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The last few years have seen several freshmen who were able to rise from outside that consensus blue-chip territory going into the season to one-and-done potential lottery picks. With names like Okoro, Jaxson Hayes, Herro, SGA, Zhaire Smith, Chriss, and Dejounte Murray in this club, it’s not like it guarantees a steal or a bust, but who are some 2020 recruits you think have a shot of crashing the lottery?

Moses Moody - pretty straightforward pro fit as a 6’6” 3-D wing with a 7 foot wingspan. Arkansas has done well with getting players to the pros and plays an NBA type of system.

Dawson Garcia - haven’t seen much of him outside of FIBA 3 on 3 where he was tournament MVP on a team with Nimari Burnett and Devin Askew, but looking at the class there aren’t too many 6’10 plus guys with perimeter skills.

Marcus Bagley - he’s gone under the radar due to injuries and moving around to follow his brother Marvin’s career, but he’s a 6’7 wing who can really shoot and has some athleticism to go with it. He and Josh Christopher will be one of the best freshman duos in the country at Arizona State.

Reece Beekman - four-time state champion point guard who makes an all-around impact. He’s apparently grown to 6’3 and has improved his outside shot since matriculating to Virginia

Jabri Abdul-Rahim - his senior season was cut short due to injury, but in the EYBL he was really hitting threes and getting to the line as his team’s only reliable source of offense. Will join Beekman at UVA.

Cam Hayes

Moses is my guy. Perfect 3&D prototype. Ball hawk pain in the a$$ with the ball pressure, knockdown shooter when he gets a look, and makes solid, quick decisions with the ball.

Justin Powell and Cam Thomas are looking like they might be that at this point

Outside of the UVA guys, who aren't going OAD, the other 3 are pretty much not under the radar whatsoever

Fischella wrote:Outside of the UVA guys, who aren't going OAD, the other 3 are pretty much not under the radar whatsoever

I don't get why you keep trying to make this stupid argument every time, but yes there aren't 30+ freshmen drafted every year so anyone ranked outside that going one-and-done is somewhat unexpected. Otherwise they'd have been ranked higher. The vast majority of mock drafts did not have Bagley, Garcia, or Moody going into the season (insert 'well I'm so much smarter than lamestream media and knew about them' comment from person who's offered numerous disqualifyingly stupid opinions delivered with maximum volume and confidence on a regular basis). I don’t know, maybe you just didn’t see that the OP was from before the college season started.

Nobody gives a crap about the 97th ranked recruit from an NBA perspective; at that point they'd need to show major improvement from what they were as a high school player. There’s a college basketball forum if you’re looking for people who care about every single three-star recruit who might make a summer league roster one day.