https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...-draft?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true
Solid news, makes Minnesota a non entity next year.
Solid news, makes Minnesota a non entity next year.
Daniel Oturu Declares for the NBA Draft
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One of the if not the most NBA ready big in the B1G. Kid is a stud. Really impressed this year.
Seeing Garza get physical in the NBA and not have the refs bail him out will be entertaining to say the least.
Garza absolutely cannot defend in today's NBA
Neither would I to be honest.
The numbers he's capable of putting up at home are draft altering. He does literally whatever the hell he wants on the floor in Iowa and gets away with it because "so special..., so dominant..."
The minute he picks up his second foul on any floor McCaffery puts on a show of crapping his pants with insane anger to get it to stop and respect the "so special..., so dominant..." player.
That crap won't fly in the NBA until he proves out to be legit which either won't happen (my bet) or will take a lot of time.
Garza is a great college player. But he is an old school player as far as the NBA goes. He would have been a good NBA big in the 1970s, not now. IMHO
It's because of this I think he stays...:Angry
oop I would like to see Iowa struggle. Some of their fans still talk sh*t.:chairshot:
http://m.startribune.com/coach-rich...tudy-transfer-market-for-a-big-man/569012952/
I don't think Minnesota can obviously replace Oturu and his 2nd half at the RAC was one of the better performances I've seen from a big man in awhile.
Minnesota knew for a couple of months that Oturu was trending to the NBA and are combing the grad transfer and traditional transfer market. I think they'll be fine going forward, Carr is a good guard and they have some sophs that like RU, will take some steps forward.
The attached article breaks down how many targets they're reaching out to, which isn't surprising.
I don't think Minnesota can obviously replace Oturu and his 2nd half at the RAC was one of the better performances I've seen from a big man in awhile.
Minnesota knew for a couple of months that Oturu was trending to the NBA and are combing the grad transfer and traditional transfer market. I think they'll be fine going forward, Carr is a good guard and they have some sophs that like RU, will take some steps forward.
The attached article breaks down how many targets they're reaching out to, which isn't surprising.
Big especially since we’ll likely be playing Minnesota twice next season.
Hopefully we now play them 2x next year - an at MN visit (for the first time for me since the Jordan years disaster) would be appreciated.
the good news is we will definitively get Iowa at home next season since they didn’t come to the RAC this year.
He's going to return. He's still too slow and struggles on the defensive end. He is projected to be undrafted at the moment.
He can shoot the three well, especially for a big. But he is slow for the league, and the bigs in the NBA are a different breed then they were years ago. I fully expect him to be back at Iowa and part of a very very good Iowa team especially if Bohannon is healthy.
If he's an undrafted/overseas caliber player now, he'll still be in a year too. In the meantime he gets to be a superstar in college instead of relatively anonymous somewhere else.
I also believe his family is very well-off so getting a contract a year sooner may not be a big concern.
#4 overall?
Do you have a link?
The highest I've seen is mid 20's.
Even the ESPN article linked has him #36 draft prospect.
It's probably more likely #4 in 2nd round than #4 in 1st round.
I hope we get Minnesota twice .
Garza should stay . He will have a nice, long professional career overseas
Garza should stay . He will have a nice, long professional career overseas
List I saw had him #4 in a mock draft. I don't recall where I saw it. Any writer can throw out their own mock draft.
Was about to type this! We certainly SHOULD get them twice!!
https://www.nbadraft.net/
Dated: Feb 18th
That seems to be more of an outlier than most others.
CBS doesn’t even have in the 1st round (I may have missed him scrolling through).
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...rds-and-lamelo-ball-are-top-three-selections/
Obviously this all depends on how(if?) the rest of the NBA season plays out and how the draft works this year.
And don’t forget the better McCaffery kid who played only a few games this year. He’s a lot better than his brother. Should definitely be a top 10 team with all of them back. Offensively, they could be the best team in the country.