If Oscar was eligible to be drafted tonight
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So a NPOTY in College basketball isnt 1 of the 32 best players available?
That absolutely doesnt make a lick of sense.
If you watched the NBA playoffs no good teams play a center like Oscar very many minutes. Garza barely got drafted too
Yes, in 25-30 range. Playoff team wanting a guy to contribute now, not a lottery ticket that may or may not payoff in 3 years
Garza was NPOY last year and was picked 52nd. Brunson was a 2nd round pick in 2018. Frank Mason was a 2nd round pick in 2017. So, 3 of the previous 5 winners were 2nd round picks.
I’m really glad he’s still a Kentucky Wildcat. Why are we inserting Oscar into the draft. Good lord, what a terrible thread.
NBA values big men who can spread the floor or swat shots away like Robert Williams. Big O doesn’t do either very well.
Cal gets tagged with outdated offense because he usually has a big man in the paint. Don’t know about others, but I liked seeing opposing players bouncing off Oscar in the paint and him grabbing offensive rebounds at a high clip.
That being said, I think Oscar is working on his shooting and Cal will reward him by allowing him to launch a few 3’s per game. If Oscar can improve his shooting he may sneak into back end of 1st round next year.
Cal gets tagged with outdated offense because he usually has a big man in the paint. Don’t know about others, but I liked seeing opposing players bouncing off Oscar in the paint and him grabbing offensive rebounds at a high clip.
That being said, I think Oscar is working on his shooting and Cal will reward him by allowing him to launch a few 3’s per game. If Oscar can improve his shooting he may sneak into back end of 1st round next year.
Cal gets called out for an outdated offense bc he typically has 2 bigs in the paint or short corner paired with a 3-man who can’t shoot and is another tweener forward, 1 true shooter, and an average shooting PG at best w an emphasis on less than 15 threes and drive-drive-drive or post.
This year was the most we have played perimeter oriented since 2011 and we tightened up and reverted to playing slow bully ball down the stretch w terrible flow. If 2012 didn’t have Miller and KW as good shooting 3/4 and TJ being capable shooting 3s as a sophomore….it wouldn’t had worked that year either.
Oscar's heart, motor, and work ethic will make him a 1st round player next year. IMHO
Why? The exact same thing happened just last year when Luka Garza, the NPOY, didn’t get taken until the 52nd pick.
The NBA is often decidedly unimpressed by players who were great in college.
TBH with you This makes no sense. Oscar is NPOY based in rebounding specifically. That’s why I like MVP better than NPOY, because that’s essentially was he is, the most valuable to a team, not necessarily the “best” player especially coming out for the NBA.
Having said that there’s not another player I’d want over him, so it is a bit of a brain surge trying to relay this is words. But the NBA is just a shit league, and he’s not a shitty guy. So that’s really all there is to it.
we’ve been discussing this POTENTIAL word on the board for oh I don’t know, going on a half a f’n decade now and it still bypasses many for some strange reason.
The NBA would take a 120 lb freshman in high school none of us have heard of over Oscar if it were possible.
We’ve only been doing this for going on half my life now.
Then you clearly don't follow the NBA and understand what type of big men they prioritize in 2022.
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With all the feedback and projections they receive, everyone knew up front he was not a first round pick. So you got the question backwards. If he had been projected first round, would he have entered the draft?
I watch the NBA playoffs and Bam and Oscar are very similar??? Looks like you need watch some more.. lol
If he was eligible? He came back to UK because he wasn't gonna be drafted, and If so it was late 2nd rd
You can't possibly believe Oscar is similar to Bam
They are VERY similar. Google it, they are both 6’9 255lbs. The more you know! 😁
Keion Brooks and Kobe Bryant are also the same height and weight
Lolol
Difference there is Keion isn’t and will never be the NPOY. Keion and Kobe don’t play alike either. Bam and Oscar are virtually the same player with Oscar being better cleaning the glass and one could argue Oscar being a better jump shooter. Bam is oNLT slightly better around the rim than Oscar and that’s it.
Oscar and Bam play nothing alike lol
I really hope you were being sarcastic, and I missed it
They play exactly alike and are the same exact size. You didn’t watch Bam play at UK I’m assuming???
Oscar does not have the NBA skill set. He’s too limited offensively.
For one, every single scout in the NBA thinks you are nuts. They told Oscar he had no place in the league or he would be there. No kid needed money more so than oscar.
I did.. Bam is an athletic freak. Oscar is a plow that can't jump very fast off the floor
They also have the same exact vertical. Look it up! 😂
Draymond, Middleton was also some more from the second round.. lol
I didn't say anything about vertical jumping height
Oscar is the only big man I've ever seen that got a rebound n shot the ball back up under the basket without jumping.
One guy gathers himself before jumping , the other jumps like a pogo stick. One guy handles the ball in pick n roll like a guard , the other can't dribble with someone guarding him.
Oscar is a work horse and I love him but dude you are way off on that comparison
Oscar is the only big man I've ever seen that got a rebound n shot the ball back up under the basket without jumping.
One guy gathers himself before jumping , the other jumps like a pogo stick. One guy handles the ball in pick n roll like a guard , the other can't dribble with someone guarding him.
Oscar is a work horse and I love him but dude you are way off on that comparison
It’s actually the closest comparison there is for either player. Exact same size, exact same vertical. Both don’t shoot 3s and primarily play back to the basket. No one said Oscar was a clone of Bam but it doesn’t get much more similar.
Oh, I missed the little cherry picked stat you just made up to fit a narrative.
Not one scout or anyone in basketball would agree with you, I'll leave it at that.
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