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Baller1234a wrote:Larry Legend 33 wrote:Baller1234a wrote:Could be. Little and Cole Anthony could push him out.
Has he reclassified officially or is that still in limbo?
Says Class of ‘19 http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/218158/cole-anthony
Larry Legend 33 wrote:Baller1234a wrote:Larry Legend 33 wrote:
Has he reclassified officially or is that still in limbo?
Says Class of ‘19 http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/218158/cole-anthony
Yeah that refers to HS class of 2019. Here's the class of 2019 rankings:
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/espnu100/sort/rank/class/2019
clyde21 wrote:Larry Legend 33 wrote:Baller1234a wrote:Says Class of ‘19 http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/218158/cole-anthony
Yeah that refers to HS class of 2019. Here's the class of 2019 rankings:
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/espnu100/sort/rank/class/2019
No reason why he won't reclassify. I'm operating under the assumption that he'll be apart of the '19 draft class.
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:LofJ wrote:ClipsFanSince98 wrote:Clippers are dumb for not tanking for him to pair with his fellow Canadian SGA.
You're definitely tanking, Jerry West is just smart enough to hide that fact.
Naw. All they had to do is let guys like Bradley+Milos go etc. Now they are gonna win 35+ games easily. Lucky if it's a top 10 pick now.
yoyoboy wrote:ClipsFanSince98 wrote:LofJ wrote:
You're definitely tanking, Jerry West is just smart enough to hide that fact.
Naw. All they had to do is let guys like Bradley+Milos go etc. Now they are gonna win 35+ games easily. Lucky if it's a top 10 pick now.
Same with my Cavs if it makes you feel any better. We just screwed ourselves by re-signing Love instead of trading him for the best pick they could get.
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ClipsFanSince98 wrote:LofJ wrote:ClipsFanSince98 wrote:Clippers are dumb for not tanking for him to pair with his fellow Canadian SGA.
You're definitely tanking, Jerry West is just smart enough to hide that fact.
Naw. All they had to do is let guys like Bradley+Milos go etc. Now they are gonna win 35+ games easily. Lucky if it's a top 10 pick now.
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vincecarter4pres wrote:ClipsFanSince98 wrote:LofJ wrote:
You're definitely tanking, Jerry West is just smart enough to hide that fact.
Naw. All they had to do is let guys like Bradley+Milos go etc. Now they are gonna win 35+ games easily. Lucky if it's a top 10 pick now.
You guys have a 35 win ceiling imho. I don't see what's to like much as a group. A lot of real deal NBA players, big minute rotation players, some starters, but everyone is going to be overextended and looking to prove themselves for their next contract, a lot of overrated guys who are good, but not as good as they're purported, a lot of guys who are injury prone, I can easily see a 24 win disaster.
First Step wrote:“R.J. is one of the … to me, Jayson Tatum was one of the most professional 19-year-old kids I’ve ever had as far as walking in the gym, just handles himself like a pro, watches film like a pro and works like a pro. I put R.J. right behind Jayson in that category.
“You know, his dad playing professional basketball, Steve Nash being around in his life, he’s just learned from great people as far as how to handle himself like a pro. So, I think that he just comes into it and brings a certain level of toughness, he competes harder than anyone I’ve had at that age and he’s really good.”
Barrett, 18, will begin his highly anticipated college career with Duke this fall but has already upped his competition level significantly with the hope of hitting the NBA ground running. He played for Canada in its FIBA 2019 World Cup qualifiers alongside Cory Joseph, Kelly Olynyk and Dillon Brooks and showed he belonged there.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/r-j-barrett-shining-nba-guys-beating-1-1/
Drew Hanlen said he was taking NBA guys already. Where do you rank Barrett in terms of prospects 20y and under?
BostonCouchGM wrote:First Step wrote:“R.J. is one of the … to me, Jayson Tatum was one of the most professional 19-year-old kids I’ve ever had as far as walking in the gym, just handles himself like a pro, watches film like a pro and works like a pro. I put R.J. right behind Jayson in that category.
“You know, his dad playing professional basketball, Steve Nash being around in his life, he’s just learned from great people as far as how to handle himself like a pro. So, I think that he just comes into it and brings a certain level of toughness, he competes harder than anyone I’ve had at that age and he’s really good.”
Barrett, 18, will begin his highly anticipated college career with Duke this fall but has already upped his competition level significantly with the hope of hitting the NBA ground running. He played for Canada in its FIBA 2019 World Cup qualifiers alongside Cory Joseph, Kelly Olynyk and Dillon Brooks and showed he belonged there.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/r-j-barrett-shining-nba-guys-beating-1-1/
Drew Hanlen said he was taking NBA guys already. Where do you rank Barrett in terms of prospects 20y and under?
Right now I have him in the top five. But he could easily move up or down. It's early. I hope he commits on the defensive side of the ball because if not, DeRozan will be about his ceiling. He has the Kobe mentality without the shot, defense and elite athleticism.
