Interesting. I wonder how much of performance in these metrics is related to form and skill rather than natural athleticism. Do guys practice and get coached for these things?
Milan Momcilovic tweets "entering NBA draft and portal"
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Interesting. I wonder how much of performance in these metrics is related to form and skill rather than natural athleticism. Do guys practice and get coached for these things?
So for reference, these are ok for him but not great numbers in comparison to others in the league. As fans, this should surprise nobody that Milan and Jefferson are not twitchy athletes
That being said Jefferson did very well in the shooting drills yesterday and expect Milan to do the same
I think they do 'dog it' during a lot of regular season games and just go through the motions. The playoffs are a different level of intensity though, and really fun to watch.
College basketball defense is really not that good outside of just mucking up a game and comparing it to the best of the best in an NBA game even on like a Tuesday in January isn't a great comparison.
I think the defensive effort in college is a lot higher than the nba’s regular season. But effort isn’t the same as talent. The nba has some absolute freak athletes that are not comparable to the collegiate level (wemby for example). So while the defensive effort doesn’t jump off the page in the nba it doesn’t mean defense doesn’t exist.
As for Milan, as far as I know he hasn’t taken any official visits to colleges. He’s had some zoom meetings I believe. But that to me shows he is 100% focused on the nba. Maybe that’ll change next week after the combine. But I’m not concerned with Milan coming back to college until he takes official visits.
Short answer is yes. These are coached and drilled for about 3 weeks to a month. However, just like the football combine these specific timed drills aren't things they practice in a college season. They are meant to test body control and power production in small spaces.
FYI, I've lead these pre-draft workouts in LA for the nfl and nba for the past 15 years. Some agents will send their clients to more regionally based trainers/facilities to prepare
If it's anything like the NFL combine, they get coached in the specific drills to put up the best numbers possible.
So is this a net positive or net negative for Milan? Good shooting drills but poor athleticism metrics
No surprise. He's not the player that will slash to the basket. He will have a great role camping out on the three point line as an outlet for a driving guard. Hoiberg and Niang had great careers as that role
I think it proves what is already on film. Great offensive skills with limited athleticism.
The reason I've been saying he stays in the draft is what the nba is going to want from him. Shooting. Kentucky is not going to turn him into Vince Carter.
If scouts are saying it will be hard for him to ever make the league then yeah, take the bag of cash and return to college
Under Otz, Iowa State plays great defense. But even then, I don't think a lot of fans realize how reliant it is on college athletes being unable to consistently make the right pass or the open shot.
Not to mention adjustments: an NBA team that is a one-trick pony offensively or defensively is typically doomed once they get to the playoffs, while a college team can have a lot of success if it plays in one style, if it's successful enough.
Kyle Korver. Steve Kerr. And Milan has size to get his shot off easier. He’ll be fine as a second unit sniper. But def a 2nd rounder.
Their belief was that he will always be able to score, and his defense is average to below average and not going to improve. So waiting another year will not hurt him. They thought as only a shooter his NBA value was about as high as it was ever going to get and he would make more money in NIL next season than trying to make a team.
If he takes money without zero regrets, that means he has regrets.
Is Jefferson's ankle back to 100 percent? I know he doesn't rely on athleticism but I would expect better than those numbers.
Up until now I've never paid any attention to the NBA draft, so this comes with a massive grain of salt. But I wouldn't think these metrics mean a whole lot unless you perform terribly or you're young. Momcilovic just proved what he's capable of in one of the best conferences in the country, and he has a body of work over three college seasons that demonstrates improvement. Also, even 48.8% on 279 attempts includes some off nights, so I just don't think one workout would give scouts pause if they've been intrigued by him for a while
At the same time, as @SoleCyclone suggested, while you can marginally improve your speed and agility, it's pretty hard to become a different player in basketball, where height and raw athleticism play such a central role. I'm very biased in not wanting him to transfer to another school, but one reason I think he should do everything he can to try to make a roster is the NBA prioritizes "projectables," and he really never projected as anything other than a great shooter. Now he is. One more season wouldn't change people's opinions of him. So, says Rob Dauster, what's the harm in "settling" for millions of dollars if you don't think your draft stock would fall? Well, it seems to me that one constant in life is that 99% of things are very hard to predict, and the consensus that next year's draft is going to be average-at-best seems premature, or at least too confident, especially considering there have already been players that would've been drafted ahead of Momcilovic who've decided to play another season in college
This years draft is supposed to be loaded with a lot of high end Freshman, which has pushed down the grades of players that would generally get drafted higher. Milan is what he is, a shooter, it would be huge surprise if he was taken in the 1st round, so at best he will be drafted in the 2nd round with no guaranteed money. He can make a million or more by returning to college, now that all changes if a team has told him they are going to take him in the 2nd round and put him on a contract that allows him. to move back and forth between the league and development league with a guarantee he will be on the NBA roster at least some of the time.
I think Chris and Blum have talked about this, but it sounds like where the top of the draft is loaded with freshman, the late 1st round is seeing guys that are opting to go back to college for NIL. This has given Milan a chance to actually move up since guys that were going to be picked above him are going back.
While i agree he has a chance to cash in if he goes back to college. There is a possibility he doesn't shoot close to 50% from 3pt and he finds himself a year older and a lower stock. If the NBA is really his dream this might actually be the best year to leave even if he is losing NIL money.
Then he plays in the Top Level Euro leagues and retires a multi-millionaire. He's in a really good spot no matter what he does.
