To quote Denzel Washington's character Joe Miller from the movie Philadelphia, "Explain this to me like I am a two year old": (See clip link below)
How is Cam Whitmore projected to be a lottery pick #7 and Adama Sonogo (the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA tournament) ranked 87th overall and is projected to not be drafted by any team.
Whitmore was a player who was decidedly mediocre as a Freshman for a less than stellar Villanova team. He had a brutal 1 to 2.3 assist to turnover ratio and when last seen abandoned his team by refusing to play in their NIT game. This following up a game where he scored a whopping four points, in a terrible effort, in an elimination game against Creighton in the Big East tournament.
Sanogo was brilliant throughout the season and showed that he was a dominant force against the best NCAA players in the country during the tournament.
I know the NBA is not college and they look for their own special skill sets, but just from the eye test there is no comparisons between these two players. Additionally one seems to be the consummate team player and the other one appears to be really selfish and immature.
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