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Sam Vecenie

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1143 total appearances

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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.

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

I would say somewhere in the first round, but there are going to be people that have them in the lottery. I've talked to NBA people that have them as like a late lottery guy.

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

I would say somewhere in the first round, but there are going to be people that have them in the lottery. I've talked to NBA people that have them as like a late lottery guy.

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

I would say somewhere in the first round, but there are going to be people that have them in the lottery. I've talked to NBA people that have them as like a late lottery guy.

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

There are people who have them like end of the, or like, you know, end of the first early second and trying to figure out that balance of that for a kid that has a ton of tools, but you know, might, might take a while in terms of getting up to the NBA speed.

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

There are people who have them like end of the, or like, you know, end of the first early second and trying to figure out that balance of that for a kid that has a ton of tools, but you know, might, might take a while in terms of getting up to the NBA speed.

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

There are people who have them like end of the, or like, you know, end of the first early second and trying to figure out that balance of that for a kid that has a ton of tools, but you know, might, might take a while in terms of getting up to the NBA speed.

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

the shooting off of pull-ups would probably stop him from getting there. He's just okay at that right now. Honestly, I think the numbers this year are quite bad, but in high school, like there were really, really good reps. And I think the numbers are actually pretty okay in high school. If you go back and look at them, um,

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

the shooting off of pull-ups would probably stop him from getting there. He's just okay at that right now. Honestly, I think the numbers this year are quite bad, but in high school, like there were really, really good reps. And I think the numbers are actually pretty okay in high school. If you go back and look at them, um,