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Originally Posted by Triplethreat
absolutely not. I play Wisconsin Lutheran in conference and Flavien is not in my top 15 in either recruiting or basketball ability right now. He dropped to #9 because he has not improved his sophmore year the way you would expect him to. To put him in perspective, we've also played against Chip Rank, Josh Gasser, Luke Russell, and Ben Averkamp, we've also played against Ben Mills (ranked #11 in Jr class) in summerleague Chip, Josh, and Ben are all clearly better than him. He doesnt stand out on the court like the three previously mentioned, his basketball IQ isnt nearly as high either. He also has let the emotions get the best of him at times. he has shows some of his atheltic ability at times, but doesnt play with that intensity all the time. The only player, of the ones previously mentioned, that is a better athlete than him is Chip Rank (who is an absolute beast)
*Note, these observations were made by a rival team and do not include AAU play.
However, word on the street is that he's felt slighted by his fall in rankings (#3 freshmen yr, #4 beginning of soph yr, #9 end of soph yr) and has committed to his game more in this off season.
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The game was just too easy for Flavien in AAU among his peers and during his freshman season. I think he just thought he could show up and dominate instead of working at improving. The humbling experience should be beneficial for his development. Also, he was battling an injury in the AAU season, not sure about his injury status during high school games. You can't judge a prospect from one singular game played against anyways. And I don't think you're putting enough emphasis on projectibles like size, lateral and straight ahead quickness, explosion, shot form and release point, etc; while putting too much emphasis solely on performance. I know some kids from my high school who could fill but they were just too small and slow to get D1 schollies. Flavien has the size and overall skill-set to match-up with small forwards in college. Mark my words, the kid will come out and establish himself as a top 50-75 player nationally once again this season.