(01-24-2022 03:27 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 12:40 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 12:36 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 11:52 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 10:40 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  My guess is that Emoni spends next year in the G-League since he'll still be too young to go to the NBA Draft and clearly everything going on at Memphis is a train wreck.

IF he stays at FedEx U my guess is he pulls a James Wiseman and only plays to the point that he has a good draft stock and then bails on the season.

Emoni's life was to start fast, try to go faster, skip steps, and go faster yet.

He would have been well advised to be a 'normal' teenager, albeit one with very good athletic skills.

Its too late now. He can't retrace his steps and be a senior at Ypsi Lincoln. Students should not be skipping grades, etc. unless they are 3 (or at least 2) standard deviations above the mean (those are the students who can take the ACT and score say 33+ and get into the most selective universities).

Great lPost Steve!

Emoni was the number one rated player as a freshman-Sophomore at Ypsilanti Lincoln. He got all of the recognition anyone could want. But his dad and others chasing fame and glory to be a millionaire asap.

He will end up a fine pro and millionaire but I ponder the great high school memories he never experienced trying to grow up too fast.

For his sake, I hope he doesn't get too far ahead of himself and flame out.

If I were a NBA GM I would not draft him. Not sure he is ready physically, emotionally, mentally, etc. (I do realize he has one more year before being eligible for the draft).

I believe he just turned 18 this month. Hard to gage where he'll be physically in 2 years.

I've seen him play for Memphis and quite frankly he reminds me more of Antoine Joubert than Earvin Johnson. He has skills but he really wants to hang the three point line on offense and is very passive on defense. He avoids the paint and contact at all costs, his 6'9' length plays more like 6'4". He is still young, but he needs a lot of work and I don't think Penny is the guy to make him do so.