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Pro Hoops Deacs - Jake LaRavia with 89 points in last three games of the season

Cam did fine in conference play last year against bigs. Got to the line at a higher rate and only had a very slight drop off compared to the season as a whole (which is to be expected since 1/3 of your games are against OOC teams, many of whom are worse than ACC teams). He shot a better percentage in Q1 games from inside the three point line than he did for the season.
 
Congrats to Ish. What an amazing career for a guy who "wasn't an ACC. player."
 
MichDeac25 said:
How is it possible that we are discussing Cam as an NBA prospect and summarily concluding that Reid is not an NBA prospect? This is not realistic.
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Yeah Reid will always be a “prospect.”
Sallis, Monsanto should make a roster (obviously Sallis is a late lottery). Carr also has a chance to make a roster.
 
Anyone claiming that Reid is an NBA prospect must never watch the NBA.
 
WhoTheDeac? said:
A 7-footer (and former 5*) always has NBA potential.
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This hasn’t been true for 5-10 years. It’s really only the unicorn athletic 7ft’ers that have a shot, otherwise the lack of coordination and quickness that comes from that height is a major hindrance.

Efton is great for college, but it was quite obvious from his attempt at a 1on1 runout against VT that he doesn’t have NBA athleticism or ball handling skill.
 
Without doing a full census, it seems like every starting 7-footer is highly skilled (vets like Jokic, Embiid, or Vucevic or young players like Sengun, Wemby, and Chet), great rim protectors/all-around defenders (vets like Gobert, AD, Capela or younger players like Kessler, Gafford, JJJ), or man-beasts (like Valanciunas, Bitadke, or Nurkic). Most of those guys are a combination of the three. Most rotation backups are in the same vein but not quite as good.

There was talk that the C position would become obsolete and small ball would take over. But the centers are just so good that teams either have to play the one they have or play a big to defend the other team's talented big.

PF is obsolete. Guys who were PFs 5+ years ago transformed into big wings (like Aaron Gordon or Lauri Markennen) or centers (AD, Al Horford, Bam Adebayo).

Both Reid and Carr would have to make the NBA as a center. As far as Wake players go, I was surprised Dallas Walton didn't get on a Summer League roster because he was a pretty good rim protector and could shoot from three.
 
Dallas Walton was a plodder. No room in the NBA for plodders.

It's all about spacing and tempo in the NBA these days. If you can't run and move, non-stop, the NBA doesn't have a place for you. There is a reason that Zach Edey, the best NCAA player the last two years has essentially no NBA future (he may make a roster, but he will be, at best, an end of the bench NBA guy). There is a reason Armando Bacot is back at UNC for his 11th season. Post up bigs that can't run and move perpetually can't play in the NBA.
 
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PhDeac said:
Without doing a full census, it seems like every starting 7-footer is highly skilled (vets like Jokic, Embiid, or Vucevic or young players like Sengun, Wemby, and Chet), great rim protectors/all-around defenders (vets like Gobert, AD, Capela or younger players like Kessler, Gafford, JJJ), or man-beasts (like Valanciunas, Bitadke, or Nurkic). Most of those guys are a combination of the three. Most rotation backups are in the same vein but not quite as good.

There was talk that the C position would become obsolete and small ball would take over. But the centers are just so good that teams either have to play the one they have or play a big to defend the other team's talented big.

PF is obsolete. Guys who were PFs 5+ years ago transformed into big wings (like Aaron Gordon or Lauri Markennen) or centers (AD, Al Horford, Bam Adebayo).

Both Reid and Carr would have to make the NBA as a center. As far as Wake players go, I was surprised Dallas Walton didn't get on a Summer League roster because he was a pretty good rim protector and could shoot from three.
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I was going to post something in almost exactly the same vein. Reid can be a good-to-great college player. But he has not demonstrated the athleticism (side-to-side mobility and general fluidity of movement) to be a pro.
 
He was playing in Poland but a quick look at his IG and Twitter seems like he's not playing anywhere. I vaguely remember he had committed to some internship before the season was up.
 
Walton played in the TBT this past Summer for Team Colorado.
 
Quinten Post is a marginal 2nd round prospect (I haven’t seen him on any 2-round mocks) and he’s way better than Reid or Carr.
 
SC DEAC said:
Alondes Williams scored 55 points in a game league today!


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Was just coming to post this, crazy lol. Hope he gets another shot in the league.
 


Impressive.

LaRavia had 32 last game for the Memphis Hustle. He's played in 4 of their 5 games. He hasn't played for the Grizzlies since Dec 18.
 
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