[Reptilian MonkParticipant]

 Malik Monk has 39 points with 10 minutes left to go vs North carolina. He has been very impressive shooting well getting to the rim. Lots of potential, great performance

[Mr. 19134Participant]

 Hes my fav prospect this year mostly because i think hes the perfect prospect FOR the  Sixers to pair with Simmons.  

This guy has Booker/Murray level markmanship with Rose/Wall level athleticism. Out of the hyped guards id only draft Fultz over him

 

 

[Lebron’s HairlineParticipant]

 This guy is killing my tarheels right now, he looks like Cuttino Mobley 2.0

[BiggysmallsParticipant]

 Man…kid wouldn’t miss. First half I blame UNC’s pathetic defense but some of those shots late were just unreal. Step back, hand in the face and he was just true. 

He’s been a lot better than I was expecting him to be. Everything I’d read said he was a pure volume shooter who bordered on "chucker"…I don’t really see that. He takes a lot of jumpers but I don’t see him shot hunting too often. He seems to plays in the flow of the offese pretty well. 

Just once I’d love to see UNC win one of these games. They play in these amazing games so often and they always seem to lose. Jackson was terrific offensively and Berry was better than I thought he’d be. Need Meeks to give them more but he just might be what he is at this point. UNC gets nothing from their freshmen. I know its a vet teams but man, those guys seem like liabilities out there. 

 

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

 Monk is a guy that can take a make tough shots. He was absolutely unconscious today. Not sure how else to describe what I just saw. Almost every shot he took I thought to myself "there’s no way that’s going in" and they just kept going in every time. Given the magnitude of the game, maybe the best individual performance I’ve seen in years in college basketball. And Kentucky needed every one of those buckets to win.

[Taylor Gang MikeParticipant]

 Reminds me so much of Lou Williams. He is Lous clone! When Lou was in HS and his early NBA days. Monk plays like him. If Monk was 6’6 he would be top 5 but he’s 6’2.. He’s in that small 2 guard feel. Like Lou, Monta, Beal etc. He will be a good scorer. 

[vulture711Participant]

Lou Will is the comparison I’ve used as well.  He’s a small two but for the right team, especially with a bigger PG, we could d up points

[holefillers1Participant]

 I like Monk but he is not a PG so no way I take him over Fultz, Ball, Smith.  Like Taylor Gang Mike(new handle?) said, 6’2 scoring gaurd.  

 I dont even view him as a combo.  He is a chucker. Fun as hell to watch. If Tatum ain’t there for the taking I would grab this kid with the Lakers pick.

[losnopesosParticipant]

Monk is absolutely no PG, but not necessarily undersized as a 6-3 SG when you’ve got 40+ inch kicks and decently long arms.  His ability to make tough shots with a hand in his face comes from a high release and good elevation on his jumper.  Hats off, given the magnitude of the game, this is the best individual scoring performance in college ball of the past few years.  

[HitsterParticipant]

 Malik looks a good scorer but being undersized for an SG will always be an issue with him but he is a solid 200lbs guy so will have a stronger base than taller thinner SGs which he can use to his advantage.

He looks the sort of guy who could be a very good 6th man in the NBA as an impact scorer.

 

[khaled_a_dParticipant]

He was measured 6’2.25 without shoes before the season. That is 6’4 in the NBA or 6’3 at worst. So he isn’t 6’2
His wingspan was measured below 6’4 in college which is strange since he was measured 6’7 wingspan before.
So overall he doesn’t have perfect size for SG but he isn’t very undersized either .

[I.C.Y.U.NV.MEParticipant]

 Jamal Crawford with pre injury Rose athleticism.

[binetParticipant]

 He is so far from Jamal’s handles ! that’s not a fair comp.

Athleticism, high volume shooting, he is more JR Smith with several inches less. Like JR he is going to need the right players around him to look good. Size does not matter that much for guys projected are below average defenders and in offense athleticism should be enough with that game.

Where would you draft a younger JR with presumably better personality? Probably end of top 10 I guess. 

 

 

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

monk & fox might be the most exciting freshmen backcourt we’ve seen in awhile…

 murray and jones are tied for the 2nd most freshmen pts in kentucky history..

 jamal murray scored 35 earlier this yr.he was 13-21 fg/8-10 3pt.

terrance jones came off the bench to score 35 in 2011..he was 11-17 fg/4-5 3pt…

 

[OhCanada-Participant]

The Lou Williams comparison is interesting. Monk is a better athlete and has shown he is able to play within the offensive scheme. Watching him play reminds me so much of Ray Allen but smaller and not quite the playmaker and I don’t usually compare people to Ray like most people did with Ross, Mclemore and Beal.

[SlickBouncePassParticipant]

I don’t like that he’s undersized…

but the way he is able to hang in the air reminds me of Mike.

His shot is hot but I’m not sure he’ll be able to get easy shots like that in the NBA.  Haven’t seen him work around screens too much and I don’t get at all why people think he’s able to run the point.

I think we know what he is.  A 6’2” kid that can shoot with crazy athleticism.  I don’t think he’s an all around player like Murray/Booker, sorry.

 

 

  

[EspressoParticipant]

Pre-injury rose athleticism???? What? I had to read that three times to make sure it wasn’t "post-injury Rose".

Yall gotta be blind or never saw prime Rose play. Nobody has Rose type athleticism, not even Westbrook who is a different type of athlete. Prime Rose is the second most athletic PG of all times behind Westbrook, Monk is nowhere near the athlete… y all are tripping

 

 

 

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

 @expresso ,u said nobody has rose athleticism,not even ”westbrook”..then u say rose is the 2nd most athletic pg behind westbrook…plz explain that…

[I.C.Y.U.NV.MEParticipant]

And to Binet.. Sure Jamal Crawford has better handles than him right now, but that’s not why the comparison was made. No straight up comparison is spot on for him. Even you had to preference your JR comparison because Monk is like 2 inches shorter and weighs 25 lbs less..

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

 Can Philly get BOTH Lonzo Ball AND Malik Monk?

Even with Ben Simmons at point you still need some more guards…

so you get Lonzo Ball and Malik Monk…

If you go with a standard lineup with Simmons at the 3, you can go with Ball, Monk, Simmons, Noel, and Embiid.  Not bad…

 

 

 

[akhan786Participant]

 This mans is my favorite player in CBB and I’m a Duke fan.

Get this kid in the top 5 on the draft board.

 

 

[TheLastWordParticipant]

 He is about CJ McCollum’s size who is doing fine at SG. You’re gonna get burnt on some matchups but will also have a potential 20 point scorer at SG every night.

[theballerwayParticipant]

Brad Beal, JJ Reddick, Avery Bradley, Hield ,Oladipo(6-4 max). I dont see it as much of an issue. He has adequate handle to create a shot of the dribble (unlike some of the above) and could benefit from the spacing of NBA game

[EspressoParticipant]

Westbrook is a different athlete than Rose, albeit a better one.

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