Brendan Marks

It's a shame that we didn't get to see him in the NCAA tournament because I think that he could have helped the Tar Heels make a little bit of a run.

And then as far as like improvement on the court, you know, being the guy, being number one A on the scouting report, I get to learn how to play out of double teams.

That was something that took some adjusting for him, learning how to get his shot off, learning how to play through his teammates, learning how to give it up and trust that he was going to get it back.

I think those are all things that are going to serve him well as a rookie and obviously down the road.

A hundred percent.

And that's exactly what he wants.

Again, knowing his personality and demeanor, that's exactly what he wants.

And I do think, you know, we'll see how long-term some of the pieces that are already in Chicago, but, you know, he excelled playing with point guards who could get him the ball in the lob threat.

You know, like Josh Gideon theory is going to be able to do that.

You know, he is going to set an athletic tone.

He's going to run the floor.

He's going to be one of the most athletic guys on the floor the first day that he steps on an NBA court.

So, yeah,

Yeah, I think as far as all the landing spots, he's not fitting in with anybody.

You are now fitting the team around him and building around him, and it's going to require some patience.

Again, I think it's a couple of years until we see him at his best, but he should still be immediately productive as a rookie.

Absolutely, he is.

And, you know, kind of ironically, I think that he learned a lot of that playing alongside the guy who went one pick ahead of him and Cameron Boozer.

You know, Caleb Wilson earlier in high school had the reputation as somebody who was maybe a little erratic, was still kind of figuring things out.

And then he went and played grassroots basketball with with Caden and Cameron Boozer and really ironed out a lot of those things.