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White Men Can't Jump so we are told yet it's another false stereotype and it's not true. The highest vertical leap at the 2024 NBA Combine
was from Reed Sheppard of Kentucky who left school after only his freshman year!

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(1) Reed Sheppard, Kentucky: 42 inches
 
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The 10 fastest shuttle runs:
  1. Dalton Knecht, Tennessee: 2.79 seconds
  2. Tristan da Silva, Colorado: 2.82 seconds
  3. Dillon Jones, Weber State: 2.82 seconds
  4. Ulrich Chomche, NBA Academy Africa: 2.84 seconds
  5. Tristen Newton, UConn: 2.84 seconds
  6. Payton Sandfort, Iowa: 2.84 seconds
  7. AJ Johnson, Illawarra Hawks (NBL): 2.87 seconds
  8. Jamal Shead, Houston: 2.87 seconds
  9. Ryan Dunn, Virginia: 2.88 seconds
  10. Matas Buzelis, G League Ignite: 2.9 seconds
 
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Dalton Knecht Could be the Draft's Best Scorer | 2024 NBA Draft

In this edition of the Heat Check NBA Draft series, Draft Digest writer Derek Parker breaks down Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht, who has made his name as one of college basketball's best bucket-getters this season. Contents of this video: 0:00 - Dalton Knecht Breakdown 0:43 - Heat Check...
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Appreciate the updates. NBA Draft this year is must see TV!
 
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white lightning said:
The 10 fastest shuttle runs:
  1. Dalton Knecht, Tennessee: 2.79 seconds
  2. Tristan da Silva, Colorado: 2.82 seconds
  3. Dillon Jones, Weber State: 2.82 seconds
  4. Ulrich Chomche, NBA Academy Africa: 2.84 seconds
  5. Tristen Newton, UConn: 2.84 seconds
  6. Payton Sandfort, Iowa: 2.84 seconds
  7. AJ Johnson, Illawarra Hawks (NBL): 2.87 seconds
  8. Jamal Shead, Houston: 2.87 seconds
  9. Ryan Dunn, Virginia: 2.88 seconds
  10. Matas Buzelis, G League Ignite: 2.9 seconds
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If I'm an nba team owner I would be jumping for joy with a chance to grab Dalton Knecht who out runs and out jumps just about everybody. Then he can score as good as any baller in the country. You can get him in the bottom half of the top 10 and that's a steal in my honest opinion!
 
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white lightning said:
White Men Can't Jump so we are told yet it's another false stereotype and it's not true. The highest vertical leap at the 2024 NBA Combine
was from Reed Sheppard of Kentucky who left school after only his freshman year!

www.cbssports.com

2024 NBA Draft Combine: Reed Sheppard, Zach Edey among biggest stock-risers

The 2024 NBA Draft Combine has wrapped up its competitive portion of the week, which saw several household names make themselves a lot of money
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com


(1) Reed Sheppard, Kentucky: 42 inches
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white lightning said:
White Men Can't Jump so we are told yet it's another false stereotype and it's not true. The highest vertical leap at the 2024 NBA Combine
was from Reed Sheppard of Kentucky who left school after only his freshman year!

www.cbssports.com

2024 NBA Draft Combine: Reed Sheppard, Zach Edey among biggest stock-risers

The 2024 NBA Draft Combine has wrapped up its competitive portion of the week, which saw several household names make themselves a lot of money
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com


(1) Reed Sheppard, Kentucky: 42 inches
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Very surprised by Sheppard's 42 inch vertical. He has not flashed this ability so far in his career. Some were comparing him to Rex Chapman.
Rex was very aggressive with his leaping ability, but I haven't seen that yet with Sheppard. He needs to be more aggressive when he has a fast break, he needs to throw it down with authority instead of being passive with a lay up!
Sheppard is obviously a great player, but it's not enough to just be fundamentality sound and passive. He needs to be more aggressive. Especially at the NBA level!!
 
