How he fits: The Utah Jazz are one of the few teams that has employed more traditional, interior-based centers. Of course, all-world defender Rudy Gobert is getting mentioned in trade rumors this offseason, but the Jazz also had Hassan Whiteside last season and Udoka Azubuike — the latter to whom Cockburn often is compared.
Last year, Matt Mayer, Terrence Shannon Jr., & Andre Curbelo were all projected 2nd round picks by ESPN in last nights draft....Hawkins and Mayer are both 2nd rounders in ESPN's 2023 mock draft
NBA front offices don't look at Kofi the same way we do. Yeah he was a great college player. But there have been a lot of great college players that haven't amounted to anything in the NBA.
We had someone on here saying that Kofi would dominate 85% of current NBA centers. Which is such an unbelievably bad take. A lot of people on here need to look at Kofi from a realist not idealist point of view. I'm not doubting that he's a great player. But he has such massive deficiencies that it would take a lot of commitment from an NBA franchise for him to stick.
Kofi > Azubuike
Ayo can help mentor him in that regardNo he got snubbed. I hope he proves the doubters wrong.
Ayo’s made no sense. He is long and can guard. He’s exactly what good nba teams at the back of the first round should have craved.Ayo can help mentor him in that regard
I really don't think the 3-pt thing has much, if at all, to do with Kofi going undrafted.Best luck to Kofi. I think too much is made about 3pt shooting centers in NCAA. A lot of college centers being drafted without a great college 3 ball. Look at Mark Williams - he attempted one his entire career, didn’t fully partake in combine, and was a first rounder. His game has a lot of flaws, but Duke tape showed athletic potential and had good FT percentage.
I wonder what could’ve been had Kofi been a 75% FT shooter.
It's straight up incorrect. Giorgi doesn't even play for the Nuggets. He's signed directly to their G-League affiliate. This link shows his NBA transactions:On giorgi...this site is old and may not be accurate...but mentions giorgi under nuggets section
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He has to make the team. He bet on himself but making a team is going to be a toss up at best. Especailly if others money is guaranteed. If he returned it was said he would have received about $1,000,000. He made his choice and I pray he makes it a squad so he didn't miss out on big money. I wonder if looking back today if he would make that same decision. I hope and and really pulling for Kofi to overcome the current odds again and make the JazzNBA "minimum" is 995k...if that's what he gets, probably explains his choice to pass up NIL.
I don't think he got what he wanted. He wants more than million bucks guaranteed it would seem because he left around a million on the table. He wanted to be drafted and get at least that and guarantees Ayo did being picked early in round 2. If he doesn't make a team he may end up make $50,000 instead of a million or more through NIL or being drafted early in round 2 like Ayo.Well, he got what he wanted. I wish him the best but disappointing in my opinion. He may not of had a lot to prove with the college game by staying for his 4th year but with hindsight being 20/20 he should have stayed and continued to work on his skill set. Remember, he has not been playing basketball for all that long. More reps against a very good Big-10 could not hurt. Anyway, best of luck big fella.
What players were those? He matches up with very few NBA level 5s during the last year. Most of the players that were forced to guard him would project at 4s or even 3s in the NBA. Bottom line is that his game doesn’t translate to the modern NBA. His scoring is limited to the low block and teams will trade that 2 for the 3 they will get when their guard puts Kofi in a pick and roll. He would have been a top 5 pick in the 80s/90s. He essentially got a summer league contractFelt unbelievably wrong watching players that Kofi flat out would and did dominate get drafted one after another. Yet the National and Big Ten player of the year candidate goes undrafted. Who averaged a double double. Make it make sense. Go be great KING KOFI! I-L-L
If we are being honest, Brad probably was and should have been. Brad's job is to win games for the U of I. Playing Kofi in a manner that would improve his weaknesses wasn't conducive to that end, which is why this move made sense for both parties.Best of luck to him. He felt Brad Underwood was using him to win games to the detriment of his pro career. Now it's just on him. He's got size for sure. Not many guys have that. As others have said, he needs to improve as a passer in the biggest way, something he started to do at Illinois and I think could have continued to do had he stayed. What sucks in terms of being an undrafted, no 2-way contract goes is there is zero investment from the team. If they decide 'meh' they could cut him at any point and well that's that.
Every player has to make their own decision, at the end of the day, it is their life. So I support him all the same.
Have read the thread. Whatever happens with Kofi, the more he keeps Ayo's chip on the shoulder mentality the better in terms maximizing his chances wherever that may be (NBA, g league, international etc)Ayo’s made no sense. He is long and can guard. He’s exactly what good nba teams at the back of the first round should have craved.
Kofi, most knew this was coming. Just read this thread. It’s not his fault, the nba has changed.
Is that a hole in your shoe?They say the first million is the hardest....