07-04-2021, 03:17 PM
Interesting name to throw around Santi Aldama from Spain. Him and Garuba (projected 17th in this draft) led Spain to the U18 European Championship. Aldama won tournament MVP (over Garuba/Sengun) and is/was a high-level prospect/recruit, but chose to go to a smaller college in Loyola, where he averaged 21/10 with two blocks last year. He´s still in this draft class and currently projected to go undrafted.
History of the U18 tournament MVP is pretty good. Names on the honour roll include...
Parker, Batum, Valanciunas, Kanter, Saric, Koufos, Rodriguez, Motiejunas, Lorbek, Abrines, Ntilikina. That´s 11 out of 19 MVPs of that tournament.
He hasn´t hired an agent, but that´s the kind of player, you buy a 2nd round pick for and make a promise. If he was playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona, he´d definitely be projected as a 2nd round pick. He´s just off the beaten scouting path going from a small Spanish club to a small college.
History of the U18 tournament MVP is pretty good. Names on the honour roll include...
Parker, Batum, Valanciunas, Kanter, Saric, Koufos, Rodriguez, Motiejunas, Lorbek, Abrines, Ntilikina. That´s 11 out of 19 MVPs of that tournament.
He hasn´t hired an agent, but that´s the kind of player, you buy a 2nd round pick for and make a promise. If he was playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona, he´d definitely be projected as a 2nd round pick. He´s just off the beaten scouting path going from a small Spanish club to a small college.