[SamuelMcF]

Back to the original topic, Oscar Da Silva was named Pac-12 scholar athlete of the year.  Not much doubt about this one.

He's our 5th winner since 2010 (Fields, Randle, Powell, and Pickens).

Sorry for the interruption.  You may now return to doom and gloom posts about the state of the program.

Congrats to Oscar!

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I just checked a few NBA draft projections. Almost all of them had Z. Williams projected in the range of 8th to 12th in the first round.

Seems like we should have seen more production from a player like that. He had 10.7 points/game, 4.6 reb/game, 37.4% FG pct., 29.1% 3-pt pct.

One of the two evaluations is incorrect. The "projected" one or the "actual" one. I pick actual. A guy who is really transcendent will show it no matter who his coach is. Remember the old saying that the only person who could hold MJ to below 30 points a game was Dean Smith. Even under those conditions, it was clear MJ was an NBA caliber player. It is not clear that Mr. Williams is, at least based on what he has shown so far. Somebody may take a flyer, but it is no "sure thing" IMHO. Any freshman that averages 10.7 ppg isn't chopped liver, but a first round draft pick??? He also didn't make everybody around him better, which is what one would expect from a player "to be reckoned with". WYSIWYG.

The 4th pick in last year's draft, Patrick Williams from FSU, didn't start a single game and his stats on the season were 9/4/1. He is now averaging more points per game for the Chicago Bulls than he did in his single year in college. Has started every game.

[SamuelMcF]

Back to the original topic, Oscar Da Silva was named Pac-12 scholar athlete of the year.  Not much doubt about this one.

He's our 5th winner since 2010 (Fields, Randle, Powell, and Pickens).

Sorry for the interruption.  You may now return to doom and gloom posts about the state of the program.

Congrats to Oscar!

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I just checked a few NBA draft projections. Almost all of them had Z. Williams projected in the range of 8th to 12th in the first round.

Seems like we should have seen more production from a player like that. He had 10.7 points/game, 4.6 reb/game, 37.4% FG pct., 29.1% 3-pt pct.

One of the two evaluations is incorrect. The "projected" one or the "actual" one. I pick actual. A guy who is really transcendent will show it no matter who his coach is. Remember the old saying that the only person who could hold MJ to below 30 points a game was Dean Smith. Even under those conditions, it was clear MJ was an NBA caliber player. It is not clear that Mr. Williams is, at least based on what he has shown so far. Somebody may take a flyer, but it is no "sure thing" IMHO. Any freshman that averages 10.7 ppg isn't chopped liver, but a first round draft pick??? He also didn't make everybody around him better, which is what one would expect from a player "to be reckoned with". WYSIWYG.

The 4th pick in last year's draft, Patrick Williams from FSU, didn't start a single game and his stats on the season were 9/4/1. He is now averaging more points per game for the Chicago Bulls than he did in his single year in college. Has started every game.