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Ulazak u cetvrtu je ?, ali tu nema nijedan autoritet/pomocni/tehniko na klupi da samara starog i da dovede to u neki red. Stari kompleksas, koji se hvali dan danas kako je izbacio Dean Smitha iz sale, je dobio poklon s kim nije umeo nista da uradi, dok grcima coaching staff MIL odredjuje igru. Ostatak ekipe je manje vise solidan, ali nista vise, igraci kao Micic, Milutinov, Kalinic, Lucic su dobr el igraci, a taj nivo je bedan.

Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn i Kentucky igrali u evropi i na Bahamasu, legit top 15 ekipe, Arkansas je tu mozda sampionski kalibar. Nick Smith je can't miss, Brandon Miller takodje samo sto mi je nesto mator. Rivals publicirao prvu listu za 2025 https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals150/2025?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9iYXNrZXRiYWxscmVjcnVpdGluZy5yaXZhbHMuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJHPKts4PW7DD6HSKdp0rqyw_eV7irWwK5PDTw5QWoM_df85TAL7Zjzot0H77ECGvm9kD-bsZ1fWnX9dv6lv8OOsWbo5UokcLrDTLsUAQieRnkUr9NEBwpRpeOPerrmEwr9XB5sfjoEOk7v0-BYBeEusmP1j13R8FVDe1IGjUxB1 College coaches i jos vise NBA scouti odavno nisu bili toliko uzbudjeni za jednu generaciju. Fali jos AJ Dinbatsa koji se reclasificira iz 2026.

Dorseyu se majka zove Samia. Rodjena u Atini, majka grkinja, otac Israelac, zivela 3 godine u Atini pre puta u SAD.

https://amp.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Bundesbank-erwartet-zehn-Prozent-Inflation-article23539928.html Nemacku ceka depresija ove zime, recesija+ 10% inflacija. Posledice ce biti urbane nasilne demonstracije kao sto su najavili desnicari+ levicari. Vlada je blokirana iznutra i nesposobna u glavnim figurama. Kod mene na istoku vec ne mogu da smisle ukraince, navija se uveliko za ruse. Svako ko sumnja da ce podrska ukraincima biti ukinuta 2024 od strane zap. evrope je smesan.

@Dragan Nema sumnje, ima dosta gasa i struje, ali to ne moze niko da plati. Znam da ne priznajete cinjenice koliko dobro rade sankcije ali 30% domacinstva u nemackoj nisu u stanju da prate takve cene. Ja cu platiti tokom grejne sezone min 500 € Gasumlage da bi spasio nabavljace gasa. Imam pismeno da cena struje i gasa da se poveca za 300% min ako se stanje ne pogorsa. Ako bude zima zima i rusi igraju hard ball onda idemo iznad 500%. Nemacka 01-06/2022 ima pad importa derivata iz rusije za 22%, ali je vrednost skocilo 52%, na 22,6 milijardu €. Preko zime ce rusi prodavati nemcima Mazda nekih 15 % gasa a zaradice vise nego prosle godine.

USA 2004 je tu najslabija, pre svega zbog selekcije/trenera. Zato je edition 2003 jedna od najjacih ikada- McGrady, Vince, Duncan, Ray Allen, Kidd, Jermaine O‘Neal, Iverson, Bibby, Martin, Brand. Utakmica u grupi vs arg je verovatno takmicarski najvisi level, verovatno jaci nego 2008, u finalu je onda izivljavanje. Kobe je bio na sudu, Garnett je otpao blizu campa a Shaquille je prihvatio da ide dogodine. Zasto se ova ekipcina nije pojavila u Atini? Zato sto je FBI posle ovoga https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/05/athensolympics2004https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/05/athensolympics2004 upozorio NBA centralu od opasnosti puta i agenti su svojim igracima preporucili neodlazak na igre.

Calathes je rodjen na Floridi, jedno vreme velika nada, top 10 u klasi 2007, da je grckog porekla nije bilo tema, pa bio perspektivni igrac za TUSA. U ono vreme je imao mnogo bolji sut, bio madzionicar. Jednostavno nije dalje razvio taj kvalitet sto je imao sa 15, 16.

Maledon je jako blizu da luta nekih godine dve u gleague pre povratka u evropu. By Nick Crain @Forbes “There’s going to be competition on the roster, that’s healthy and good,” said Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti at the end of last season. It was no secret that the Thunder would have a roster crunch in training camp leading up to the 2022-23 season, but that’s something Presti was looking forward to. It’s not a bad problem to have, as it means the roster is loaded with talent the front office likes. As of now, Oklahoma City has 18 players on the active roster on full-time NBA deals. By the end of camp, that number will need to be trimmed down to 15. Whether that’s by cutting players or making trades to clear up the roster, moves will have to be made. Three players will not make the cut. Who on the active roster is most likely to not be in a Thunder uniform next season? Theo Maledon The expectations for Maledon last season were high, but for good reason. After a solid rookie campaign, he looked prime to take a leap during his second NBA season. However, he didn’t live up to expectations. In fact, his role was nearly cut in half at the NBA level and he spent quite a bit of time in the G League. On a roster that is filled with quality guards, Maledon wasn’t able to carve out a real role on the Thunder. After being taken just outside of the first round in last year’s draft, the French guard isn’t worth giving up on. With that in mind, he’s got a ton of competition moving forward. Oklahoma City doesn’t have many guard minutes to go around, so Maledon is in a spot where he might be expendable before the start of the season. Standing at 6-foot-4, Maledon is a solid floor general but doesn’t play a flashy game. He’s put together some really good games in which he’s produced high assist or point totals, but not consistently enough. If the Thunder staff doesn’t think he can break through and earn a spot in the rotation this season, it would make sense to move forward without him on the team. Maledon has produced 8.8 points, 2.9 assists and 2.9 boards per game over the course of his career, but after two seasons in Oklahoma City it’s unclear where he will be next season. By Ryan Stiles @ Fansides The chopping block is a scary place to be, no one wants to enter into a position battle or have their job on the line, but that is the nature of this business. So who finds themselves in limbo as training camp arrives? Theo Maledon, 1.9-million dollars to waive Maledon was selected with the 34th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, the Oklahoma City Thunder invested a high second-round pick on him via Philadelphia in the Al Horford trade. Theo Maledon led the team in minutes his rookie year, averaging 27-minutes per game in 65 games played (out of 72 that season), 49 starts while scoring ten points, hauling in three rebounds, and dishing out three assists per game while swiping a steal per contest on the defensive end. The former second-round pick regressed in his second season, seeing his minutes dip by ten minutes per game and still struggling to shoot the basketball. Maledon dropped four percent from beyond the arc, down to 39 percent from distant. Maledon does not three anywhere on the floor offensively as a scorer. He is poor at the rim (53 percent), in the mid-range (39 percent), and three-point land (even shooting just 22 percent in the corner), and the combinations of guards on this roster who have seemingly taken even more of his minutes, makes it hard to find a spot for Maledon on this roster. A theme you will see in this article is Chip Engelland. What if Chip Engelland comes into camp working with Maledon and makes him a respected shooter in a small preseason sample size? The decision to waive the recent second-rounder becomes a lot harder. By Ben Crider @ SI FanNation With a bevy of potential rotational pathways, let’s break down Theo Maledon, who will be looking to make the final 15-man roster. Bio: After being selected 32nd in the 2020 NBA Draft, Theo Maledon looked to be a gem selection for the Thunder. As a rookie, Maledon posted averages of 10.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists while leading the team in minutes (1778). The 21-year-old saw a stark slice in minutes last season, playing between the Oklahoma City Blue, the team’s G League Affiliate and the end of the Thunder’s rotation. Across 51 games, Maledon averaged 7.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists. Contract: Maledon is entering year three of his rookie-scale contract. He is guaranteed $1.9 million for the upcoming season, carrying a team option for the 2023-24 season. Selling Points: Theo Maledon entered last season as the presumptive sixth man. As the Thunder’s minute leader as a rookie, the guard showed flashes of being a nifty passer in the backcourt who could pick apart defenses playing off high-ball screens. The Frenchman showed all the makings of a second-round gem with his smart on-ball play but also his shades of functioning as an off-ball piece with last year’s incoming talent. Due to Maledon losing out on rotational battles with Tre Mann and Ty Jerome, he spent portions of the season in the NBA G League. In six regular-season games, he starred, averaging 23.3 points and 5.3 steals across a 13-of-37 (41.7%) clip from distance. Simply put, the minutes weren’t available for Maledon last season. However, if the Thunder are still looking to develop guard prospects – the 21-year-old still possesses some untapped potential. Sell-Off Points: While Maledon undoubtedly has shown flashes as a playmaker, the Thunder’s needs have significantly altered in the last two seasons. When Maledon was selected, Oklahoma City’s backup point guard was George Hill, and even then, there was no long-term one outside of SGA. Now, the Thunder are overloaded on guard talent, particularly on-ball. With Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey and Tre Mann handling large on-ball positions with the current Thunder squad, Maledon’s on-ball skill has been put on the backburner in most rotations – being shuffled to a secondary ball-handling role at the wing. To this point in his career, he hasn’t proven himself from this aspect. There’s an NBA-caliber player in Theo Maledon. However, the Thunder’s abundance of ball-handling guards makes him a tight fit, especially when his back-end rotation role may not fetch consistent minutes. If the Thunder are keen on a set off-ball role for their final guard spot, Maledon may be on the outside looking in. Sanse da ostane je nekih 40 %, tako da je sinonim za fringe player koji se bori svaki sekund da bi ostao.

