THE ULTIMATE
scouting to the max
by chase carter
This week was my finishing touches, scouting jaren jackson, trae young, robert willams. I also made a slide show showing the 30 first round picks. I show what I did through this process.
Jaren jackson is at michgan state. He is a very good three and deep player. Has somewhat of a iso abilties. Best case he would be like eric gordan. robert willams is a little big man but he has show a abilty to be a elite shot blocker. He also has been ok on the pick anf roll. Trae young is a older point guard who I dont think well make to much impact.
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Duke, Kansas, Kentucky are all known for having huge places in the draft class. They always have 3-4 players who go pro and most go in the first round. Through different means Texas is know in the rank, well at least this year. I believe that Texas could have 4 players in the draft and I already discussed one being Bamba a top 5 recruit who is a run, jump, and dunk center who plays defense but you could also put there point guard, Roach in that column. He probably go second round but I have faith that he could go from 20-30. He is a Junior this year, so he a little older but the kid can dunk like a monster and honestly if he could get down a jumper he would be deadly. There are some concerns about his game one being that he is very inconsistent and a poor free thrown and three point shooter. He 6 foot 4 and is a monster on defense. He also is a good leader and has a great striking about also he not a horrible play maker. The biggest issue with him is he is turnover problem who can not really push the ball up if they bring a double team but he can see open lanes which is always a plus side.
SKI Dylan Osetkows a low post threat, who has shown a ability to shoot the three ball even though he is currently shooting a very low percentage. He can also be a good post defender with his size. He is also a Junior, but he weighs 285lbs and is 6-9. He is a OK re-bounder garbing 8 boards a game. He is a little on the court who plays in a team system. He can bang in the post with the best too. He was the biggest problem for duke and that is impressive considering there front court. This week was based on Mikal Bridges and himonou or as I will called his the kentucky point guard. This to players are really good and have completely differnt play styles. They both are very athlitic players but they both have there own special abilties.
Mikal bridges is a small foward/shooting guard and he ia a good shooter but remindes alot of josh smith with his abilty to get in the post and make smaller defenders pay but also has a better jump shot. the kentucky point guard is super athlitic but can not make a jump shot is a good playmaker but a issue is people on his team can not shot so his lain is not in a good space This week I focus on the order in which I think players are going to go which is more diffcult then you might think because there no telling what NBA team going to have what pick for example if the Suns get the fist pick they most likely will choose Marvin Bagley but if like the Cavs get the fist pick they will probably take MPJ to replace Lebron if he leaves in free agents. The order can be tricky but what ive done is base my data on who I think is the best overall player.
The best player is not just who puts up the best stats the best player is a combination of age abilties and athlitism. Just because a player puts up good stats does not mean he a good player. There a thing called per and what that is a way of looking at a player based on how well he helps up his team there a lot more that goes into that but that just a basic way to example it. Also player persentages also goes into it. I want to start off by saying that the ball boy is a great basketball player and still has the ability to go pro but after further looking into him I don´t think he will get draft because of his mess up in china. 3 UCLA players were arrested in china for shoplifting which will cause his already low draft stock to fall even further down he shown the ability to score but no ability to play-make. Is a decide defender but not a top one so I do not think he will go were I had him going.
Gary Trent JR is a scorer and reminds me a lot of Eric Gordan in his ability to shot lights out and has the athletic ability to get his shot off at a high level. He has show that he can match guys like Allen his team captain in score ability but he can be very inconstant which could end up being a problem for the freshman plus he is not going to have the ball in his hands what so ever with other dynamic scorer like Allen or Duval or Bagley will take on the majority of the offense for this team. This week the preseason for college basketball jas started so I want to hit on a couple key players who have reakky impressed me the firat being Marvin bagely iii he has show a better jump shot then i orignal thought he had which is a great sign. He can hit wide open threes which for a center/power foward is really great l. Hes rebounded is off the charts I thought he could start off slow with that but he has blew up the stats.
