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Gary Parrish Got It Wrong - Again (Sorry if this has been discussed)

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onearmedjesus

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On Monday he said:
"Cooper Flagg was two wins away from pulling an Anthony Davis.

What's pulling an Anthony Davis, you ask?

That's when the No. 1 prospect in a high school class enrolls in college and wins a national championship and national player of the year award before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the subsequent NBA Draft. Davis checked all of those boxes in the 2011-12 season at Kentucky -- and Flagg was this close to doing the same this season at Duke."

Wrong. He was farther than two wins away. Davis won an NCAA Championship, was National Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick. He was ALSO the National Defensive Player of the Year AND the MOP of the Final Four. Even if he won the title and got the MOP, he was not, by any measure, the Defensive Player of the Year. Get it right, Gary.
 
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onearmedjesus said:
On Monday he said:
"Cooper Flagg was two wins away from pulling an Anthony Davis.

What's pulling an Anthony Davis, you ask?

That's when the No. 1 prospect in a high school class enrolls in college and wins a national championship and national player of the year award before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the subsequent NBA Draft. Davis checked all of those boxes in the 2011-12 season at Kentucky -- and Flagg was this close to doing the same this season at Duke."

Wrong. He was farther than two wins away. Davis won an NCAA Championship, was National Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick. He was ALSO the National Defensive Player of the Year AND the MOP of the Final Four. Even if he won the title and got the MOP, he was not, by any measure, the Defensive Player of the Year. Get it right, Gary.
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Lempface

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My key takeaway from this is something my dad always said, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. No one remembers the 'close calls' or the 'almosts.' Just win baby!
 
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onearmedjesus said:
On Monday he said:
"Cooper Flagg was two wins away from pulling an Anthony Davis.

What's pulling an Anthony Davis, you ask?

That's when the No. 1 prospect in a high school class enrolls in college and wins a national championship and national player of the year award before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the subsequent NBA Draft. Davis checked all of those boxes in the 2011-12 season at Kentucky -- and Flagg was this close to doing the same this season at Duke."

Wrong. He was farther than two wins away. Davis won an NCAA Championship, was National Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick. He was ALSO the National Defensive Player of the Year AND the MOP of the Final Four. Even if he won the title and got the MOP, he was not, by any measure, the Defensive Player of the Year. Get it right, Gary.
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Don't forget AD also won a gold medal in the Olympics that year as well.
 
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Flagg after being exhausted in the UK game at the end, should have driven him to get in better shape. It did not. He had the same issue several times this year. That right there should warn a few about the guy. In interviews for NBA teams I think I would discuss his end of game performance. Ask what he thought went wrong and what did he do to fix those issues. Sure he is a once in 20 year type player so you take him if you have pick 1 but I think I would make sure he is driven. NBA guys will run him ragged. Plus extra minutes in a game and such.
 
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And Davis did it being 4th in minutes or fga or whatever it was that Cal would say. Plus if that was Cooper at the end of the game against UNC, he would have slipped and fell to the floor trying to block Henson's shot in a big , sweaty mess and UNC would have won. C'mon Gary, do better.
 
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blue cincy said:
Flagg after being exhausted in the UK game at the end, should have driven him to get in better shape. It did not. He had the same issue several times this year. That right there should warn a few about the guy. In interviews for NBA teams I think I would discuss his end of game performance. Ask what he thought went wrong and what did he do to fix those issues. Sure he is a once in 20 year type player so you take him if you have pick 1 but I think I would make sure he is driven. NBA guys will run him ragged. Plus extra minutes in a game and such.
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I think his coach is to blame for never resting him more than anything.
 
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onearmedjesus said:
I guess he gets props because he, "was only 17." ;)
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Is that you Kip?
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Parrish and Goodman have cooled on their UK hate since Cal left. Admittedly, they both think highly of CMP.
 
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onearmedjesus said:
On Monday he said:
"Cooper Flagg was two wins away from pulling an Anthony Davis.

What's pulling an Anthony Davis, you ask?

That's when the No. 1 prospect in a high school class enrolls in college and wins a national championship and national player of the year award before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the subsequent NBA Draft. Davis checked all of those boxes in the 2011-12 season at Kentucky -- and Flagg was this close to doing the same this season at Duke."

Wrong. He was farther than two wins away. Davis won an NCAA Championship, was National Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick. He was ALSO the National Defensive Player of the Year AND the MOP of the Final Four. Even if he won the title and got the MOP, he was not, by any measure, the Defensive Player of the Year. Get it right, Gary.
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No need to be sorry Just post it our new big toe "draftcat "will either delete it or combine it
 
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