@1945 Maledon ima nekih 40% sanse da bude u rosteru OKC. Znacajnu ulogu moze samo da sanja. SGA, Giddey, Dort, Mann je super interesantno i kvalitetno.

Koji je to kvalitet na fiba u? Juce Israel u20 ugostio Auburn, israelci cetvrti na proslom sampionatu.

Rano je za konacni sud o kvalitetu 2023 generacije, ali ovo je do sad nevidjeni atleticizam, i nije ni blizu. Kao pocetna tacka. Vecenie-theathletic-22 07 12 1. Oklahoma City Thunder Victor Wembanyama | 7-2 center | 19 years old | Metropolitans 92 On the Friday after the 2022 NBA Draft, I teamed up with Mike Vorkunov to do a quick scouting profile on Wembanyama, one of the most interesting long-term prospects to be seen within the basketball community in a long time. He’s about 7-foot-2 (he might have grown even a bit more) and has a plus-seven wingspan. He has the potential to step out and shoot, and he has enough balance to play on the perimeter. He can handle the ball and even reasonably create stepback jumpers at the Euro league level. He’s a remarkable defensive prospect who could average more than 20 points per game. For the full breakdown, I’ll direct you to the 1,000 or so words published a couple of weeks ago. 2. San Antonio Spurs Scoot Henderson | 6-2 guard | 19 years old | G League Ignite I’m not quite of the opinion that the race for No. 1 overall is a done deal, largely because Henderson exists and is terrific in his own right. Playing for the G League Ignite this past season as a 17-year-old, Henderson averaged 14 points, five rebounds and four assists per game versus only two turnovers, while almost racking up two steals per contest. That kind of production at that age in that league is ridiculous. He is remarkably explosive as an athlete and yet plays with tremendous pace and craft and with real creativity. I think he would have likely been the No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft if he would have been eligible. The only thing left for him is improving as a shooter. Henderson made 21.6 percent from 3 this past season but hit a high enough percentage of his free throws that you should feel relatively confident he has real touch. 3. Orlando Magic Cam Whitmore | 6-6 wing | 18 years old | Villanova This is where things start getting a bit trickier. I’m not quite as high on this draft class outside of the top two, although those two are so terrific that it makes it a good class. Whitmore is more of a lottery-pick-level guy as opposed to a traditional top-three player in a class at this stage. But I’m an enormous fan because it’s just so easy to see how he slots into the NBA game. He’s big and physical and uses his length, strength and athleticism well at 6-foot-6 with a 220-pound build, particularly on the defensive end. He plays hard and tries to shut down the opposition. Kyle Neptune is going to love him on that end. On top of it, he’s a good shooter and seems to know how to move. He makes the right passing reads and right plays, plus he can create his own shot. There are some explosiveness concerns athletically, but I really like how Whitmore’s game flashes toward the next level. 4. Houston Rockets Nick Smith | 6-5 guard | 19 years old | Arkansas I really like Smith, particularly with where the NBA is going. It’s all about guys who can dribble, pass and shoot, and Smith certainly can do that. He can get buckets from all three levels, but when you try to help off him, he’s terrific at making high-level passing reads. He’s very creative and shifty with the ball and can play at his own pace or get downhill. He also can play both on and off the ball, something that I think will profile really well for playing next to Anthony Black in the backcourt at Arkansas. He has enough size to do so at 6-foot-5, with something in the ballpark of a 6-foot-10 wingspan. How the minutes and roles shake out at Arkansas is one of the most intriguing things to watch this season given the team’s loaded depth, but I feel confident Smith will be the straw stirring the drink. 5. Detroit Pistons Dariq Whitehead | 6-6 wing | 18 years old | Duke Part of a loaded recruiting class, Whitehead is the Duke prospect I’m most intrigued about for the NBA level at this point. At 6-foot-6, Whitehead plays an aggressive brand of basketball that largely is attack-oriented. He has a case as being the most athletic wing entering the collegiate group this season, as he is a terrific blend of power and athleticism with his explosiveness, quick twitch and fairly fluid playmaking. The jumper places him slightly ahead of Ausar and Amen Thompson, the next two guys to be listed. Whitehead has a bit more touch and fewer mechanical flaws than the Thompson twins at this point, even if the Thompsons are superior athletes. I would bet Whitehead leads a loaded Duke team in scoring while using his athleticism to at least make an impact on the glass and on defense. 6. Indiana Pacers Ausar Thompson | 6-7 wing | 20 years old | Overtime Elite Ausar Thompson is the more natural wing of the duo. He’s bouncier and springier and will be one of the best wing athletes to enter the NBA in a long while. At 6-foot-7 with a 6-foot-11 wingspan, he possesses prototypical measurements for the wing position across the court. He’s lethally quick twitch and can guard across the positional spectrum. Defensively, he’s lightning quick. He and his brother, Amen, are so good athletically that it’s hard to really place them outside of the top 10, even if I have pretty substantial questions about the jumper moving forward. Ausar’s a bit mechanical and off-balanced based on tape from last season, which is a bit concerning as we move forward into the pre-draft year. That’s the No. 1 place scouts will be looking for improvement. 7. Sacramento Kings Amen Thompson | 6-7 wing | 20 years old | Overtime Elite Amen Thompson is more of the passer/playmaker of the duo, and he possesses real skill as a ballhandler. I don’t know that I’d quite call him a primary lead guard right now, but he’s certainly going to be able to handle at least secondary ballhandling responsibilities in the NBA. He has a terrific first step, and much like Ausar, he can play with his head at the basket as a finisher when he needs to. It’s just hard to overemphasize how explosive Ausar and Amen are athletically, while also maintaining that level of getting off the ground easily. He has a craftier handle and can break down defenders with a bit more ease. Much like with Ausar, the jumper is a huge concern with Amen. And at this point, it’s honestly a bigger one. He kind of brings the ball across his face a bit at the moment, and the consistency isn’t there. Both twins sub-25 percent from 3 this past season and have some work to do. I think the range of potential outcomes for the Thompson twins is a bit wider than some believe because of the shooting issue. If they shoot 25 percent from 3 again — especially given that Amen actually made under 60 percent of his free throws too — things could get a bit dicey for them. Still, their athleticism gives them absolutely sky-high upside if the jumper breaks right. 8. Washington Wizards Keyonte George | 6-4 guard | 19 years old | Baylor This is another great fit in terms of player and school. George is a polished scoring guard heading to a Baylor offense that will empower him, L.J. Cryer, Adam Flagler and Dale Bonner to get buckets as backcourt players who can all run ball screens and make plays out of isolation due to their shooting ability. George will be the best of that group, as his dynamic handle and three-level shooting prowess in the open spaces that the Baylor offense allows will make him an exceptionally hard cover. We’ve already seen it a bit, as Baylor is currently on an international tour playing under-23 national teams. George dropped a ridiculous 37 points against a Canadian team that featured Leonard Miller, Ryan Nembhard, Quincy Guerrier, Stef Smith, Emmanuel Miller and other collegiate starters. He’s going to get buckets at a high level. 9. Utah Jazz Cason Wallace | 6-4 guard | 19 years old | Kentucky If I were purely naming “favorite” players in the class, Wallace would be up there for me. He wants to rip the opposition’s heart out every time he steps on the court. He’s a monster defender who locks up dudes at the point of attack, never gives up on plays, is a threat for steals and blocks in recovery and is always shooting passing lanes for transition chances. Offensively, he’s a bit less complete than he is on defense, but I do like his ability as a pull-up scorer from all three levels. He is always on balance and ready to fire. He’s not quite the distributor you’d like him to be, but I think he’s probably a bit better of a fit for a team led by Sahvir Wheeler and Oscar Tshiebwe at the one and five, respectively, than TyTy Washington Jr. was last year. I’m a believer that Wallace has a huge year and helps this Kentucky team win a lot of games. 10. Charlotte Hornets Dereck Lively | 7-1 center | 19 years old | Duke Lively is the No. 1 recruit in the class but comes in at No. 10 here. Why? He’s a pure big, and we know the NBA has devalued the pure big in the draft in recent years. He’s a monster rim runner who will be a very high-level lob threat in the NBA. He has a burgeoning pick-and-pop game that looks like it’ll be ready to go by the time he’s in his mid-20s. He’s also an elite shot blocker. He rebounds and keeps his motor running constantly. At the end of the day, though, Lively is relatively limited offensively in terms of creation, and it’s not a certainty at this stage that he’s going to guard at a strong enough level away from the basket to where he can give scheme versatility beyond being a drop defender in ball screens. Those guys tend to go more around No. 10 overall than around No. 1 overall in today’s NBA. Lively would need to really do something special this season to change that. He’s capable of it defensively, given his motor and tools. But a safer bet, as Jalen Duren learned this year, is to expect even the highest-rated bigs to drop more into this range. 