2004 ACC was ridiculously loaded. 3rd Team All-ACC was Chris Paul, Jarrett Jack, Raymond Felton, Luol Deng and John Gilchrist.
That's um ... A LOT of talent.
Yeah, talent was just really, really down across the whole conference. A few bad recruiting classes, some misses and injuries and a couple of "reset" years for a few programs like Virginia (the group that dominated the ACC graduating/drafted and a new team taking their place) left the conference...
There might be just 2 ACC players picked in the entire first round of the NBA Draft, let alone the lottery.
The talent level across the board was really down this year in the ACC, not just at UNC and Duke. It's one of the lowest points in ACC talent that I can remember.
That timestamp is my concern for Krutwig versus Wright ... he simply doesn't have the footspeed to stay with elite level athletes going towards the rim on him. Wright's probably even quicker than Wagner (and a bit smaller).
No question about Krutwig as an offensive player, he reminds me a bit of a poor man's Nikola Jokic. Looks much less quick than he is, partly because he's so decisive and smart with each movement and has great feet. As for strength, GT isn't a team with much size that likes to bang ... so no...
We'll see how often Pastner has us hunt Krutwig with pick and roll action. Moses isn't a great screener, but he's getting better at it and he's an elite finisher when he catches on the roll.
I generally prefer the Devoe/Moses PNR over Jose/Moses (Devoe is the better interior passer and has the...
My Viennese dude Giorgi Bezhanishvili that backs-up / starts alongside Kofi is very good actually, the depth at the C position that Illinois has is something else. They go smaller with Giorgi in the game as the lone big and let their guards really cook.
I thought Sturdivant's biggest contribution was that he wasn't Khalid Moore ... because FSU was sagging off Moore to an unbelievable extent and making us play 4 v 5 on offense. Moore took 6 3's when he was in the game, because he was wide open. And while Moore has done a lot of nice things this...
Been a brutally hard decade to follow GT hoops (thank God for the condensed games on YouTube and ESPNPlayer.com, staying up to 4:30am on a worknight to watch us score 28 points against Virginia isn't a great use of your time, if you know what I mean).
I'm thrilled for Jose and Moses, who came...
Giannis is a historically great finisher at the rim (Shaq / Wilt level) and ... he still takes over 5 3's per game (and is shooting 33.5% on them, which seems unfair).
Moses is pretty clearly not a Giannis type talent, and that's no knock him - the Freak is a Freak for a reason. He's going to...
He can't shoot, and the number of roster spots in the modern NBA for anyone of any position that can't shoot are very limited. Even a guy with a comparable game to his (high energy, powerful finisher, etc) like Maxi Kleber takes 4 3's a game. Montrezl Harrell I guess is pretty much the only high...
Helped having all our guards healthy and UNC basically playing 3rd stringers in the backcourt. Was nice to take advantage of that situation.
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