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ripcityboy said:
You're judgement would be biased would it? :ghoti: Serioously, I love Rui Hachimura. The flow of his game and his transition buckets are great. What's the name of that assistant coach who discovered him? Best talent scout in the game.
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Tommy Lloyd. He is great, there's even more foreigners they signed. A big out of Croatia and PG from France who is lightning quick. I attribute just as much of the programs success to Tommy Lloyd as I do Mark Few. His ability to find these guys all over the world that other schools are clueless to are baffling. It all started with Ronny Turiaf.
 
Hachimura is a legit 6'8" wing, who can play bigger, or smaller if needed. He's the best NBA prospect from a pure tools standpoint that Gonzaga has seen. He has #1 pick type talent. Yet, he's a 6th man and kind of hidden nationally. Kinda like Zach Collins. Mark Few is loyal to his upper classman and wants players to earn their burn.
 
MickZagger said:
Tommy Lloyd. He is great, there's even more foreigners they signed. A big out of Croatia and PG from France who is lightning quick. I attribute just as much of the programs success to Tommy Lloyd as I do Mark Few. His ability to find these guys all over the world that other schools are clueless to are baffling. It all started with Ronny Turiaf.
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I swear, every staff needs one of those guys. For us it was Mike Mennega, he was the Canadian connection that basically got us Dillon Brooks and Chris Boucher. How they discovered Boucher in the middle of Wyoming I will never know. But if Mennega hadn't been a fellow Canuck I doubt he would have come. Assistant coaches who's specialty is recruiting seem to be like a secret weapon for a lot of programs. I would never sell Altman short though. He's great in his own right too.
 
MickZagger said:
Hachimura is a legit 6'8" wing, who can play bigger, or smaller if needed. He's the best NBA prospect from a pure tools standpoint that Gonzaga has seen. He has #1 pick type talent. Yet, he's a 6th man and kind of hidden nationally. Kinda like Zach Collins. Mark Few is loyal to his upper classman and wants players to earn their burn.
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I’ve only watched maybe two Zags games all year but I remember thinking that kid played like a really raw Jabari Parker. Really long smooth strides and obvious athleticism but you could tell he was still learning the game. Do you expect him to break out in the tourney or do you think he will return for another year?
 
AFully22 said:
I’ve only watched maybe two Zags games all year but I remember thinking that kid played like a really raw Jabari Parker. Really long smooth strides and obvious athleticism but you could tell he was still learning the game. Do you expect him to break out in the tourney or do you think he will return for another year?
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Hard to say. If he has a great tourney run he could go pro. But honestly, he's still learning the english language and is still pretty new to the game of basketball. I could see him coming back another year.
 
Chimezie Metu reminds me a bit of Kyle Kuzma when he was in college.
 
Which one is more like Donovan Mitchell? Deanthony Melton, Rawle Alkins, or Bruce Brown? All have similarities, but i have to go with Brown.
 
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BonesJones said:
Whichbone is more like Donovan Mitchell? Deanthony Melton, Rawle Alkins, or Bruce Brown? All have similarities, but i have to go with Brown.
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None of those guys are really that close though. At least offensively.
 
JDC said:
None of those guys are really that close though At least offensively.
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Compared to Mitchell offensively, Brown was close last year. Been coming off am injury and struggling this year but he has the same athletic and offensive ability.
 
BonesJones said:
Compared to Mitchell offensively, Brown was close last year. Been coming off am injury and struggling this year but he has the same athletic and offensive ability.
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He was also an older freshman (Mitchell is actually only about a month older than Brown) and hasn't shown the same handle, pace+vision+creativity in the pnr, ability to shoot off the dribble or decision making.

The one advantage I'd give Brown would be the ability to elevate and finish off one foot in traffic.
 
JDC said:
He was also an older freshman (Mitchell is actually only about a month older than Brown) and hasn't shown the same handle, pace+vision+creativity in the pnr, ability to shoot off the dribble or decision making.

The one advantage I'd give Brown would be the ability to elevate and finish off one foot in traffic.
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Mitchell didn't really show much in those areas in college.
 
dviss1 said:
No he doesn't. You just assumed.

His eyes look nothing like this:

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The San People who are the oldest tribe in Africa:
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MickZagger said:
Hachimura is a legit 6'8" wing, who can play bigger, or smaller if needed. He's the best NBA prospect from a pure tools standpoint that Gonzaga has seen. He has #1 pick type talent. Yet, he's a 6th man and kind of hidden nationally. Kinda like Zach Collins. Mark Few is loyal to his upper classman and wants players to earn their burn.
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Hachi is my swing for the fences pick this year.
 
Fez Von Savage said:
Hachi is my swing for the fences pick this year.
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That would be hilarious if we just continue drafting from Gonzaga. And GS just keep drafting from Oregon. Portland keeps looking for schools out of state for talent. How Oregon is that?!
 
ripcityboy said:
That would be hilarious if we just continue drafting from Gonzaga. And GS just keep drafting from Oregon. Portland keeps looking for schools out of state for talent. How Oregon is that?!
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Well, Bol Bol is my #1 target next year - and it isn't close!
 
Btw, my second round targets are literally the same as they were last year:

Bonzie Colson

Ethan Happ
 
Fez Von Savage said:
Well, Bol Bol is my #1 target next year - and it isn't close!
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Don't know how he we are going to use him. Altman sold him on a being sort of Boucher-type with occasional 3s in his arsenal. But a 7'2'' 3 point shooter? He's got small feet and is super lithesome for being that tall. I think both him and Norris could be stretch 4s if we keep the three guard lineup. But using Bol Bol to shoot threes is pushing it.
 
ripcityboy said:
Don't know how he we are going to use him. Altman sold him on a being sort of Boucher-type with occasional 3s in his arsenal. But a 7'2'' 3 point shooter? He's got small feet and is super lithesome for being that tall. I think both him and Norris could be stretch 4s if we keep the three guard lineup. But using Bol Bol to shoot threes is pushing it.
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He's nearly a full 7'4" w/shoes.

I see Porzingis-like potential.
 
BonesJones said:
Mitchell didn't really show much in those areas in college.
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Statistically, maybe not. But he had great footwork, balance and confidence getting into his pull up game and the ability to get low with his handle and create a lot of space with wide and explosive crossovers and quick, decisive step backs and hesitations. Split traps and made skip passes in the pnr and had an impressively low turnover rate for a higher usage offensive player.

I'm a Bruce Brown fan too, just don't agree that he has near the same offensive ceiling as Mitchell.
 
JDC said:
Statistically, maybe not. But he had great footwork, balance and confidence getting into his pull up game and the ability to get low with his handle and create a lot of space with wide and explosive crossovers and quick, decisive step backs and hesitations. Split traps and made skip passes in the pnr and had an impressively low turnover rate for a higher usage offensive player.

I'm a Bruce Brown fan too, just don't agree that he has near the same offensive ceiling as Mitchell.
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I mean, you wouldn't have said Mitchell's ceiling is what he's doing now
 
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