Post by less1brain on Oct 23, 2021 12:29:08 GMT -8
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Dinos was obviously very busy running the show (or not; many ants arrived Sunday morning long before Dinos did, chasing the media from their seats, and everyone started playing the games without him) and it's unclear how he arrived at some of his conclusions. A case in point is his evaluation of Miles Goodman, the 6-9 2024 prospect from Seattle O'Dea:
"Miles Goodman 6’9″ 2024 O’Dea (Seattle WA)
Miles was one of the most intriguing long-term prospects here. Long and agile postman was active on the glass and as a rebounder and rim-protector. Goodman also showed nice ability to finish off the catch inside the paint."
Um, Goodman showed up on the second day and played one game, going 1-3 from the field, two 3-point attempts (he made one) and a step-back 17 footer that rimmed in and out. Otherwise, he registered 0's in every category.
For some reason, he was picked to play in the Top 30 all-star game. I think this was because he came down with Cameron Dollar, who coached the team Goodman played on. Dollar's son was picked for the Top 60 game (where he was coached by his father) and he definitely didn't deserve to be playing in it.
In the Top 30 game, Goodman missed a 3 (not by much; he obviously has a very nice stroke for a big man), but did make a high-arcing, step-back 12 footer that would be very hard for anyone not named Chet Holmgren to block. So, he had 2 points. He did get a rebound that bounced right into his hands after it hit the floor first. He seemed startled, as a teammate had to come back and grab it away from him so the offense could get going in the other direction. In the meantime, he stood around a lot and watched big men dunk and get rebounds and also observed many little guys go by him and lay it in or dunk. He's a terrible rebounder (or doesn't work at it) and showed no rim protection ambitions whatsoever and never once finished off the catch in the paint as none of his teammates passed the ball to him during the very brief moments when he was there (he never put his hands up or tried to establish low post position; he seems to be strictly a face the basket player right now looking for long Js).
The good news is, he really is just 15 (and will still be so when his SO year of high school ends) and if you can shoot from distance at 6-9 when you're this young, a lot of college coaches will be very interested.
Dinos was obviously very busy running the show (or not; many ants arrived Sunday morning long before Dinos did, chasing the media from their seats, and everyone started playing the games without him) and it's unclear how he arrived at some of his conclusions. A case in point is his evaluation of Miles Goodman, the 6-9 2024 prospect from Seattle O'Dea:
"Miles Goodman 6’9″ 2024 O’Dea (Seattle WA)
Miles was one of the most intriguing long-term prospects here. Long and agile postman was active on the glass and as a rebounder and rim-protector. Goodman also showed nice ability to finish off the catch inside the paint."
Um, Goodman showed up on the second day and played one game, going 1-3 from the field, two 3-point attempts (he made one) and a step-back 17 footer that rimmed in and out. Otherwise, he registered 0's in every category.
For some reason, he was picked to play in the Top 30 all-star game. I think this was because he came down with Cameron Dollar, who coached the team Goodman played on. Dollar's son was picked for the Top 60 game (where he was coached by his father) and he definitely didn't deserve to be playing in it.
In the Top 30 game, Goodman missed a 3 (not by much; he obviously has a very nice stroke for a big man), but did make a high-arcing, step-back 12 footer that would be very hard for anyone not named Chet Holmgren to block. So, he had 2 points. He did get a rebound that bounced right into his hands after it hit the floor first. He seemed startled, as a teammate had to come back and grab it away from him so the offense could get going in the other direction. In the meantime, he stood around a lot and watched big men dunk and get rebounds and also observed many little guys go by him and lay it in or dunk. He's a terrible rebounder (or doesn't work at it) and showed no rim protection ambitions whatsoever and never once finished off the catch in the paint as none of his teammates passed the ball to him during the very brief moments when he was there (he never put his hands up or tried to establish low post position; he seems to be strictly a face the basket player right now looking for long Js).
The good news is, he really is just 15 (and will still be so when his SO year of high school ends) and if you can shoot from distance at 6-9 when you're this young, a lot of college coaches will be very interested.