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Some thoughts. Centers are diminished in importance in the NBA and Baye was playing the 5 today. He is pretty good at that position, but needs to be a four if he is hoping to be drafted. The guys in the camp are nowhere close to the players in the NBA, so he needed to be a much bigger deal than he showed today. He did not play badly, but the style of play in these games does not highlight how important he can be in an offense or defense. Baba Miller was pretty impressive. So were Arthur Kaluma and Keion Brooks. Very little teamwork on either end. Strictly playground.He played today; I watched part of the game on YouTube. Was not the best center on their team, the guy from Florida State was
As I stated earlier, no one really stood out in this game. The starters on team 3 played almost twice the minutes as the subs. How the starters were chosen is a mystery, but Baye was a starter. He made some nice plays, but I would not have said he was a standout. Team four was a guard focused team. None of their forwards played very well IMHO.
Did anyone watch the 1st game?
When you think about how these players were chosen - by votes from NBA teams - guys needed to do something big (or pretty big) to move into the top 78. Or 80ish. None of the guys I saw in the 2nd game today showed enough to catch the eye of teams that ignored them in the initial voting. Was Baye in the top 6 or 8? Good question. Borderline in my view. But, I have been wrong before. Tag my Alvarado and Wright posts.