First round of NBA draft?
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Luke likely won't get drafted.
He's your typical good college player but doesn't really fit the NBA at all. He has no position, meaning he can't guard wings (not quick enough) and he can't matchup with traditional 4's (not big enough).
Luke has been great for us, but the NBA doesn't draft 22 year old unathletic, slow, 6'8'' tweeners.
Personally, I'd like to see him on the bench as a grad assistant after his time here is up.
He's your typical good college player but doesn't really fit the NBA at all. He has no position, meaning he can't guard wings (not quick enough) and he can't matchup with traditional 4's (not big enough).
Luke has been great for us, but the NBA doesn't draft 22 year old unathletic, slow, 6'8'' tweeners.
Personally, I'd like to see him on the bench as a grad assistant after his time here is up.
I'm pretty sure he was trolling, but your assessment is accurate.
Couldn’t have said this better.
A team that plays a lot of small ball(current nba trend) may like his ability to shoot. That maybe his only way into the league.
NBA teams probably won't trust his shooting that much anyway. A poor FT% (60.6% this year, 57.6% career) is a significant red flag for shooting ability.
Guys like Luke Harangody and Linas Kleiza had cups of coffee with the NBA. I could see Luke getting a couple of looks from NBA teams due to his shooting ability for a 4 man. But most likely he plays in Spain or Germany , somewhere like that for 10 years and makes about a mill a year at least.
Here are the draft breakdowns of Linas Kleiza , Luke Harongody , and Jon Brockman. They each played in the league for 7 , 3 , 3 seasons in the NBA. Does Luke not come across as good as or potentially better than all 3 of those guys? All have very similar skill sets and weaknesses. Only Kleiza was drafted in the 1st round and part of that is he got to play a bigger role in college as a frosh. Just like Harangody and Brockman were relied on much more. Luke didn't have that luxury , but as a Jr he is on those guys level or better at the same point from a production and skill set standpoint.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Linas-Kleiza-168/
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Luke-Harangody-5063/
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jon-Brockman-1168/
I don't expect Luke to be a 1st round draft pick. But to assume he won't get a good look at the NBA is a little short sighted.
Could you not find 3 white guys similar to Luke since 2010? All those dudes date back at least 8 years.
And if you read what I wrote, I said "Luke likely won't get drafted". I very much stand by that since you had to dig in the archives to find 3 that did.
Actually remembered all 3 guys from when they played. I know UNC recruited Brockman hard for a while who was a top 20 recruit. Pretty sure Kleiza was recruited for a little while because he played with Durant at Montrose Christian. Harangody was like Luke , a fringe top 100 recruit that blossomed into a really good college player. Really hasn't been many guys like the guys listed. Not a lot of 6'7-6'8 white guys at the 4 spot who were highly productive double double guys in major conference basketball. Give me your 3 best comparisons? Without digging into your archives. BTW it's not called archives pops , it's called google.
Artis is a true SF so plays a completely different position long term and nowhere near the rebounder Maye is. Leday similar build and play the same position but Maye is a better shooter from range by far and a better rebounder. Okaro White also like Artis was and is a SF. Never shot it from range as well as Maye has shown nor as productive as a rebounder.
There is a reason why Luke was in class the morning after the Kentucky shot. I suspect he knows his future is with his degree. And anyone who works as hard as he does and has such dedication to reaching the maximum levels of his ability is one who I predict will be very successful in whatever he does outside of basketball.
Dude please for the love of God stop comparing free throw shooting to actual shooting %. I have read on here u relate these 2 since u have started posting on here. We get it, u LOVE comparing the 2 but u don't have to post that everytime.
Sorry if you're tired of hearing about it, but it's a basic part of scouting someone's shooting ability.
College FT% is more predictive of NBA 3pt success than college 3pt% is. It's rare for a bad FT shooter to be a very good 3pt shooter in the NBA. It happens, but it's rare. Maye's bad FT shooting is a red flag for NBA scouts looking for a 3pt specialist.
This is accurate and it's something NBA scouts look at.
Danny Green is the one that always has stuck out to me with this. 85% FT shooter in college.
https://fansided.com/2015/05/25/projecting-draft-prospects-three-point-percentages/
Always found this interesting, esp the models that he links.
It's just a fact that scouts use models like this during their evaluation of shooters.
Always found this interesting, esp the models that he links.
It's just a fact that scouts use models like this during their evaluation of shooters.
All this is probably true, never said it wasn't, but it is in a lot of your post when shooting is talked about. It comes across as the 1 true stat u know when u use it so much.
17th president of the United States. He was Lincoln's VP. Fun fact, Johnson was also supposed to be assassinated that night, but his would be assassin got drunk instead.
...and the other conspirator stabbed Secretary of State William Seward 5 times in the face and neck and Seward survived.
Andrew Johnson was also our first President to be impeached.
Hardy-har-har. Thanks for the reminder of 6th grade history class.
He's also the guy that wrote the piece that @dadika13 linked. My question is why do I care that some unknown guy who writes for some podunk publication attempted to make a connection between FT% and projected 3FG% 2 years ago?
If he does not get Drafted (I say he will late second next year) He could play a few years overseas before going into whatever he desires..
Why do we always assume that every college athlete has the desire to play professionally? I don't know Cam from the man in the moon. Maybe he does want to be a professional, maybe he doesn't. But I'm sure there are guys that have no desire to play sports professionally and actually want to have a meaningful career in another field. It's almost like society puts pressure on guys to aspire to that life. When I was 21 years old, had you asked me if I wanted to be a professional athlete, I'm sure I would have said yes. But now in my 40s, I would never have wanted that life.
Cam seems like a smart kid. And if he wants to play ball for money, I hope he realizes his dream. I don't think he's NBA material (however there are dozens of guys in today's NBA I would have said that about).
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