11. New York Knicks Terquavion Smith | 6-3 guard | 20 years old | NC State This year’s truly surprising returnee to school, Smith is as dynamic a pull-up scorer as you’ll find in the country. As a freshman last year in ACC play, he averaged 18.3 points and shot over 40 percent from 3 on nine attempts per game, many of which were of the pull-up variety. He’s a lethal shot creator from behind the arc and would have been a first-round pick this season if he had stayed in the draft class. He needs to improve as a finisher at the rim, as he was one of the worst in the country statistically last year. He also could stand to improve a bit defensively. But he has real tools as a lightning athlete with real explosiveness in and out of his moves and is a weirdly impressive off-hand dunker who showcases some real finishing upside long term. 12. Cleveland Cavaliers Anthony Black | 6-7 guard | 19 years old | Arkansas Another one of my favorites in the class, Black is an enormous lead guard, a 6-foot-7 ballhandler who just makes the right decision time and again every time he has the ball. It’s all about ball-screen acumen with Black. He’s great at making high-level reads out of screens and finding teammates from a variety of angles. He’s always watching the backside help defenders and trying to diagnose where and when he can place the ball. His feel for the game is ridiculously high, and it translates on defense too. He’s switchable due to his size and plays consistently hard on that end of the court. The question here is how he consistently scores. He’s not a monster athlete who can separate from his man at will. The shot isn’t broken, but he doesn’t look for it all the time. As long as the shot keeps developing, Black is going to be a really impactful player on an NBA court due to the variety of ways he impacts the game. 13. Portland Trail Blazers Gradey Dick | 6-7 wing | 19 years old | Kansas Dick is the last guy in the lottery I’m probably a bit higher on than most. He’s an elite shooting wing with legitimate size at 6-foot-7 but also has genuine athletic tools. He’s not a stiff dude out there who can’t move. He’s also extremely confident and seems to feel like he’s the best player out on the court all the time. He moves really well off the ball and can get set to shoot off movement, and he has an innate feel for how to get open. These are the kind of wings who excel in Bill Self schemes, and I’d anticipate we see Dick have an enormous freshman season for the Jayhawks as they look to repeat. 14. New Orleans Pelicans Dillon Mitchell | 6-7 wing | 19 years old | Texas Mitchell played at Monteverde with Dariq Whitehead and a few other four- and five-star prospects, and I thought his upside was pretty high when I saw him simply due to his athleticism. He’s an elite athlete with all sorts of twitch and fluidity. He’s explosive and bouncy off the ground. I thought he utilized that best defensively in the tape I saw. He consistently plays really hard. But when I saw him, I thought he was a bit more of a project than indicated by his recruiting rank largely due to skill and shooting. He’s a terrific driver because of his first step and does have some passing ability. But the jumper is going to take some time. It’s a lefty jumper that just looks a bit two-motioned, and he doesn’t always seem to have as much confidence with that as he does in other parts of his game. If the jumper comes, there is a chance he skyrockets up the board quickly this coming season. 15. Atlanta Hawks Arthur Kaluma | 6-7 wing | 20 years old | Creighton I’m a big fan of Kaluma, and he’s one of a few Creighton players listed here. He averaged 10 points and five rebounds last season in a significant role for Creighton. He’s 6-foot-7 with enormous length and real potential to play across both the three and the four. He defends well and rebounds hard and is a good enough finisher. The big key, as with many guys like this, is shooting. Kaluma hit under 30 percent from 3 this past season and needs to start canning jumpers at a better clip. But his frame is terrific, he has athleticism, and his motor and energy levels are constant. He has every chance to emerge as a very high-level prospect. 16. Orlando Magic (via CHI) Kel’el Ware | 7-0 big | 19 years old | Oregon Orlando gets this pick from the Nikola Vucević trade. Ware has all the tools to be a terrific player, and it’s easy to see why there are some scouts who see him as a potential top-10 guy. He’s very athletic for a 7-footer but moreover is also very coordinated for his size. He has a burgeoning perimeter game that could see him turn into a shooter at some point. He blocks shots and has the kind of length you look for from a starting center. But the production just hasn’t always quite matched the tools in a way that is worth paying attention to. A big season, and Ware will end up in the mix as a lottery guy. 17. Utah Jazz (via MIN) Amari Bailey | 6-3 guard | 19 years old | UCLA This comes to Utah from the Rudy Gobert trade. Bailey is one of the best open-court playmakers in the draft class, a flashy on-ball attacker as a combo guard who loves to get up and down in transition both as a passer and as a driver toward the rim, where he’s very likely to throw down some fun dunks this season. Beyond that, he’s also turned himself into a smooth-looking shooter with a nice lefty stroke who should be able to get buckets off the catch this season, where he’ll likely see more time off the ball playing next to Tyger Campbell. 18. Toronto Raptors Leonard Miller | 6-10 wing | 20 years old | G League Ignite Miller is one of the most fascinating prospects in basketball right now. He’s a 6-foot-10 wing who can handle the ball almost as a lead guard and make really high-level passing reads consistently. He has great touch around the rim but really poor shot mechanics and shot prep that don’t translate to him getting the most out of his skill set. Defensively, he has not been asked to play on that end enough to get an accurate read on where he is. But the upside here is through the roof due to his balance and feel for the game. He’ll be going to the G League this season and playing for the Ignite. 19. Brooklyn Nets Kris Murray | 6-8 wing | 22 years old | Iowa Keegan’s brother, Kris should step into more of a primary role next season after being more of a big floor spacer in 2021-22 He averaged 10 points per game but shot 39 percent from 3 last season and played solid defensively at his size. He has the look of a very valuable role-playing wing. He’s not quite the shot creator Keegan is, so don’t expect nearly 25 points per game. But I do think Kris will emerge into a genuine prospect and set himself up nicely for a long career in the NBA. 20. Memphis Grizzlies Kyle Filipowski | 7-0 big | 19 years old | Duke Filipowski is a terrific big and a top-five recruit in the class for a reason. He’s very polished and skilled offensively. He can put the ball on the deck fluidly and comfortably, with the ability to, at times at the high school level, create his own shot as a 7-footer. He can knock down shots from distance and has good footwork inside, and I like him as a passer. I worry about his defense. Can he prove that he can defend in space this year? Can he protect the rim at a high enough level to stick at the five in the NBA? I’m a bit skeptical, but the offensive skill set is almost undeniable. He’s incredibly gifted and has a good shot to be a one-and-done even in an era when teams prefer defensive-minded bigs who are versatile. 21. New York Knicks (via DAL) Colby Jones | 6-6 wing | 21 years old | Xavier This comes to New York from the Kristaps Porzingis deal and is top-10 protected. Jones was one of my favorite sleeper prospects entering last season, and it took him just a bit too long to get going. But by the end of the season, it was clear he is a legitimate prospect. He won the NIT Most Outstanding Player award while Xavier took home the trophy, leading the team to five straight wins. He’s tough on defense at 6-foot-6 with legit strength and switchability. He’s a good passer for his size and can legit make plays. Really, he’s another guy for whom things come down to the jump shot. Jones hit 30 percent from 3 in his first two years at Xavier. If he takes a leap there, he will be right in the mix for a first-round pick. 22. Charlotte Hornets (via DEN) Andre Jackson | 6-6 wing | 21 years old | Connecticut This comes to Charlotte from a variety of draft-day trades. It is lottery protected. Jackson is one of my favorite upside swings in this year’s class, a monster athlete who started to come into his own by midseason last year, particularly as a ballhandler. He used to struggle to put the ball on the deck and make passing reads confidently, but by the end of the season, he was very comfortable as Connecticut’s secondary ballhandler behind R.J. Cole. He’s not the most comfortable shooter at volume, but he hit 36 percent from 3 last season on limited attempts. He can run forever, and he’s a great defender who never seems to tire. I’m a big believer in him being a good developmental project long-term because of the roles he’s had to play early in his career at Connecticut. Now, he should be more ready to step into a primary role for what I think is a top-20 team next season in terms of talent. 