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Post by bostonfan on May 1, 2018 12:17:00 GMT -5
This is Wilson matched against Todd, #1 player in 2020.. I realize these are not highlight films for Wilson and are really just game films for the team he plays on but after watching these I am unimpressed with the young man. He is not very active or engaged in the game. I understand that most AAU games are guard dominated, but his team seems to never get him the ball. If your teammates don't look for you at least some times in these games, it is because they don't have much confidence in what you will do with the ball. He looks like an adequate rebounder when the the ball is in his area, but looks to be overmatched against the athletes he is playing with and against.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 12:50:16 GMT -5
This is Wilson matched against Todd, #1 player in 2020.. I realize these are not highlight films for Wilson and are really just game films for the team he plays on but after watching these I am unimpressed with the young man. He is not very active or engaged in the game. I understand that most AAU games are guard dominated, but his team seems to never get him the ball. If your teammates don't look for you at least some times in these games, it is because they don't have much confidence in what you will do with the ball. He looks like an adequate rebounder when the the ball is in his area, but looks to be overmatched against the athletes he is playing with and against. I disagree. He's not an offensive player at this stage. Do you think senior year Mikael Hopkins was a valuable player for the Hoyas?
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Post by blueandgray on May 1, 2018 12:54:47 GMT -5
I realize these are not highlight films for Wilson and are really just game films for the team he plays on but after watching these I am unimpressed with the young man. He is not very active or engaged in the game. I understand that most AAU games are guard dominated, but his team seems to never get him the ball. If your teammates don't look for you at least some times in these games, it is because they don't have much confidence in what you will do with the ball. He looks like an adequate rebounder when the the ball is in his area, but looks to be overmatched against the athletes he is playing with and against. I disagree. He's not an offensive player at this stage. Do you think senior year Mikael Hopkins was a valuable player for the Hoyas? Defensively, Hope was very valuable. Offensively, not so much.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on May 1, 2018 13:07:33 GMT -5
I may take Wilson as a four-year project in place of Sodom. You still need a stud.
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Post by bkhoya on May 1, 2018 13:19:44 GMT -5
I realize these are not highlight films for Wilson and are really just game films for the team he plays on but after watching these I am unimpressed with the young man. He is not very active or engaged in the game. I understand that most AAU games are guard dominated, but his team seems to never get him the ball. If your teammates don't look for you at least some times in these games, it is because they don't have much confidence in what you will do with the ball. He looks like an adequate rebounder when the the ball is in his area, but looks to be overmatched against the athletes he is playing with and against. I disagree. He's not an offensive player at this stage. Do you think senior year Mikael Hopkins was a valuable player for the Hoyas? For me I honestly don't care about his offense, I realize he's not an offensive player. But he has to average at least close to double digit rebounds and close to 5 blocks a game if you're not scoring. At his size he's going to get at least 6-10 points a game just running the floor and being active on the offensive end with put backs and such. From my own experience following this stuff I don't trust kids that aren't active in high school, particularly AAU where he's facing kids his own size pretty much every game. Also to me, there's no comparison with Mikael because Mikael was a very solid prospect, even though I was never a fan of his game either. But he could face, would finish and be a part of every game on both ends of the floor. Plus you didn't question his competition level with DeMatha and Takeover. I'm not getting too excited over this guy because he may not come, but all I'm saying is I see some red flags that I don't like. Someone mentioned a redshirt, which if you're Villanova that's perfect, but we're trying to pull ourselves out the bottom. We need guys that can come in and be ready to produce.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 13:29:36 GMT -5
I disagree. He's not an offensive player at this stage. Do you think senior year Mikael Hopkins was a valuable player for the Hoyas? Defensively, Hope was very valuable. Offensively, not so much. I agree 100%. That's the point I was trying to make. We tend to focus on what kids do on the offensive side of the ball and devalue what a players contributions are on defense..
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Post by lucky on May 1, 2018 13:46:19 GMT -5
I haven't had time to watch the game film, but I'm wondering, does his presence on the interior change what the other teams are trying to do? If the answer is yes then we need him if only for that purpose. Offensive weapons we have.
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Post by blazers44 on May 1, 2018 13:48:26 GMT -5
I would take him. Raw, somewhat of a project. Akinjo should feed him some nice passes for a easy finish.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 13:50:17 GMT -5
I disagree. He's not an offensive player at this stage. Do you think senior year Mikael Hopkins was a valuable player for the Hoyas? For me I honestly don't care about his offense, I realize he's not an offensive player. But he has to average at least close to double digit rebounds and close to 5 blocks a game if you're not scoring. At his size he's going to get at least 6-10 points a game just running the floor and being active on the offensive end with put backs and such. From my own experience following this stuff I don't trust kids that aren't active in high school, particularly AAU where he's facing kids his own size pretty much every game. Also to me, there's no comparison with Mikael because Mikael was a very solid prospect, even though I was never a fan of his game either. But he could face, would finish and be a part of every game on both ends of the floor. Plus you didn't question his competition level with DeMatha and Takeover. I'm not getting too excited over this guy because he may not come, but all I'm saying is I see some red flags that I don't like. Someone mentioned a redshirt, which if you're Villanova that's perfect, but we're trying to pull ourselves out the bottom. We need guys that can come in and be ready to produce. They have a similar ranking tbh but did you see any evidence of Mikael being able to do those things you mentioned above while he was at Georgetown? I feel what you're getting at but there's not a player on any major circuit that is averaging 5 blocks a game or even 4 blocks a game. He's a long term prospect, nothing excludes you from pursuing someone who you think can help immediately like a Yurt.
