Skal

[85 Fly]

I agree he is a project who needs at least two years experience at the college level but he will move on...if he stayed he would get even less minutes with the class coming in, they ARE more physical and aggressive...we WILL have a good front court next year.

[jpay]

Hopeless...

[JFCats22]

Jeff Goodman re: Skal

I spoke to about 5 NBA guys about him last week. They all thought he would still go somewhere in middle of first round.

[George]

Jeff Goodman re: Skal

I spoke to about 5 NBA guys about him last week. They all thought he would still go somewhere in middle of first round.

He probably will. Reports like this will probably continue until he puts his name in and can't back out. Then - watch and see - scouts will bash him left and right to drive down his price, a team will grab him as cheap as they can, stash him on the shelf and make him their next "project."

[Katmendo]

Jeff Goodman re: Skal

I spoke to about 5 NBA guys about him last week. They all thought he would still go somewhere in middle of first round.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[JFCats22]

He probably will. Reports like this will probably continue until he puts his name in and can't back out. Then - watch and see - scouts will bash him left and right to drive down his price, a team will grab him as cheap as they can, stash him on the shelf and make him their next "project."

Yes, possibly.

Although, I think he's in trouble. In the past month he has gone from top 3 pick to 5-10, and now (just one guy saying it but still) a mid 1st round pick.

If he continues doing what he has been on the court, which is nothing, he will not be a first round pick.

[Joneslab]

Not sure he'll continue to slide. He's at the bottom of the barrel now. Nothing he can do can make it worse, he can only make it better. And as we've seen with the NBA scouts, really only a couple of solid games puts a guy into the first round discussion.

The team that takes him will probably have to be a decent team because it'll be assumed he will have to basically be held out for a year. So I doubt he goes in the lottery. But what's he going to do at this point to make his stock worse? Not play at all? Get negative rebounds?

He'll be a first rounder if he wants it, as crazy as that is.

[justford]

Not sure he'll continue to slide. He's at the bottom of the barrel now. Nothing he can do can make it worse, he can only make it better. And as we've seen with the NBA scouts, really only a couple of solid games puts a guy into the first round discussion.

The team that takes him will probably have to be a decent team because it'll be assumed he will have to basically be held out for a year. So I doubt he goes in the lottery. But what's he going to do at this point to make his stock worse? Not play at all? Get negative rebounds?

He'll be a first rounder if he wants it, as crazy as that is.

One thing that might make his stock worse as silly as it may sound is his body language and attitude.

[JFCats22]

Skal has been dropped from nbadraft.net's 2016 mock draft. Have him in 2017 now

http://www.nbadraft.net/2016mock_draft

[GOCAT15]

Skal has been dropped from nbadraft.net's 2016 mock draft. Have him in 2017 now

http://www.nbadraft.net/2016mock_draft

It will really be interesting if Skal does not improve if his "potential" keeps him in the lottery, I have my doubts, but i've given up trying to figure out NBA talent scouts.

[GOCAT15]

And draftexpress still has him as the fifth overall pick!

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2016/

[J.Jennings]

Not sure what Skal will do at the end of the season but honestly, he's actually starting to fight a little bit more the past two games. May not be anywhere close to being the player we thought he would be but i do see slow improvement game to game. It may take him all season to peak but he peaks at the right time, good for the team when tournament time comes around.

Reality, he can play like garbage all season long but if he breaks out in the NCAA tournament, he stock and draft status doesn't skip a beat.......