Hoard was just featured in a 10-minute short on The Athletic, The Dream Factory, featured alongside Jordan Bone (from Tennessee, drafted 57th) and Kris Wilkes (from UCLA, undrafted).
https://theathletic.com/video/11-dream-factory/
It's an interesting watch if you're a subscriber. Hoard says, flat-out, that he expects to be drafted in the first round. Whoops.
Him and Doral must have had the same guy giving them feedback.
Danny Manning and Randolph Childress?
Moore has a G-League season behind him. I doubt they need to see him play much.
Manning says he thought both those guys should've come back, but he also told Melo Eggleston right before the season if he didn't want to be here he could just leave. Manning seems like he doesn't fight to keep players playing for him. Not that they want to. I'm sure Hoard and Doral saying they believed they were going to be 1st round picks is really a cover for the truth of I just didn't want to play at Wake Forest for that loser Danny Manning anymore.
Manning says he thought both those guys should've come back, but he also told Melo Eggleston right before the season if he didn't want to be here he could just leave. .
Is that really all that impressive in 28 minutes against a team of mostly undrafted guys?Hoard with 9 and 6 in 28 min off the bench. Haven't seen him play yet, but he's doing something with the minutes he's getting.
He’s an undrafted guy. And he’s doing better than other ones.