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

[onearmedjesus]

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.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Gary, you ignorant slut.

 

[Lempface]

Freakin' Gary, man! Gosh! The defect in that statement is bleach!

 

[BlueBomb]

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.

Word

 

[blue cincy]

Don't matter. In the ACC guys eyes Cooper will always be better than AD. Who cares, they are entitled to their opinions.

 

[onearmedjesus]

I guess he gets props because he, "was only 17."

 

[wardlow]

The game Cooper didn’t win and the game he didn’t play in happen to be pretty important.

 

[Blueisbest]

Flagg is an amazing player, but AD was next level and a generational type of player while at UK.

 

[Lempface]

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!

 

[TCurtis75]

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.

Don't forget AD also won a gold medal in the Olympics that year as well.

 

[NociHTTP]

I bet Cooper Flagg would love to pull Anthony Davis.

 

[blue cincy]

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.

 

[m080470]

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.

 

[Fox2monk]

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.

I think his coach is to blame for never resting him more than anything.

 

[bowfreak]

I guess he gets props because he, "was only 17."

Is that you Kip?

 

[AzubuikeandFitch]

Parrish and Goodman have cooled on their UK hate since Cal left. Admittedly, they both think highly of CMP.

 

[blue cincy]

I think his coach is to blame for never resting him more than anything.

Maybe some, but he still has his baby fat on him. He needs to get with personal trainer and really get in shape to start NBA in the fall.

 

[jeffky]

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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