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Atleast it's basketball talk and not a payscale. Peter Jurkin highlight vids have you in shame
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you want to pay them now
untill your state raises taxes because of it
untill your state raises taxes because of it
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Literally, you could make an impressive highlight video for pretty much every high level d1 player. Posting that as evidence that his game is more than athleticism
You're better than that.
You're better than that.
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The payscale talk was more thought provoking than 90% of the Wiggins talk that went on in here during the season. Didn't mind it.
Young DWade x Daniel Ewing x JJ Redick coming straight to the the starting lineup.
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This is why I love the Hoop Summit, real organized game with stakes, and high quality coaching, with NBA scouts watching.
Who shows up?
Who treats this like an all star game?
Who is serious and committed to playing winning basketball?
The Harrison twin stink started at the hoop summit.
and apparently this years class, especially the perimeter class are out here stinking things up, its just one practice, but I think you can gleams some stuff about a players make up. ESPECIALLY for point guards.
Joel Berry apparently was terrible, its not about how they perform but how do they rebound are they going to be ready to play come game time?
read more in the spoiler.
Lets hope they figure this out.
Who shows up?
Who treats this like an all star game?
Who is serious and committed to playing winning basketball?
The Harrison twin stink started at the hoop summit.
and apparently this years class, especially the perimeter class are out here stinking things up, its just one practice, but I think you can gleams some stuff about a players make up. ESPECIALLY for point guards.
Joel Berry apparently was terrible, its not about how they perform but how do they rebound are they going to be ready to play come game time?
read more in the spoiler.
In a gym lined from wall to wall with NBA scouts and executives, against a team of former mid-major college players with nowhere near the talent of Team USA, the stage was set for the country's top prospects to dominate the four-quarter scrimmage and make a strong impression on some of the NBA's top decision-makers.
While Team USA won every quarter and ultimately finished the scrimmage victorious, 71-58, it certainly wasn't the dominating performance Mike Jones' team had been looking for.
The scrimmage squad broke Team USA's press with regularity and drilled outside shot after outside shot against a team full of long and explosive athletes.
On the flip side, Team USA struggled mightily to get anything going from the perimeter on the offensive end, one of its biggest concerns heading into Saturday's game. The starting lineup of Jahlil Okafor, Cliff Alexander, Stanley Johnson, Theo Pinson and Tyus Jones got Team USA out to an early 8-0 lead, but things got sloppy from there on out.
Jen Beyrle, OregonLive.com
They hoisted up brick after brick from the perimeter and failed to knock down any 3-pointers over the course of the 40-minute game. Even made mid-range jump shots were few and far between.
But against a scrimmage team whose tallest player maxed out at 6' 6” (Markhuri Sanders-Frison), Team USA didn't need perimeter scoring to get the win.
While not all that efficient, Okafor had his way in the interior on multiple occasions, finishing an And 1 around the rim and getting to the foul line with regularity.
Reid Travis dominated the offensive glass, finishing put backs and keeping plays alive for Team USA. Cliff Alexander also made his presence felt with a pair of big dunks and a couple finishes inside.
The bigs got it going early, and after Team USA weathered the storm for the majority of the game, point guard Tyus Jones closed things out with a few impressive floaters in the lane. Jones played with poise and nice pace down the stretch, showing why he'll be running the show at Duke next season.
Stanley Johnson also made some big plays for Team USA on both ends, forcing turnovers in the back court and attacking the rim aggressively. Mid-way through the third quarter Johnson caught the ball in the left corner, exploded to the rim and threw down a vicious two-handed dunk to give Team USA some life offensively.
Team USA's size and athleticism was clear, but its flaws were also very obvious. With limited spacing due to lack of perimeter shooting, they struggled getting into their half court sets, leading to a host of bad turnovers and transition points.
Backup point guard Joel Berry, who struggled badly all game long, had major issues protecting the ball in the half court against pressure, as even post entry passes were no easy feat. Berry's teammates didn't do him any favors either. Spacing was poor and players forgot where they were supposed to be on the floor regularly. Pinson also missed a large chunk of the game with a leg injury that he would eventually return from.
