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Topic subjectRE: Seth Curry and LiAngelo Ball both went to the G-League.
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2741369, RE: Seth Curry and LiAngelo Ball both went to the G-League.
Posted by ThaTruth, Thu Jun-24-21 09:57 PM
>Seth Curry scored 20 PPG in the G-League his first season and
>24 PPG his second, making the G-League All-Star team both
>years.
>
>LiAngelo Ball couldn't get on a G-League roster.
>
>This is likely because LiAngelo Ball was a three-star recruit
>who wasn't going to earn minutes in the worst major conference
>in college basketball at the time, and Seth Curry was an
>All-ACC First Team and All-American Second Team player.
>
>LiAngelo's always been slow, always been a bad defender,
>always been a mediocre scorer outside of standstill shooting.
>His only chance to make an NBA roster would've been to become
>a 45+% 3PT shooter consistently. Even then it'd be a stretch.
>He's just not an NBA prospect and never was to anyone who'd
>actually seen him play.

Steph, Dame and Russ were all 3 star recruits, Jimmy Butler was a 2 star recruit, PG & CJ McCollum were 3 stars, Cameron Payne was out of the league last year. Not saying Gelo would've been as good as any of those dudes but lets you know what high school rankings mean.

When you get to borderline NBA roster guys its a fine line between making a team, g-league, 10-day contract whatever.

I was just saying its probably hard for Gelo watching his brothers in national commercials and WONDERING what could've been for him.

Would any of Giannis' brothers be in the league if they're last name was Jackson?