04-05-2026, 07:22 AM
(04-05-2026, 06:51 AM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: I’d just take Yaxel and call it a day. He’s old on the one hand but didn’t start playing organized basketball until playing in only 11 games as a high school senior. His developmental path has been unorthodox but impressive. He and Boozer have easily been the best actual players in college basketball this season. He has the ideal NBA body, athleticism, and skill set. Wagler would be my other candidate outside the obvious Big 4 choices. You just can’t teach length, and the step back is now the separator shot for NBA guards and wings. Only DP has a better step back. Flemings will be a solid all around player. He’s my fall back plan. Burries has fallen for me. He’s extremely old for a freshman and is just a little short for a wing while lacking point guard skills. He’s a tweener. The Michigan center, along with Yaxel, have done the most to improve their stock during the tournament. What a great team, the best I’ve seen in the one and done era for sure. You have to go back to the glory days (MJ, Worthy, Perkins; GTown; UNLV; the great Duke teams; and Phi Slama Jama even though they lost to find better.
Wait, you love Yaxel, but are down on Burries for being too old?
I do think, at the end of the day, whoever takes Yaxel is going to be real happy regardless of his age.