His body of work isn’t sparse and he’s a very good player. Double figures scorer

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Sep 16, 2024
11:33:44am

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in each of his three seasons at UC Irvine, including 15.3 ppg as a JR.

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A few posters seem extraordinarily high on D. Baker. Why?

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:25am

He has a large body of work at Irvine

Indy Coug

Sep 16, 11:27am

But what was the level of competition there?

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:32am

What was the level of competition for Jake Toolson? Noah Waterman? Aly Khalifa?

Indy Coug

Sep 16, 11:34am

Possibly the same level, I haven't checked to see which league UCI is in.

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:47am

Or Eli Bryant, Baker's model/forerunner.

roseyscenario

Sep 16, 1:33pm

He had a lot of highlights for the limited minutes he had. These were two I

Mostlyaccurate

Sep 16, 11:36am

the dude comes off the bench after not playing for almost a year and he was just

44C

Sep 16, 11:48am

Robby said KY discussed 12 players with him and he's about to do a piece on it. Most interested in comments about Baker.

roseyscenario

Sep 16, 1:07pm

Body of work is not sparse. Baker was a great player for UC Irvine

Mostlyaccurate

Sep 16, 11:28am

I don't pay attention to a coach's PR statements. That's not persuasive.

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:29am

people that understand Basketball trust their own eyes when they see it

44C

Sep 16, 11:31am

hahahaha.. this is true!

KYU

Sep 16, 4:37pm

It wasn't made as a PR statement. Blaine Fowler was talking to SDST coaches

Mostlyaccurate

Sep 16, 11:31am

If you say so. I am tainted by what I saw, which wasn't

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:35am

Go back and watch the limited BYU minutes he played and recognize he was at

Mostlyaccurate

Sep 16, 11:37am

Instead of trying to build a case against him

44C

Sep 16, 11:41am

Last year when he was playing with a foot that wasn't healed BYU had a scrimage

KYU

Sep 16, 4:40pm

None of us were there so it's all hearsay.

Archaea

Sep 16, 5:58pm

Ignored

KYU

Sep 16, 6:57pm

1. Insiders saying how good he is in practice compared to other contributors 2:

Plato

Sep 16, 11:29am

Have you seen Demin and several of the other players, like Mag, Keita

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:30am

Keita a slasher? Are you up in the night? And I didn't

Plato

Sep 16, 11:42am

He's a rim runner, which can be interpreted as a slashing player

Archaea

Sep 16, 11:48am

That's not a slasher and not related to Baker's skill set

Plato

Sep 16, 1:54pm

Scorers with a nose for the hoop tend to translate to an upper division

runnincoug

Sep 16, 11:29am

At BYU "Baked" goods are kind of our thing.

PJMort

Sep 16, 11:30am

His basketball IQ is really high. I have listened to interviews with him and he

osbooks

Sep 16, 11:31am

His body of work isn’t sparse and he’s a very good player. Double figures scorer

rivercitycoug

Sep 16, 11:33am

I saw his dribbling and driving skills firsthand last year. I'm sold.

Doogal McCougar

Sep 16, 11:55am

UCI made it to the second round of the NCAA basketball tournament in 2019 (right

SoCalCoug

Sep 16, 12:39pm

Had you read the posts, you'd know. His UCI history is exceptional. Plus, multiple public & private assessments from

roseyscenario

Sep 16, 1:43pm

It seems as if our talent level this year is a step up.

Archaea

Sep 16, 6:00pm

The fact that your main argument against him is that he comes from a wealthy

babycarrot

Sep 16, 2:10pm

My main argument is several fold:

Archaea

Sep 16, 6:06pm

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KYU

Sep 16, 11:15pm

It's like he's conjured up this weird personal issue with him. Very Odd

KYU

Sep 16, 11:16pm

Based on nothing. Those who doubt Baker's excellence know the least about him or doubt his health.

roseyscenario

Sep 17, 7:41am

His shot % was better vs best teams. Let doubters be pleasantly surprised. DB was projected to be BYU's best last year.

roseyscenario

Sep 17, 7:40am

One poster is extremely low why?

KYU

Sep 16, 11:14pm

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