After the little ones with big hearts – Payton Pritchard and Isaiah Thomas – it is the turn of Chet Holmgren, future giant of the NBA, to let go of his little card in Pro-Am. Already immense in size (2m13) and talent, the future Bulldog of Gonzaga projected number 1 of the next Draft showed all his panoply by compiling 35 points and 17 rebounds. We recap.
In your opinion, a guy of 2m13, with a wingspan of 2m29, able to shoot at 3-points, to defend his circle and to return fadeaway à la Dirk, would that interest the NBA scouts? Well, these are exactly the physical and technical characteristics of Chet Holmgren, at only 18 years old. In front of the Pro-Am audience CrawsOver organized by the inexhaustible Jamal Crawford, and under the eyes of Mr. Brandon Roy, the Chet regaled by revealing all his moves of big man modern. Between rebounds followed by ball lifts to make the right pass, spin move concluded by a hook, fadeaway Dirkesque, feint of shoot to finally driver or even pick-and-pop, the package is almost total. The one we compare to Kristaps Porzingis (from the Belle Epoque eh, not from his last exploded Playoffs), Kevin Garnett and even Anthony Davis, allowed himself to drop a few 3-point bombinettes, one of which was orchestrated by a stepback. As the match announcer would say « What can you do about that ? ». And even if the highlights of the video do not show it and let appear an All-Star Game-like match (ended at 100-106), this new unicorn was able to show the qualities of a defensive pillar by slamming 3 big cons.
Imagine how good Chet Holmgren’s going to be in 5 years? ????
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— Ball Don’t Stop (@balldontstop) August 22, 2021
After dominating all year in Minnesota with his high school Minnehaha Academy, the MVP of the U19 world at the start of the summer – although he took the sauce by our national Victor Wembanyama in the final – continues to confirm his status as a generational crack, even against adults. Remember that during the youth competition, the Chétane slammed on average 11.9 points (percentages in 62/54/67, quietly), 6.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.7 blocks in just 21 minutes per game. However, if we compare him sometimes to Kevin Durant, it is not only for his qualities as a shooter but also for his height-to-weight ratio. The big dadet weighs only 88 kilos packed, which for his 2m13, is still too skinny. He also paid the price on his side skinny taking a big putback on the head during the match. We trust the specialized coaches of the NBA teams to take care of that, just to make the guy even stronger and unstoppable.
If this is the first time you’ve heard of Chet Holmgren, brace yourself because it will be far from the last. We’re waiting for the future white KD to bring Gonzaga’s college back to at least the NCAA Finals as did Jalen Suggs, one of his best friends and teammates in high school this year. The race for pick n ° 1 for Draft 2022 is in any case, already launched.
