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re: VOLS F Grant Williams named first team All-American by Sporting News

Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:18 pm to
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:18 pm to
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NBA Draft.net is run and heavily influenced by a couple of agencies.

ESPN (after the DraftExpress buyout) and The Athletic are the only reputable NBA draft sites in my experience.



Gotcha
I just always used DraftNet as it seems to be the one that a big amount of the online basketball community uses
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
19126 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:20 pm to
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No LSU players on the three deep All-America teams. That Will Wade is a dynamite coach!


Recruiting Team Rankings (24/7):
2018
Kentucky - 2
LSU - 4
Tennessee - 115

2017
Kentucky - 2
LSU - 17
Tennessee - 54

2016
Kentucky - 2
LSU - 51
Tennessee - 49

2015
Kentucky - 1
LSU - 10
Tennessee - 60

4 year average
Kentucky - 1.75
LSU - 20.5
Tennessee - 69.5

One recruiting class (barely) in the top 50 in talent, and still a first team All-American and battling for the conference title till the last game of the season. That Rick Barnes knows how to develop talent.


Posted by volfan30
Member since Jun 2010
40949 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:20 pm to
Yeah they probably get the most eyeballs since they are free and the others are behind paywalls but I don't think they have a very good track record.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:22 pm to
I mean based on last years it was pretty damn close/good

LINK
Posted by volfan30
Member since Jun 2010
40949 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:25 pm to
Lol look at the date updated
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:27 pm to
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Lol look at the date updated


They didn’t update their 18 draft months later man cmon.
And look at the picks not all of them are right.

Posted by volfan30
Member since Jun 2010
40949 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:28 pm to
It's very common practice for these sites to update after the fact to make their mocks look better. Chad Ford is notorious for it.

EDIT: Chad Ford not Marc Stein

LINK
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 1:32 pm
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:32 pm to
I was unaware of that.
Only one i will say i do remember was the Knox pick.
Remember following the draft closely and watching it with Knicks fans here.
Jokingly looked at the site and said , “y’all will take Knox”
No other site had that, and there he went
Posted by EXPLAYER
Member since Jul 2017
10786 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:33 pm to
Congrats on individual awards. I myself will take all the team championships. Selection is tainted anyway, why is Zion first team he hasn’t played in a bit.
Posted by volfan30
Member since Jun 2010
40949 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:35 pm to
Yeah it's no big deal, but very interesting to see some huge deviations in guys like Naz Reid and Grant Williams between the different sites. They will probably look a lot closer in a month or two.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 1:36 pm
Posted by EXPLAYER
Member since Jul 2017
10786 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:35 pm to
All world flopper. I have to agree. Great player
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:41 pm to
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why is Zion first team he hasn’t played in a bit.


He’s played in 25 of his teams 31 games
Posted by rockiee
Sugar Land, TX
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:45 pm to
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He’s played in 25 of his teams 31 games


Yeah, I don't have an issue with that
Posted by Prof
Member since Jun 2013
42620 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:50 pm to
Grant has had one helluva season and definitely warrants recognition.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34257 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:51 pm to
F is for Flopper

Couldn't even win a share of the conference championship.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:52 pm to
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Yeah, I don't have an issue with that

I don't either.
He established himself as an all american in those 25 games.

The 6 he missed really didn't matter. If anything seeing how much Duke struggled, it actually showed more of why he was an All American this year.
Posted by FiddleHead
Knoxville, TN
Member since Aug 2011
14776 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:55 pm to
There it is!
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:38 pm to
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F is for Flopper

Couldn't even win a share of the conference championship.


RJ Barrett, SG, Duke, Fr. - Not Conference Champions
Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga, PF, Jr. - West Coast Conference Champions
Grant Williams, PF, Tennessee, Jr. - Not Conference Champions
Zion Williamson, PF, Duke, Fr. - Not Conference Champions
Cassius Winston, PG, Michigan State, Jr. Co-Big 10 Champions (shared with Purdue)

Rui Hachimura is the only First Team All-American to win an outright conference championship this year.

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