I’d be disappointed but at least he might get to play with Rayvonte Rice.
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Ransom Stoddard
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Kofi's cup of coffee with a League contract makes him worth more overseas, full stop, and that's the value in all this. I love the guy, think he's the most dominant center I've seen in O&B since....probably never, and I've been following Illini basketball since Rob Judson was in shorts. But dreaming that he's going to get more than a sniff at an NBA roster is about the same as dreaming that insert SI swimsuit model's name here is going to wake me up with a cup of coffee and nothing but a smile tomorrow morning.
I was realist not expecting Ayo to be All Rookie 2d team,....we know how that turned out....
Maybe Pruman could send one of his flock over.
Would you prefer I say he's going to be a multi-time NBA All-Star?
What MASSIVE deficiencies? Care to elaborate? He was a NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR candidate... and BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR finalist. How many players drafted were? So if he was better than them in all of the people's eyes judging the players talent in college, then they must've had more deficiency than he did. Because none of them were as lauded as Kofi other than maybe one or two players. How many finalist were there?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
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Bigtex
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He seems to see kofi as a basketball player vs seeing him as all time illini great
Or regular glasses vs orange tinted glasses
I find it refreshing
I must be living in an alternate reality, how is Christian Braun a #21 pick but Ayo is #38 and Kofi goes undrafted?
Also several BIG freshmen should have returned. They probably would have had a big sophomore leap and top 15 dollars.
Also several BIG freshmen should have returned. They probably would have had a big sophomore leap and top 15 dollars.
You... don't understand how the NBA draft works.
You know who else was a national player of the year and a conference player of the year in their own conference? Doug McDermott. And he's had nothing more than a middling at best NBA career.
Heck, look at the Wooden Award winners recently. I'd venture to say you'd have to go back to Anthony Davis to find anyone that had anything more than a decent NBA career to this point (Brunson came on recently and Zion is good but too injured and reportedly dealing with weight issues).
Bad example.
Oscar T. was the NPOY this year and is back at Kentucky.
The NBA simply doesn’t value back to the basket big men the way they used to. You can still carve out a career, but teams won’t be running up to the podium to draft you unless you can hit outside shots, make plays for others, and/or switch multiple positions defensively.
The NBA simply doesn’t value back to the basket big men the way they used to. You can still carve out a career, but teams won’t be running up to the podium to draft you unless you can hit outside shots, make plays for others, and/or switch multiple positions defensively.
IlliniFace
- Chicago, IL
Subscription required but ESPN's mock draft for 2023 has both Hawkins and Mayer going in the 2nd round.
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There’s a middle ground here. Kofi is clearly on the outside looking in, and his skills don’t clearly translate, but it isn’t some far out wild fantasy to see Kofi make a roster and carve out a role. There have been many players over the years who play in the league who had lower NBA ceilings than Kofi. I remember when people said no way, no how Malcolm Hill would sniff the NBA because he lacked athleticism at the wing. I saw him make big shots for the Atlanta Hawks and sweet hustle plays for the Bulls this year. I must have been dreaming
NBA teams draft on potential ceiling, not floor. Yes, Kofi was very succesful in college, that doesn’t mean that’ll translate to the NBA. NBA players are bigger, faster, stronger, more skilled than the college players that Kofi has played against. Needless to say, I’m rooting for Kofi and hope he’ll prove that he can hold his own in the league.
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Which one is the bad example?
The best center Kofi played that’s an nba style center was the guy from Arizona that went in the draft in round 2. That was probably Kofi’s worst game in his Illinois career. FWLIW.
Kofi did have some fits against koloko’s length and got blocked a couple times, so I agree to an extent, but Kofi really bullied him in the 2nd half and went for 13 & 13 lol.
Joel Goodson
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Malcolm has really worked on his game and it shows. That said, if it wasn't for Covid and a lot of injuries, he'd probably have a couple of 10-day contracts at the most.
There are very few people, if any, saying that it is impossible for Kofi to carve out a role and make a roster.
There are many people shocked that Kofi wasn't drafted because he was an All-American and he dominated in college. If those people had any sense of how the game is actually played in the NBA, they would understand that it is not surprising at all that Kofi wasn't drafted and that he has a lot of work to do in order to carve out a role and make a roster.
Those same people jump all over those who point out Kofi's very obvious current flaws as reason he was not drafted and not even signed to a two way contract.
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