DirtyDez wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:DirtyDez wrote:
Saw a little bit of Ayton in person. His team barely lost and he basically didn't give much effort. Lived outside and the only shots I saw him take were long two's which he made. What's incredible is his size and body. He already has an NBA body yet he has the frame to still as strength. I think he could look like Dwight in only a couple years.
Gary Trent Jr is really good but his dad... lol he's a piece of work from the sidelines.
Thats exactly the problem with Ayton. You see him and you just say, that dude is exactly what you would draw up as a perfect 5 in the NBA today. Basically 7 feet, long wingspan, only 18 but already built very well and you can tell this dude is going to be huge when he gets in a NBA training facility. Then add his agility and athleticism. Physically hes basically a perfect prospect for todays 5. Then you see he has the skills as well, solid jumper already and good handle and touch.
But half the time you watch him play, you kinda just sit there and go, man this dude just doesnt do anything. He should be dominating down low and just working his opponents. But the very next game he does just that, scores 30, grabs close to 20 boards and gets a few blocked shots and thats when you go my god he can be one of the best bigs in the NBA if he really wants it. Hes definitely not a safe pick, but his potential is sky high.
Lol when it comes to Gary Trent Jr, he is quite the character himself, maybe the most confident/cocky guy in the past few classes. He is extremely cocky during games and in interviews he is quite the character haha. Im personally not to high on his NBA potential, but glad hes going to Duke.
When Ayton goes thru the motions nobody says anything to him. Teammates nor coaches which isn't surprising. At the next level that won't be acceptable for Ayton just like it wasn't for Stanley Johnson. He needs to realize that emotion and motor are two different things. He shows emotions as a result of something he did rather than between the whistles.
Trent seemed quiet and confident. His dad was shouting stuff at kids half his age. I wonder if the Don K will have him muffled if he oversteps his limits. Wasn't Doc constantly trying to tell K how to use Austin?
That's surprising about Trent being quiet. Again he's usually comes off very confident/cocky.
From all reports Doc was very hands off. Just sat back and let K do his thing, kinda like David Robinson right now. But K definitely has had his share of helicopter parents. Jabari's mom cussed him out because K benched him one game, Derryck Thornton's dad despised K. Was pissed Grayson and Ingram were the focus points on the offense over him. Rumors around the AAU scene was Thornton wanted to stay, really liked Duke and his teammates, but his dad really pushed him to leave. But ya from all accounts K and Tent Sr get along very well, not worried about that one.
Just a side note cause you brought up Stanley. One of my favorite moments of Stanley in college was he was going back and forth with a player on the other team and I believe he got T'd up or got a warning. But he kept talking then all of a sudden you hear TJ McConnell scream, "Stanley shut up!" Stanley stopped talking after that haha. TJ was a great senior college player.
