Angel Delgado, S. Hall
Emmanuel Omgobo, CSU
Yoeli childs, BYU
DJ Johnson, Kansas St.
A few division 1 players who mostly play pf that are good rebounders and decent shot blockers, who didn't hit double figures in scoring until their junior or senior years.
On 247 Theo is rated the 49th best Power Forward in the country. What is it about your expertise that negates this? I think you are bitter about something about him, his ceiling is much lower than other guys in Minnesota right now. Do you think he was rated higher?
Not bitter about John. Just don't think missing him is a big deal because I don't think he's going to be a great college player. Very little in his game impresses me. He's a specimen and he's a good athlete for a C in college but I think he's a limited player who at best, will carve out a rotation bench big man role.
And we can all cherry pick bigs who started slow and were ranked low before busting out and playing well.
Here are guys ranked 46-50 at PF in the 2013, 14 and 15 classes:
2013
Jacob Hartsock – BYU – Left program barely played
Antravious Simmons – VCU – transferred to Florida Gulf Coast – 8 points 5 rebounds as a So. 5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds in 14 mins as a junior
Fallou Ndoye – uncommitted
Braiden Shaw – BYU – 1.4 points in 6.5 minutes as a RS sophomore
Mark Williams – Temple – 6 points 3 rebounds in 16 mins as a senior
2014
Tory Miller – Colorado – 5.6 points, 4 rebounds in 16 mins as a junior
Domantas Sabonis – Gonzaga – Exception – really good
Michael Finke – Illinois – 7 points 4 rebounds as a soph
Matz Stockman – Louisville – 4 mins per game as a junior
Ricky Doyle – Michigan – 3.8 points, 2 rebounds in 12 mins as a soph before transferring
2015
Dean Wade – Kansas State – 9 points, 5 rebounds in first two years at K-State
Tim Delaney – Villanova – RS FR, 3.7 mins per game
Andre Adams – Arizona St – RS FR 5.7 mins per game
Shawntrez Davis – Texas Tech – didn’t play
Antonio Vrancovic – Duke – 7.8 mins per game in13 games
That's 2, maybe 3 guys that turned into what I'd classify as good college players. If you want a lot, you aren't going to likely get it. I see John as a 12-18 mpg guy who can get you a few points, rebounds and block a shot. Not more than that.
I'm not bitter at him. I'm just not attached to Minnesota kids like a lot of people are.