23. Utah Jazz (via PHI) Julian Strawther | 6-7 wing | 21 years old | Gonzaga This comes to Utah from a weird pick swap situation involving Brooklyn and the 76ers. Strawther considered going into the 2022 draft and probably could have been a second-round pick but decided not to turn pro and will head back to Gonzaga again to hopefully be the next in a long line of positive developmental stories from the Spokane school. He’s a terrific shooter out of spot-ups and has great positional size at 6-foot-7. His next step is taking the leap as a shot creator off closeouts, attacking them confidently to either finish at the rim or pass out of those plays to open teammates for 3. If he can do that and defend as a solid clip, he’ll play in the NBA for a while. 24. Miami Heat Harrison Ingram | 6-8 wing | 20 years old | Stanford Ingram went back to Stanford following a disaster close to a season that saw him shoot 27 percent from the field in his final seven games. But the good news for Ingram is that he’s still a terrific big playmaker with the ball in his hands who has showcased real passing ability and feel for the game as a playmaker. The key here is shooting. Ingram needs to be a real 3-point shooter to stick in the NBA. If that doesn’t happen, he probably doesn’t make it because he’s not quite athletic enough to make up for it with his physical tools. But if he can shoot, he’s a legit dribble-pass-shoot playmaker at 6-foot-8, 230 pounds and a 7-foot wingspan with positional versatility and schematic adaptability. 25. New Orleans Pelicans (via LAL) Matthew Cleveland | 6-6 wing | 20 years old | Florida State I always saw Cleveland as more of a two-year guy at Florida State largely due to the shot. He’s an effective driver with good size and length as a wing scorer. He just wasn’t ready as a shooter, hitting just 17 percent of his 34 3-point attempts last season. But if we’re making informed bets on potential breakout guys, Cleveland stands out due to the fact that he’s basically only a consistent jumper away from being a pro player. He’s a tough, aggressive slasher with good footwork and balance. Leonard Hamilton will force him to defend, and he won the ACC’s Sixth Man of the Year award last year as a freshman. He’s ready for a breakout this season. He just needs to shoot it. 26. Phoenix Suns Terrance Arceneaux | 6-7 wing | 19 years old | Houston I get the impression I’m a bit higher on Arceneaux than consensus, but he seems like one of those guys who is tailor-made to be an NBA wing. Every year, there is a guy ranked somewhere in the 30s or 40s in their recruiting class who surprisingly goes one-and-done. This is my pick for that this season. Arceneaux is 6-foot-7 with what has to be at least a 7-foot wingspan. He hits shots off the catch from distance and is an extremely disruptive defender both on the wing with his ability to get into passing lanes and on the weak side as a shot blocker. He’s not really a primary scorer, but he does everything else well in how it translates toward being a potential NBA prospect. I think he has a really strong year as a freshman for Houston as a role player, and he’s actually the guy I see as their best long-term prospect ahead of guys like Jarace Walker and Marcus Sasser, both of whom are also rated highly here. 27. LA Clippers Marcus Sasser | 6-2 guard | 22 years old | Houston Sasser could have stayed in the 2022 draft and been a second-round pick after performing well throughout the pre-draft process, but he’ll try his luck in the 2023 draft. He missed a large majority of his sophomore season with a foot injury after a monster start to the year where he averaged 18 points and shot 43 percent from 3. He’s also a tough-minded defender. Houston has as good of a chance to cut down the nets in April as any team in the country given the Cougars’ talent level and the coaching acumen of Kelvin Sampson. Sasser and Jamal Shead will give them a proven backcourt combination that should lead to another deep run, and if that happens, Sasser’s stock will be off to the races. 28. Golden State Warriors Jaime Jaquez | 6-7 guard | 22 years old | UCLA Another guy I just can’t quit and have a belief that he’ll carve out a role in the NBA. Jaquez is a do-it-all wing who embodies all of the toughness that teams look for out of role players at the next level. He defends at a high level, having made the Pac-12’s All-Defense team twice due to his reactive hands and versatility in who he can guard. He makes really good decisions and plays with terrific processing ability. The only strange thing here is the shot, which fell off a cliff in 2022 largely due to multiple sprained ankles throughout the season. My bet is that with a run of clean health, Jaquez is more the guy who shot 39 percent from 3 in 2020-21 as opposed to the guy who shot 27 percent from 3 last season. 29. Houston Rockets (via MIL) Caleb Love | 6-3 guard | 21 years old | North Carolina This goes to Houston from the P.J. Tucker trade back in 2021. Love hasn’t been particularly efficient thus far in his career as a scorer, but he seemed to turn a corner later in his sophomore season on his way toward leading North Carolina to a Final Four. He has a real flair for the moment, and I uy his ability to create shots from behind the arc and from the midrange. He just needs to keep ironing out his shot, and there is every indication he’s going to be able to do that given the level he’s already at. He hit 36 percent from 3 and 86 percent from the line last season. I also have a bit of a soft spot for these post-hype guys who turn it around after not immediately reaching expectations. Love has real talent and a skill set the NBA is looking for as a shot creator. And now, he’s gone through all of the adversity and come out on the other side of it intact. Typically, that’s where growth tends to come from in players. 30. Indiana Pacers (via BOS) Tyrese Hunter | 6-0 guard | 20 years old | Texas I’ll be honest: If this were a more natural fit, I’d probably have Hunter even higher than this. But instead of playing as the true point guard for Texas, he’ll be forced into sharing the ball with Marcus Carr, and those who have tried to share with Carr previously know it’s not exactly always an ideal plan of action. Having said that, Hunter is an elite defensive guard who despite being 6-foot tall is stout and strong, with the ability to physically hold up against wings who try to back him down. He’s also a terrific passer and improved throughout the course of last season as a shooter to the point that he knocked down seven 3s in an NCAA Tournament game for Iowa State. Texas probably wouldn’t have been my ideal landing spot for him, but he’s undeniably a terrific talent. Givony-ESPN-22 06 24 1. Oklahoma City Thunder Victor Wembanyama | ASVEL | PF/C| Age: 18.4 2. Detroit Pistons Scoot Henderson | G League Ignite | PG | Age: 18.3 3. Orlando Magic Nick Smith | Arkansas | PG/SG | Age: 18.1 4. Houston Rockets Ausar Thompson | Overtime Elite | SG/SF | Age: 19.3 5. Sacramento Kings Amen Thompson | Overtime Elite | PG/SG | Age: 19.3 6. San Antonio Spurs Cameron Whitmore | Villanova | SF | Age: 17.9 7. Indiana Pacers Dillon Mitchell | Texas | SF/PF | Age: 18.7 8. Portland Trail Blazers Dereck Lively | Duke | C | Age: 18.3 9. Washington Wizards Dariq Whitehead | Duke | SG/SF | Age: 17.8 10. New Orleans Pelicans (from Lakers) Keyonte George | Baylor | SG | Age: 18.6 11. New York Knicks Kel'el Ware | Oregon | C | Age: 18.1 12. Charlotte Hornets (to Atlanta if 17-30) Anthony Black | Arkansas | SG | Age: 18.4 13. Atlanta Hawks Terquavion Smith | NC State | SG | Age: 19.4 14. Orlando Magic (from Chicago) Cason Wallace | Kentucky | PG/SG | Age: 18.6 15. Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland) Kyle Filipowski | Duke | PF/C | Age: 18.6 16. Toronto Raptors Jarace Walker | Houston | PF | Age: 18.8 17. Los Angeles Lakers (via Pelicans) Julian Phillips | Tennessee | SF | Age: 18.6 18. Minnesota Timberwolves Gradey Dick | Kansas | SG/SF | Age: 18.5 19. Utah Jazz Leonard Miller | G League Ignite | SF/PF | Age: 18.5 20. New York Knicks (from Dallas) James Nnaji | Barcelona | C | Age: 17.8 21. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Denver) Jordan Walsh | Arkansas | SF/PF | Age: 18.3 22. Brooklyn Nets (from Philadelphia) Rayan Rupert | NZ Breakers | SG/SF | Age: 18.0 23. LA Clippers Brandon Miller | Alabama | SF | Age: 19.5 24. Brooklyn Nets Chris Livingston | Kentucky | SF/PF | Age: 18.6 25. Houston Rockets (from Milwaukee) Sidy Cissoko | Undecided | SG/SF | Age: 18.2 26. Boston Celtics J.J. Starling | Notre Dame | SG | Age: 18.2 27. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Miami) Marcus Sasser | Houston | PG/SG | Age: 21.7 28. Golden State Warriors Ousmane Ndiaye | Undecided | PF/C | Age: 18.2 29. Memphis Grizzlies Amari Bailey | UCLA | PG/SG | Age: 18.3 30. Phoenix Suns Nikola Djurisic | Mega Mozzart | SG/SF | Age: 18.3 Wasserman-BR-22 08 01 1. Victor Wembanyama (Metropolitans 92, PF/C, 2004) Scouts are looking at Wembanyama differently than any recent prospect predraft. Generational is the cliche used most. He'd have gone No. 1 in 2022 if eligible. We've never seen a 7'2" player move and execute ball skills and shot-making with Wembanyama's level of fluidity. Smooth creation moves, an unchallengeable release point and shooting versatility fuel outrageous scoring upside. And then there's the shot-blocking and rim protection, which could propel Wembanyama into the NBA's most impactful two-way player. Only durability concerns could lead to teams questioning if he's the no-brainer No. 1 pick. He already has an injury history, and he'll miss EuroBasket 2022 with a lingering muscle issue. 