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Sam Vecenie

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

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

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

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

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I think that early on I would probably underrate the hands aspect of it. And I think that I, I am somebody still, even I would say to this day that unless the upside is very, very high, in my opinion, I tend to be someone who likes to draft not 24-year-olds or 23-year-olds, but I'm pretty comfortable drafting older and getting value on rookie-scale deals.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I think that early on I would probably underrate the hands aspect of it. And I think that I, I am somebody still, even I would say to this day that unless the upside is very, very high, in my opinion, I tend to be someone who likes to draft not 24-year-olds or 23-year-olds, but I'm pretty comfortable drafting older and getting value on rookie-scale deals.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I think that early on I would probably underrate the hands aspect of it. And I think that I, I am somebody still, even I would say to this day that unless the upside is very, very high, in my opinion, I tend to be someone who likes to draft not 24-year-olds or 23-year-olds, but I'm pretty comfortable drafting older and getting value on rookie-scale deals.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I need to really feel confident in the player. But project players with limited upside were probably something... And by limited upside, I mean, okay, this guy can be a... regular season starting center, right. As opposed to like a guy that you feel comfortable with in the playoffs. Right. I would say that that is a role that I probably have consistently undervalued.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I need to really feel confident in the player. But project players with limited upside were probably something... And by limited upside, I mean, okay, this guy can be a... regular season starting center, right. As opposed to like a guy that you feel comfortable with in the playoffs. Right. I would say that that is a role that I probably have consistently undervalued.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I need to really feel confident in the player. But project players with limited upside were probably something... And by limited upside, I mean, okay, this guy can be a... regular season starting center, right. As opposed to like a guy that you feel comfortable with in the playoffs. Right. I would say that that is a role that I probably have consistently undervalued.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And this year is interesting in that respect because there are actually, there's a pretty good amount of depth in this like center class. And I'm trying to determine like, which of them I like, which ones I don't like. And there's a kid in, I guess he's in Lubania right now, which would be Slovenia, if I remember correctly. Johan Beringer, Beringer, they say it 16 different ways on broadcasts.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And this year is interesting in that respect because there are actually, there's a pretty good amount of depth in this like center class. And I'm trying to determine like, which of them I like, which ones I don't like. And there's a kid in, I guess he's in Lubania right now, which would be Slovenia, if I remember correctly. Johan Beringer, Beringer, they say it 16 different ways on broadcasts.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And this year is interesting in that respect because there are actually, there's a pretty good amount of depth in this like center class. And I'm trying to determine like, which of them I like, which ones I don't like. And there's a kid in, I guess he's in Lubania right now, which would be Slovenia, if I remember correctly. Johan Beringer, Beringer, they say it 16 different ways on broadcasts.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And the scouts I talked to have said it every type of different way. Beringer, Beringer, you know, Beringer is one thing they've said on broadcasts. I believe it's Beringer. He is a little bit undersized for the center position. He's like six, 10 ish is what I've been told to expect, but he has super long arms. He has amazing hands.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And the scouts I talked to have said it every type of different way. Beringer, Beringer, you know, Beringer is one thing they've said on broadcasts. I believe it's Beringer. He is a little bit undersized for the center position. He's like six, 10 ish is what I've been told to expect, but he has super long arms. He has amazing hands.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And the scouts I talked to have said it every type of different way. Beringer, Beringer, you know, Beringer is one thing they've said on broadcasts. I believe it's Beringer. He is a little bit undersized for the center position. He's like six, 10 ish is what I've been told to expect, but he has super long arms. He has amazing hands.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And on one side, you can see the trajectory of, oh, my God, like Sedevita signed this kid this summer, expecting him to not even be on their senior team this year. Like they expected him to be on the junior team. And holy shit, like he's here. He's like playing a real role for them, starting occasionally on their senior team, a Euro Cup team that's like quite like quite good.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And on one side, you can see the trajectory of, oh, my God, like Sedevita signed this kid this summer, expecting him to not even be on their senior team this year. Like they expected him to be on the junior team. And holy shit, like he's here. He's like playing a real role for them, starting occasionally on their senior team, a Euro Cup team that's like quite like quite good.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And on one side, you can see the trajectory of, oh, my God, like Sedevita signed this kid this summer, expecting him to not even be on their senior team this year. Like they expected him to be on the junior team. And holy shit, like he's here. He's like playing a real role for them, starting occasionally on their senior team, a Euro Cup team that's like quite like quite good.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

On one hand, you can say, okay, like the trajectory here is quite high. On another hand, you can say, okay, this is going to take a while for him to like develop the things that you need. And oh, by the way, he's still probably like six foot 10. So the, you know, doesn't have that like super sized center role that you expect. where does that leave him? It's tricky. It's actually like quite hard.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

On one hand, you can say, okay, like the trajectory here is quite high. On another hand, you can say, okay, this is going to take a while for him to like develop the things that you need. And oh, by the way, he's still probably like six foot 10. So the, you know, doesn't have that like super sized center role that you expect. where does that leave him? It's tricky. It's actually like quite hard.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

On one hand, you can say, okay, like the trajectory here is quite high. On another hand, you can say, okay, this is going to take a while for him to like develop the things that you need. And oh, by the way, he's still probably like six foot 10. So the, you know, doesn't have that like super sized center role that you expect. where does that leave him? It's tricky. It's actually like quite hard.