He's a mega-whale one-and-done. No chance he stays longer than a year.
The beauty of being a mega-whale one-and-done is you can do it from whatever school you want. The NBA doesn't care where you play if you're a mega-whale. So why not do it here?
- The #1 overall pick, Anthony Edwards, played at a downright terrible Georgia.
- The #2 overall pick, James Wiseman, played exactly 3 games at Memphis. (Memphis also had a second mega-whale freshman, Precious Achiuwa, drafted #20.)
- UW had 2 mega-whale freshmen drafted in the first round, and they came dead last in the Pac-12 this season.
- Vanderbilt came dead last in the SEC 2 seasons ago, and their mega-whale 5* recruit Darius Garland was hurt 5 games in...and got drafted #5 overall.
- Mega-whale freshman Trae Young's Oklahoma came second-to-last in the Big 12 in 2017.
Ziaire's fellow 2020 mega-whales, 5* CG/#1 overall player Cade Cuningham and 5* C Makur Maker, will be playing their one-and-done seasons at decidedly-not-a-powerhouse Oklahoma State, and...Howard.
Tippy-top recruits have to notice the fact that this year was the first since 2000 that Kansas/Duke/UNC/Kentucky combined for ZERO lottery picks.
The beauty of being a mega-whale one-and-done is you can do it from whatever school you want. The NBA doesn't care where you play if you're a mega-whale. So why not do it here?
- The #1 overall pick, Anthony Edwards, played at a downright terrible Georgia.
- The #2 overall pick, James Wiseman, played exactly 3 games at Memphis. (Memphis also had a second mega-whale freshman, Precious Achiuwa, drafted #20.)
- UW had 2 mega-whale freshmen drafted in the first round, and they came dead last in the Pac-12 this season.
- Vanderbilt came dead last in the SEC 2 seasons ago, and their mega-whale 5* recruit Darius Garland was hurt 5 games in...and got drafted #5 overall.
- Mega-whale freshman Trae Young's Oklahoma came second-to-last in the Big 12 in 2017.
Ziaire's fellow 2020 mega-whales, 5* CG/#1 overall player Cade Cuningham and 5* C Makur Maker, will be playing their one-and-done seasons at decidedly-not-a-powerhouse Oklahoma State, and...Howard.
Tippy-top recruits have to notice the fact that this year was the first since 2000 that Kansas/Duke/UNC/Kentucky combined for ZERO lottery picks.