Sam Vecenie
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whether or not he's dealing with better athletes on a night to night basis, you know, as he was in the NIBC playing at Montverde versus playing in the ACC up for debate. The ACC is not very good this year, but they're certainly better players at the very least. Uh, people I think will point to like some of his performances in high level games.
And I mean, I can pull up his numbers in these high level games and high leverage moments. And it's just like, yeah, he's still a stud. He did have a poor moment at the end of the Kentucky game. And at the end of the Kansas game, But if you look at the Kentucky game, he had 26, 11, 2, 3, and 2 against Arizona, who's a top 20 team.
And I mean, I can pull up his numbers in these high level games and high leverage moments. And it's just like, yeah, he's still a stud. He did have a poor moment at the end of the Kentucky game. And at the end of the Kansas game, But if you look at the Kentucky game, he had 26, 11, 2, 3, and 2 against Arizona, who's a top 20 team.
And I mean, I can pull up his numbers in these high level games and high leverage moments. And it's just like, yeah, he's still a stud. He did have a poor moment at the end of the Kentucky game. And at the end of the Kansas game, But if you look at the Kentucky game, he had 26, 11, 2, 3, and 2 against Arizona, who's a top 20 team.
He had 24, 7, 3, 4, and 3 against Auburn, who is a top three team in the country. 22, 11, 4, and 2 blocks. You can go up and down the board, and it's just like this dude is a total joke. Every single thing that he does, is going to translate to the next level at an incredibly high level.
He had 24, 7, 3, 4, and 3 against Auburn, who is a top three team in the country. 22, 11, 4, and 2 blocks. You can go up and down the board, and it's just like this dude is a total joke. Every single thing that he does, is going to translate to the next level at an incredibly high level.
He had 24, 7, 3, 4, and 3 against Auburn, who is a top three team in the country. 22, 11, 4, and 2 blocks. You can go up and down the board, and it's just like this dude is a total joke. Every single thing that he does, is going to translate to the next level at an incredibly high level.
But more than that, and this is really what I want to end on, when you select Cooper Flagg, you are drafting a culture and a competitive character unto itself within your organization. He doesn't take days off in practice. He doesn't take plays off during games. He is as competitive as you will find in a truly elite level prospect. Uh, he is, is that he's everything that you're looking for.
But more than that, and this is really what I want to end on, when you select Cooper Flagg, you are drafting a culture and a competitive character unto itself within your organization. He doesn't take days off in practice. He doesn't take plays off during games. He is as competitive as you will find in a truly elite level prospect. Uh, he is, is that he's everything that you're looking for.
But more than that, and this is really what I want to end on, when you select Cooper Flagg, you are drafting a culture and a competitive character unto itself within your organization. He doesn't take days off in practice. He doesn't take plays off during games. He is as competitive as you will find in a truly elite level prospect. Uh, he is, is that he's everything that you're looking for.
Uh, he's not as good as Victor Wembanyama in terms of upside as a prospect in my mind, but he's, you know what, like Victor is probably going to be the best player in the world as long as like the health allows it. I think Cooper's upside is to very easily be a top five player in the world at some point.
Uh, he's not as good as Victor Wembanyama in terms of upside as a prospect in my mind, but he's, you know what, like Victor is probably going to be the best player in the world as long as like the health allows it. I think Cooper's upside is to very easily be a top five player in the world at some point.
Uh, he's not as good as Victor Wembanyama in terms of upside as a prospect in my mind, but he's, you know what, like Victor is probably going to be the best player in the world as long as like the health allows it. I think Cooper's upside is to very easily be a top five player in the world at some point.
It is, it is hard for me to envision a world where he's not a top 25 player in the NBA and very easy for me to envision a world where he is a top five to 10 player in the league.
It is, it is hard for me to envision a world where he's not a top 25 player in the NBA and very easy for me to envision a world where he is a top five to 10 player in the league.
It is, it is hard for me to envision a world where he's not a top 25 player in the NBA and very easy for me to envision a world where he is a top five to 10 player in the league.
I think early on when I was doing this, I think I had a tendency to undervalue bigs that just have an incredible set of tools to work with, right? So super long arms, right?
I think early on when I was doing this, I think I had a tendency to undervalue bigs that just have an incredible set of tools to work with, right? So super long arms, right?
I think early on when I was doing this, I think I had a tendency to undervalue bigs that just have an incredible set of tools to work with, right? So super long arms, right?
extreme high level athletes real size for the nba center position uh in hands is the other thing like being able to catch the ball like that's the difference between like james wiseman and like clint capella or something like that right uh wiseman's hands are not very good and that is what ended up kind of being the downfall of his career to this point um