NBA- OU players and general (this thread only)

[WaymanFan]

I'll never get over how well AR is doing. I would have never guessed that. That's awesome

Obviously, no one saw this coming or he would have been drafted. During one of the Lakers playoff games, the announcer and commentator agreed that Reaves is the best undrafted NBA player since Ben Wallace. OU has done pretty well through the years with players who weren't expected to contribute much or at all on the NBA level. While Reaves is the gold standard, Gar Heard, Clifford Ray, Anthony Bowie, Brent Price and Eduardo Najera all played 8+ years in the NBA despite not being drafted in the 1st round.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Obviously, no one saw this coming or he would have been drafted. During one of the Lakers playoff games, the announcer and commentator agreed that Reaves is the best undrafted NBA player since Ben Wallace. OU has done pretty well through the years with players who weren't expected to contribute much or at all on the NBA level. While Reaves is the gold standard, Gar Heard, Clifford Ray, Anthony Bowie, Brent Price and Eduardo Najera all played 8+ years in the NBA despite not being drafted in the 1st round.

Well, we have talked a lot about this, but he went undrafted by choice once he reached a certain part of the second round. Multiple teams wanted him, and one in particular was getting ready to pick him, but he and his agent asked them not to because they already had a deal in place with LA that was better than what he would have ended up with as a second round pick.

While no no saw him being this good, he is a perfect example of how so many college fans who don’t follow the NBA fail to understand the kinds of players likely to make it. He has very good positional size. He had shown for two years at WSU that he was a very good shooter when he wasn’t also asked to carry the entire offense. And he had shown at OU that he could play the point and run a team. Plus, he was/is a better athlete than people realized. I was very confident his entire senior season, and even partway through his junior year, that he would have an NBA career. Teams look for physical traits and specific skills. Reaves can do a lot of things well, and when you throw in his size as a PG, it completes the package.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Obviously, no one saw this coming or he would have been drafted. During one of the Lakers playoff games, the announcer and commentator agreed that Reaves is the best undrafted NBA player since Ben Wallace. OU has done pretty well through the years with players who weren't expected to contribute much or at all on the NBA level. While Reaves is the gold standard, Gar Heard, Clifford Ray, Anthony Bowie, Brent Price and Eduardo Najera all played 8+ years in the NBA despite not being drafted in the 1st round.

as has been widely reported he could have been drafted in the late 40's and he agents made sure that he was not

 

[BoulderSooner]

Well, we have talked a lot about this, but he went undrafted by choice once he reached a certain part of the second round. Multiple teams wanted him, and one in particular was getting ready to pick him, but he and his agent asked them not to because they already had a deal in place with LA that was better than what he would have ended up with as a second round pick.

While no no saw him being this good, he is a perfect example of how so many college fans who don’t follow the NBA fail to understand the kinds of players likely to make it. He has very good positional size. He had shown for two years at WSU that he was a very good shooter when he wasn’t also asked to carry the entire offense. And he had shown at OU that he could play the point and run a team. Plus, he was/is a better athlete than people realized. I was very confident his entire senior season, and even partway through his junior year, that he would have an NBA career. Teams look for physical traits and specific skills. Reaves can do a lot of things well, and when you throw in his size as a PG, it completes the package.

also his shooting was very very predictable .. (not saying i saw him being this level of player) but he has great form .. was an elite FT shooter .. and shot it well as a spot up guy his freshman year at WSU

 

[WaymanFan]

as has been widely reported he could have been drafted in the late 40's and he agents made sure that he was not

You and Wichita are correct. I forgot about that. Regardless, in looking at that 2021 NBA Draft, how many players would have been selected over him in one of those hindsight re-drafts? Cade Cunningham and Evan Mobley, definitely...maybe Scottie Barnes. Anyone else? Four years is enough of a sample size.

 

[BoulderSooner]

You and Wichita are correct. I forgot about that. Regardless, in looking at that 2021 NBA Draft, how many players would have been selected over him in one of those hindsight re-drafts? Cade Cunningham and Evan Mobley, definitely...maybe Scottie Barnes. Anyone else? Four years is enough of a sample size.

I think more guys then that but not many more

cade mobley barns and sengun have all been all stars ..

jalen green suggs giddey kuminga and wagner likely go ahead of him ... but that still puts him in the top 10 ..