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Crazy-Canuck wrote:Bennet should have a lot of time, he just got cut from his korean basketball league team... ouch.
DoctaJ wrote:Crazy-Canuck wrote:Bennet should have a lot of time, he just got cut from his korean basketball league team... ouch.
Where'd you see that he got cut? One perspective is that he left the team for personal reasons and is looking to sign on to a team in Taiwan - where he played previously.
Kind of seems like he signed in South Korea, got there, didn't seem to like it, and left back for Taiwan.
aminiaturebuddha wrote:Some random content on one of the top Canadian prospects - Efeosa Oliogu. I guess Overtime Elite had a "Pro day" the other day. The guys at the No Ceilings podcast gave their impressions on a bunch of the top prospects.
The stuff on Oliogu starts at about the 35 minute mark (and goes for about 5 minutes). They seem quite impressed by his overall game.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pksYwQt0QJAdUav2azP6G?si=6c456a8bc6394a1a
mojo13 wrote:aminiaturebuddha wrote:Some random content on one of the top Canadian prospects - Efeosa Oliogu. I guess Overtime Elite had a "Pro day" the other day. The guys at the No Ceilings podcast gave their impressions on a bunch of the top prospects.
The stuff on Oliogu starts at about the 35 minute mark (and goes for about 5 minutes). They seem quite impressed by his overall game.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pksYwQt0QJAdUav2azP6G?si=6c456a8bc6394a1a
Interesting to watch for sure. In the 2025 class and the ranking sites have him around 20 or so. So still no sure thing NBA player by any means but a solid shot.
It has me thinking about the 2024 NBA draft and how it may be a tough one for Canada.
Since 2010, Canada has had a player drafter every year except 2020. Is 2024 going to be a repeat? Is the pipeline getting a little dry?
Search the mock drafts and you really won't see any Canadian names besides Edey as a late 2nd rounder in the odd one (not the norm).
After the amazing NCAA year Edey had last season and the NBA basically responding by saying they didnt want him, it is tough to see him move up the draft boards unless he puts up a truly insane season. You all may think differently but I'm not optimistic about Edey getting drafted (but likely will be on someone's roster).
However, every year there seems to be a couple suprises they seem to come out of nowhere (or at least don't start the season on anyone's mocks) O-Max was an example of this last season.
So who has a realistic chance here? Ryan Nembhard maybe? Or is he just too small? Nembhard may be one of the best PGs in the enation. Could Emmanuel Miller finally break through as a 5th year senior? Seems doubtful he'd be draftable at his age.
It won't be Fardaws Aimaq (too old, too unathletic) and I'm pretty certain at this point it won't be Elijah Fisher.
Who else has a chance?
mojo13 wrote:aminiaturebuddha wrote:Some random content on one of the top Canadian prospects - Efeosa Oliogu. I guess Overtime Elite had a "Pro day" the other day. The guys at the No Ceilings podcast gave their impressions on a bunch of the top prospects.
The stuff on Oliogu starts at about the 35 minute mark (and goes for about 5 minutes). They seem quite impressed by his overall game.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pksYwQt0QJAdUav2azP6G?si=6c456a8bc6394a1a
Interesting to watch for sure. In the 2025 class and the ranking sites have him around 20 or so. So still no sure thing NBA player by any means but a solid shot.
It has me thinking about the 2024 NBA draft and how it may be a tough one for Canada.
Since 2010, Canada has had a player drafter every year except 2020. Is 2024 going to be a repeat? Is the pipeline getting a little dry?
Search the mock drafts and you really won't see any Canadian names besides Edey as a late 2nd rounder in the odd one (not the norm).
After the amazing NCAA year Edey had last season and the NBA basically responding by saying they didnt want him, it is tough to see him move up the draft boards unless he puts up a truly insane season. You all may think differently but I'm not optimistic about Edey getting drafted (but likely will be on someone's roster).
However, every year there seems to be a couple suprises they seem to come out of nowhere (or at least don't start the season on anyone's mocks) O-Max was an example of this last season.