2. Scoot Henderson (G League Ignite, PG, 2003) Already inked to a seven-figure shoe deal with Puma, Henderson looks like a top-three lock after averaging 14.3 points and 4.2 assists as a 17/18-year-old in the G League. Speed, explosion and strength separate him from most ball-handlers, though he also has the playmaking instincts and an advanced pull-up game to back up his signature athleticism. 3. Amen Thompson (Overtime Elite, SG/SF, 2003) Improved shooting can push Thompson into the top three of the 2023 class. Considering his 6'7" size, ball-handling for creation/playmaking, explosiveness attacking the rim and defensive quickness, a more threatening jumper would unlock seemingly unmatchable versatility. 4. Dariq Whitehead (Duke, SG/SF, Freshman) Once a high-motor, passing role player at Montverde, Whitehead transformed into its lead scorer by improving his self-creation and shot-making. He can be streaky and reliant on tough jumpers, but with 6'6" size, shooting versatility, secondary playmaking skills and terrific defensive tools, Whitehead figures to be viewed as one of the class' more complete prospects. 5. Cam Whitmore (Villanova, SF, Freshman) No 2023 prospect has risen more over the past few months than Whitmore, who just won MVP of June's U18 Americas Championship after three standout showings at the Nike Hoop Summit, McDonald's All-American Game and Jordan Brand Classic. He's a decent bet to lead freshman wings in dunks with his special blend of explosion, coordination and motor. But he also shot 10-of-22 from three this month in Tijuana for USA, and his handles and passing are rapidly improving. 6. Ausar Thompson (Overtime Elite, SG/SF, 2003) Thompson's 6'7" size, shot-making flashes, off-ball athletic plays and defensive playmaking have made it easy to ignore Overtime's lack of competition. He's an every-play threat just off his quickness, leaping and instincts at both ends alone, though he's shown plenty of off-the-dribble moves and pull-ups for scouts to see high-level scoring upside. 7. Nick Smith Jr. (Arkansas, PG, Freshman) Smith operates as a scoring ball-handler with an advanced in-between game and budding playmaking feel. He's a shot-maker, though shooting well from three and limiting wild decisions should maximize his chances of climbing into the top-five mix. 8. Kel'el Ware (Oregon, C, Freshman) Ware earned fans during the All-Star circuit, and he continued to strengthen his scouting profile this month at the U18 Americas Championship. In just 19.5 minutes, he averaged 15.7 points, 6.8 boards and 1.8 blocks, and scouts still think there is a three-ball in his game waiting to emerge at some point. 9. Keyonte George (Baylor, SG, Freshman) A physical driver and confident shot-maker, George puts pressure on defenses off aggressive takes and pull-up threes. Developing more playmaking and mid-range touch shots will make him more complete, though NBA teams should detect a pro scorer regardless. 10. Jarace Walker (Houston, SF/PF, Freshman) Walker immediately stands out for his chiseled 6'8", 235-pound frame. In nine NIBC games, he finished first in field-goal percentage and second in blocks, but it's flashes of face-up moves, improving touch and passing that elevated Walker into a lottery pick. He's added considerable skill to go with his power over the past year. 11. Dillon Mitchell (Texas, PF, Freshman) Mitchell's scoring and impact are mostly fueled by wildly athletic plays, but they also feel translatable at both ends. He consistently earns himself easy baskets, while flashes of post-ups and transition passing highlight more versatility. 12. Dereck Lively II (Duke, C, Freshman) Lively's NBA archetype is clear, as he'll play the role of finisher and rim protector with 7'1" size, ridiculous reach and an effortless ability to make plays above the cylinder. Continuing to build on the flashes of post-ups and spot-up threes will be the goal to give him some differentiator skills compared to other easy-basket targets. 13. GG Jackson (South Carolina, PF/C, Freshman) Add Jackson to the 2023 draft discussion now that he's reclassified. His physical tools and improving skill level were on full display this month at Peach Jam, where he averaged a double-double and 2.3 blocks. While size, length and athleticism will be behind most of his production at South Carolina, it's the flashes of fluid drives and outside touch that will generate more NBA interest. 14. Cason Wallace (Kentucky, SG, Freshman) Wallace will fill in for TyTy Washington Jr. to give Kentucky another creator and shot-maker. As long as athletic/physical limitations don't become worrisome, he should score and draw lottery buzz with a believable level of skill and craft off drives, dribble jumpers and floaters. 15. Julian Phillips (Tennessee, SG/SF, Freshman) Phillips' 6'8" wing size, projectable shooting and shot-making versatility should quickly pop. Though a thin and relatively limited creator, he feels like an easy NBA fit for his off-ball scoring skill set. 16. Terquavion Smith (North Carolina State, SG, Sophomore) Smith surprised scouts by returning when he'd gained so much momentum/buzz predraft last month. As long as he improves his finishing efficiency, he should have a first-round case around his tremendous shot-making firepower and secondary playmaking flashes. 17. Kyle Filipowski (Duke, PF/C, Freshman) Highly skilled for a projected power forward or center, Filipowski will create highlights by handling in the open floor and shooting threes. Showing he can defend away from the basket (next to Dereck Lively) will be key for getting scouts to buy in. 18. Anthony Black (Arkansas, SF, Freshman) Two-way playmaking will be Black's signature/differentiator. He may have trouble scoring in volume, but this month at the U18s, he averaged 7.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.8 steals in 19.5 minutes. 19. Leonard Miller (G League Ignite, SF, 2003) Leonard cracked draft boards during the 2022 pre-draft process, particularly after the Nike Hoop Summit. He'll have a chance to polish his game in the G League, where he can continue to sell teams on his wing skills and shot-making as a 6'9" forward. 20 Yohan Traore (Auburn, PF, Freshman) Jabari Smith Jr. and Kessler Walker leaving should open the door for Traore to showcase his improved shooting and inside-out scoring. Though not the most explosive athlete, he'll make NBA fans by drilling pick-and-pop jumpers, finishing, scoring efficiently and playing hard. 21. Jordan Walsh (Arkansas, SF/PF, Freshman) Walsh figures to earn a lot of praise for his defense as a 6'7" combo forward who gets low and competes with intensity. His three-ball isn't fully there yet, but Walsh still operates as a face-up scorer with driving ability, a mid-range shot and passing skills. 22. Gradey Dick (Kansas, SG/SF, Freshman) By next June, Dick may have a case as the draft's best shooter. He also has some athletic pop on finishes, and his IQ as a passer and defender bodes well for his role-player potential. 23. Arthur Kaluma (Creighton, SF/PF, Sophomore) After finishing his freshman year with 24 points, 12 boards and three assists against Kansas in the NCAA tournament, Kaluma went on to score a combined 45 points for Uganda in the African World Cup Qualifiers. He seems poised to make a serious jump as a creator and shooter, which should draw NBA attention, given his 6'7" size, athleticism and defensive tools. 24. Sidy Cissoko (G League Ignite, SG/SF, 2004) Cissoko's raw offensive game was exposed at the Nike Hoop Summit, but 6'7" size, passing and defensive tools create unique potential that should buy him time with scouts. He could play a similar role that Dyson Daniels played for Ignite, working on and off the ball as an interchangeable guard and wing. 25. JJ Starling (Notre Dame, SG, Freshman) Expected to slide into Blake Wesley's role at Notre Dame, Starling combines exciting open-floor athleticism and the shot-making versatility to drill jumpers in a variety of ways. 26. Judah Mintz (Syracuse, SG, Freshman) Quick-twitch and crafty off the dribble, Mintz should have a chance to showcase his creation with the Boeheim brothers and Cole Swider gone. He'll earn fans for his low ball-handling, shot-making and energy/activity. 27. Chris Livingston (Kentucky, SF, Freshman) At 6'6", Livingston blends an impressive physical profile with the ability to attack from the wings, hit threes and defend both forward spots. The right amount of efficiency with his shooting and shot selection should be the key to the 2023 first round. 28. Kris Murray (Iowa, PF, Junior) It feels like Murray is on the verge of a breakout after seeing his shooting improvement, defensive activity and flashes of scoring versatility. With his brother Keegan now a Sacramento King, there should be a high-usage role for Kris to produce and continue strengthening his shot-making and half-court face-up skills. 29. Emoni Bates (Eastern Michigan, SG/SF, Sophomore) Eastern Michigan will offer Bates a bright green light, though scouts' bar will be high (given the weaker strength of schedule), and defenses will game-plan around his scoring. He'll have a chance to win back lost support by showing more mature decision-making, both with his shot selection and finishing attempts. Despite concerns over his athleticism, frame and intangibles, he's still a high-level shot-maker for a 6'9" wing. 30. Harrison Ingram (Stanford, SF, Sophomore) Ingram's invite to the 2022 combine proved scouts were interested in his versatility. He'll need to make more threes to compensate for athletic limitations inside the arc, but he did show promising touch and passing IQ, strengths for an NBA connector role.

