Thoughts from Fran Fraschilla
Some random NBA Drafts thoughts today:
1. Forget that Frenchman, Noa Essengue walked out on his team before Game 4 of German league finals. That was strange. (He averaged under four points in the first three.) More importantly, how do you play a 198 lb. power forward in the NBA? Trying to figure that out.
2. 7-1 Maxine Raynaud, another Frenchman, was the second best player in the ACC behind Cooper Flagg. The seven footer made 2 3’s a game & will be a steal.
3. Love Carter Bryant & Cedric Coward. Saw them both more than anybody in person. But both slightly overrated via the mock drafts. Put Danny Wolfe in that mix also.
4. Rasheer Fleming, Nique Clifford, Collin Murray Boyles, Thomas Sorber will be valuable NBA playoff team role players for 10+ years.
5. Clifford will help a team immediately.
6. North Carolina’s Drake Powell is the best wing defender in the draft.
7. If Derik Queen gets coached & utilized well, he could be an NBA star.
8. I am pulling for Ace Bailey who is a great young man. Most offensively gifted player in this draft.
9. The top five players in this draft and next will all be Americans. That’s a switch.
10. I love both Flagg and Harper, but history shows that the likely best player in this draft will be somebody else. SGA and Halliburton were both drafted 11th. We can go right on down the list.
11. If Kon Knueppel is the best shooter in this draft, then career 40% three-point shooter Chaz Lanier is not far behind. And he will come far cheaper.
12. Keep in mind that when you see college coaches quoted in some of the pre-draft articles, very, very few of them watch NBA basketball and often don’t understand the translation. They don’t have time during the season.
Some random NBA Drafts thoughts today:
1. Forget that Frenchman, Noa Essengue walked out on his team before Game 4 of German league finals. That was strange. (He averaged under four points in the first three.) More importantly, how do you play a 198 lb. power forward in the NBA? Trying to figure that out.
2. 7-1 Maxine Raynaud, another Frenchman, was the second best player in the ACC behind Cooper Flagg. The seven footer made 2 3’s a game & will be a steal.
3. Love Carter Bryant & Cedric Coward. Saw them both more than anybody in person. But both slightly overrated via the mock drafts. Put Danny Wolfe in that mix also.
4. Rasheer Fleming, Nique Clifford, Collin Murray Boyles, Thomas Sorber will be valuable NBA playoff team role players for 10+ years.
5. Clifford will help a team immediately.
6. North Carolina’s Drake Powell is the best wing defender in the draft.
7. If Derik Queen gets coached & utilized well, he could be an NBA star.
8. I am pulling for Ace Bailey who is a great young man. Most offensively gifted player in this draft.
9. The top five players in this draft and next will all be Americans. That’s a switch.
10. I love both Flagg and Harper, but history shows that the likely best player in this draft will be somebody else. SGA and Halliburton were both drafted 11th. We can go right on down the list.
11. If Kon Knueppel is the best shooter in this draft, then career 40% three-point shooter Chaz Lanier is not far behind. And he will come far cheaper.
12. Keep in mind that when you see college coaches quoted in some of the pre-draft articles, very, very few of them watch NBA basketball and often don’t understand the translation. They don’t have time during the season.