It's been a long couple of days of two-a-day practices for Team USA, and these are still 17 and 18-year-old kids facing off against mostly grown men with college experience.
But with that said, Thursday night's scrimmage showed that Team USA has a lot of fine-tuning to do before taking on the World Team on Saturday.
While Stephen Madison, Kaleb Korver, and Markhuri Sanders-Frison certainly aren't your average rec league players, they definitely aren't in the same echelon as Emmanuel Mudiay, Karl Towns, Nikola Jokic and the rest of the World Team.
The US team will need much better showings from their role-players Kelly Oubre, Joel Berry, Myles Turner, and James Blackmon, but their stars will also need to be much more assertive. The NBA folks in the gym walked out talking mostly about how weak the 2014 high school (and 2015 NBA Draft) class is shaping up to be so far, but there's no doubt that this group is better than what they showed last night.
The US group has one practice and one scrimmage today to try and right the ship before the game on Saturday (4pm PST, Moda Center, Portland, ESPN2). If they can't find a way to make some outside shots, it could be a long night on Saturday.
From DraftExpress.com http://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz2ybULHk6J
http://www.draftexpress.com
While Team USA won every quarter and ultimately finished the scrimmage victorious, 71-58, it certainly wasn't the dominating performance Mike Jones' team had been looking for.
The scrimmage squad broke Team USA's press with regularity and drilled outside shot after outside shot against a team full of long and explosive athletes.
On the flip side, Team USA struggled mightily to get anything going from the perimeter on the offensive end, one of its biggest concerns heading into Saturday's game. The starting lineup of Jahlil Okafor, Cliff Alexander, Stanley Johnson, Theo Pinson and Tyus Jones got Team USA out to an early 8-0 lead, but things got sloppy from there on out.
Jen Beyrle, OregonLive.com
They hoisted up brick after brick from the perimeter and failed to knock down any 3-pointers over the course of the 40-minute game. Even made mid-range jump shots were few and far between.
But against a scrimmage team whose tallest player maxed out at 6' 6” (Markhuri Sanders-Frison), Team USA didn't need perimeter scoring to get the win.
While not all that efficient, Okafor had his way in the interior on multiple occasions, finishing an And 1 around the rim and getting to the foul line with regularity.
Reid Travis dominated the offensive glass, finishing put backs and keeping plays alive for Team USA. Cliff Alexander also made his presence felt with a pair of big dunks and a couple finishes inside.
The bigs got it going early, and after Team USA weathered the storm for the majority of the game, point guard Tyus Jones closed things out with a few impressive floaters in the lane. Jones played with poise and nice pace down the stretch, showing why he'll be running the show at Duke next season.
Stanley Johnson also made some big plays for Team USA on both ends, forcing turnovers in the back court and attacking the rim aggressively. Mid-way through the third quarter Johnson caught the ball in the left corner, exploded to the rim and threw down a vicious two-handed dunk to give Team USA some life offensively.
Team USA's size and athleticism was clear, but its flaws were also very obvious. With limited spacing due to lack of perimeter shooting, they struggled getting into their half court sets, leading to a host of bad turnovers and transition points.
Backup point guard Joel Berry, who struggled badly all game long, had major issues protecting the ball in the half court against pressure, as even post entry passes were no easy feat. Berry's teammates didn't do him any favors either. Spacing was poor and players forgot where they were supposed to be on the floor regularly. Pinson also missed a large chunk of the game with a leg injury that he would eventually return from.
It's been a long couple of days of two-a-day practices for Team USA, and these are still 17 and 18-year-old kids facing off against mostly grown men with college experience.
But with that said, Thursday night's scrimmage showed that Team USA has a lot of fine-tuning to do before taking on the World Team on Saturday.