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Mike Vorkunow@TheAthletic Even using conservative estimates — just five-percent annual jumps in the cap — a player drafted in 2022 could get to a billion dollars in contracts alone. A player drafted this year would make roughly $144 million over the first three years of his designated max extension, and then could sign another extension. In 2032, with a projected salary cap at about $200 million, he could sign a five-year, $403 million deal. When that contract runs out, there could be another three-year, roughly $287 million deal waiting. That could be on the low end of the projected scale. The 2025 cap could spike dramatically; that’s when the new media rights deal will kick in. The NBA could sign a new TV deal for as much as three times its current size. “I think there’s going to be a huge jump,” Bartelstein said. “The NBA is as hot as can be and everybody wants a piece of it. People can’t get enough of it.” Agents are already expecting that to impact the league dramatically, though no one is willing to attach a number to what the 2025 cap may be. The NBPA opted against cap smoothing in 2016, the last time a new media rights deal kicked in, and there was a 34 percent increase in one offseason. But even without that kind of tremendous leap, the cap could grow at an even quicker pace than those timid expectations. It jumped roughly 10 percent this summer into the 2022-23 season. Over the last decade, the 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019 offseasons have seen the cap increase by more than five percent. The cap was $58,044,000 for the 2012-13 season, it will be $123,655,000 in 2022-23. Aside from the TV money (or streaming money), increased immersion into sports gambling could bring an infusion of cash into the league. As could new sponsorship opportunities — the NBA added marquee items like jersey patches in recent years. Expansion continues to loom over the league’s future. That would increase the pot of money available to players by even larger sums, with players guaranteed 49 to 51 percent of BRI under the current collective bargaining agreement. (Owners aren’t struggling either, taking their share of the BRI and seeing franchise valuations skyrocket, which are excluded from revenue sharing.)

