wonder if this will hurt Donovan's draft stock and help Edey's.
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Might it be because guys like Sarr and Clingan are locks to go high in the draft? Gotta think they might just be going through the motions a bit....
 
Mr. French said:
But he just won the max vert at 42 inches and he’s the best shooter and PG in the draft. Not too shabby.
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Maybe he can win the slam dunk contest and the 3-point contest next year.
 
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