While Stephen Madison, Kaleb Korver, and Markhuri Sanders-Frison certainly aren't your average rec league players, they definitely aren't in the same echelon as Emmanuel Mudiay, Karl Towns, Nikola Jokic and the rest of the World Team.
The US team will need much better showings from their role-players Kelly Oubre, Joel Berry, Myles Turner, and James Blackmon, but their stars will also need to be much more assertive. The NBA folks in the gym walked out talking mostly about how weak the 2014 high school (and 2015 NBA Draft) class is shaping up to be so far, but there's no doubt that this group is better than what they showed last night.
The US group has one practice and one scrimmage today to try and right the ship before the game on Saturday (4pm PST, Moda Center, Portland, ESPN2). If they can't find a way to make some outside shots, it could be a long night on Saturday.
From DraftExpress.com http://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz2ybULHk6J
http://www.draftexpress.com
Lets hope they figure this out.
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^nice info on the hoop summit.
Anyone see Jon Stewart rip the NCAA??
Anyone see Jon Stewart rip the NCAA??
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In a radio interview today Jabari said playing for LA would be a blessing. This waiting game is too much.
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Per ESPN, Bari meeting with K next week to tell him he's leaving. 
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the hell you shaking your head for?
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Per ESPN, Bari meeting with K next week to tell him he's leaving.
Oh well, don't be sad.
Jahlil Okafor is going to have one of the most dominant season in the last decade of college basketball.
I would bet almost anything on it.
All this stuff about Cliff being better, or Myles being better is going to look silly.
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Too many times thinking about the possibilities
I think several of us have been through that the last few years. I can list about 8 UK players who I wish would have stayed to see them as sophomores playing with the next class.
Plus you got Tiny Ty running your point next year. What more you want?
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Too many times thinking about the possibilities
I think several of us have been through that the last few years. I can list about 8 UK players who I wish would have stayed to see them as sophomores playing with the next class.
Plus you got Tiny Ty running your point next year. What more you want?
Unrivaled Dominance. Is that too much to ask for?
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Feels good.
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Oh well, don't be sad.
Jahlil Okafor is going to have one of the most dominant season in the last decade of college basketball.
I would bet almost anything on it.
All this stuff about Cliff being better, or Myles being better is going to look silly.
I've never heard anybody say Cliff or Myles is better.
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Damn...that would be something...you really think so?Oh well, don't be sad.
Jahlil Okafor is going to have one of the most dominant season in the last decade of college basketball.
I would bet almost anything on it.
All this stuff about Cliff being better, or Myles being better is going to look silly.
Who would he have to be on par with? Trying to think of most dominant seasons in the past decade...
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You serious?
I'm entitled to fantasize as much as the next...
We did have the AD/MKG team recently. It is a great feeling going into every game that you most likely will win it.
As far as all-time dominance, tough to displace UNLV. Too bad the bookies got to them in '91.
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Oh well, don't be sad.
Jahlil Okafor is going to have one of the most dominant season in the last decade of college basketball.
I would bet almost anything on it.
All this stuff about Cliff being better, or Myles being better is going to look silly.
Will he have a better year than Oden or Sullinger?
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well I should say on of the most dominant "offensive" season, because Anthony Davis.
I just think he is built to take apart college ball, with the new rules, coach k, no jabari, a smart PG in Tyus, I think he is going to destroy everyone.
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Jahlil is far more skilled than Oden in the post at OSU.
He's also bigger than Sully with a similar skill level.
He's also bigger than Sully with a similar skill level.
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I think with these new rules?
He's too strong and skilled.
its going to be an automatic foul or bucket.
Could be wrong, I guess we have to see how Coach K will utilize him because he's more of a perimeter based teams if im not mistaken right?
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But will he utilize that size and skill to have a better season than Oden or Sullinger? I'm looking forward to seeing him play. Both of the tOSU big men were focal points of the offense, K doing that next year?
I'm going to have to disagree about similar skill level as Sullinger. Jared had some serious touch and finished everything. While Okafor has that I don't think it is to the same degree as Sullinger.
Either way he should dominate on the college level.
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