re: hoops is a year away

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hoops is a year away

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Eason will be back next year.

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With you! Could he go this year? Sure, but too many advantages to coming back and moving up on the draft boards.
The low start/arm action on the jumper may not change but he's got to find a way to use it inside the 3 pt line.
He's got to improve the overall range on the 3 pointer - from corner to corner.
His handle trying to get to the rack or get his own jumper is good for college - gotta improve for the NBA.
His only good move is to his right - and sometimes it looks like just a bull rush through traffic. That traffic is a lot stronger at even the next level up.
A year of natural strength plus the weight room will make a difference in his rebounding, and his motor that gets him to balls now will get even stronger.
He's got to figure out moving his feet and not reaching in. You are of little value if you can't stay on the court.
That all said - I love the kid! He's a shoe in for one of the All American teams this year for me. If he still played for Cincinnati or anywhere else I'd still have the same advice.
And isn't the first rounder worth like 12 million more for those first 3 years - plus being guaranteed?
One more year and he can be a for sure lottery pick.