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Ohene

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I actually see him as a rich man's Harden, like if you made Lonzo and Beasley into one player, can both pass and shoot with high BBBall IQ and efficiency. You don't need athleticism or defense to make the league if you can dominate on offense because no one ever scored a point playing defense, he needs to conserve energy on that end and that's what teammates are for anyway. He's going to be drafted top-5 and be an MVP candidate
perhaps.

but if youre a GM, would you pick him top 5 based on what you've seen?
who has he played against that you can reliably use to dtermine how good he is

too risky of a pick. he's like a johnny manziel
 
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I know 6'4, 45 year old I.T. guys that would wash him on the court. You can't be 6'7 missing layups. I knew a 6 ft kid in Junior high school that had his potential. But that's all it is, "potential".
 

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Being ranked high in HS means damn near everything when it comes to draft. Why do you think Giles got drafted?..brandon jennings?...the list goes on
It means nothing i got potnas who was top 5 and never got drafted
 

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I know 6'4, 45 year old I.T. guys that would wash him on the court. You can't be 6'7 missing layups. I knew a 6 ft kid in Junior high school that had his potential. But that's all it is, "potential".


yeah im sure your 45 year old IT guy can drop 19 against the 6th ranked team in Europe at 16 years old




keep hating dumbass
 

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Thecoli.com, where AAU and Chino Hills School District HS teams are better than top 10 teams in the Euroleague
 

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Bruno Caboclo got drafted 20th and he had one highlight on a grainy tape where u couldn't tell which pixel he was. if you're talented, they'll find you.
bruno wingspan was too stoopid

he had raw physical tools that made teams think brazilian kd

meLo is barely average height for a pro below elite in athleticism really don't see what separates him from other bluechips

he honestly doesn't look like a bluechip at all

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Thecoli.com, where AAU and Chino Hills School District HS teams are better than top 10 teams in the Euroleague

You keep bringing up this one game that they lost by 22 points to.

Cool ,he played well in that one game (in which Zalgirs benched their starters after 15 mins) lost, while also playing no defense too.

Is that really enough to draft him first fukking round?
 

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You keep bringing up this one game that they lost by 22 points to.

Cool ,he played well in that one game (in which Zalgirs benched their starters after 15 mins) lost, while also playing no defense too.

Is that really enough to draft him first fukking round?


First off, nobody fukking cares if they won or lost. Don't sit here and act like NBA scouts give two fukks about that. And show me some AAU clips of these top prospects playing astute and 100% effort defense?

Also, I never said he was a first round pick. At the end of the day, at 16 years old he played a top team in a top league and held his own. You're not going to sit here and act like Euroleague players aren't better than AAU and HS teenagers. He's also only 17 now and is slated for 2 more euro seasons. You got nikkas in here calling him trash and that the IT guy at the YMCA is better, FOH. Idk if he's a 1st round pick but its perfectly conceivable to say he has a much better shot than Gelo did, and if he doesn't make the NBA he'll definitely be in the Euroleague.

edit: Also, after he played well in that one game, he was getting loan offers from that very same team.. So at 16 years old he was considered a Euroleague level talent and was wanted on loan by a top 10 Euroleague team. But hey, guess Brad from IT department could do the same right?
 
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