Harris went to a big school at HSE. I would think he plays against higher competition and gets more exposure. I can’t compare their games, but height and weight seem similar.
I think 40-60 would be fair. If you look at his highlights, he seems to get to the rim whenever he wants. These HS guys just can't get in his way. He's too big/strong/quick for them. It's just unfair. I've seen a nice little fadeaway shot. He shoot the open three very well.
We're not getting booker.
Not with that attitude 😂
He develops college big men. Not NBA big men.
The big men he’s been able to get are not athletic enough players for the NBA. No one could develop them for that.
"Reminds of" does not equal "Is as good as."
NBA draft pick trades are made official after the pick is made, not before. You pick my guy, I'll pick yours, then we'll trade. The Bulls were all in on McDermott, which I loved at the time. They also weren't in need of 2 guys, so they traded Harris and another guy for McDermott.
Strangely though, and I'm first looking at this, his 247 composite is 70, but his 247 ranking is 4? How can it be that much different?
Right, but the point is developing low post college centers like Haas and Edey isn’t going to impress a kid like Booker.
This is ridiculous. Carl Landry? JuJuan Johnson? Hummel? Haas? Biggie? Tre?
I think you just proved their point. All of these players were great in college, but outside of Landry didn’t do anything in the NBA.
Did Johnson get paid as a 1st Rounder? Yes. He was a tweener - too small for C and too slow for PF in the NBA. That’s Painter’s fault?
None of these guys are currently in the NBA. That’s my point. Doubt Booker even knows who Landry and JJ are.
I think what he is saying is CMP got them to the NBA. Now, it falls on the player to have enough talent to be successful. To me that shows what he can do with 4* players that need help getting to the next level vs. 5* who have established themselves to be a 1st rounder.
The NBA is ridiculously competitive. All you can ask for is a shot. If you are a late first rounder or a second rounder, you aren't guaranteed much of anything. It also has been identified that you have some shortcomings for one reason or another. I wouldn't say that any of these guys were elite recruits (except Swanigan).
And if he sticks, that will definitely help. He’s gotta just be average on defense and I think he will.
He is certainly skilled enough and he seems to have the needed “want to”.
Based on what? G-league he has been a Purdue fan his whole short life. I know of all the offers but Purdue and MSU have been recruiting him for years also we have the whole Rosevelt Colvin connection in our favor. I like our chances, but I am not 100% hopefully Jason Delaney his HS coach can help us out as well Newman, Ivey and Furst have all played for him with Indy Heat. He and Myles should be 1 and 2 for Mr. Basketball if both stay in Indiana for HS.
Greg Doyle had a story this week where he said Edey would have been a late 1st round draft pick but didn't want to split time at the end of a bench or G-league. Nick Nurse head coach of the Raptors said he would've drafted Zach this year Zach worked out with him for the Canadian National team last summer. Zach came back to elevate his draft position and his shot at National Player of the year. I have seen private video of him practicing his 3-point shot and guarding smaller guards in the open court BIG things are coming for Purdue and Zach!
If Zach can just have a reliable 15 foot shot this year it will pay huge dividends for him and the team. If he can hit the 3 with consistency (which I have doubts of) then the sky is the limit for him.
As long as we don't get NIL'ed things look great!
As a Purdue fan I don't want Edey shooting 3's unless he can hit them at a 40% + rate. What's the point of being 7'4" in college basketball if your going to stand out at the three point line. I'd rather he shoot 65 -70% from 2 and be in position for a rebound then standing out at the three point line. It makes absolutely no sense.
