Jarrett Culver

[MeloRoseNoah]

One of those most overrated prospects in years. There isn't a single skillset from this guy that I think is going to translate to the NBA at an elite level.

[GameBredAPBT]

Culver has shown that he has the tools and willingness to be an impactful defender. He can guard the 1-3, and has a decent offensive foundation.

I've only watched the tournament, but so far I would project him as the same level prospect as Marcus Smart, but with slightly higher upside because of his size.

I think he will do well if drafted by a team that already has scorers, or a sound.coach.

I would consider drafting him if I was the Mavs, ATL, and Mem. They all have a good culture, and could use the wing help and defensive versatility.

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....Dallas & Memphis have good cultures?

[Nazrmohamed]

wrong

As someone who watches every Lakers game (even games I don’t want to watch), it’s clear Stillwater doesn’t watch many Laker games. Ingram has improved a lot this year, but the end of the year he looked like he was starting to figure out how to be dominant, hitting clutch shots and making clutch plays. Ingram still has a huge upside even if his number don’t say so.

fair enough, and no I don't watch the Lakers much.
Surprised anyone as disappointing as Ingram compared to his projections at the time of the draft would still be considered an high upside prospect at the end of their 3rd season but maybe he's a slow learner, so be it.

Well hes also still so thin. Coming in, I thought that was his biggest upside. Hasn't really addressed it.

[916fan]

I'm really not seeing Culver as a top 5 prospect. He's an on-ball SG who struggles to shoot the ball. He likes to attack and while his ball handling permits him, his lack of wiggle room doesn't. I don't see much of an in-between game and his shot creating is just average. I do like his defense and his awareness on that end at SG though.

If you guys see him as a top 5 prospect, what do you want out of him? I don't see the appeal.

[Duke4life831]

I'm really not seeing Culver as a top 5 prospect. He's an on-ball SG who struggles to shoot the ball. He likes to attack and while his ball handling permits him, his lack of wiggle room doesn't. I don't see much of an in-between game and his shot creating is just average. I do like his defense and his awareness on that end at SG though.

If you guys see him as a top 5 prospect, what do you want out of him? I don't see the appeal.

He shouldn't be a top 5 pick. But in this draft he is. This draft just doesn't have the 2nd tier group of prospects. You have Zion in tier 1 and a solid group of guys in tier 3. So you're forced to take a tier 3 guy in the top 5 this year.

[B-Ball Freak]

Hate to rag on the kid and he made some clutch plays but ultimately he took too many ill advised shots and it was one of the main reasons they lost the National Championship. Contrast that to De'Andre Hunter who played within the offense and hit the big shots while playing great D.

[Roddy B for 3]

Incredible game from Culver. So much weight on his shoulders, double and triple teamed play after play. That Tech offense did very good against an ELITE defense.

Culver took some bad shots for sure but he won't have to do that in the NBA.

I'm sure his boxscore dosen't look good, but he CARRIED that offense.

The over under for both teams was 129. That means each team was expected to score about 65. Texas Tech BLEW past that and it was Culver that had all the defense attention on him while bench players and Morette we're getting open looks due to Virginia over helping on Culver.

Culver did take some bad shots. But he made WAY more difficult shots than he took bad shots. He also had a couple misses at the rim (against player 20+lbs bigger than him AND taller), but he got his own rebound and got the put back. He had one or two strong finishes that he converted the AND-1 on.

He played good defense for a great defensive team..

That spin move that he made to take the leffty layup for the lead with about 20seconds left reminded me of how Brandon Grahm used a spin move to strip sack Brady in the Philly/Patriots superbowl.

Neither used that move until the most important situation in the game. Very clutch, and shows intelligence by not spamming it, keeps it in the tool box for important do or die situations.

I haven't checked his box scores yet, but I'm sure the numbers look like a Kobe Bryant below average game(obviously Kobe was doing it against NBA defenses while Culver was simply playing against a truly ELITE NCAA defense.)

