Alphawalt wrote:
Kalk, Trey, Art, and Nembhard are for SURE better than Baylor, even as younger players, they proved their worth in the BE, which is as least two notches higher than the Summit league. Baylor may be good coming in off the bench for instant offense, ala Remy Martin with Kansas last year. Remy was certainly a stater level player coming from PAC 12 ASU, and he embraced the role of coming in off the bench to Kansas’ benefit. I am not saying we should not try to sign Baylor if it is possible, I am just saying he is not as good as his hype, and yes, I have watched a number of his games from last year. I just don’t think he is an impact level player in the BE. Complementary yes, impact no.
This is giving me flashbacks to our MVC days when major conference team fans would say "Kyle Korver would be 3rd or 4th off the bench at Duke." or "Nate Funk couldn't make the rotation at a Power 5 school." Stop looking at the conference. Look at his game. Look at his tape. Look at how NBA scouts evaluate him. Look at how every blue blood contacted him when he entered the portal. Look at his G-league offer. I'll take that cumulative assessment of his play/potential a bit more seriously than your narrow-focused one.
I don't know why I'm defending him so much other than I detest the reasons for this opinion, so I have to. You're entitled to it, but the logic is flawed. Ryan Hawkins came from a worse school and conference (by quality of play) than Baylor and Hawk was arguably CU's Team MVP (others also have arguments, but Hawks' is as strong as anyone's) on a short-staffed squad that was a few possessions away from beating the eventual National Champion. Again, bad logic for the bad opinion, IMO.