Draft March Madness Draft Watch: Spurs Prospect Tracker

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Are you guys taking Krivas this year or last year's Kalkbrenner? I thought Kalkbrenner should have been a late first last year and it looks like Krivas is trending toward being a late first rounder this year.

Contrasting the two, I would say that even though they are around the same size (7'1-7'2, 7'5-7'6 wingspan), Kalk was a much worse rebounder and this same weakness has translated so far in the league. He was also a much worse FT shooter and he has virtually no hope of converting to a stretch center whereas Krivas does.

However, Kalk was able to protect the rim without fouling (less than half the foul rate) which is a big deal with regards to winning the possession battle and was an absolute elite finisher around the rim (>75% around the rim with high volume dunks over all 5 years of his career). In contrast, Krivas has a significantly lower (1/3 the volume) of dunks and his rim finishing percentages are actually very poor for someone of his size.
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Kalkbrenner seems to be somewhat an outlier in terms of how rarely he fouled. At least compared to the top center prospects (on Tankathon):

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Ngongba, 4.6 fouls
Mara, 3.5 fouls
Veesaar, 2.9 fouls
Krivas, 3.7 fouls
Kalkbrenner, 1.5 fouls

For whatever that is worth.

His touch around the basket may be a concern. He does seem to draw fouls and converts them, however, and Krivas has by a good deal the lowest usage rate among those five at only 18.2% (for me, a good thing, more of a Luke Kornet deal).
 
Oh, and while Krivas is already a junior at 21.55 years at time of draft, Kalkbrenner was 23.42 years old the time of his draft.
 
I need St. John's to win to salvage any shot I have at the office bracket pool, tbh
 
If Zuby continues to be such a willing shooter, he’s going up on my “versatility” draft list and not on the PF/C one.
 
That’s THREE inbound passes that’s been stolen by St Johns. Embarrassing for Duke
 
Pitino's face is literally melting. Raiders Of The Lost Ark style.
 
Zuby hit a 3. First one I think I've seen him hit this tournament. If he develops that at the next level, he will be a serviceable role player given his physical profile and defensive ability.
 
Prey is one ugly mfer but he’s stepping up big time
 
Prey is an interesting name for a dude who kind of looks like the Predator

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St John's defense picking up --- 8-0 run
 
Why don't all teams just copy St. Johns' defense? Play full court press the whole game?
 
Prey follows the 3 with a block on Boozer.
 
This 2-3 zone is working. Amazing how just seeing a different defense can really disrupt a team's offensive rhythm. Also, why did St John's suddenly lay off the press?
 
St. John’s chucking too hard, Duke’s got this one in the bag
 
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