Culver didn't look like prime Kobe against a UVA defense, but he did look like a top 5 pick being double and triple teamed against UVA defense and still carried the team to about 150% of what Vegas expected their offense to score.

[B-Ball Freak]

I'm really not seeing Culver as a top 5 prospect. He's an on-ball SG who struggles to shoot the ball. He likes to attack and while his ball handling permits him, his lack of wiggle room doesn't. I don't see much of an in-between game and his shot creating is just average. I do like his defense and his awareness on that end at SG though.

If you guys see him as a top 5 prospect, what do you want out of him? I don't see the appeal.

He shouldn't be a top 5 pick. But in this draft he is. This draft just doesn't have the 2nd tier group of prospects. You have Zion in tier 1 and a solid group of guys in tier 3. So you're forced to take a tier 3 guy in the top 5 this year.

Here is my big board.

1. Zion
2. Ja
3. RJ
4. Reddish (his game projects alot better in the NBA, imo)
5. Garland
6. Hunter
7. Bol Bol
8. Culver
9. Hayes
10. Clarke

[B-Ball Freak]

Incredible game from Culver. So much weight on his shoulders, double and triple teamed play after play. That Tech offense did very good against an ELITE defense.

Culver took some bad shots for sure but he won't have to do that in the NBA.

I'm sure his boxscore dosen't look good, but he CARRIED that offense.

The over under for both teams was 129. That means each team was expected to score about 65. Texas Tech BLEW past that and it was Culver that had all the defense attention on him while bench players and Morette we're getting open looks due to Virginia over helping on Culver.

Culver did take some bad shots. But he made WAY more difficult shots than he took bad shots. He also had a couple misses at the rim (against player 20+lbs bigger than him AND taller), but he got his own rebound and got the put back. He had one or two strong finishes that he converted the AND-1 on.

He played good defense for a great defensive team..

That spin move that he made to take the leffty layup for the lead with about 20seconds left reminded me of how Brandon Grahm used a spin move to strip sack Brady in the Philly/Patriots superbowl.

Neither used that move until the most important situation in the game. Very clutch, and shows intelligence by not spamming it, keeps it in the tool box for important do or die situations.

I haven't checked his box scores yet, but I'm sure the numbers look like a Kobe Bryant below average game(obviously Kobe was doing it against NBA defenses while Culver was simply playing against a truly ELITE NCAA defense.)

Culver didn't look like prime Kobe against a UVA defense, but he did look like a top 5 pick being double and triple teamed against UVA defense and still carried the team to about 150% of what Vegas expected their offense to score.

He played pretty decent but cmon now he did not carry his team lol

[King Ken]

Culver is a PG prospect. He has some Steve Smith in him but he is a less athletic Frank Nkilikina

[doordoor123]

I'm really not seeing Culver as a top 5 prospect. He's an on-ball SG who struggles to shoot the ball. He likes to attack and while his ball handling permits him, his lack of wiggle room doesn't. I don't see much of an in-between game and his shot creating is just average. I do like his defense and his awareness on that end at SG though.

If you guys see him as a top 5 prospect, what do you want out of him? I don't see the appeal.

He shouldn't be a top 5 pick. But in this draft he is. This draft just doesn't have the 2nd tier group of prospects. You have Zion in tier 1 and a solid group of guys in tier 3. So you're forced to take a tier 3 guy in the top 5 this year.

Even in this draft he shouldn’t be top 10. Not even a lottery pick. He’s so bad. I don’t care if I get ridiculed for this, if Im Wrong, Im Wrong. I don’t want him as a top 20 prospect. Frank Kaminsky had a 43 point game and was drafted in the lottery, but that doesn’t mean he was worthy of it. Culver isn’t worthy of it and if he’s drafted there it’s a bad pick. If you look a roleplayers who were drafted too high, they all look like him. I’m way off the boat. And it’s ridiculous to say he carried the team, they play much better as a team when he isn’t aggressive.

