getrichordie wrote:Last updated on 05/13/20
[color=#0000FF]tier 1
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01a. Killian Hayes
01b. Anthony Edwards
tier 2
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tier 4
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11. Joel Ayayi
12a. Cole Anthony
12b. Kira Lewis Jr.
13. Jalen Smith
14. Aaron Nesmith
15. Tyrese Maxey
16a. R.J. Hampton
16b. Theo Maledon
* = declared
Killian Hayes 1st ... as a french fan, why not
But so much difference between Hayes and Maledon is hard to understand for me. Off course, Hayes, by his father's culture does have US mentality (like TP 9 19 years ago). Off course, joining Germany, Hayes sharply increased all figures that year. Off course, we did not see any improvement in Maledon's game this year.
But ...
Two years ago, aged of 16, Hayes dominated U21 french championship (most of french pro start in this championship, teams depend of pro teams), and Malédon was under him, but the next after him. Last year, Maledon was in a top eurocup team, in the top french team, and had a true role in that team, whereas Hayes was bench in a weak team. So maybe the context was better for Malédon. For an under 18 in his fisrt pro year, it was really great. Other point guards were Demarcus Nelson (who left ASVEL for Bayern) and Mantas Kalnietis (Lithunia's NT PG). So it was not so easy to get minutes.
Then Hayes left France for Germany, and had opportunity to show his abilities in Eurocup. But Maledon did it year before, and in a top team of the competition. Hayes with so much TO's with ASVEL, would'not had played as much he played in Ulm this year.
For Maledon, I hoped him to take more responsabilities with Euroleague. For few reasons it didn't happen. First at all, an injury (shoulder). Secondly, during the summer we could think ASVEL would play with 3 PGs in the roster, but Strazel became pro and ASVEL played with 4 point guards. So it became hard to show more than last year with such a sharing of minutes (with Jordan Taylor, Strazel and ... Antoine Diot our former "next TP", a better prospect than Batum for the generation 88-89, but who had a lot of injuries. But healthy, ASVEL is a too low level for him). So, maybe we expected too much from Malédon and maybe we forget easily that Hayes didn't get so much time in Cholet, and waste a lot of possessions with Ulm.
Evidently Hayes is more talented, and maybe fit more with NBA. But Hayes 1st, Maledon 16 ... I hardly believe it. About potential, I would put Hayes before Malédon, but I would not imagine such a difference. Maybe Hayes in second tier (3-5) and Malédon in the third tier (6-14). And Strazel in the top 8 next year ^^
PS: Steve Kerr wanted to see both
Frank Ntilikina is a play-off player, but he goes to the Hornets.
Paris 2024 (Starters):
Ntilikina - Malédon - Hayes
Coulibaly - De Colo
TLC - Rupert or Risacher
Wembanyama- Yabusele
Embiid- Poirier - Lessort [without Embiid: Fall]