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Re: ***March Madness***
« Reply #225 on: April 04, 2015, 11:15:28 PM »

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Dekker is the next Klay Thompson

He reminds me of a more mobile/less physical Van Horn.

Re: ***March Madness***
« Reply #226 on: April 04, 2015, 11:15:39 PM »

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Maybe Stein will fall to us now!  ;)

Re: ***March Madness***
« Reply #227 on: April 04, 2015, 11:17:28 PM »

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« Reply #228 on: April 04, 2015, 11:20:27 PM »

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Sam Dekker seems to be the more sure-fire prospect than Frank Kaminsky at this point.

Why?  I get why FranKam isn't a top 3 pick, but how can he not be a lock for the top 10.  The latest NBADraft.net projection had him going at 17.

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Re: ***March Madness***
« Reply #229 on: April 04, 2015, 11:21:23 PM »

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I feel for the UK kids, but I'm glad that Coach Cal won't go undefeated (at least until the wins get vacated in a few years).


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« Reply #230 on: April 04, 2015, 11:23:25 PM »

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That was a really good game.

I'm with Roy, feel for the Kentucky kids, happy Coach Cal lost. Guy is an arrogant slimeball.

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« Reply #231 on: April 04, 2015, 11:28:57 PM »

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« Reply #232 on: April 04, 2015, 11:34:31 PM »

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Sam Dekker seems to be the more sure-fire prospect than Frank Kaminsky at this point.

Why?  I get why FranKam isn't a top 3 pick, but how can he not be a lock for the top 10.  The latest NBADraft.net projection had him going at 17.

Mike

Well, Dekker looked like the better player on tonights game, against a team full of NBA prospects. He seem to have shined as bright, if not brighter over his teammate tonight. It looked like he can fair well against athletic wings and bigs, and he also looked like he has the kind of game that would not be fazed when the moment gets big.

Kaminsky looked very good, but could still probably struggle against NBA bigs. Dekker showed that he may very well can play against NBA level wings (of course not against LeBron or KD, who can, but this game showed that he could).
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« Reply #233 on: April 04, 2015, 11:36:22 PM »

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Disappointed Kentucky lost. It would have been just that much sweeter when Duke won the National Championship knocking off an undefeated (albeit overrated) Kentucky squad.

Oh well, beating Wisconsin will have to do, I guess.

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« Reply #234 on: April 04, 2015, 11:39:24 PM »

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Disappointed Kentucky lost. It would have been just that much sweeter when Duke won the National Championship knocking off an undefeated (albeit overrated) Kentucky squad.

Oh well, beating Wisconsin will have to do, I guess.

I'm rooting for Duke, but if both teams play their best game, I think Wisconsin is a little better.


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« Reply #235 on: April 04, 2015, 11:45:11 PM »

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Sam Dekker seems to be the more sure-fire prospect than Frank Kaminsky at this point.

Why?  I get why FranKam isn't a top 3 pick, but how can he not be a lock for the top 10.  The latest NBADraft.net projection had him going at 17.

Mike

Well, Dekker looked like the better player on tonights game, against a team full of NBA prospects. He seem to have shined as bright, if not brighter over his teammate tonight. It looked like he can fair well against athletic wings and bigs, and he also looked like he has the kind of game that would not be fazed when the moment gets big.

Kaminsky looked very good, but could still probably struggle against NBA bigs. Dekker showed that he may very well can play against NBA level wings (of course not against LeBron or KD, who can, but this game showed that he could).

But Dekker is a junior and the only thing he really improved on from his sophomore season was shooting the ball better.  If Dekker were a one and done, that might explain it but would Dekker even have been drafted if he came out last year?

Mike

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« Reply #236 on: April 04, 2015, 11:54:03 PM »

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Sam Dekker seems to be the more sure-fire prospect than Frank Kaminsky at this point.

Why?  I get why FranKam isn't a top 3 pick, but how can he not be a lock for the top 10.  The latest NBADraft.net projection had him going at 17.

Mike

Well, Dekker looked like the better player on tonights game, against a team full of NBA prospects. He seem to have shined as bright, if not brighter over his teammate tonight. It looked like he can fair well against athletic wings and bigs, and he also looked like he has the kind of game that would not be fazed when the moment gets big.

Kaminsky looked very good, but could still probably struggle against NBA bigs. Dekker showed that he may very well can play against NBA level wings (of course not against LeBron or KD, who can, but this game showed that he could).

But Dekker is a junior and the only thing he really improved on from his sophomore season was shooting the ball better.  If Dekker were a one and done, that might explain it but would Dekker even have been drafted if he came out last year?

Mike

If you watch him play, he is clearly a NBA player. Reggie Miller even mentioned there was a reason he was invited to the Kevin Durant basketball camp last year, this kids a player!

Re: ***March Madness***
« Reply #237 on: April 04, 2015, 11:57:15 PM »

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Disappointed Kentucky lost. It would have been just that much sweeter when Duke won the National Championship knocking off an undefeated (albeit overrated) Kentucky squad.

Oh well, beating Wisconsin will have to do, I guess.

I'm rooting for Duke, but if both teams play their best game, I think Wisconsin is a little better.

Duke has been in a class of their own in this tourney, I doubt anyone could beat them if they play their best game.   Okafor and Winslow are just too much for anyone on Wisconsin to handle. And their backcourt is really strong (underrated) too.

Duke didn't even play all that good today, by their standards, and still spanked Michigan St. I doubt we'll see Duke only make 2 three-pointers again. That almost never happens.

Of course, I am obviously biased.

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« Reply #238 on: April 05, 2015, 12:14:11 AM »

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Duke will smash Wisconsin. Winslow and Okafor will thrash them inside.

Sorry Badgers.

Dekker will be a solid player in the league..

Re: ***March Madness***
« Reply #239 on: April 05, 2015, 12:33:43 AM »

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Dekker is the next Klay Thompson

He reminds me of a more mobile/less physical Van Horn.

Van Horn wasn't nearly the ball handler or passer that Dekker is though, never mind Sam's post play.