Kofi Cockburn enters NBA Draft

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Are the rankings Kofi got that we’re listed a few pages back out of every member at the combine regardless of position?

Or was it specific to Centers?
 
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Illiniguy13 said:
11 pts, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal for Kofi
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Kofi had 11 pts, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal in only 9 minutes, the least amount of minutes played on the team, and second least out of both teams. in contrast, Trevion Williams had 14 pts, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal in twice as much time/18 minutes. A pretty good showing for Kofi, in my opinion.
 
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Illiniguy13

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chiefini said:
Kofi had 11 pts, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal in only 9 minutes, the least amount of minutes played on the team, and second least out of both teams. in contrast, Trevion Williams had 14 pts, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal in twice as much time/18 minutes. A pretty good showing for Kofi, in my opinion.
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He passed well out of the post when he got double-teamed, too. Not a bad showing for him. Whether it's enough to pique the interest of any GM's remains to be seen. My armchair opinion is that Kofi is good enough to make a positive impact in an NBA game as a backup center and should find a home in the league. We'll see
 
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I love Kofi as a person and for what he did to bring Illinois back to prominence but he looked rough in that game today. Trevion Williams made him look silly on several plays. As much as I’d love to see him on an NBA squad, I would’ve hoped he’d look a lot better in a G League scrimmage.:shield:
 
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Illiniguy13

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Punesguy said:
I love Kofi as a person and for what he did to bring Illinois back to prominence but he looked rough in that game today. Trevion Williams made him look silly on several plays. As much as I’d love to see him on an NBA squad, I would’ve hoped he’d look a lot better in a G League scrimmage.:shield:
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I recall one where Kofi misstepped in the post on a smooth Trevian move, but kind of disagree here. Kofi was very impactful today in his minutes
 
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Punesguy

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Illiniguy13 said:
I recall one where Kofi misstepped in the post on a smooth Trevian move, but kind of disagree here. Kofi was very impactful today in his minutes
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Again, I am a huge Kofi fan but he lost at least two balls going up for dunks in the 2nd half. Trevion had him way off balance back and forth on that move in the paint. And when the coach was being interviewed, he missed a defensive help assignment that the coach called out. The biggest concern for me was that they named 7 guys in that game including Tevion that helped their stock and unfortunately Kofi wasn’t one of them. I’m sure there will be plenty of time for Kofi to shine but I just didn’t feel that today was his day. :shield:
 
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They were pretty quiet about that 320# when he came in. He was listed as 285 during the season and there was talk of him getting to 275-280 to play NBA ball. I know he doesn’t have much body fat, but I’m surprised to see him at 293 now. I would have thought he would have tried to come in a little lower for the combine. Maybe he’s hearing something different than what the pundits were spouting?
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Muscle weighs more than fat. He can only get so skinny before he's unhealthy. If you saw the pictures posted earlier in this thread, he's about as low as he needs to be health wise. Every person wears their weight differently. Kofi looks amazing and extremely small, or skinny shall I say, for his size. I think he's just perfect.
 
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Unfortunately, all of the concerns about Kofi were pretty much validated in that scrimmage. His timing/instincts really aren't where they need to be and on an NBA floor, he is going to be aggressively hunted to try and get him onto the perimeter. His testing didn't really do him a ton of favors as there are a good number of more athletic bigs in the field. I do not believe he will be drafted, but all it takes is 1 front office that really likes what they've seen from his college tape and can think of ways to best utilize him as a backup/situational big.
 
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