THE ULTIMATE
scouting to the max
by chase carter
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. .
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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. This week I mainly focus on three of the top big men in this class, Bamba, Ayton, Carter jr. I learned this week that Ayton has the highest potential and the most athletic ability of the three and other then Bagley the whole class. Ayton has also show a post game which seems to be good. He has show some ability to shot from longer ranges and sometimes the three point line.
Bamba is the second best defender in this class. He is a elite shot blocker and post defender. He is the type of center that is run, jump, and dunk which means he plays defense does not need to have the ball in his hands and is getting out of the way so others can score . He also can play the power forward because of the athletics he has. Wendell Carter jr I am the most excited for because he is playing for duke and will be beside of Marvin Bagley. This could be good and bad for Carter because if he does not play beside of Bagley he will come of the bench which can cause his draft stock to fall down. Luckily he can shot the ball and looks like the perfect forward to play beside of Bagley if he plays center. The up coming week I plan on focus on the guards of the class in Trevon devol, Colin Sexton and gray Trent jr. I will be focusing on there playmaking, Basketball IQ, There three point shot , perimeter defense and there athletics |
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