Yes, I was the first to call Sochan a Lottery Pick and I was right.
I also called Brown a Lottery pick, though I can't claim to have been first. I was the first to say I thought he could go number one. After I made that call his performance didn't match that prediction.
But I am baffled as to why he fell to the 48th pick in the draft. I know Butler, Motley, and Kenny Perry all had medical red flags and that's the reason they slid in the draft. But I currently do not know why Brown slid.
Sam Vecenie of the Athletic reported 2 very different, but interesting tidbits. First, he reported before the draft that teams were calling agents and asking which players would accept two-way contracts in the second round all the way up into the thirties and we should expect to see some surprising names slide. Second, he reported that Baylor had a positive +2 net rating per 100 possessions when Brown was on the court and a whopping positive +23 rating per 100 possessions when Brown was off the court for a +21-point differential. He then reported that the other 6 full season rotation players didn't have a differential greater than 5 points when they were on or off the court.
I wanted to create an independent thread for those who would like to fire away about how they were right, and I was wrong. Or, add insights into what happened last night. I think the one thing we can agree on this is not a positive for Baylor Basketball to have a one-and-done almost not even get drafted.
I also called Brown a Lottery pick, though I can't claim to have been first. I was the first to say I thought he could go number one. After I made that call his performance didn't match that prediction.
But I am baffled as to why he fell to the 48th pick in the draft. I know Butler, Motley, and Kenny Perry all had medical red flags and that's the reason they slid in the draft. But I currently do not know why Brown slid.
Sam Vecenie of the Athletic reported 2 very different, but interesting tidbits. First, he reported before the draft that teams were calling agents and asking which players would accept two-way contracts in the second round all the way up into the thirties and we should expect to see some surprising names slide. Second, he reported that Baylor had a positive +2 net rating per 100 possessions when Brown was on the court and a whopping positive +23 rating per 100 possessions when Brown was off the court for a +21-point differential. He then reported that the other 6 full season rotation players didn't have a differential greater than 5 points when they were on or off the court.
I wanted to create an independent thread for those who would like to fire away about how they were right, and I was wrong. Or, add insights into what happened last night. I think the one thing we can agree on this is not a positive for Baylor Basketball to have a one-and-done almost not even get drafted.