[Duke4life831]

Incredible game from Culver. So much weight on his shoulders, double and triple teamed play after play. That Tech offense did very good against an ELITE defense.

Culver took some bad shots for sure but he won't have to do that in the NBA.

I'm sure his boxscore dosen't look good, but he CARRIED that offense.

The over under for both teams was 129. That means each team was expected to score about 65. Texas Tech BLEW past that and it was Culver that had all the defense attention on him while bench players and Morette we're getting open looks due to Virginia over helping on Culver.

Culver did take some bad shots. But he made WAY more difficult shots than he took bad shots. He also had a couple misses at the rim (against player 20+lbs bigger than him AND taller), but he got his own rebound and got the put back. He had one or two strong finishes that he converted the AND-1 on.

He played good defense for a great defensive team..

That spin move that he made to take the leffty layup for the lead with about 20seconds left reminded me of how Brandon Grahm used a spin move to strip sack Brady in the Philly/Patriots superbowl.

Neither used that move until the most important situation in the game. Very clutch, and shows intelligence by not spamming it, keeps it in the tool box for important do or die situations.

I haven't checked his box scores yet, but I'm sure the numbers look like a Kobe Bryant below average game(obviously Kobe was doing it against NBA defenses while Culver was simply playing against a truly ELITE NCAA defense.)

Culver didn't look like prime Kobe against a UVA defense, but he did look like a top 5 pick being double and triple teamed against UVA defense and still carried the team to about 150% of what Vegas expected their offense to score.

Made way more difficult shots than he took bad shots? The dude only made 5 shots the entire game. He took at least 5 bad shots at the end of the game + overtime alone.

[King Ken]

I think he will struggle to translate.

Why so?

(Genuinely interested to see you expand on it. Have been noticing your posts lately and you seem more on the money than most)

I'll explain why he can succeed and why he most likely will fail

[doordoor123]

Incredible game from Culver. So much weight on his shoulders, double and triple teamed play after play. That Tech offense did very good against an ELITE defense.

Culver took some bad shots for sure but he won't have to do that in the NBA.

I'm sure his boxscore dosen't look good, but he CARRIED that offense.

The over under for both teams was 129. That means each team was expected to score about 65. Texas Tech BLEW past that and it was Culver that had all the defense attention on him while bench players and Morette we're getting open looks due to Virginia over helping on Culver.

Culver did take some bad shots. But he made WAY more difficult shots than he took bad shots. He also had a couple misses at the rim (against player 20+lbs bigger than him AND taller), but he got his own rebound and got the put back. He had one or two strong finishes that he converted the AND-1 on.

He played good defense for a great defensive team..

That spin move that he made to take the leffty layup for the lead with about 20seconds left reminded me of how Brandon Grahm used a spin move to strip sack Brady in the Philly/Patriots superbowl.

Neither used that move until the most important situation in the game. Very clutch, and shows intelligence by not spamming it, keeps it in the tool box for important do or die situations.

I haven't checked his box scores yet, but I'm sure the numbers look like a Kobe Bryant below average game(obviously Kobe was doing it against NBA defenses while Culver was simply playing against a truly ELITE NCAA defense.)

Culver didn't look like prime Kobe against a UVA defense, but he did look like a top 5 pick being double and triple teamed against UVA defense and still carried the team to about 150% of what Vegas expected their offense to score.

Made way more difficult shots than he took bad shots? The dude only made 5 shots the entire game. He took at least 5 bad shots at the end of the game + overtime alone.

He lost them game for them with how stupid he was.

[Duke4life831]

I'm really not seeing Culver as a top 5 prospect. He's an on-ball SG who struggles to shoot the ball. He likes to attack and while his ball handling permits him, his lack of wiggle room doesn't. I don't see much of an in-between game and his shot creating is just average. I do like his defense and his awareness on that end at SG though.

If you guys see him as a top 5 prospect, what do you want out of him? I don't see the appeal.

