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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
It was quite obvious (at least to me) from somewhere around January that he should have been the #1 overall pick over Wiggins and Parker. And maybe he would have been had he not got injured and had a NCAA tournament run, but I don't think the hype around Wiggins coming out of HS was ever going to allow that to happen. Would have taken a lot for a team to take that kind of risk on a guy who was virtually unknown 6 months before over Wiggins.
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Originally Posted by Lzen
His progression throughout his one season at Kansas was remarkable. I can't say I have ever seen anything like it.
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This is an interesting narrative (that he got so much better over the course of the year) but I don't know if I buy it. I think we've just told this story to ourselves so now we believe it. Looking at game logs he was good in the beginnning of the season, he was good in the middle, and he was good at the end of the season with actually very consistent stat lines.
He went 7-7, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks for 16 points against Iona in November.
He went 5-6, 5 rebs, 3 steals, 4 blocks for 18 points against New Mexico in mid December.
He went 6-7, 8 rebs, 3 blocks for 18 points vs Texas Tech in middle of February.
He was shut down after Mar 1.
Now that storyline about Kelly Oubre I could get behind until he shit himself in March.