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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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Oh8ch said:
Always felt that Kam was good at D athletically, but was lacking in the mental game.
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Yeah, that's my point. He had open gym athleticism that didn't necessarily translate to great on-the-court play. Maybe phrased another way, I never thought of Kam as someone who was a defensive stopper (to put it mildly) in his days at OSU. Ultimately, if wigmon's right that Woods is a downgrade from Kam on D, I think that's a pretty awful sign for Woods' ability to play D. Good news is, I disagree with wigmon's premise.
 
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There is no harm in disagreeing. We'll see what we get when we see it. There is a poster on Eleven Warriors who is a WF grad/fan who praised his offensive skill set, but said he's not the best athlete and his defense has always been a problem. There is a reason the second leading scorer goes from starter to coming off the bench for a team that wasn't very good.
 
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except that Wake was better when Woods was a starter in 2016-2017 and they made the Dance. that season delivered Woods' best stats and Woods graded out dead even on defense (he was a minus last season at Wake and his frosh season at Charlotte).

I don't think Woods is going to be any sort of a plus defender for us, he's not very fleet of foot for a 6'3 guy. Kam certainly had the physical ability to be a plus defender for us, and yet rarely was.

Woods is in a position where he will probably have to be a bigger contributor than Kam ever had to be, and I think he will do well. He's just an all-around better basketball player than Kam, and I don't say that to slight Kam.
 
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BigJim said:
How is he not ranked higher than #41 (247 composite)? Looks like a potential #1 draft pick in 2020 to me.
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i don't get it either. though he may not turn out to be the most talented player, cockburn is as much of a sure thing as you're going to find. sure, we see only clips of games while the recruiting "gurus" see so much more; however, this so-called kid is another reason that i don't put a ton of stock in recruiting rankings, especially the lists prior to the end of the players' final aau season. patrick williams and zeke nnaji are two other recruits whose rankings just aren't at all close. i fully expect that nnaji will move up a ton, though.
 
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watched the kofi clip again. that's pure fire. those defending him don't have a chance or even put up much of a fight. it's laughable. but what's scary is the emotion in a freakin' aau game. whoever gets him is getting an a-class competitor night in and night out. he's the kind of center tough-minded coaches go to bed dreaming about... while competing coaches have nightmares.

cockburn is the recruit i want the most and it ain't even close.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
possibly/probably an offer coming here, too, but everyone and his brother wants kofi. would no doubt be the most imposing player to be offered since oden. the epitome of a man-child. whoever gets him immediately becomes a challenging match-up.

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holy shit thats a grown ass man
 
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brodybuck21 said:
holy shit thats a grown ass man
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spellman might have only played 1 year, but he spent 2 years in college. If he was a one and done talent, he would have gone pro last year, but he wasn't good enough. I also don't think he's hired an agent or made a commitment to stay in the draft.
 
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wigmon said:
spellman might have only played 1 year, but he spent 2 years in college. If he was a one and done talent, he would have gone pro last year, but he wasn't good enough. I also don't think he's hired an agent or made a commitment to stay in the draft.
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Lol. So if he turns pro after playing 1 year in college, after being ineligible for college for a year previously, he isn't a 1 & done. So I guess Ben Simmons really was a second year pro in his rookie season.
 
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lol that someone thinks the definition of a rookie is the same as "one and done". If spellman had an injury that kept him out a season, I could maybe buy the argument, but he was ineligible academically, so nothing that hindered his game. He simply wasn't good enough to go pro the first year he was eligible.
 
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wigmon said:
lol that someone thinks the definition of a rookie is the same as "one and done". If spellman had an injury that kept him out a season, I could maybe buy the argument, but he was ineligible academically, so nothing that hindered his game. He simply wasn't good enough to go pro the first year he was eligible.
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So you think Enes Kanter was a 1 & done? I think most people would say no, since he never actually played in college and was never allowed to. Kanter's eligibility never started. The 1 implies actually playing 1 year. Being ineligible to play does not count as a year of college basketball.
 
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