Emoni Bates transferring to Eastern Michigan

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Bates technically didn’t complete HS. His dad took him out of his HS and enrolled him in one of those fake academy HS programs that’s designed to be a super team. You talke bullshyt classes and get bullshyt coaching.

His dad is extremely demanding and doesn’t allow him son to be coached. And that shyt has created a kid who doesn’t listen, won’t take advice and cannot be coached.
Didn't we have the same issues with Lavar. Let's just be honest, he just needs a lot more athletically.
 

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Is his build any different from Ja Morant?

Ja is 6'2, a PG with elite athleticism and scoring ability. Strenght isn't that important as a PG.

Emoni is 6'9 with short arms with a 24 inch vertical, slow and skinny.

You can get away with skinny if you have other redeeming qualities.
 

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Didn't we have the same issues with Lavar. Let's just be honest, he just needs a lot more athletically.

not really. Lavar always played his boys up. Melo was like 14 playing against HS seniors. Emoni's dad made sure he played against BS competition and took him out of HS to create a team that was trash so that his son can get all the shine. Lavar was overbearing but when you have 2 kids in the NBA who went top 5 then you know what you're doing.
 
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I wish him the best, I’ll always show love to athletes from the State of MI.

Based on everything I’ve seen, I have no clue how he was ever regarded as a #1 overall recruit…the explosiveness isn’t there, maybe it was his skill relative to the competition he was facing? Or the media just being always thirsty to find the next Bron? His game and athleticism just doesn’t jump off the page as “5* top 5 national recruit”
 

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My homie sent me that vid and I bust out laughing. Buddy practicing long 2 floaters

Maybe Penny was unto something trying to have him run point (at the expense of his whole team). They was probably watching cuz like damn this ngga can’t do shyt else on a basketball court.
 
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