Chris Thomas (Commit Other)

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Originally Posted by bleedXblue

Remember when the Redford videos first came out and he was shooting 3's from practically half court ? He was making everything and looked unstoppable.

This board was giddy I tell you.....giddy.

Lets just keep this kids verbal in perspective. Lets not put him in the NBA after 1 year. A little premature to say the least.

It's ok to get excited and I'm right there with everyone else. He looks damn good.

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I was one of the ones who fell for the Redford highlight video. It was amazing. Still is. The difference is Redford was a 6 ft white kid with a 20 inch vertical leap. He also played against other 6 ft white kids.

Now Redford has still been an excellent shooter at the college level although the knee injury really affected him this year, imo. He has been a one dimensional player for three years.

Everything you see Chris Thomas do in those videos, he will be able to do in college. It might not be quite as easy, but he will still be able to it.

Can he jump off of one foot

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Originally Posted by bleedXblue

Remember when the Redford videos first came out and he was shooting 3's from practically half court ? He was making everything and looked unstoppable.

This board was giddy I tell you.....giddy.

Lets just keep this kids verbal in perspective. Lets not put him in the NBA after 1 year. A little premature to say the least.

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Not a good comparison IMO. First, I don't think anyone who is smart thought Redford would dominate college basketball like he was dominating high school. Secondly, I actually thought he performed really well in his first few years before his injury. He actually came in and did exactly what I thought he would do, hit open three's. I don't think anyone thought he was more than that.

His highlight video wasn't him playing any defense, or him driving to the bucket all the time, it was shooting three's all the time from everywhere. When I think back to Redford before the injury, I remember him draining three's from deep, all around the court.

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Originally Posted by waggy

I agree Smiley.

People lose themselves over what someone like Brian Snow thinks. Snow is whiter than Chris Mack. And much shorter and much fatter. He's a glorified wanabee. Sorry.

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I think you need to give some of us a little more credit than that. When I watch Chris Thomas' highlight videos, what I see has absolutely nothing to do with what Brian Snow or anyone else thinks. You guys may not see something special, but I do, and I think you guys are really missing it. Someone said they don't see the explosiveness and reach/length. I question that person's ability to evaluate talent. Rankings are one thing. What I have seen in the 8 or 10 videos I've watched of this kid are another. I'm actually amazed that there are multiple people who are underwhelmed with his highlight videos. What kind of high school basketball have you guys been watching?

Yes, yes, in reality, we should all temper our X-pectations... but, again... it's the off-season, and I'm a dreamer. Agree though that the comparisons to Redford are off base... his videos were awesome, but they didn't include any plays like this :

Block:
http://gifsoup.com/view4/3591078/chr...as-block-o.gif

Dunk:
http://gifsoup.com/view2/3591045/chr...mas-dunk-o.gif

In fact, while I do agree on questioning the level of competition in the vids, has Xavier ever had a shooting guard that made those plays at any level? I'm still pretty new compared with the long history of Xavier basketball, but I would be surprised... JCraw probably capable, don't remember seeing too many bursts like that. While I am still glad that Redford chose Xavier (and think that his time before injury lived up to what a lot of people thought) the things we're seeing from Thomas transfer a little better than the skills of a spot-up shooter.

A couple more videos that I didn't see posted here yet from HoopMixtape...

6'4 Chris Thomas Has GAME; Top Guard In 2013?

6'4 Chris Thomas Official Summer Hoopmixtape!

That kid's moves are freaking dirty. Who are you guys watching?

I think the difference between the Redford highlight videos and Thomas' is the level of competition, and the athleticism. Redford, as much as I love him, was playing against 6'3" centers. Thomas is playing in probably the best high school basketball league in the country. The other difference is the athleticism. We didn't see Brad throwing down windmills on the break. Oh well, I'm still happy to have both.

Folks, I'm not comparing Redford to Thomas?

Please show me where I did that?

I was simply trying to illustrate that highlight videos of high school kids can be misleading. These same kids miss shots, make bad passes, play lousy D etc. You dont know the level of competition etc

Let the kid develop and play some D1 basketball before we don him an NBA lottery pick.

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Originally Posted by bleedXblue

Folks, I'm not comparing Redford to Thomas?

Please show me where I did that?

I was simply trying to illustrate that highlight videos of high school kids can be misleading. These same kids miss shots, make bad passes, play lousy D etc. You dont know the level of competition etc

Let the kid develop and play some D1 basketball before we don him an NBA lottery pick.

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I just don't think Redfords was misleading. I think he came in and did what he did on the highlight videos, make deep three's, and make them pretty consistently. No one was expecting him to put up the same numbers he did in high school, if they were, they were nuts.

I didn't realize how tight of a handle he has too, the kid can drive and has pretty good vision too.. definitely a 5 star talent..