He shouldn't be a top 5 pick. But in this draft he is. This draft just doesn't have the 2nd tier group of prospects. You have Zion in tier 1 and a solid group of guys in tier 3. So you're forced to take a tier 3 guy in the top 5 this year.

Here is my big board.

1. Zion
2. Ja
3. RJ
4. Reddish (his game projects alot better in the NBA, imo)
5. Garland
6. Hunter
7. Bol Bol
8. Culver
9. Hayes
10. Clarke

I wouldn't touch Cam in the top 5 with a 10ft pole. I still can't believe how much of a pass some give him. And this is coming from a die hard Duke fan and big time fan of Cam.

I also don't like Bol at all either. With that said, maybe switch Cam and Hunter and I think that is going to end up close to how the draft order comes out.

[Roddy B for 3]

Incredible game from Culver. So much weight on his shoulders, double and triple teamed play after play. That Tech offense did very good against an ELITE defense.

Culver took some bad shots for sure but he won't have to do that in the NBA.

I'm sure his boxscore dosen't look good, but he CARRIED that offense.

The over under for both teams was 129. That means each team was expected to score about 65. Texas Tech BLEW past that and it was Culver that had all the defense attention on him while bench players and Morette we're getting open looks due to Virginia over helping on Culver.

Culver did take some bad shots. But he made WAY more difficult shots than he took bad shots. He also had a couple misses at the rim (against player 20+lbs bigger than him AND taller), but he got his own rebound and got the put back. He had one or two strong finishes that he converted the AND-1 on.

He played good defense for a great defensive team..

That spin move that he made to take the leffty layup for the lead with about 20seconds left reminded me of how Brandon Grahm used a spin move to strip sack Brady in the Philly/Patriots superbowl.

Neither used that move until the most important situation in the game. Very clutch, and shows intelligence by not spamming it, keeps it in the tool box for important do or die situations.

I haven't checked his box scores yet, but I'm sure the numbers look like a Kobe Bryant below average game(obviously Kobe was doing it against NBA defenses while Culver was simply playing against a truly ELITE NCAA defense.)

Culver didn't look like prime Kobe agaiinst a UVA defense, but he did look like a top 5 pick being double and triple teamed against UVA defense and still carried the team to about 150% of what Vegas expected their offense to score.

He played pretty decent but cmon now he did not carry his team lol

Well he initiated the offense against an ELITE defense to 77 points and dominated the last two minutes of regulation.

#collegeKobe

[doordoor123]

I’m confused, are there Russian trolls here? It seems like some of you are praising things that don’t make sense, like just because you like the player, not based on how they actually perform.

[King Ken]

He shouldn't be a top 5 pick. But in this draft he is. This draft just doesn't have the 2nd tier group of prospects. You have Zion in tier 1 and a solid group of guys in tier 3. So you're forced to take a tier 3 guy in the top 5 this year.

Here is my big board.

1. Zion
2. Ja
3. RJ
4. Reddish (his game projects alot better in the NBA, imo)
5. Garland
6. Hunter
7. Bol Bol
8. Culver
9. Hayes
10. Clarke

I wouldn't touch Cam in the top 5 with a 10ft pole. I still can't believe how much of a pass some give him. And this is coming from a die hard Duke fan and big time fan of Cam.

I also don't like Bol at all either. With that said, maybe switch Cam and Hunter and I think that is going to end up close to how the draft order comes out.

Depends on the team. I wouldn't if I was the Bulls, Knicks, Cavs, Grizzlies or Suns.

[Roddy B for 3]

I’m confused, are there Russian trolls here? It seems like some of you are praising things that don’t make sense, like just because you like the player, not based on how they actually perform.

If your talking about me, talk to me.

[Coeur]

I liked his game a lot. He just missed. I liked his effort and control.


This was more about Hunter playing his best game ever. He solidified himself as a top 10 or so guy. IMO culver did too