Proud that Darren is part of our University - not just on the team.  He gets it - he is linking his ability on the court to a bigger mission and that is awesome!!! Wising his success in. His summer camps and hoping we build a successful team around him next year!!!

A very interesting thread. 

https://x.com/kj__hoops/status/1821285326741996014?s=46&t=Q-B9hWjWh5XMBYUtWNYKFw

Spoke with an Assistant A10 Coach today and he told me he thinks DBJr has a chance at developing into a late 1st round pick in the next few years

Future NBA player, not hard to see the potential there regardless of when and where he goes in the draft

https://gwhatchet.com/2024/10/28/buchanan-never-satisfied-returns-for-year-two-with-revs/

 

Last edited by The Dude (10/31/2024 9:41 pm)

15 points and 10 boards a game for DBJr so far and 2 steals per game too, looking very much the part of the 1st Team All League player and POY contender so far

 

The Dude wrote:

The  best player in the A10 DBJr is averaging 16 and 11 so far

GW off to a 3-0 start

 

And there it is.  You've gone from thinking that Jun is an A10 POY contender to declaring him the best player in the conference.  Because of three double doubles against inferior teams lacking the size and talent to slow him down.  I'll respond in two ways, one you're sure to ignore and the other I can only hope you'll take to heart.

1) We got it.  We all now know that it's your belief that Jun is the conference's best player.  We know you are saying this in an unbiased manner because you said so.  There is no need to repeat it again and again, after every good game that Jun plays.  This adds nothing to the discussion.  

2) I watched you do this very same thing to James Bishop last year and how did that work out?  You constantly pointed out that he deserved to be the player of the year, or at the very least, one of the top 2 or 3 players under consideration.  He was neither of the two players who shared the POY award.  He was not one of the 6 players on the A10 first team, nor was he one of the 6 players on the A10 second team.  He did make the 3rd team so by anyone's calculation, he was not one of the conference's top 12 players last year.

That said, I would tell you that you have no idea whether JB read this board, or if DBJ presently does.  You have no idea whether anyone connected to them discusses anything from this board with them or with any player.  You have no idea whether you're creating any undue pressure on DBJ (or JB last year), calling him the A10's best player, whether that's your intention or not. 

I'm willing to ignore a lot, including your conversation with an A10 Assistant Coach who provided you with an unofficial scouting report on Jun.  But in the very small chance that a player isn't reacting well to your worship of him, like referring to a player about to start his 25th game in a GW uniform as the best player in the A10, maybe you can just realize that everyone knows your opinion and stop continuing to express it again and again.

Let's hope he exceeds our expectations.

MVCOLONIAL wrote:

Let's hope he exceeds our expectations.

Jun or Dude?

DC Native, it's not my intent to denigrate James in the slightest who inarguably was a great player for GW.  And your point about best player vs. POY is fair although 12 guys made the first and second teams and not all of them played for top conference programs.  I would ask you whether JB was top 5 based on skills and accomplishments over the course of his career (easier for me to agree with), or top 5 based on last season alone (more difficult for me to agree with).

Dude, when you do nothing more than simply react to someone else's response to the thread, it does make me wonder if you really understand the point I am making in the first place.  Hopefully you do, and to use your vernacular, will abide.

gwstudent2024 wrote:

I remain dumbfounded by how bothered some of you seem to be by Dude's posts. If you don't like it, don't respond. If you think he is clogging up the board with his posts and creating of new threads, then when you respond to them, you are doing the same. The more time spent talking about actual basketball on here, the better, which applies to everyone

Amen.

And Jun is arguably the highest potential player in the A10 but he’s going to have show he can do it against teams that can more or less match him athletically while he is the focal point of the defense.