I'm not big on trashing a potential recruit who may be on the fence regarding his decision.
not sure I would agree with your statement...........no doubt about Maker, but Diallo is way behind Zimmerman offensively, ball handling & passing. He is ahead defensively. Swanigan & Zimmerman are about the same, except Zimmerman is 7'0 & is mare adept at passing, while Swanigan is a banger. I much prefer Zimmerman, but Cal is the only one that counts & if he has cooled on Zimmerman...........so be it
agree Zimm is ahead of Diallo offensively. With Swanigan though I'm not sure Zimmerman does anything as well as him on either end of the floor except maybe high post passing. Swanigan plays a lot more like Draymond Green than people realize. Yes he is a banger 1st and foremost but he has a nice stroke.
I love when our fans do this. You didn't even see A game. You saw highlights of one game. And from that you know better than high level coaches and analysts who watch him play multiple games in full.
I said this about two months ago, and got barbequed. I saw him play again this past week on the tube and he played around the perimeter. He doesn't have much of a post game, and he is not real strong. He is skilled, but I don't think that we need him as a perimeter player. I mean, will he be as good as a freshman as Willis is as a junior? I don't think so. If we do get him, I think he is at least a two year player, and maybe three.
You cannot judge a kid by ONE GAME ON TV. If you're talking about the game at the HoopHall Classic, it would be foolish to judge him on that game. If you did that with Stanley Johnson's game last year at the HoopHall you would be saying he was terrible.
I am not judging anyone. I just said that I have seen him play more than once, with last week being the most recent, and that game did not change my initial opinion of 2 months ago. I said that he is skilled, and he is. I am just not sure that we have a need for him, when he plays out on the perimeter. Caneintally said in his post, "we need a real center." While I agree with him, I am just not sure that Zimmerman is it, and anybody who watched him shy away from getting into the paint cannot honestly say that he is a "can't miss" center prospect. He may be a 1st round pick, at some time, but I am not convinced he will play center in the league, or that he is what we need to get us to the final four, next year. That is all I said, and that is my opinion. I could be wrong, but so could you. We all have our own opinion. That is why this board is here. Let's see how it plays out. I trust Cal and if he thinks Z is what we need, then I'm all for it.
how do YOU know he isn't Cals backup plan? you don't!! you just like the rest of us read tidbits of recruiting info and watch some video clips and draw your own conclusion...my conclusion is some potential but very raw likes to hang out by the 3 point line way to much for a big guy
But isn't that the reasonable expectation? I honestly can't imagine either Will or Karl-Anthony coming back. Not sure what Dakari would gain coming back for another year - or maybe the better way to say that, I suspect everyone will be telling him he has nothing to gain, and if he's likely to be a first rounder.......Which leaves AP. Wildcard. Could see that either way. Would depend on his likely draft position, my guess.....
