Yoeli Childs

[badinage]

We just signed him.

Some say he might have been a first-rounder, had the rest of the season not been scorched.

Tommy Sheppard with a nice bring-in ...

[NatP4]

Also, Caleb Homesley. Whoever that is

[badinage]

Caleb Homesley? For real??

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

Yoeli had some gaudy numbers at BYU.

Apart from 53% FT shooting, looks good.

Why didn’t he get drafted?

Can he play any defense?

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

Seeing a familiar trend. Homesly also shoot FTs in the 50% range. Completes the trifecta with Deni and Yoeli

[doclinkin]

Oh hell yeah! I am happy now. He plays grownassman ball. He was one of the late round talents I was looking at.

Yeah I don't know why he had the yips at the FT line after shooting 70% the prior year, and he shot above 40% from 3 with a pretty looking shot from range if I recall. He is a bit footslow on defense, not a shot blocker despite good athleticism, but was reliable rebounding and even scoring despite double teams and high usage.

I recall liking his work against the better teams they faced. Looking now: right Gonzaga, 10 boards and 63% FG scoring.

[doclinkin]

With YO-Lee and Howoooooooool Neto the ringside announcers will have fun when they make a play.

[doclinkin]

I know nothing about Caleb Homesley but he rebounds the ball solidly for a guard. Wiz'nasty is gonna hate his kneebend, he's knockneed.

[doclinkin]

This is like a free 1st round pick though. He will challenge for the starting PF spot. I wouldn't be surprised if he takes it. If we had a normal preseason and training camp I expect he would.

[dckingsfan]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/benstinar/2020/11/13/yoeli-childs-is-ready-to-be-the-steal-of-the-nba-draft/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/2020-nba-draft-scouting-report-yoeli-childs/ar-BB17pIsG

[FAH1223]

Slow footed on defense, plays drop on pick and rolls, fouls a lot... he'll fit right in !

[doclinkin]

Funny, looking back through prior years he has faced Rui a few times, and while BYU lost most of them, he played better than Rui in individual stats and efficiency.

[TGW]

38 inch vert with a 7 foot wingspan. Not bad. Although, he’s an ass defender.

[Ed Wood]

Childs was a very effective college player and impressively managed to basically maintain his production while playing less and shooting better as a senior relative to already productive sophomore and junior seasons. That said, I think he's a great guy to take this kind of flyer on but not a guy who projects to instantaneously translate his game to the NBA.

He has described himself as a Paul Millsap fan and as aspiring to channel Millsap in his game, which is savvy both as a way to sell himself as a prospect and as a way to maximize his potential to have an NBA future. Childs is small for a power forward - smaller than Millsap actually (just barely). He doesn't have an entirely airtight set of peripherals to project as a shooter, but he's already working towards being a multi-dimensional threat and perimeter shooter, which he needs to be.

Anyway, I think he's a good guy to throw an exhibit 10 at. He strikes me at the very least as a guy who is going to beat the **** out of guys in the G League and he's in line with the kind of flexible forwards the Wizards have been targeting (but in a good way - he's a modern NBA four if he sticks).

e: Homesley looks like a really attenuated version of Danny Green. Big guard/forward, decent rebounding, looks to have been a strong defender in college. Shot a lot of threes and was I guess middling but he did get better at it. Mostly he reminded me how much ass Danny Green kicked in college when you actually dug into his production. The kind of player Homesley would be were he an NBA player is a good kind of player to try to add. I don't think he is. Also Liberty University, gross.

[NatP4]

He looks like he’s bad at defense.

[WallStar]

Yoeli is poor man's Blake Griffin

[payitforward]

“I think I’m going to be the steal of the draft,” Childs said. “That’s my honest opinion. I think I look at guys in last year’s draft, for example, Brandon Clarke and Eric Paschall over from Villanova. You look at these guys that are decorated, college players, and you see them dominate at every level they played at, and they have skill sets that translate.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/benstinar/2020/11/13/yoeli-childs-is-ready-to-be-the-steal-of-the-nba-draft/?sh=6e96d0486207

Okay... I love this kid!

[Ed Wood]

...Brandon Clarke and Eric Paschall over from Villanova...

Pegging Millsap, Clarke, and Paschall as his own comps does a very good job of representing what a successful version of his NBA career looks like. I admire his sense of his fit in the league and, I imagine, by extension his recognition of the work he still has to do to really be an NBA fit.

[closg00]

+ Points for Tommy, possible two-way player even thought there is no G-League

[doclinkin]

Positives on behalf of that Yo Child.

He's not going to see a 38% usage rate in the NBA, nor is he going to see the paint clogged like he did. Yes he will consistently be facing bigger longer more athletic players, but he won't see the double and triple teams in traffic like he faced in college. And even with that, he scored at a highly efficient rate, and rebounded like a madman. To the tune of 30/12 per 40. Yes it was against lesser competition, but it was against all the players at once it seemed.

The other side of not having to score all of the points for his team is that he can use that muscle and energy on the opposite side of the floor. He doesn't have to conserve his fouls, if he is coming off the bench his job is as a wrecking ball on both ends. He moves well enough and has good range from the top of the key and rebounds with force such that I can see him succeeding even as a small ball center at times. His slow speed on defense does not show up on offense where he showed burst and some quicks when given space to operate, he can for sure keep in front of centers, even the small ball kind. I think he was conserving energy, maybe could surprise and become a significant asset simply with conditioning work.

Mature with a game that we do see being successful in the NBA. At age 22 with 4 years of college he knows what he can and cannot do, his adjustment period may prove shorter. His offensive footwork is quite good, and while he can sky to flush a lob dunk, his touch also includes the Tim Duncan baseline high floater off the glass when there is no room underneath. That's tough to defend. He is also at an age where he can begin to put on that grown man strength. Solid foundation, good legs, he can hold position and bang with the best of them.

I think his combination of range and strength will be a tool that a guy like TBJ will find ways to use in a role with the bench mob. Ditto the smooth passing Deni. I can see the potential of good chemistry there, even while I can also envision the coaching staff trying him out with starters when it is clear we need rebounding underneath. Either way, I like the guy. He showed up in a few of my sorts for productive players. To get him as an UDFA seems like a significant bargain, depending on how they structured the deal.