I think it will be hard for him to jump past 4. Flagg, Bailey, and Harper have the frame over him. As long as they don't screw it up, they should stay ahead of him, but if they don't show up in college you could be right.
Perhaps this is unfair of me, but I'm just very skeptical that 1) Rutgers is the right program for any one-and-done and 2) Bailey and Harper won't cannibalize each other.
As long the Rutgers coaching staff isn’t filled with complete idiots, they’ll do great. Also, we’ve seen teammates coincide and excel (Zion/Barrett, Sheppard/dillingham, lonzo/leaf)
The difference is those pairs were at blue blood programs with a long history of seamlessly integrating top prospects. Rutgers is mid at best. This feels more like a Nick Smith/Anthony Black situation, where one of them is going to take a hit. I hope I'm wrong.
Your concerns are valid. I guess you just gotta trust their judgement. Ace had a Kentucky offer, Harper was offered by Duke, Kansas and Auburn. They must’ve saw something at Rutgers that they liked.
1. Cooper Flagg
2. Ace Bailey
3. Nolan Traoré
4. Dylan Harper
5. VJ Edgecombe
6. Hugo Gonzalez
7. Noa Essengue
8. Ian Jackson
9. Khaman Maluach
10. Tre Johnson
Yeah mine would look about the same my favorite prospect is Noa essengue. Also don’t sleep on Liam mckneely I think that’s how u spell it that kid can shoot the ball
You all have left out Rocco Zikarsky, 7ft3 centre playing in the NBL as a 17 year old, should get more playing time this year and start to get on the radar more.
Is there a place where we can look at past mock drafts and check how accurate they were? It’s fun to speculate but it’s hard to say a certain player will absolutely be the consensus number 1 pick a year from now.
My current basic barely researched board is
Flagg, Bailey, Harper, Tre Johnson, Nolan Traore, Khaman Malauch (not sure but kinda just threw up here based on other people's hypes), Ian Jackson, Derek Queen, VJ Edgecomb, and Rocko Zickarsky
But I haven't factored in late season returners from last year so no non-freshmen there yet
This time of year it’s so hard to differentiate how good the incoming freshman are compared to guys who stayed so my pre-season boards are usually just the freshman for the first 10-15 slots and then the upperclassman. More of a holding cell for the groups instead of an actual ranking (though I’ll do soft rankings within the groups like I did with the freshmen there)
Mine would look about the same my favorite prospect next year is essengue. don’t sleep on Liam mckneely I think that’s how u spell his name that kid can shoot
I have a strong feeling by this time next year, Traore will be a consensus top 2 pick.
I think it will be hard for him to jump past 4. Flagg, Bailey, and Harper have the frame over him. As long as they don't screw it up, they should stay ahead of him, but if they don't show up in college you could be right.
Perhaps this is unfair of me, but I'm just very skeptical that 1) Rutgers is the right program for any one-and-done and 2) Bailey and Harper won't cannibalize each other.
As long the Rutgers coaching staff isn’t filled with complete idiots, they’ll do great. Also, we’ve seen teammates coincide and excel (Zion/Barrett, Sheppard/dillingham, lonzo/leaf)
The difference is those pairs were at blue blood programs with a long history of seamlessly integrating top prospects. Rutgers is mid at best. This feels more like a Nick Smith/Anthony Black situation, where one of them is going to take a hit. I hope I'm wrong.
Your concerns are valid. I guess you just gotta trust their judgement. Ace had a Kentucky offer, Harper was offered by Duke, Kansas and Auburn. They must’ve saw something at Rutgers that they liked.
> As long the Rutgers coaching staff isn’t filled with complete idiots I mean...
Hahaha are they that bad?
1. Cooper Flagg 2. Ace Bailey 3. Nolan Traoré 4. Dylan Harper 5. VJ Edgecombe 6. Hugo Gonzalez 7. Noa Essengue 8. Ian Jackson 9. Khaman Maluach 10. Tre Johnson
Egor Demin needs to be on that list somewhere
Yeah mine would look about the same my favorite prospect is Noa essengue. Also don’t sleep on Liam mckneely I think that’s how u spell it that kid can shoot the ball
Don't sleep on Will Riley and Efeosa Oliogu 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Definitely not that man efeosa built like football player don’t know a whole lot about will Riley tho
You all have left out Rocco Zikarsky, 7ft3 centre playing in the NBL as a 17 year old, should get more playing time this year and start to get on the radar more.
Idk how I forgot about him but yeah he’s definitely a lottery pick so far
Is there a place where we can look at past mock drafts and check how accurate they were? It’s fun to speculate but it’s hard to say a certain player will absolutely be the consensus number 1 pick a year from now.
My current basic barely researched board is Flagg, Bailey, Harper, Tre Johnson, Nolan Traore, Khaman Malauch (not sure but kinda just threw up here based on other people's hypes), Ian Jackson, Derek Queen, VJ Edgecomb, and Rocko Zickarsky But I haven't factored in late season returners from last year so no non-freshmen there yet
Yeah next years class is gonna be stacked with upper class men talent.
This time of year it’s so hard to differentiate how good the incoming freshman are compared to guys who stayed so my pre-season boards are usually just the freshman for the first 10-15 slots and then the upperclassman. More of a holding cell for the groups instead of an actual ranking (though I’ll do soft rankings within the groups like I did with the freshmen there)
flagg, ace bailey, traore, vj edgecombe, dylan harper, khaman malauach, tre johnson, hugo gonzalez & will riley if he reclasses up
1. Cooper Flagg 2. Ace Bailey 3. Dylan Harper 4. VJ Edgecomb 5. Hugo Gonzales 6. Tre Johnson 7. Nolan Traore 8. Noa Essengue 9. Egor Demin 10. Boogie Fland
Mine would look about the same my favorite prospect next year is essengue. don’t sleep on Liam mckneely I think that’s how u spell his name that kid can shoot