Players are gonna play... until their coach sits them for their bs.
Yes, this is an old problem for teams. 'Bones' McKinney would call time out and tell Packer, Hart, etc. to get the ball to LEN CHAPPELL -- in a very strong voice.
Players are gonna play... until their coach sits them for their bs.
Some NBA GMs are going to look at that and probably be willing to bet a late first round pick. Particularly when they see how few touches he gets.
Color me skeptical of an NBA defection.
Are there any sources out there that project Moore as an NBA draft pick after this season?
Late 1st round pick?
C'mon, folks.
When, this year? He's on zero draft radars at this point - doesn't even really have a profile on any of the draft sites. Would take a monster 2nd half of ACC play to reach that level. Even then, it would be doubtful.
I'm no draft expert and never look at mock drafts, but is Moore really far behind these first and second rounders from last year?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_NBA_draft
#22 Jarrett Allen, 13/8 in one season at Texas
#25 Anžejs Pasečņiks, plays in 4th-tier Spanish league
#28 Tony Bradley, never played 20 minutes in an ACC or NCAAT game for UNC, 7.5/5.1 in 14.6 MPG
#47 Ike Anigbogu - never played more than 20 minutes in a college game, never had 10 rebounds, scored 10+points once
Agreed. He's too slow to defend NBA bigs, and he has no range on the offensive end.That's not how it works.
And yes, right now, he is well behind those guys because they were already drafted and he isn't even getting a look.
No question that Doral Moore has an NBA build, but he still has a lot to work on. Agree with jaybone that he'd benefit from another year in college where he plays a ton of minutes. He doesn't have anything in his game that (to me, at least) would translate to the NBA game. He's not good enough on defense to make up for his complete lack of range on the offensive end.
All it takes is a few GMs to whisper in his ear.
As you would expect, the NBA draft sites are always a few steps behind what NBA GMs are thinking (for example, at this time last year, JC was not on any draft boards), but think about where Doral is now and where JC was last year. Doral has improved a lot, but he is far from the unstoppable force that JC had become by the end of January. For a good portion of last season, John Collins was the best offensive college basketball player in the country.
That said, Doral's height alone would cause NBA teams to consider Moore, but not as a first round pick. At best, right now, Moore would be a 2nd round pick based on potential and would be a G league candidate for at least a year probably two, and his NBA future would depend on how he handles that grind, and that's an "at best" scenario. Very good chance that Doral would go undrafted and then just hope for a G league shot or a league in Turkey or Belgium or some similar remote outpost.
So, based upon logic and reason, going pro would seem unlikely for Doral, but that depends on "logic and reason" prevailing. Often it does not. Often there are other factors at play that aren't apparent to those at us that look at the decision from just a basketball development perspective. Don't think Doral will go pro after this year, and don't think he should, but that does not mean he won't do it.