Naravno da moze sebi da kreira sut, dobar sut svaki put kad pipne loptu, imas plus atletu, 209 visokog, i ima predispozicije da bude defanzivni stoper. Zasto ne bi uspeo da dovede ball handling u red?

Sigurno bi se polomio- malo morgen.

Mozete navijati za ukraince koliko hocete njihovi gubici u tehnici i pre svega i ljudskim zivotu je van svih pojmova. Ovo sad su poceli NYTimes i WashingtonPost da stidljivo pisu. Ukrainci salju neobucene teritorijalce za centra i zapada zato zato sto moraju, . A tamo ljudi ginu kao u prvom svetskom ratu, jednostavno su takve brojke da je moral puko.

Bronny je izuzetno dobro skolovan, disciplinovan, ima IQ, solidan sut, defanzivno se bori. To sve stoji, ali nije poseban talenat, nema taj poseban vid NBA eksplozije, duzine, energije. Igra vec godinama u srednjoj, na AAU sa i vs NBA talenat, uocljive su te razlike odmah. Klasa 2023 je ispodprosjecna ali sin nije ni medju top 50 objektivno. E sad te projekcije i nade da moze da raste i da se produzi. Pa njegova majka nema 170, Lebronova majka nema 170, Lebron je nasledio genetski jackpot od oca. Bivsi NBA igrac Jerome Lane je bio blizak sa ocem, koji mu bio zastita u Ghettou. Otac mu bio iznad 2 metra superatletske gradje i Lebron je vec sa 15 bio ekstra-ekstra eksplozivan i 202 visok. Tako Broni nije u najavi NBA igrac.

