BostonCouchGM wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:BostonCouchGM wrote:
Do tell which of these future classes you consider weak already. I want to keep up
2023 and 2024 high school classes are weak.
oh I see, I'm talking about draft classes because this is a draft class thread and you're talking high school classes, which are a year ahead of the draft class i.e. the 2023 high school class is weak in your opinion so the 2024 draft class will be weak. So now you're saying the 2024 high school class is weak therefore the 2025 draft class will be weak and Flagg should reclassify. That's pretty far in advance to have such strong opinions about a draft class. So much changes in a year let alone two. But I do agree, Flagg would go #1 in either.
so in summation. You believe:
2023 draft class is good
2024 draft class is extremely weak
2025 draft class is very weak
Well usually in today's age, a draft class is heavily dependent on the incoming high school class.
Yes many things can change, many guys can choose to return to college an extra year which could help boost the next class. Guys who werent viewed as elite can make a jump up during their year in college or wherever. You can see guys reclassify (like I think Flagg will and that will be a big boost to the 2025 draft class). All possible. And ya guys like Boozer or Flagg can stagnate and begin to flame out.
But when it comes to the 2023 high school class. Theyre essentially done playing high school ball, so its pretty easy to compare them to past high school classes. Its a very weak class.
The 2024 class is very similar. Do guys still have time to improve? Hell ya. But again its very telling when essentially every big weekend tournament throughout the year, at the end of it people werent talking about the Seniors or the Juniors, they were talking about how it were the sophomores playing the best ball. A Sophomore won the player of the year award, while another Sophomore was a finalist and was the star player at the premiere high school basketball team in the country.
And its not just the fact that 2024 has multiple guys who are viewed as elite prospects that teams should look forward to tanking for, while the 2023 and 2024 class dont. The depth at the top right now looks better as well. Again can things change? Yup. But as it stands right now, there is a reason why the vast majority of people that follow this stuff talk about the 2025 high school class more than any other. Its because that class regardless of class is outperforming the two classes above them.