Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, Alabama's Mark Sears on 2024-25 AP preseason All-America team
The preseason AP All-America team is headlined by a bevy of returning stars in college basketball
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Some of the least skilled all Americans ever
So true. It's ironic, too. This is probably the lowest college basketball has ever been in terms of real talent, and yet the players are compensated at an all-time high.
We live in a very bizarre pre-Orwellian world.
Is it a pre-requisite that all preseason AP All American polls have to have a dookie?
Sears and Davis are skilled, Broome is skilled, Dickinson and love are just shot chuckers I’ll agree with you there. And Flagg is skilled
They are all excellent. But it doesn't seem to be the same level of excellent as most years.
Me personally I would take karaban from UConn over Dickinson and love every day of the week
There will be a huge exodus of players after this season.
No more hanging around an extra season for guys like Dickinson, RJ, Love etc.
No more hanging around an extra season for guys like Dickinson, RJ, Love etc.
There is no way a pre-season All-American team should ever have a freshman on it.
Flagg probably is the real deal, but it still kinda annoys me when I see guys being named to these lists straight out of high school.
What happened to the notion of earning it? Seems like a guy should play at least one college game before we start calling him a first team All American.
What happened to the notion of earning it? Seems like a guy should play at least one college game before we start calling him a first team All American.
Of the 19 listed as 1st team or receiving votes, I only see the 3 freshmen going 1st round.
The rest will be undrafted or late 2nd.
With the covid year going away, I can see Dybanasta being pre-season POY next season.
I hate to say it, but Davis may be the best player in the country. And Sears may be 2nd.
As for Flagg, yeah I think he'll be good. Not AA good. But 1st team All-ACC good.
But how many times has the #1 ranked FR underachieved, or even flopped? Too many. I'm not saying I think Flagg will flop. But there is a difference in HS to College, where in HS you can just out-athletic (or size) other guys/teams. Not going to happen in college (except in a rare case like Shaq or Zion). Flagg was at the McD thing what 3-4 days, and neither in the game nor the practices did he stand out to be significantly better than the other FR (actually wasn't even one of the best players in the game). So just as important as skills, is how a coach uses and develops those skills, and the players he has around him. Now Flagg does have a good supporting cast, and there isn't someone on the team already who does the things he does, so that's a good start for him. It's still too early to say if their coach can develop (quickly) his skills like the prior coach could. I'm thinking if he plays as well as Holmgren did as a FR at Gonzaga, Duke should be happy. He's not as skilled as Holmgren, but he is more physically ready than Holmgren was.
As for Flagg, yeah I think he'll be good. Not AA good. But 1st team All-ACC good.
But how many times has the #1 ranked FR underachieved, or even flopped? Too many. I'm not saying I think Flagg will flop. But there is a difference in HS to College, where in HS you can just out-athletic (or size) other guys/teams. Not going to happen in college (except in a rare case like Shaq or Zion). Flagg was at the McD thing what 3-4 days, and neither in the game nor the practices did he stand out to be significantly better than the other FR (actually wasn't even one of the best players in the game). So just as important as skills, is how a coach uses and develops those skills, and the players he has around him. Now Flagg does have a good supporting cast, and there isn't someone on the team already who does the things he does, so that's a good start for him. It's still too early to say if their coach can develop (quickly) his skills like the prior coach could. I'm thinking if he plays as well as Holmgren did as a FR at Gonzaga, Duke should be happy. He's not as skilled as Holmgren, but he is more physically ready than Holmgren was.
The first team is just the 5 guys that were on one of the 3 teams last year that returned to school. Usually only 1-2 AAs return to school the next year.
I forgot we will be going against Tre Johnson and Texas this year.
I forgot we will be going against Tre Johnson and Texas this year.
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Davis is absolutely not better than Sears. There’s no argument. Sears does everything better.
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