Katz picks Jakimovski top 6 impactful freshman

[Brent H.]

Excited to see this squad grow in a few years.

6 college basketball freshmen who could be BIG difference-makers this season

These players could be some of the most impactful freshmen in their school's history during the 2020-21 men's college basketball season.

www.ncaa.com

 

[jourdand]

Not as much written about WSU as the others but it’s nice to be mentioned in the media at all. Really excited about this class and team in general, hope we get at least close to a full season this year.

 

[SaveFerris]

That's pretty impressive and I really don't see Jakimovski disappointing. Keep them together and a year or two from now we could really have something!

 

[mikalalas]

Jak is the closest thing to a combined freshman all american, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, OJ Mayo, One and Done, Almost Guaranteed NBA Pro, etc, that WSU has ever had.

Jak didnt have to sign with WSU or any other college.

He was OFFERED the European Equivalent of either a NBA or at least a NBA G League contract. He was drafted, offered a European Pro Contract.

From there he would have either been FAST TRACKED into the NBA G League, or semi probably lottery picked into the 1st round of NBA draft between picks 7 to 15.

Even tho Klay Thompson was a higher rated recruit then Jak is, if you hopped into a time machine, took the then freshman Klay, to now, Jak would get 18 to 28 minutes per game, score about 10 to 20 ppg, etc, while Klay would get 14 to 17 minutes per game and about 7,8 ppg.

Jak, is at least NBA G League, European Pro, Olympics, etc ready.

He Jak has played against, Dominated amateurs, Pros, MEN, OLYMPIANS, while he was a unofficial, unpaid semi pro, amateur.

The players, MEN, he Jak played against, Dominated, would Dominate, beat the Dukes, etc.

I predict that Jak will get 18 to 28 minutes per game.

He will probably get about 10 to 20 ppg, 5.5 to 6.5 rebounds per game. 2,3,4 assist per game, .5 block per game, .5 steal per game, .5 take a charge per game, good defense each game.

He Jak will probably improve upon that his Sophmore year. 27 to 37 minutes per game. 23 to 25 to 27 ppg. 6,7,7.5 rebounds per game, etc.

Then Jak would probably leave after his sophmore year, and probably a lottery pick.

 

[jourdand]

By Mikalalas count we have 3 or 4 NBA players in this class one of which is a future lottery pick. Should be a great year!

 

[mikalalas]

By Mikalalas count we have 3 or 4 NBA players in this class one of which is a future lottery pick. Should be a great year!

At Extreme minimum there is at least 1 NBA player in the class in Jak, out of 6, 3,4, 3.5 star recruits.

Katz, and a lot of other experts, pundits, say Jak is 1 of the top 6 freshman in the entire USA nation in all of College Basketballdom, that are, is expected to be insta, immediate, top impact starters, 6th men, contributors, producers, etc.

They dont say that, those kind of predictions unless there is good reason to expect them to make the NBA.

Also a lot to most freshman that make that super elite list of elite freshman, usually go on to make it to the NBA, after 0 to 4 seasons.

Also Non NBA equivalent players dont get offered a PRO BASKETBALL contract, before they have even played even 1 game as a freshman, before even committing, signing with a top college basketball team, like what happened with Jak, and how he was OFFERED A PRO BASKETBALL CONTRACT, meaning he could have chosen to skip college basketball and played PRO BALL in either Europe, NBA, NBA G League, an or all the above.

Logically speaking Jak is or should be a NBA player, and only way he wouldnt be is if got injured, or didnt pan out, reach his ON PAPER potential, for some strange WTF reason.

Also Coach Kyle Smith has said that Jak will probably get some starting time, and that Koulibay, and Bamba would also get a LOT of playing time.

Since Coach Smith is CREDIBLE, Coach Smith wouldnt say things like that if they werent at least possible semi probable future NBA prospects, at the very least.

And its not a situation of a non NBA potential player getting starting time as a freshman because the other players are crap, etc.

The other players are good, and would likely start on other Pac 12 teams, but yet despite that the freshman are BEATING that out.

That doesnt usually happen unless they are TOP college, amateurs, Pro Level talent, players, etc.

But if WSU had gotten Kevin Love, or the Lopez Twins, instead of Stanford, or UCLA, and during those players either being projected to start, an or starting their freshman year at WSU, if someone would have said that they were NBA players, you would have either said that they are either not NBA players, or made fun of those calling them NBA players.

