re: Dario Saric Draftexpress scouting video...not impressed.

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Its a good video, by the way.

I just HATE the online scouts everyone seems to become by watching a highlight video. Its a pet peeve of mine, one that I am sometimes guilty of as well. Its nothing personal.

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I agree with you. These videos seem to cherry pick plays and base their entire assessment off of it. Let's say a prospect is said to lack footspeed. The person who makes the video focuses all of his energy in finding the plays where it makes his point. There may be 10 plays in the stretch of 5 games where he uses to argue his point. But never acknowledges how well he may be guarding his opponent overall.

There's so much emotions, bias, and stereotyping in these videos. It's hard to get a good gauge on the prospects if you don't watch them regularly. Frankly, I think people put way too much emphasis on them and it really influence their opinions on the said prospect. You can never get a good enough idea of the prospect to formulate your own opinions without watching them play.