This year instead of ranking everybody, I am going to have a list of prospects I would not draft. This does not mean that they are necessarily not top 58 prospects. Rather that they are overrated enough such that if they slide far enough to be value in my eyes, it likely means something is horribly wrong with them.
I'm here to defend Kris Murray, at least a little bit. He will never be the player Keegan is; he doesn't have the same instincts, footwork or touch, and he has always been too left hand dominant. Keegan also is just basketball obsessed, while Kris has never seemed quite as serious. The age thing is somewhat valid, but you're not taking into account that the twins were extreme late bloomers. Google image search a picture of them as seniors at Cedar Rapids Prairie; at age 18 they looked like 15 year olds. At Iowa, Fran didn't play Keegan enough his freshman year when he was clearly the best option at forward, instead opting to give his sons a combined 40 min/g. The next year, Kris was clearly the second most talented player on the team, but again Fran had to get his kids in 40+ min/g. It was absolutely infuriating.
That said, I do agree that I wouldn't take him where he is currently projected in round 1. If you're drafting him expecting to get Keegan, you will be disappointed.
How late would you take one of the Thompsons? Would they be worth the 30th pick? The 15th? the 45th? Obviously it's irrelevant since someone's going to fuck up and take them top 10 but curious what you think.
Thank you for being the only sane person to acknowledge that ranking Lundy over Pickett is insane, given who drove that bus last year
I'm here to defend Kris Murray, at least a little bit. He will never be the player Keegan is; he doesn't have the same instincts, footwork or touch, and he has always been too left hand dominant. Keegan also is just basketball obsessed, while Kris has never seemed quite as serious. The age thing is somewhat valid, but you're not taking into account that the twins were extreme late bloomers. Google image search a picture of them as seniors at Cedar Rapids Prairie; at age 18 they looked like 15 year olds. At Iowa, Fran didn't play Keegan enough his freshman year when he was clearly the best option at forward, instead opting to give his sons a combined 40 min/g. The next year, Kris was clearly the second most talented player on the team, but again Fran had to get his kids in 40+ min/g. It was absolutely infuriating.
That said, I do agree that I wouldn't take him where he is currently projected in round 1. If you're drafting him expecting to get Keegan, you will be disappointed.
How late would you take one of the Thompsons? Would they be worth the 30th pick? The 15th? the 45th? Obviously it's irrelevant since someone's going to fuck up and take them top 10 but curious what you think.