Jak is WSU's Kevin Love, Lopez Twins, OJ Mayo, etc

Jefferson Koulibay is, was the best player in all of the entirety of Canada.

While not a projected, guaranteed, etc, NBA player, or not a projected, predicted, etc, 1st round, 2nd round draft pick, etc, he is probably a future NBA PROSPECT, that probably at minimum either plays overseas professionally in Europe, or plays in NBA G, Developmental League, or undrafted free agent walk on, signee, onto a NBA team.

So while I am not saying he is a NBA player, he is at least semi probably a NBA PROSPECT.

But you probably dont know the difference between a PROSPECT, and a NBA player, as you call me or anyone else that says such and such is a PROSPECT as having said that such and such is a NBA player, when that wasnt said and when what was said that the player is a NBA PROSPECT.

Just so you get it straight, Jak is a NBA Player to be. And Koulibay is a PROSPECT for the NBA, as a NBA PROSPECT.

Bamba is BORDERLINE maybe or maybe not being a NBA PROSPECT. He is definately good enough to be a top collegiate player, just not sure about whether good enough to be a NBA PROSPECT.

That said Kyle Smith has said that both Koulibay, and Bamba will probably get a lot of playing time as freshman.

Efe Agobidi. Kyle Smith said that before all is said and done that Efe could, might, maybe even probably eventually be the best player on the team, even better then the NBA player to be Jak.

Efe, played at the NBA Global Academy, that has produced NBA players.

He was going to be FAST TRACKED INTO THE NBA G DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE(NBA's MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FARM SYSTEM)

Then a video of EFE doing a MICHAEL JORDAN DUNK, was posted on the OFFICIAL SITE OF THE NBA, and went VIRAL.

After that he was not only going to be FAST TRACKED into the NBA G DEVELOPMENTAL League, but was even projected as a future NBA draft player.

He was, and still is better then DeMar De Rosan was when DeMar De Rosan, went to USC, scored about 11 points per game, and about 9 rebounds per game and left after his freshman season as a 1 and done, and was a 1st round NBA draft pick.

Efe was, is better then the JRUE HOLIDAY that scored 7 points per game, and was a 1st round draft pick.

Efe was, is better then a lot of overrated players who technically were drafted into the NBA as first round draft picks, and then became the Ryan Leaf's of the NBA.

So what happened to EFE? Why didnt he goto Duke? Or just go straight into the NBA, if he was NBA good?

HE GOT EXTREMELY INJURED that lasted for 2 years after he got injured, 4 months after the MICHAEL JORDAN DUNK, at the age of 15,16.

Also EFE's UNCLE lives in PULLMAN.

IF EFE's Uncle didnt live in Pullman, and if EFE hadnt gotten injured, he probably would have likely either played for Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, etc, or gone straight into NBA.

It was miraculously lucky combined with Kyle Smith's good recruiting that EFE went to WSU.

Also EFE has been mentored
, coached by a NBA Superstar, friend, mentor, who sees EFE as either a NBA player, NBA Prospect

4 star 6 foot 11, Dishon Jackson is probably a BORDERLINE NBA Prospect, and probably be at least a Borderline Semi Top, Semi Best College player at minimum.

Not all of WSU's best recruiting class ever, will be or play in the NBA.

But out of:

4 star Jak

3.5 star Jefferson Koulibay

3.5 star Bamba

3.5 star EFE

4 star Dishon Jackson,

4 star Carlos Resario

There is probably at least 1,2,3 NBA Prospects, and or NBA players.

1 NBA player, or NBA prospect at extreme minimum.

2 NBA players, NBA Prospects, at, on average.

And 3 NBA players, NBA Prospects at extreme most.

Also a lot of Blue Blood college basketball teams, programs have put multiple NBA players into the NBA in 1 season, out of 1 recruiting class.

Florida has done it multiple times

Kentucky has done it multiple times.

Duke had Christian Laetner, and Bobby Hurley in 1 recruiting class, season(Btw, JAK, Koulibay, EFE, Dishon Jackson, Bamba, Resario, are probably better then Laetner, Hurley was, were when they came out of highschool. I'd take JAK, Dishon, EFE, Koulibay, Bamba, Carlos Resario, over a freshman Laetner, Hurley, anyday, anytime)

UNLV had 3,4,5 pros out of 1 recruiting class, season(Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and 1,2 others.

Michigan had the Fab Five who all went to the NBA.

Now I am not comparing Smith's class to the Michigan Fab Five, etc.