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Post by nychoya3 on May 1, 2018 13:58:38 GMT -5
Of the things I would say about Hopkins, "he could finish" would not be one of them. One of the most inexplicably poor finishers I can remember.
Hopkins was a solid defensive player, but if you think Malcolm can be a true force there, I think you definitely take him.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 14:02:10 GMT -5
bostonfan OT but how did you think Broadnax looked?
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Post by bostonfan on May 1, 2018 14:52:57 GMT -5
I realize these are not highlight films for Wilson and are really just game films for the team he plays on but after watching these I am unimpressed with the young man. He is not very active or engaged in the game. I understand that most AAU games are guard dominated, but his team seems to never get him the ball. If your teammates don't look for you at least some times in these games, it is because they don't have much confidence in what you will do with the ball. He looks like an adequate rebounder when the the ball is in his area, but looks to be overmatched against the athletes he is playing with and against. I disagree. He's not an offensive player at this stage. Do you think senior year Mikael Hopkins was a valuable player for the Hoyas? I don't remember what type of player Hopkins was coming out of high school so I will defer to you on that point, you see a lot more of these recruits than I do. If you think he could develop into a player like Hopkins then I would be OK with him. The thing about the game films was he just did not seem to have much impact on those games, on either side of the ball. Even the shots he tried to contest, many of them were still being made by the offensive player. I agree that he appears to be long and athletic, but would have liked to see him be more active and have a bigger impact on those games.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on May 1, 2018 15:16:07 GMT -5
The more I see, the less I like. Our position of strength for recruiting should be Center. Would like to see if Pat can do better. Plus, you now have skilled kids coming available for so many reasons. That said, would take him as a project.
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Post by prhoya on May 1, 2018 15:34:08 GMT -5
Of the things I would say about Hopkins, "he could finish" would not be one of them. One of the most inexplicably poor finishers I can remember. Hopkins was a solid defensive player, but if you think Malcolm can be a true force there, I think you definitely take him. And he was a foul machine on defense, which then led to him never averaging more than 22 mpg. If Malcolm fouls like Hops in college, then his coach better have a back-up plan. From the videos, it looks like he has good timing, but those players are at least half a foot shorter so that remains a question mark until he plays college ball.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on May 1, 2018 15:37:14 GMT -5
With Ewing at the helm, I am confident that Georgetown will not be attempting to compete in the Big East with second-tier big men on the level of Ya-Ya Dia, Ruben B-B, Wesley Wilson, Jahidi White, Nate Lubick, Mikael Hopkins, Josh Smith, etc. Those days should be over. Ewing can and will land stud PFs/Cs from the classes of 2019 and 2020.
Wilson is not one of those studs.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 15:57:52 GMT -5
You can land studs and you can land kids that might eventually become studs with seasoning. Adding one doesn't exclude adding the other. It's what healthy programs do.
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Post by bostonfan on May 1, 2018 15:58:23 GMT -5
bostonfan OT but how did you think Broadnax looked? What number is Broadax in those highlights? There are definitely some talented kids who play on Wilson's team
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 16:09:08 GMT -5
bostonfan OT but how did you think Broadnax looked? What number is Broadax in those highlights? There are definitely some talented kids who play on Wilson's team #1.
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Post by bostonfan on May 1, 2018 16:21:45 GMT -5
What number is Broadax in those highlights? There are definitely some talented kids who play on Wilson's team #1. I looked back and watched some of Broadax and think he is a solid player. He seems like a traditional pass first floor general. Runs his team well, makes solid decisions and shows good speed/quickness in transition. It is hard to tell from watching just a few of these clips but he seems to me to be a kid who would be a valuable 4 year player on a High Major program. If he wanted to get instant playing time as a freshman he might need to go to a MM program. What is hard to tell on some of these kids who play unselfishly is if they could be more aggressive offensively if they wanted to, or if they are limited a little bit by a lack of explosive athleticism. He did not seem to look to create a lot of offense for himself and instead let the game come to him and just tried to make the "right" plays. He looks like the type of player whose skill set could have helped the Hoyas issues last year, but might end up sitting a lot behind the two point guards they just recruited. Who is the #4 kid on his team? That kid is a very aggressive offensive player. Looks to be a little undersized but really hard to stay in front of for the defense.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 16:41:54 GMT -5
I looked back and watched some of Broadax and think he is a solid player. He seems like a traditional pass first floor general. Runs his team well, makes solid decisions and shows good speed/quickness in transition. It is hard to tell from watching just a few of these clips but he seems to me to be a kid who would be a valuable 4 year player on a High Major program. If he wanted to get instant playing time as a freshman he might need to go to a MM program. What is hard to tell on some of these kids who play unselfishly is if they could be more aggressive offensively if they wanted to, or if they are limited a little bit by a lack of explosive athleticism. He did not seem to look to create a lot of offense for himself and instead let the game come to him and just tried to make the "right" plays. He looks like the type of player whose skill set could have helped the Hoyas issues last year, but might end up sitting a lot behind the two point guards they just recruited. Who is the #4 kid on his team? That kid is a very aggressive offensive player. Looks to be a little undersized but really hard to stay in front of for the defense. 2018 kid that committed to Pitt, Trey McGowens. He's not playing with them anymore since he'll be joining them this summer. Broadnax is actually their 2nd leading scorer behind #3 Christian Brown who is a borderline 5* top 40 kid. Broadnax is probably benefiting from McGowens not being there tbh.. He's upped his average to around 13 a game after this past weekend,. Funny thing is he's been super efficient, but it's almost better to gun and put up 20 in AAU than play the right way and score 13.
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