Prvo, Kyrie nije mogao da ostavi PO na stolu. Zasto, zato sto je potpredsednik unije igraca i nazadio bi agendu igraca maksimalno. To su mu dali do znanja i CJ i izvrsna direktorica sindikata gospodja Tremaglio. A koliko ce ova desavanja otezati poziciju igraca 2025 pri isteku sadasnjeg ugovor sa vlasnicima. Pa reko bi nimalo. Zato sto je i ova galama entertainment i business ide dobro a tek ce da procveta. Od 10 milijardi $ liga ce povecati prihode na 15 milijarde 2026te. Slededeci dvoboj sindikata vs liga ce biti lovefest.

Brunson vredi 29,7 miliona po Hollingeru, naravno kakve veze on ima.

Ako neko zaista misli da potezi amerike/evrope donose pobedu, da su smisljeni, racionalni onda je lud. Zivim u nemackoj, i bukvalno 5 miliona donacinstva ove jeseni ne mogu vise da plate gas i struju. I to su najoptimisticnije procene, inflacija je 9% a bez ruskog gasa ide na 20 % ove zime, jedan DEI industrije ne moze vise da produkuje bez ruskog gasa, 60 velikih opstina idu u stecaj. Rusija ce ove godine kao uspeh te politike zaradite vise zählt svoju naftu i gas. Podrska evrope prestaje brzo, veoma brzo.

Sve kladionice stavili Banchero na 1. To znaci Hou kupuje prvi pick, OKC uzima Jabari, ORL Cheta. Interesantno.

USA U17 posle 5 dana imenovali ekipu za svetsko prvenstvo. Tradicionalno dolazi veliki broj igraca na trials, mnogo veci odziv nego posle U19 ili oni pravih. Ali zato su ti campovi i prvenstva za scouting toliko vazni. Amerikanci 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018: 37-0, kos razlika negde +45, najmanji score +9, 2018 srbija ih najvise namucila +32, hrvati nekih +80, francuzi se lozili u finalu kao imaju mocne bekove +43. Jalen Green, Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, Okoro, Isiah Stewart su igrali. 2022 mozda najintrigantnija selekcija, 33 igraca je doslo, 34. nije dosao ali ima mesto. Selekcija jako tesna, od tih 4-5 novinara/scouta koji su redovno pisali nesto i davali prognoze konacnog rostera je negde bio konsenzus nekih 5 igraca. Ovo je najmladji sastav amerikanaca ikada, 3 15-godisnjaka i samo 5 17-godisnjaka. Nije slucaj, 2 top 5 igraca srednjoskolske generacija 2025, u najavi jedinstvene generacije gde nema pre svega Cameron Boozer (talenat svih talenta, tek puni 15 sledeci mesec) i Darryn Petterson (covek-kos). DJ Wagner je taj igrac koje se nije pojavio na trialsu a ipak je pozvan u ekipu. Godinama prvo ime generacije 2023, deda i otac su bile zvezde, oca Dajuan morbus crohn izbacio iz koloseka, DJ sa 190 i nije ekstraatleta ali ima neverovatan dribling, akrobatican ulaz, izuzetan scorer, dominantan igrac. Sean Stewart, 2023, 203, Duke, prvi visoki ekipe, neverovatno napredovao poslednjih meseci, izuzetno pokretljiv, vertikalno i horizontalno, ima i sut, zakucava u blizini kosa, visoki igracki IQ, neverovatan pritisak na loptu. Ron Holland, 2023, 202, najbolji igrac na u16 prvenstu amerike, igrace kao visoki pored Stewart, nestvaran atleta, strasan defanzivac, i protiv lopte i kao zastitnik obruca, jednostavno takva fizika je too much, i za francuse. Ian Jackson, 2024, 199, motor ekipe, super agresivan, atletican NewYorcanin, brani i bije izuzetno, taj pritisak zajedno sa Stewartom i Hollandom moras da prihvatis a da ne gubis lopte na traci i zivce. Uvek je bio akrobat do kosa, jako popravio sut. Jeremy Fears, 2023, 185, Michigan State, je taj pouzdani bek, koji treba da cuva loptu i da pogodi slobodne suteve, najmanje spektakularan igrac ekipe ali kao miran plej jako vazan. Cooper Flagg, 2025, 203, ovaj decko ce sledecih 20 godina praviti neke posebne stvari, Larry 2.0, belac iz vukojebine Maine koji je najveci mf na terenu, kucanje u lice, predivan sut, neverovatan IQ i ima taj posebni vibe, puni 16 godine u decembru, steta sto ne moze da igra u beogradu 2024. Koa Peat, 2025, 202, jos jedan 15-godisnjak, talentovan van svih granica, i kao ballhandler, i kao viski ledjima prema kosa, strasan IQ, iza Boozera drugi igrac te generacije. Boogie Fland, 2024, 190, jos jedan 15-godisnjak iz Bronxa, bio manje poznat, ali decko se probio za mesto kao najbolji suter, nema rupu u igri, i on izuzetno dinamican. Karter Knox, 2024, 196, mladji brat Kevina, bolji od njega, agresivniji, eksplozivan, brani sve pozicije. Dennis Evans, 2023, 215, tek je poslednjih 4-5 meseca dobio ime i prezime, zbog povrede nije se uopste skidao u campu, ali je unikatan igrac, neka vrsta golmana, i dugacak i ima osecaj, ali i ofanzivno talentovan, dobar rad nogu i ruke su mu izuzetno mekane. Asa Newell, 2004, 207, jos jedan dugacak atleta, pokreti fluidni, jos jedna neresiva enigma, jednostavno atleta++ ko se igra kosarke. David Castillo, 2024, 185, zamena Fearsu, drugi plej, treba da bude jos hladna glava. Za ove standarde ne toliko atletican ali za evropske veoma dobar, vrlo dobar sut, jako agresivan. Ako uopste neko moze da ostane u igri sa njima mora da sacuva loptu i da iskoristi iz tog presinga neke lagane koseve. Ali to je vise teorija, taj pritisak, ta duzina, brzina i fizika su nesto novo za protivnike, osim kanadjane koji igraju svi u americi ili se takmice u AAU.

@stoudemire Wood nema trade value zato sto je los defanzivac. Ove igrace ce sve otpustiti, stvorili su mesto za Banchera, i pokusace da daju 17+26 za pick u top 12.

@displejnejm Nije bas tako kako, ustvari je potpuno obrnuto. https://clutchpoints.com/how-the-spectacle-of-stephen-curry-has-dirtied-his-own-clutch-reputation/