But it should be obvious based on the facts, logic, numbers, etc, that Smith's 33rd ranked class that 4th in Pac 12, that best class ever in WSU's entire history(about 150 years), ON PAPER, that has 6 3,4,3.5 star recruits, should be, have at least 1,2,3 NBA prospects, an or players.

Thats how good this class is.

Only way this ends up wrong is if because of Injuries, or if Smith Leaves, or if they transfer out, or for some strange WTF reason they strangely dont pan out, reach their ON PAPER POTENTIAL.

And even if this is disagreed with, this is not a STRETCH, and is at least a semi realistic projection, prediction, extrapolation, based on the facts,numbers, situation etc.

And your right, that that is cause for big expectations on how well this team is going to do.

And Kyle Smith has similar big expectations of the team based on his recruiting class, etc.

And the EXPERTS, PUNDITS, etc, also have HIGH expectations on how well WSU will do, because of how good the class is.

 

[wulffbone]

Mikalalas, I recognize the fact that you bleed all things WSU, but how often do you light up before posting?

"Duke had Christian Laetner, and Bobby Hurley in 1 recruiting class, season(Btw, Koulibay, EFE, Dishon Jackson are better then Laetner, Hurley was, were when they came out of highschool. I'd take Dishon, EFE, Koulibay, Bamba over a freshman Laetner, Hurley, anyday, anytime)"

Sheesh-------

 

[jourdand]

It would be awesome to have 3 or 4 NBA players in one class considering we have had 3 in the last 50 years.
FYI Europe and G league are not fast tracks to the NBA, actually that’s the the slow track that few ever make the NBA from. It’s not all that uncommon for Euro players to have played in pro leagues before college. They are basically club teams.
I believe in coach Smith and think Jak will be a solid player forWSU but mentioning him in the same breath as Kobe and Lebron as freshmen all Americans is insane. You do realize neither Kobe or Lebron were one and done freshmen all Americans, I’ll let you figure out why.
Jak played on the senior national team which is a great accomplishment for his age but he barely saw the floor, certainly didn’t dominate as he did on the junior national team. By the way in most years Duke would crush most euro teams.

 

[jourdand]

Also the article from Katz isn’t saying Jak is one of the top six recruits in the country, it says he is one of the top six impact recruits /players on their team. That’s a big difference when you consider some teams have multiple one and dones every year.

 

[mikalalas]

Mikalalas, I recognize the fact that you bleed all things WSU, but how often do you light up before posting?

"Duke had Christian Laetner, and Bobby Hurley in 1 recruiting class, season(Btw, Koulibay, EFE, Dishon Jackson are better then Laetner, Hurley was, were when they came out of highschool. I'd take Dishon, EFE, Koulibay, Bamba over a freshman Laetner, Hurley, anyday, anytime)"

Sheesh-------

Dude not sheesh. JAK, Dishon Jackson would eat a Freshman Laetner for Breakfast.

Laetner and WSU's Hendrickson were extremely similar.

And JAK, Dishon Jackson would eat a Laetner and Hendrickson up if they were still college freshman.

Laetner was overrated. Only reason he got drafted, made it to NBA is because he was a DUKEE.

If he had been on a non Duke like team, and had been on a team like WSU instead, he would have gone at the bottom of the 2nd round of NBA draft at best.

It was Coach K's system, coaching, and Duke's other supporting cast of players that made Laetner look so good as a Sophmore. Junior, Senior. Laetner didnt do much as a freshman. And after he got drafted, either didnt do much in NBA, an or washed out of NBA.

Dont believe that JAK, Dishon Jackson would have been better then a freshman Laetner?

Look at video of Laetner in Highschool, and as a freshman at Duke, and compare that to Video of Dishon Jackson.

Diahon Jackson's NBA like FREAKISH ATHLETICISM would have beat Laetner. It would be kind of like a highschool Shaq, versus a highschool Laetner.

And as far as Bobby Hurly is concerned, the only reason he was good is because he had extremely high Basketball IQ, passing, assist. He was considered the ultimate pure passing, assist, shooting, PURE PG, and because he was a DUKEE, and because of Coach K's, coaching.

Thats all he did, was pass, shoot, make 3's, etc.

He wasnt athletic. He didnt have Iverson's ability to break ankles, drive, beat defenders off dribble, get lay ups, dunks, score inside, create his own shot, etc.

