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May well work out that way...

But Lawal definitely has 2nd round potential. The second round is littered with people who have an elite skill that need things to break the right way to stick in the NBA. That's Tobi Lawal. There isnt anyone more athletic than him in all of college basketball. That's his elite skill. Now...he is a terrible passer. A serviceable, if not inconsistent, shooter. Not much of a post game to speak of and he finds himself lost away from the ball defensively far too often. If you fix the skill parts above (passing, add some post moves, fine tune the shooting) then youve got someone like Larry Sanders who could be an athletic rim protector who will have some gravity rolling to the rim If you dont fix those things, then hes like hundreds of other 2nd rounders who dont stick If I were his agent, I would be putting out hints that he prefers playing back in England/Europe to playing in the G-League so if you want him youre going to have to select him. Not saying thats a surefire way to get him selected, but it does weed out those who arent serious about giving him a shot. I dont see Hansberry getting any sort of NBA looks, 2nd round or G-League even...he is undersized as a 5, doesnt shoot it well enough as a 4, doesnt really score well enough in isolation in the post and his age (like Lawal) is working against him. Unlike Lawal, he just doesn't have an elite skill to market. Hes a wonderful college player though, and VTs second best player...above Lawal
Posted: 12/29/2025 at 12:52 AM ET
(In response to this post by icelus)

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NBA aspirations
SC_Hokie 12/28/25 02:54 PM ET
Neo is a 1st rounder almost guaranteed, nobody else is getting drafted
soflahokie 12/29/25 10:15 AM ET
What exactly is Lawal's foot injury?
FloydsBarberShop 12/29/25 08:04 AM ET
Not known for a fact but sounds like the rumor is that he broke a toe,
BG Hokie 12/29/25 10:31 AM ET
Can't help myself. "... sounds like the rumor is ...". Think that through.
PhotoHokieNC 12/29/25 11:36 AM ET
Ahhh, yeah, took me a second, it's like calling a water heater a hot water
BG Hokie 12/29/25 11:42 AM ET
Now we can join forces to weed out the other 80 gajillion examples.**
PhotoHokieNC 12/29/25 11:45 AM ET
Ummm, about 8 billion people in the world and maybe 50 new spots in the NBA
Vippie1 12/28/25 07:55 PM ET
no nba players on our roster except Neo. **
icelus 12/28/25 04:17 PM ET
May well work out that way...
GCHokie34 12/29/25 12:52 AM ET
To me, it's prett simple. Lawal won't be a star player in nba, meaning he
icelus 12/29/25 01:38 AM ET
You dont need to survive the NBA long term to get drafted in the 2nd round
GCHokie34 12/29/25 07:06 AM ET
I see we are using a different criteria here, you were talking about
icelus 12/29/25 10:47 AM ET
What counts as an NBA player? Does Jarrell Eddie’s 34 games played count?
HokieEngineer 12/28/25 09:51 PM ET
Ignorance is a bliss. Basketball is never that black and white.
SC_Hokie 12/28/25 06:33 PM ET
That’s just ignorant…
SC_Hokie 12/28/25 06:22 PM ET