For players 25 years of age and under, who do you have ahead of Jaylen and Jayson?
Doncic
Jokic
That’s all I got....
I'd take Luka, Jokic, Cade Cunningham and Zion (assuming he stays healthy) over both Tatum and Brown.
In a vacuum, I'd take plenty of players over Brown: KAT and SGA, probably Bam and Mitchell. I'm on the fence about Ja, Ingram, Booker, Simmons, LaMelo (haven't watched enough of him)
Specifically for the C's, I'd rather have Brown over Mitchell. Brown is better suited to play second fiddle next to Tatum. Mitchell is better suited to be the go-to guy.
other names worth considering that I wouldn't take over Brown: Christian Wood, Sabonis, Murray, Trae Young (I'm super low on him)
You would rather have Cade Cunningham, who has never played a minute in the NBA over Jaylen and Jayson. If he’s that good, shouldn’t he be averaging a triple double in College and just be absolutely dominating the competition? Don’t get me wrong, he looks like a top prospect, but [dang]....
Are we talking about right now or in terms of building a team around these guys? If we're talking about the former, then gimme both the Jays over Cunningham. Since we're ranking young players, I assumed we were supposed to factor in their potential ability as well.
Either way, why isn’t he just killing everyone in college if his ceiling is that high?
That's exactly what he's doing. Unfortunately for him, he's playing for a relatively small school. Here's a quote from the ringer. It's from February 17. Most of his numbers are even better right now.
''Like Anthony Edwards, the no. 1 pick in last year’s draft, Cunningham didn’t go to a traditional basketball powerhouse. He chose Oklahoma State because his older brother was hired as an assistant coach at the school. There isn’t another top-50 recruit on the roster. The difference between Cunningham and Edwards, who struggled on a bad Georgia team last season, is that the former is polished enough to win games by himself in college. He leads the Cowboys (13-6, no. 23 in the AP poll) in points (18.6 per game) and steals (1.4), and is second in rebounds (6.1) and assists (3.5), and third in blocks (1.0). He plugs holes on both ends of the floor, and closes games late on offense''.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/2/17/22284032/cade-cunningham-nba-draft-2021
He’s averaging 20pts, 6reb, and 3ast. That’s not killing it. If this kid is a transcendent talent, I would expect more than that.
You mean like Grant Hill who was averaging 11-5-2 as a freshman?
Or like Shaq who was averaging 14 points and 12 rebs as a freshman?
Or like Anthony Davis who was averaging 14 and 10?
Or like James Harden who was averaging 18-5-3?
Or like Lillard who was averaging 12-4-3?
Or like Duncan who was averaging 10 and 10?
Or like MJ who was averaging 14-4-2?
I could go on and on. Raw numbers mean close to nothing, especially at the college level cause they play under different rules. Just check out his moves. There's plenty of footage on youtube. The guy has literally zero weaknesses.
- He's 6'8'' with a 7'0.25'' wingspan.
- He's an unselfish ball handler with elite BBIQ.
- He can create his own shot.
- He can create shots for his teammates.
- He's a PnR magician.
- He's a great shooter (41.2% from 3 on 5.4 attempts per game, 85.4% from the FT line on 5.5 attempts per game).
- He can shoot 3s off the dribble.
- He can play on or off the ball.
- He can guard multiple positions (has even played at small ball 5 at Oklahoma State).
He can do it all!
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