Tyrese Maxey

[CoreyVillains]

should be top 5 on everyone's lists at least, a top tier 6th man is his baseline, good chance he's a lot better than that too

a really good combo guard who isn't a negative defensively is highly valuable

I currently have him as the second best guard in the class. Maybe I’m too high on him improving the jumper, but everything looks good enough that I don’t believe raising that release point is going to be an issue for him.

[Klomp]

There's still a decent amount of skepticism, but I'm still so high on him as a prospect. Easily my biggest draft crush since I really started looking into him two months ago. Maybe I need to be careful I'm not buying into the hype so much, but there are times while watching him where I actually get some Dwyane Wade vibes from him (not as an athlete).

[azcatz11]

Looks like this board was spot on with Maxey. Well played

[crows2]

Yet another great guard to come out of the Kentucky factory. Whilst Calipari may cop a lot of flak for his recent on court results, it’s hard to deny he knows how to find/develop elite guards. It’ll be interesting to watch how Wagner, Dillingham, and even Edwards track this year and into the future.

[EvanZ]

Yet another great guard to come out of the Kentucky factory. Whilst Calipari may cop a lot of flak for his recent on court results, it’s hard to deny he knows how to find/develop elite guards. It’ll be interesting to watch how Wagner, Dillingham, and even Edwards track this year and into the future.

It's not hard to find the top ranked guards lol. Calipari recruits them, hides them in his offense and then they apparently revert to being good in the NBA.

[Hal14]

And they only play for him for 1 year so it's hard to give Calipari too much credit. If a guy is 23 yrs old, started playing basketball competitively at age 10, that means he played for Calipari for only 1 out of the 13 yrs he played competitive basketball. So why are we giving Calipari so much credit?

[Klomp]

Looks like this board was spot on with Maxey. Well played

Holy crap I nailed it!

[azcatz11]

Looks like this board was spot on with Maxey. Well played

Holy crap I nailed it!

Yes but don’t let it get to your head

[Klomp]

Looks like this board was spot on with Maxey. Well played

Holy crap I nailed it!

Yes but don’t let it get to your head

I once predicted Meyers Leonard as having the most potential in the 2012 class (Davis, Lillard, Beal, Green, Middleton). I'll take any win I can!

[crows2]

And they only play for him for 1 year so it's hard to give Calipari too much credit. If a guy is 23 yrs old, started playing basketball competitively at age 10, that means he played for Calipari for only 1 out of the 13 yrs he played competitive basketball. So why are we giving Calipari so much credit?

Because no other college coach seems to be able to do it at the same level of consistency as Cal. If it was that easy, we wouldn’t see busts from any top college. It’s naive to think that college coaches don’t play a significant role in a player’s development, even if it’s only for one year. I’m not the biggest Cal fan as a coach, but Kentucky certainly seems to be the safest option for a guard who has NBA aspirations.

[Hal14]

And they only play for him for 1 year so it's hard to give Calipari too much credit. If a guy is 23 yrs old, started playing basketball competitively at age 10, that means he played for Calipari for only 1 out of the 13 yrs he played competitive basketball. So why are we giving Calipari so much credit?

Because no other college coach seems to be able to do it at the same level of consistency as Cal. If it was that easy, we wouldn’t see busts from any top college. It’s naive to think that college coaches don’t play a significant role in a player’s development, even if it’s only for one year. I’m not the biggest Cal fan as a coach, but Kentucky certainly seems to be the safest option for a guard who has NBA aspirations.

He just recruits the best guards. He's good at recruiting.

Sure, college coaches play somewhat of a role in the development of their players. But it's not as big a role as you seem to be implying for one and dones. Especially once a player is in his fifth season in the league like Maxey is - at that point, most of his development has to be attributed to his own work ethic as well as the coaches and trainers who have helped him at the NBA level.

After all, he dropped in the draft due to meh stats he put up in his 1 season at Kentucky. So did Tyty Washington and others.