Duke4life831 wrote:clyde21 wrote:Larry Legend 33 wrote:
Yeah that refers to HS class of 2019. Here's the class of 2019 rankings:
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/espnu100/sort/rank/class/2019
No reason why he won't reclassify. I'm operating under the assumption that he'll be apart of the '19 draft class.
That's the rumblings I have heard. Cole would be my easy choice at #1.
Patsfan1081 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:clyde21 wrote:
No reason why he won't reclassify. I'm operating under the assumption that he'll be apart of the '19 draft class.
That's the rumblings I have heard. Cole would be my easy choice at #1.
I'm 99% sure he isn't reclassifying. Just yesterday he said he still wasn't sure where he'd be playing his senior season(though it seems like IMG) and he wasn't worrying about college as it was still a year away. He hasn't even looked at any schools yet, nor has he aquired the proper credits I believe. When Bassey reclassified months ago he already had everything decided months in advanced and had taken extra classes beforehand, the kid had a 3.9 GPA.
BostonCouchGM wrote:First Step wrote:“R.J. is one of the … to me, Jayson Tatum was one of the most professional 19-year-old kids I’ve ever had as far as walking in the gym, just handles himself like a pro, watches film like a pro and works like a pro. I put R.J. right behind Jayson in that category.
“You know, his dad playing professional basketball, Steve Nash being around in his life, he’s just learned from great people as far as how to handle himself like a pro. So, I think that he just comes into it and brings a certain level of toughness, he competes harder than anyone I’ve had at that age and he’s really good.”
Barrett, 18, will begin his highly anticipated college career with Duke this fall but has already upped his competition level significantly with the hope of hitting the NBA ground running. He played for Canada in its FIBA 2019 World Cup qualifiers alongside Cory Joseph, Kelly Olynyk and Dillon Brooks and showed he belonged there.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/r-j-barrett-shining-nba-guys-beating-1-1/
Drew Hanlen said he was taking NBA guys already. Where do you rank Barrett in terms of prospects 20y and under?
Right now I have him in the top five. But he could easily move up or down. It's early. I hope he commits on the defensive side of the ball because if not, DeRozan will be about his ceiling. He has the Kobe mentality without the shot, defense and elite athleticism.
clyde21 wrote:Patsfan1081 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:
That's the rumblings I have heard. Cole would be my easy choice at #1.
I'm 99% sure he isn't reclassifying. Just yesterday he said he still wasn't sure where he'd be playing his senior season(though it seems like IMG) and he wasn't worrying about college as it was still a year away. He hasn't even looked at any schools yet, nor has he aquired the proper credits I believe. When Bassey reclassified months ago he already had everything decided months in advanced and had taken extra classes beforehand, the kid had a 3.9 GPA.
He's going to pull an Anfernee Simons. He doesn't have to go to college.
Patsfan1081 wrote:clyde21 wrote:Patsfan1081 wrote:
I'm 99% sure he isn't reclassifying. Just yesterday he said he still wasn't sure where he'd be playing his senior season(though it seems like IMG) and he wasn't worrying about college as it was still a year away. He hasn't even looked at any schools yet, nor has he aquired the proper credits I believe. When Bassey reclassified months ago he already had everything decided months in advanced and had taken extra classes beforehand, the kid had a 3.9 GPA.
He's going to pull an Anfernee Simons. He doesn't have to go to college.
Simons was a rare case, he had already reclassified and graduated at this time in 2017, then instead of going to college he spent a prep season at IMG. So it wasn't like he went strait from graduating into the NBA. I don't think Anthony has the credits to graduate, I mean I could be wrong but then again most that have reclassified usually have it figured out by know. Bagley did it really late last summer but had started visiting colleges around this time. Hagans and Bassley reclassified in June and graduated. It just seems like if he had his core curriculum already set we would have heard rumblings by now.
LeBron_da_Don wrote:Good on RJ. I like the kid and think he'll be a stud. Hopefully some of his tenacity rubs off on Cam and some of his skill rubs off on Zion.
nolang1 wrote:Patsfan1081 wrote:clyde21 wrote:
He's the top high school player in the country and isn't looking at colleges late in the summer before his senior year. He'd easily be the top point guard in the 2019 draft and his hometown Knicks figure to have a high pick this year, which they're less likely to in 2020 with Porzingis back. It's not Mensa level stuff to take some online classes for a high school diploma, and he would just need to be done before the NBA season starts to be eligible for the draft.
ItsThatEasy wrote:LeBron_da_Don wrote:Good on RJ. I like the kid and think he'll be a stud. Hopefully some of his tenacity rubs off on Cam and some of his skill rubs off on Zion.
I can't believe I'm saying this but the best thing for two freshmen is another freshman.
RJ is magnetic, he's exactly what Cam and Zion need. The term alpha is used pretty ironically in 2018 but by pure definition the kid is an alpha. He commands the room, he's gracious, he's confident, he's respectful. He's everything you want in a young professional, the kid is going to be great at whatever he ends up doing, even after basketball.