Kingston Fleming’s UNDERWHELMING Showing Draws More Questions, Darius Acuff’s Answers Some

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   @LockedOnMavericks 6 days ago

   0:00 Kingston Fleming's Stock Dropping?
   11:39 Darius Acuff Boosts Draft Stock
   18:55 Brayden Burries
   22:56 Keaton Wagler's NBA Fit

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   @LockedOnMavericks 6 days ago

   Pick ONE for the Mavs: Kingston Flemings, Darius Acuff, Keaton Wagler

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   @ClaudeSantos-n2u 6 days ago

   its good acuff lost or we wont get him at 5th. Im still picking Acuff over Kingston and Keaton

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   @lucasdunnington-c9z 6 days ago

   I think people aren’t factoring in just how bad Houston’s offence is. Or rather how much more difficult it is for Flemings to score right now compared to what it’ll look like next year when he is in the NBA. Flemings has by far the weakest offensive supporting cast of any of the guards in his draft range- Wagler, Acuff, Burries, Brown Jr, Philon.

   Houston plays incredibly slow which constantly forces Flemings to have to create in the half court against a set defence. They constantly play 2 players (Cenac and Tugler) who are complete zeroes on offence. This allows the defence to key on Houston’s 3 guards.

   Neither Uzan or Sharp are particularly athletic nor are they elite shooters. They are good shooters but they don’t have the same gravity as say Fletcher Loyer on Purdue. There is a big difference between 34% and 38% for Uzan and Sharp respectively from 3 and the 43% that Loyer shot from 3 this season.

   If you add this all up this means that the only player on Houston’s roster that has even a chance of consistently creating an advantage for himself or his teammates, is Flemings. That is why Flemings is Houston’s entire offence. If you watch a game, the ball is in his hands almost every possession. Houston’s offence is the exact opposite of what it’ll be like at the NBA. The paint is constantly crowded with Tugler and Cenac and Houston draws no fouls. It’s either 3 pointers (probably off offensive rebounds) or pull up midrange shots from Flemings or maybe a floater from Uzan.

   At the NBA level Flemings will be surrounded by better shooters and probably only 1 non perimeter player instead of 2. He will also have at least 1 other teammate who can consistently create his own shot and he won’t play in an offence that insists on walking the ball up the floor just to spam pick and rolls that don’t actually get the defence in rotation.

   Compare Flemings’s situation with the guards I mentioned above. Alabama and Arkansas are 2 of the fastest teams in college. Philon and Acuff constantly get out in transition and they are flanked with elite shooting guards in Holloway and Thomas. Burries plays for a loaded Arizona team that played quite fast and Brown Jr played for a Louisville team that also pushed the pace. The only guard that didn’t play for a team pushing the pace was Wagler. Illinois plays quite slow as well but I’d say Illinois has maybe the most talented offensive roster in the country this year.

   This isn’t to say I think Flemings could do what Philon or Acuff or Wagler have done this year. I think those 3 specifically have been phenomenal offensive engines for their respective teams. I’m just trying to point out that Flemings was not put in an ideal situation at all. The fact that he finished his season averaging 16/5/4 while shooting 48/39/84 from the floor is a testament to his talent. Add in the defensive upside and that’s why I still have Flemings 5th overall on my board.

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   @goldmouthrobert 6 days ago

   I don’t think against St. John’s is the game I’d bet for boozer to “get that scoring going” lol. Never know tho I guess

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   @WOWimTim 6 days ago

   Flemings is the worst of the guard prospects. Peterson, Wagler, Mikel brown, philon, Acuff, Burries are all better. Flemings will be a good 3 and d player. I think his nba comp is Cason Wallace.

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   @williamk2257 6 days ago

   Still not sold on Acuff. He scored 27 sure but ended up a -27 for the game. Sure some goes on his teammates but he got blown by a few times while I was watching. Just standing flat footed.

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   @MC-ej4to 6 days ago

   Maybe I'm just weird I just don't see it with Wagler. I'm just saying like I don't see it. I don't feel like he's athletic enough I don't feel like he's going to create enough gravity. I just don't see the speed and what's weird is that he's in an offensive system. It's so hard to know what he's going to be because he's actually allowed to play offense some of these other guys aren't in that kind of system. Is he a product of the system or is he a product of being good. I just don't see it man I don't even see an NBA comparison for this guy.