So who has a realistic chance here? Ryan Nembhard maybe? Or is he just too small? Nembhard may be one of the best PGs in the enation. Could Emmanuel Miller finally break through as a 5th year senior? Seems doubtful he'd be draftable at his age.
It won't be Fardaws Aimaq (too old, too unathletic) and I'm pretty certain at this point it won't be Elijah Fisher.
Who else has a chance?
mojo13 wrote:aminiaturebuddha wrote:Some random content on one of the top Canadian prospects - Efeosa Oliogu. I guess Overtime Elite had a "Pro day" the other day. The guys at the No Ceilings podcast gave their impressions on a bunch of the top prospects.
The stuff on Oliogu starts at about the 35 minute mark (and goes for about 5 minutes). They seem quite impressed by his overall game.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pksYwQt0QJAdUav2azP6G?si=6c456a8bc6394a1a
Interesting to watch for sure. In the 2025 class and the ranking sites have him around 20 or so. So still no sure thing NBA player by any means but a solid shot.
It has me thinking about the 2024 NBA draft and how it may be a tough one for Canada.
Since 2010, Canada has had a player drafter every year except 2020. Is 2024 going to be a repeat? Is the pipeline getting a little dry?
Search the mock drafts and you really won't see any Canadian names besides Edey as a late 2nd rounder in the odd one (not the norm).
After the amazing NCAA year Edey had last season and the NBA basically responding by saying they didnt want him, it is tough to see him move up the draft boards unless he puts up a truly insane season. You all may think differently but I'm not optimistic about Edey getting drafted (but likely will be on someone's roster).
However, every year there seems to be a couple suprises they seem to come out of nowhere (or at least don't start the season on anyone's mocks) O-Max was an example of this last season.
So who has a realistic chance here? Ryan Nembhard maybe? Or is he just too small? Nembhard may be one of the best PGs in the enation. Could Emmanuel Miller finally break through as a 5th year senior? Seems doubtful he'd be draftable at his age.
It won't be Fardaws Aimaq (too old, too unathletic) and I'm pretty certain at this point it won't be Elijah Fisher.
Who else has a chance?
aminiaturebuddha wrote:mojo13 wrote:aminiaturebuddha wrote:Some random content on one of the top Canadian prospects - Efeosa Oliogu. I guess Overtime Elite had a "Pro day" the other day. The guys at the No Ceilings podcast gave their impressions on a bunch of the top prospects.
The stuff on Oliogu starts at about the 35 minute mark (and goes for about 5 minutes). They seem quite impressed by his overall game.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pksYwQt0QJAdUav2azP6G?si=6c456a8bc6394a1a
Interesting to watch for sure. In the 2025 class and the ranking sites have him around 20 or so. So still no sure thing NBA player by any means but a solid shot.
It has me thinking about the 2024 NBA draft and how it may be a tough one for Canada.
Since 2010, Canada has had a player drafter every year except 2020. Is 2024 going to be a repeat? Is the pipeline getting a little dry?
Search the mock drafts and you really won't see any Canadian names besides Edey as a late 2nd rounder in the odd one (not the norm).
After the amazing NCAA year Edey had last season and the NBA basically responding by saying they didnt want him, it is tough to see him move up the draft boards unless he puts up a truly insane season. You all may think differently but I'm not optimistic about Edey getting drafted (but likely will be on someone's roster).
However, every year there seems to be a couple suprises they seem to come out of nowhere (or at least don't start the season on anyone's mocks) O-Max was an example of this last season.
So who has a realistic chance here? Ryan Nembhard maybe? Or is he just too small? Nembhard may be one of the best PGs in the enation. Could Emmanuel Miller finally break through as a 5th year senior? Seems doubtful he'd be draftable at his age.
It won't be Fardaws Aimaq (too old, too unathletic) and I'm pretty certain at this point it won't be Elijah Fisher.
Who else has a chance?
