When he first committed early in his junior year of HS, it wasn’t definite (he was a four star ranked about No. 25). He blew up even more and moved into the top 10 - and I think the assumption by the time he got to campus was that with his size and profile for his position, he was going after one year. It did take him a little while to look the part after his injury - but by February, we didn’t expect him back.
They still have him in the G League. Had 24 points and 11 rebounds on Friday. Struggled with his shot today (6-17) but still had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists with only 2 turnovers
I went to a G-League game in person once. I'm not sure how representative that mid-season game was but neither coach played to win until the last few minutes. What mattered most to them it seemed, was getting each player on the roster a predetermined amount of playing time. The designated player got 32 minutes, the next level 24 or so and down the line. Match-ups didn't matter. The lead whipsawed at least 4 times in a game that reached the 130's. Not nearly as good of a product as the Connecticut Pride was back in the Broad St. Armory.
yea talent level is certainly better than the Big East but the game is skewed to where guys and teams are gonna put up crazy numbers, and it's certainly more wide open/faster paced than college hoops. Also things like what @Waquoit touched upon where if a player the parent club is invested in is sent down there they are going to put him in situations to where they want a certain amount of minutes/reps to evaluate them.
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Set the record for most points by an 18 year old, 42 pts. ROY race between him and Kon should be a good one.
It's crazy that Duke team didn't win it all last season.
Tons of talent, in-game coaching is still a bit iffy.
and the answer so far is almost always “yes, he did it again”.