It was Coach K, Duke, Supporting class that made Hurly. If Hurly had played for WSU, no way, woukd he have been as good. He wouldnt have made it to NBA, woulsnt have gotten drafted.

And after he got to the NBA, he didnt do much in NBA, and was also on verge of washing out of NBA, when a Car Accident ended his playing Career

Koulibay, Bamba, are way the heck better in highschool, and as freshmen, then Hurley was in highschool, and as a freshman.

Dont believe me, just watch video if Koulibay, Bamba in highschool, etc, and compare it to video of Hurley when Hurley was in highschool and as a freshman.

Like I said I would take JAK, Dishon Jackson, EFE Agobidi, Koulibay, Bamba, Carlos Resario, over a highschool, freshman Laetner, Hurley anyday, anytime

And thats not sheesh, rediculous.

 

[jourdand]

That overrated player you refer to Christian Laetner won started all four years, final four as a freshmen, runner up nation champs as a sophomore, followed by 2 national championships and a player of the year award.
He played 13 years in the NBA, one all-star year and first team all rookie team. Averaged over 12 pts a game over 16 pts a game for his first6 years.
FYI Laetner and Hurley were not in the same class

 

[mikalalas]

It would be awesome to have 3 or 4 NBA players in one class considering we have had 3 in the last 50 years.
FYI Europe and G league are not fast tracks to the NBA, actually that’s the the slow track that few ever make the NBA from. It’s not all that uncommon for Euro players to have played in pro leagues before college. They are basically club teams.
I believe in coach Smith and think Jak will be a solid player forWSU but mentioning him in the same breath as Kobe and Lebron as freshmen all Americans is insane. You do realize neither Kobe or Lebron were one and done freshmen all Americans, I’ll let you figure out why.
Jak played on the senior national team which is a great accomplishment for his age but he barely saw the floor, certainly didn’t dominate as he did on the junior national team. By the way in most years Duke would crush most euro teams.

While you may be right about Europe Pro Basketball Leagues.

You do realize that players from the Europe Pro Leagues, and Europe National, and Junior National, and European Olympic teams, that JAK has played in, for, against, etc, BEAT THE NBA DREAM TEAM COMPOSED OF NBA FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS, ALL STARS, ETC.

And back before the DREAM TEAMS, back when the best players from Duke, etc, would form the USA. AMATEUR OLYMPIC TEAMS, coached by Duke's Coach K, that those teams SEMI CONSISTENTLY LOST ON A SEMI CONSISTENT BASIS TO THE EUROPEAN. OLYMPIC teams.

Why do you think the DREAM TEAMS HAPPENED?

TO PUT A STOP TO THAT.

So because of that, no a Duke type team wont usually beat European Olympic, Pro teams.

As far a NBA G Developmental League, your wrong about that.

That league is like a NBA version of MLB's baseball's FARM, minor league system. The same ratio of minor league players getting called up, playing, staying in MLB, is about the same ratio of players that get called up, play, stay in the NBA, from the NBA G DEVELOPMENTAL League. And thats a lot of players.

Baynes made the NBA from the G League, an or got sent down to G League, for a semi long while before getting called up and staying in the NBA.

NBA has become A LOT like Major League Baseball, and its Minor League Farm System.

I'm not saying Smith's Recruiting Class players are as good as Kobe Bryant, LeBron James.

I was saying that Kobe, LeBron, OJ Mayo, Demar De Rosan, JRUE Holiday, KEVIN LOVE, etc, THEIR SITUATION, as ONE AND DONES, FRESHMAN ALL AMERICANS, STARTERS, etc, are, is comparable to what JAK and only JAK is.

Thats not saying JAK is a Kobe, etc.

That's saying that JAK is a or at least should be or at least should be the equivalent of a Freshman All American, starter that gets a LOT OF PLAYING, STARTING TIME AS A FRESHMAN THAT IS PROBABLY CAPABLE OF GOING TO THE NBA G LEAGUE, GETTING DRAFTED INTO NBA, etc, after his freshman or sophmore year, and probably by at least after his Junior, Senior Year at minimum.

Just looking at JAK's accomplishments, numbers, production, stats, videos, and comparing JAK to that of past NBA cougs.

JAK would eat a highschool, freshman Craig Ehlo, for breakfast, would DOMINATE a highschool Senior Craigh Ehlo, or a WSU College freshman, Sophmore Craig Ehlo.

Anyway you look at it, slice it, JAK is PROBABLY a Future NBA player, and at least a NBA Prospect at minimum.