Yeah, I think 2024 draft may be missing Canadians. Maybe someone takes a late 2nd flier on Edey. But aside from some amazing and unprecedented development of better defensive mobility, the only thing that would shift scouts' opinion at this point would be an outside shot, and Edey's just not going to get the opportunity to show that (even if he did develop it) under Matt Painter's system at Purdue.
The two real longshot wildcards would be if Michael Nwoko or Vasean Allette really ball out in their freshman seasons at Miami and Old Dominion (Miami will likely be a tournament team, and Allette will probably have the ball in his hands a lot), but I don't see that happening.
mojo13 wrote:aminiaturebuddha wrote:Some random content on one of the top Canadian prospects - Efeosa Oliogu. I guess Overtime Elite had a "Pro day" the other day. The guys at the No Ceilings podcast gave their impressions on a bunch of the top prospects.
The stuff on Oliogu starts at about the 35 minute mark (and goes for about 5 minutes). They seem quite impressed by his overall game.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pksYwQt0QJAdUav2azP6G?si=6c456a8bc6394a1a
Interesting to watch for sure. In the 2025 class and the ranking sites have him around 20 or so. So still no sure thing NBA player by any means but a solid shot.
It has me thinking about the 2024 NBA draft and how it may be a tough one for Canada.
Since 2010, Canada has had a player drafter every year except 2020. Is 2024 going to be a repeat? Is the pipeline getting a little dry?
Search the mock drafts and you really won't see any Canadian names besides Edey as a late 2nd rounder in the odd one (not the norm).
After the amazing NCAA year Edey had last season and the NBA basically responding by saying they didnt want him, it is tough to see him move up the draft boards unless he puts up a truly insane season. You all may think differently but I'm not optimistic about Edey getting drafted (but likely will be on someone's roster).
However, every year there seems to be a couple suprises they seem to come out of nowhere (or at least don't start the season on anyone's mocks) O-Max was an example of this last season.
So who has a realistic chance here? Ryan Nembhard maybe? Or is he just too small? Nembhard may be one of the best PGs in the enation. Could Emmanuel Miller finally break through as a 5th year senior? Seems doubtful he'd be draftable at his age.
It won't be Fardaws Aimaq (too old, too unathletic) and I'm pretty certain at this point it won't be Elijah Fisher.
Who else has a chance?
mojo13 wrote:?s=20
What do you guys think?
Is this a sign that Primo's return could be coming soon?
Or maybe just that the league finally completed their investigation and announced an official suspension.
Before anyone gets up in arms about only 4 games - clearly time served was factored in here. The guy has been out for almost a year now. He played 4 games last season so this makes it a full 1 year (82 games) suspension.
aminiaturebuddha wrote:mojo13 wrote:?s=20
What do you guys think?
Is this a sign that Primo's return could be coming soon?
Or maybe just that the league finally completed their investigation and announced an official suspension.
Before anyone gets up in arms about only 4 games - clearly time served was factored in here. The guy has been out for almost a year now. He played 4 games last season so this makes it a full 1 year (82 games) suspension.
I just hope he took the time to sit down with a therapist and work through some of his issues (the ones he acknowledged in his initial public reaction) and address the underlying causes of the behaviour. He's still young, and still has promise as a player, but it's going to be a long road back to rehabilitate him completely in the eyes of the league and prospective employers.
That said, I wouldn't be surprised if someone gave him a shot, and he ends up spending a lot of time in the G-League this year getting back into game form.
And1Skip wrote:?s=20
mojo13 wrote:And1Skip wrote:?s=20
Kid is going to be disappointed....
Seriosuly though. Too young, too inexperienced, no position need, not good enough at defence for a team built on elite wing defense.
Perhaps he could squeeze in as a 11th 12th man but hopefully this team has no need for him. For that need to happen a bunch of guys will need drop out or Sharpe will need to improve so drastically he can't be ignored (highly doubt that happens this soon). But I hope he is involved in some way (camp or whatever) to start bringing him into the system.
Assuming the current team stays healthy and available it is tough to see additions beyond Murray, Wiggins and/or Nembhard.
Another big would be nice, but I'm not sure where that would come from.
