2019 Draft Picks, Low High School Ratings

[MUDPT]

Didn't want to add this to the recruiting article, but this is a really good article by Norlander on guys that will probably drafted after being lowly ranked out of high school.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2019-nba-draft-nine-first-round-prospects-who-beat-the-odds-after-being-lowly-rated-high-school-players/

[Marcus92]

This is an outstanding article. Thanks for posting.

[MuMark]

It's almost like players develop in different ways and at different times.
Sometimes a coach makes a difference and sometimes the player gets better mostly from his own hard work. Sometimes he plays on a loaded AAU team and just doesn't play a lot. Sometimes he is just a late bloomer......

Good stuff indeed........Wade, Jae and Jimmy would have fit nicely into an article like this when they were coming out.

[Marcus92]

Mark Few shares a great story about Brandon Clarke, who drew attention in practices during his redshirt year when guarding Johnathan Williams III for the scout team:

"He had this uncanny ability to block his jump hook. Not coming over on help from the side, but guarding him one-on-one...I was like, 'OK, you don't get to guard J3 anymore. This isn't realistic. There's not a guy in the NCAA who can do this."

I also like what Tom Crean had to say about Nicolas Claxton at Georgia:

"So many times you have to coach people ahead of where they're going to be strength wise, game-wise, so it's not a shock to their system once you get there."