And if not JAK, at least 1,2 out of WSU's best recruiting class in 150 years of WSU history, will probably be at least future NBA PROSPECT.

JAK WOULD HAVE HAD A HIGHSCHOOL SENIOR CJ ELLEBY, or a WSU college Freshman CJ Elleby for breakfast.

Oh and there is more then 3 WSU NBA PROSWSU players who have played in the NBA)

Donaldson, Guy Williams, Craig Ehlo, Klay Thompson, Baynes, Hendrickson(NBA Draft)(Left NBA to play in MLB), Kyle Weaver.

WSU players that were good enough to be drafted, got snubbed by NBA:

Isaac Fontaine: played in CBA(Kind of like the NBA G League back then. Might have played 1 game in NBA.

Theres been about 10 WSU players who have either been drafted into, played in NBA, NBA G League, CBA, etc.

There has been about 20 to 40 WSU Players that have played PRO BASKETBALL in Europe an or in other places Overseas.

A lot of WSU players would have been drafted if they hadnt either been SNUBBED, or had played at a DUKE type instead of at Poor Ole Little Ole WSU.

These include Isaac Fontaine, Tony Harris, Neil Derek, Terrence Lewis, Benny Seltzer.

So its not just only 3 either NBA players or NBA worthy, ready players that played at WSU.

1 of the 6 players in Smith's recruiting class, will probably play in the NBA, be a NBA prospect.

To say no to that, that would suggest that Ernie is, was a better recruiter then Smith, because he recruited the NBA bound CJ Elleby.

Newsflash Smith is a way better recruiter then Ernie, and proof of that is that there will probably be more NBA players from Smith's first 2 classes, then Ernie had from his 7 recruiting classes(CJ Elleby).

 

[mikalalas]

That overrated player you refer to Christian Laetner won started all four years, final four as a freshmen, runner up nation champs as a sophomore, followed by 2 national championships and a player of the year award.
He played 13 years in the NBA, one all-star year and first team all rookie team. Averaged over 12 pts a game over 16 pts a game for his first6 years.
FYI Laetner and Hurley were not in the same class

Like I said most to almost all of that was Coach K DEVELOPING Laetner, and Hurley.

Coach K was the Tony Bennet like coach at Duke. And Laetner and Hurley was Duke's version of Cowgill, Weaver, Low, etc.

Without Tony Bennet, Cowgill, Weaver, Low Probably wouldnt have been good. As Dick said they werent wanted by most programs.

If Laetner, Hurley had gone to WSU, and not coached by Tony Bennet, Dick, Sampson, Raveling, etc, and had been coached by Stevenson, Graham, etc, they wouldnt have been good. Wouldnt have made the NBA, etc.

Coach K's system, development, coaching, X's and O's, recruiting, and the Duke supporting cast of players developed Laetner, and Hurley, made them as good as they were, helped them make the NBA, etc.

Diahon Jackson, EFE Abogidi, JAK, would eat a highschool senior, college freshman Laetner alive.

It would be like a highschool senior SHAQ eating a Senior Highschool Laetner for breakfast.

Same with Koulibay, Bamba, Carlos Resario, vs a Highschool Senior Hurley.

Coach K, Duke, Supporting cast made Laetner, Hurley.

Thats the reason why Coach K would do well at WSU, and why I would love Coach K to coach at WSU(Probably would never happen, but would love it if it did happen)

 

[jourdand]

I didn’t realize you had watched Ehlo play as a high school senior and I didn’t realize you had traveled to Europe to watch Jak play. I stand corrected! Check your Olympic facts or non facts. The USA has won 15 of 18 Olympic tournaments and has a .96 winning percentage. All 3 of the other counties who have won Olympic gold are no longer in existence. Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and combined eastern block team

 

[mikalalas]

I didn’t realize you had watched Ehlo play as a high school senior and I didn’t realize you had traveled to Europe to watch Jak play. I stand corrected! Check your Olympic facts or non facts. The USA has won 15 of 18 Olympic tournaments and has a .96 winning percentage. All 3 of the other counties who have won Olympic gold are no longer in existence. Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and combined eastern block team

Correction the USA DREAM TEAM(NBA ALL STARS, MVP's, Hall of Famers, JORDAN, etc)OLYMPIC TEAMS HAVE WON 15 OF 18 Olympic Tournaments.

BEFORE THAT IT WAS MORE EVEN.

And thats why the DREAM TEAMS STARTED UP.