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A way to Get the DWFs to waste their gambling money.
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Exactly. These are gullible fools being lead by misleading ESPN headlines (the only outlet I see pushing Bronny 24/7). Any reports that following scouting seem to conclude he’s a 2nd round talent who may be picked a bit higher to woo the balding BLM activist. Why any team would waste a high pick, just to sign an aged star on his last legs, is beyond me. But it would be funny to see a failing franchise do something incredibly dumb.
 
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Carolina Speed said:
Very surprised by Sheppard's 42 inch vertical. He has not flashed this ability so far in his career. Some were comparing him to Rex Chapman.
Rex was very aggressive with his leaping ability, but I haven't seen that yet with Sheppard. He needs to be more aggressive when he has a fast break, he needs to throw it down with authority instead of being passive with a lay up!
Sheppard is obviously a great player, but it's not enough to just be fundamentality sound and passive. He needs to be more aggressive. Especially at the NBA level!!
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I agree CS, I didn't see that ability to explode to the basket either. I hope he was just trying to play under control.
 

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Getting further into the draft process now, its a little more clear which guys are being considered draft possibilities. The number of White prospects are significantly better than last year, which is why I'm excited enough to even follow along. Here's a list of guys after reading through a number of mocks.

Reed Sheppard, Kentucky - lottery pick (could go 2 or 3)
Dalton Knecht, Tennessee - lottery pick (5-10 range)
Matas Buzelis, G League - lottery pick (5-10 range)
Donovan Clingan, UConn - lottery pick (back end)
Nikola Topic, Serbia - lottery pick / mid 1st (injury causing his stock to fall)
Kyle Filipowski, Duke - Mid 1st
Johnny Furphy, Kansas - Mid to late 1st
Tyler Kolek, Marquette - mid to late 1st
Zach Edey, Purdue - mid 1st to early 2nd (hardest guy to predict as I see as high as 12th to early 2nd round)
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton - late 1st to early 2nd (rising due to excellent combine)
PJ Hall, Clemson - early 2nd
Cam Spencer, UConn - early to mid 2nd
Nikola Djurisic, Serbia - mid 2nd
Pelle Larsson, Arizona - mid to late 2nd
Juan Nunez, Spain - late 2nd

For sh1ts, Bronny James seems to be mocked to the Lakers consistently in the late 2nd round. On talent, even that is a reach, but no where close to the absurd predictions of #1 overall (a scam so DWFs can place losing bets).
 
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Freethinker said:
Getting further into the draft process now, its a little more clear which guys are being considered draft possibilities. The number of White prospects are significantly better than last year, which is why I'm excited enough to even follow along. Here's a list of guys after reading through a number of mocks.

Reed Sheppard, Kentucky - lottery pick (could go 2 or 3)
Dalton Knecht, Tennessee - lottery pick (5-10 range)
Matas Buzelis, G League - lottery pick (5-10 range)
Donovan Clingan, UConn - lottery pick (back end)
Nikola Topic, Serbia - lottery pick / mid 1st (injury causing his stock to fall)
Kyle Filipowski, Duke - Mid 1st
Johnny Furphy, Kansas - Mid to late 1st
Tyler Kolek, Marquette - mid to late 1st
Zach Edey, Purdue - mid 1st to early 2nd (hardest guy to predict as I see as high as 12th to early 2nd round)
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton - late 1st to early 2nd (rising due to excellent combine)
PJ Hall, Clemson - early 2nd
Cam Spencer, UConn - early to mid 2nd
Nikola Djurisic, Serbia - mid 2nd
Pelle Larsson, Arizona - mid to late 2nd
Juan Nunez, Spain - late 2nd

For sh1ts, Bronny James seems to be mocked to the Lakers consistently in the late 2nd round. On talent, even that is a reach, but no where close to the absurd predictions of #1 overall (a scam so DWFs can place losing bets).
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Thanks for the write up Freethinker!

This Buzelis kid can really throw down!!

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