Timme and Kispert and Ayayi are all elite upperclassmen. You don’t see that very much in college and makes for an unusual amount of talent. While Suggs is unquestionably the best prospect I don’t think it’s clear he is the best player on the team.

it is rare these days but in gonzaga it’s pretty common… that’s how they’ve been perennially highly seeded.. timme and kispert are just the latest iterations of killian tillie… brandon clarke.. rui hachimura… kyle wiltjer… karnowski… kelly olynyk… in fact they are probably slightly inferior versions of all these guys… mark few is just building these guys in a factory or something….

what has changed is that suggs was the biggest recruit they’ve ever gotten and is leaps and bounds ahead of any pg in the program (stockton aside)….

and yes there are better college teams if you matchup these guys side by side… but the way they are rolling through the comp .. and it hasn’t been an easy schedule… it’s unlike what we’ve seen since the KAT kentucky team… and is sort of like the tarkanian rebel teams ….. and much like those teams had superb supporting casts…. they had a singular dominating force pushing that team to new heights…

* He was at Kentucky for a year before transferring to UCLA so he’s likely on the FO’s radar

Alan:
Not to be all Get Off My Lawn, but the 82 Tar Heels had James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and some skinny kid named Jordan. And that’s just off the top of my head. I’m sure there are better.

Phi Slama Jama- Hakeem, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Cadillac Anderson, and several others had professional careers.

Timme in particular seems to have a terrific feel both for passing and for moving without the ball, the kind of skills which probably won’t translate but that make him very effective in college.

I will say, Suggs’ defense was very solid. There is a lot to like and he seems like the no doubt #1 to me.

Apropos of nothing, but I am glad to see Okongwu has come on late in season. Numbers now looking more like I thought they would.

thenoblefacehumper:

The Houston Rockets are planning to waive swingman Ben McLemore, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Several contenders are expected to express interest in the sharpshooting wing.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 3, 2021

This should be of interest to us but he’ll probably choose a contender.

Maybe it would be a nice use of the remaining roster spot, but if the Knicks FO agreed they’d claim him from waivers (he makes only 2.28M) thus preventing losing him to a contender.