USA got PISSED, TIRED of having its AMATEUR DUKEE TYPES lose to Europe, other countries Olympic teams, so thats the reason why the DREAM TEAMS were started. Thats why JORDAN, ETC, played on the USA Olympic team.

If it wasnt for that. If the Amateur Dukee type USA Olympic Teams were winning, there wouldnt have been a JORDAN on a USA Olympic Team.

And I have watched videos of Craig Ehlo, Laetner, Hurley, etc play Highschool basketball, AAU, etc.

I have watched some Larry Bird Highschool Videos.

They are out there.

Also I have watched videos of Jak's play.

Those videos are also out there, if you are willing to SCOUR the internet.

 

[mikalalas]

Also the article from Katz isn’t saying Jak is one of the top six recruits in the country, it says he is one of the top six impact recruits /players on their team. That’s a big difference when you consider some teams have multiple one and dones every year.

Katz AND other EXPERTS, PUNDITS, are saying, have said that JAK is one of the Top 6 FRESHMEN in the country that will have the biggest impact on their team(AKA be freshman All Americans, Start as Freshmen, play about 30 minutes per game as freshman, have great awesome STATS per game, like about 13 to 23 points per game, etc, those kind of things)

Also if one of the TOP 6 freshman in the entire USA College Basketballdom, is NOT ALSO predicted, projected, extrapolated to ALSO be one of the Top 6 freshmen to have the biggest impact on their respective teams, then they are probably not or shouldnt be considered 1 of the top 6 freshmen in the nation.

What Katz and others are basically saying if read between the lines, understand, etc, is that even tho JAK wasnt INITIALLY 1 of the top 6 freshmen in the entire country, that he has either been REEVALUATED yet again, an or IMPROVED since then, etc, to the point where he maybe should be considered 1 of the top 6 freshman in the country, because, and to the point, that because he is one of the top 6 freshman in the whole entire nation projected to have the biggest impact on his team, that he is likely 1 of the top 6 freshmen in the country.

I mean think about it. Why would any, all, etc, of the top 6 best freshmen in the entire country, NOT ALSO have the top 6 best impacts on their teams.

In other words, LOGICALLY the top 6 freshmen in entire country, and the top 6 freshman in entire country to have the biggest impact on their team, should probably, usually, logically be one and the same list of the same 6 freshman players.

That is basically what Katz, and others are saying, suggesting, hinting, clueing at, if you read between the lines, understand, etc.

So no JAK is not on the preseason, probably OBSOLETE, OFFICIAL top 6 freshmen in the nation list.

And he is on the top 6 freshmen in nation to have the biggest impact on team list.

This is akin to when, if College Football ranks the top 25 best teams, players in the PRESEASON, OFFSEASON, and then as the season gets closer, etc, they go "Oops we got it wrong", "Lets put out a corrected list, and call the list the top 25 best players to have the biggest impacts on their teams". "And nobody will know or figure out that were really talking about the top 25 best players period, and not who is gong to have the biggest impact". "That way we wont have to admit, show we got it wrong, messed up".

Basically JAK is, or should be one of the top 6 freshmen in the country and that is WHY he JAK is projected to have one of the top 6 biggest impacts on his team, by, in the entire nation as a freshman, by the EXPERTS.

Basically little or no difference between the top 6 freshman in entire nation list, and top 6 freshmen in entire nation to have the biggest impact on their team list.

And probably similar list with probably having a couple, few, some same names on both list.

 

[jourdand]

Katz is in no way saying Jak is one of the top 6 incoming freshmen in the country!!! He is saying he potentially could be one of the top impact freshmen in the country, totally and completely different. If a really good 4 star recruit goes to Idaho State he will likely have a huge and instant impact on the team but it doesn’t all of a sudden make him better than a 5 star recruit. Katz is saying Jak is better than what we have so should play and contribute right away. Not that he is better than say the Duke recruits. There is video of Ehlo playing in high school in 1979? Good luck finding that! Lmao!
Also the USA’s 96 percent winning record and dominance of Olympic gold (15 out of 18) is not based on post Dream Team figures but on the total Olympic history! Since the NBA players have been allowed in the Olympics in 1992 the USA has not won the gold one time 2004. The Soviet Union won in 1972 (their version of “the miracle on ice”). The USA did not compete in 1980 so couldn’t win. They lost in 1988 prompting the addition of NBA players into the mix. 96 percent before and after the Dream Team is about as dominant as you can get😁🏀