Sam Vecenie

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.