Kyle Crichton

But I think the thing that is so promising is when you watch him and you watched him at like Montverde and you watched him when he was growing up. A, he's like he played as a big guy who would kind of be in the middle of the floor and would make those decisions that you and I have talked about on this show before.

myriad times where he will get in the middle of the floor he'll take a quick snapshot of what where the spacing is on the floor and he was really really good at making those kind of short roll like connective passes or come off a pin down what was really funny is that like Montverde used to run this Very Bird-esque pin down on the block for him.

myriad times where he will get in the middle of the floor he'll take a quick snapshot of what where the spacing is on the floor and he was really really good at making those kind of short roll like connective passes or come off a pin down what was really funny is that like Montverde used to run this Very Bird-esque pin down on the block for him.

myriad times where he will get in the middle of the floor he'll take a quick snapshot of what where the spacing is on the floor and he was really really good at making those kind of short roll like connective passes or come off a pin down what was really funny is that like Montverde used to run this Very Bird-esque pin down on the block for him.

And they still are doing it at Duke a little bit because he's lethal in the middle of the floor right now. So I think if you look at the way that he's able to read the floor in that sense, and then you see him kind of fledgling and blossoming as a ball handler. Like I said, Tatum is ahead of him, but I think Cooper is way ahead of Tatum as a processor of the floor at the same age.

And they still are doing it at Duke a little bit because he's lethal in the middle of the floor right now. So I think if you look at the way that he's able to read the floor in that sense, and then you see him kind of fledgling and blossoming as a ball handler. Like I said, Tatum is ahead of him, but I think Cooper is way ahead of Tatum as a processor of the floor at the same age.

And they still are doing it at Duke a little bit because he's lethal in the middle of the floor right now. So I think if you look at the way that he's able to read the floor in that sense, and then you see him kind of fledgling and blossoming as a ball handler. Like I said, Tatum is ahead of him, but I think Cooper is way ahead of Tatum as a processor of the floor at the same age.

Couldn't agree more. And if you look at the gap between those two things and you see where Tatum is and you see Cooper's brain, his skill set, and you say, okay, well, what's the difference there? And this is the argument I made in the piece. The difference, the distance there is just his handle. I really do believe that's all it is.

Couldn't agree more. And if you look at the gap between those two things and you see where Tatum is and you see Cooper's brain, his skill set, and you say, okay, well, what's the difference there? And this is the argument I made in the piece. The difference, the distance there is just his handle. I really do believe that's all it is.

Couldn't agree more. And if you look at the gap between those two things and you see where Tatum is and you see Cooper's brain, his skill set, and you say, okay, well, what's the difference there? And this is the argument I made in the piece. The difference, the distance there is just his handle. I really do believe that's all it is.

And if you look at the way you're talking about his mom, you're talking about his basketball family. If you look at the way he has courted, uh, challenges in his career since the time we followed him, um, Every indication is that this guy is a maniac worker. He went to Duke a year early. He left Maine a year early after like two years there where he was just dominating.

And if you look at the way you're talking about his mom, you're talking about his basketball family. If you look at the way he has courted, uh, challenges in his career since the time we followed him, um, Every indication is that this guy is a maniac worker. He went to Duke a year early. He left Maine a year early after like two years there where he was just dominating.

And if you look at the way you're talking about his mom, you're talking about his basketball family. If you look at the way he has courted, uh, challenges in his career since the time we followed him, um, Every indication is that this guy is a maniac worker. He went to Duke a year early. He left Maine a year early after like two years there where he was just dominating.

Actually, it might have just been a year. And he's just way ahead of schedule by design. And he's just an insane worker. So I expect him to bridge that gap and improve his handling.

Actually, it might have just been a year. And he's just way ahead of schedule by design. And he's just an insane worker. So I expect him to bridge that gap and improve his handling.

Actually, it might have just been a year. And he's just way ahead of schedule by design. And he's just an insane worker. So I expect him to bridge that gap and improve his handling.

That'd be a crazy collection of, like, athletes, I would say, over the short amount of time. Like, if they picked up Koulibaly and then picked up Saar and then picked up – Yeah. Some players, when they come into the league, I look at them and I think there's a lot there, but the conditions and the context of where he goes is really, really going to affect how he develops.

That'd be a crazy collection of, like, athletes, I would say, over the short amount of time. Like, if they picked up Koulibaly and then picked up Saar and then picked up – Yeah. Some players, when they come into the league, I look at them and I think there's a lot there, but the conditions and the context of where he goes is really, really going to affect how he develops.

That'd be a crazy collection of, like, athletes, I would say, over the short amount of time. Like, if they picked up Koulibaly and then picked up Saar and then picked up – Yeah. Some players, when they come into the league, I look at them and I think there's a lot there, but the conditions and the context of where he goes is really, really going to affect how he develops.

Cooper, I think, is a context. Some guys are. They're just culture setters. Tim Duncan, this is like Hallow gets struck by lightning type thing I'm going to say here, but You know, Steph, LeBron, those are the types of guys who just have winning habits. They demand the most of everybody.