Kevin Knoxs actually has been playing how I expected hes a fast guard but his jumper going to need alot of work, it is not there what so ever which always him to be a the player you double team off of which is not good. His teammate Nate Richards has already shown a good pick and roll IQ so much that I took a look into him this week and hes defense game because he has the albilty to be a shot blocker. With college basketball right around the comer I wanted to do something different and talk about some of the freshman who are consider "Second rounders" or people who are consider not Draft talent who could go in the fist round and surprise everyone the fist one up tthe middle ball family member liangelo ball. The second is a sophomore who did not pay much but could get his chance this year dukes Marques Bolden who should be able to shine at duke the last and finally one is not like the others it Kevin Knox know Knox is a highly level prospect but he could go even higher being very underrated.
Marques Bolden did not play much last year for duke but has high potential as a defense monster in the paint. He shows a lot of doubt though and honestly he could go either way he could be really great or he could be a overseas player. He played behind harry Giles last year and he wasn't really much of anything other then a bust for duke which does not show a good sign but he maybe able to change and work his butt of in the gym but this year going to cause even more problems for him because he does not stack up to Wendell carter jr or Marvin B Bagley III and they have new center form overseas to so it going to be a fight for minutes which i am happy for because it duke it a good problem to have but it is still a problem. I do not know if Bolden will shine but i hope he gets his chance to. Kevin Knox's is consider the tenth best prospect in this class but he could go even higher he has the ability to go top five but I do not know if he will be able to because of the talent around him is too good and he will not be able to get his shots up as often as like Micheal Porter jr that is the advantage of going to a smaller college you get the ball more which causes your stats to boosts Kentucky is not one of these college because Kentucky wants to win they want to get the top prospects each year which causes some draft stock to fall like for example both john wall and Buggy Cousin where in the same class and went to Kentucky but because Wall needed his shots cousins went 5th overall which could happen to Kevin knots. I am not going to spend to much time on the Ball boy because he predicted not to get drafted and Lavar well talk up his kid to like to 30 or 20 pick he is really smart and knows what he is doing Lonzo would have probably went like 6 or 7 last year but lavar talked him up to the 2nd overall pick which is good for him and Lonzo can ball pun intended but liAnglo can ball to he is the best scorer of the three. . Let me start this off by saying I am a duke basketball fan and as much as it kills me to say this Joel Berry is a really good player and he knows is role on UNC he is there stop scorer and they're leading play-maker. He lead them to a championship in 2017 and a finals appearance in 2016 he at first declared for the 2017 draft but decide to take his tantels. This year is a senoir so he has to but where will he go on a serious note he probably going to be a top 20 pick this year for his ability to lead a team and be a good force in the lockeroom.
the down side he has had a past of injuries and that could cause his draft stock to fall really far down the list for the question can he be a core part of a 82 game season and playoffs when he hasnt made it threw the whole college season without a injury butvif he can stay health he is a beast with his natural athlteiscism This week I decide that I would take away from focus on the freshman this week. There are lot of seniors who could make huge improves so this week and next im going to fucus on sopmores to senoirs and leave off freshman. The one i foucus on this week was Grason Allen which is one of the most interesting prospect some say he his a star in the making other say his temper will make him nothing.
I feel he can be a huge steal in the draft because he has show the abilty to be a leader on a team and has lead duke for the last couple seasons. He is good with his teammates and is a really good three point. the bad is obvious he is extremly emotional and became a "triper" and it comes into question is ablity to stay on the court and not get banned or throw out of the leaque. This week was a all about the guards colin sexton vs trevon dueol. This are by far the two top guards in this draft class. There are two athlitic scorers who are going to make huge improvments to there teams in college.
There is one thing trevon is best at and that is getting to the rim. He is super athlitic abd has a good handle on the ball. The huge issue with Trevon is his jump shot, its really ugly like a naked mole rat. He also cant shot from any range. At duke he will be playing beside of grason allen which will help him alot. He is also the best defender in his class. Colin sexton is great at everything does not struggle much but not the best defender. But hes jump shot is way better. In my opioin the better player is colin sexton because of how reliable he is at shooting and point guards need that shot. |
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