Very much in first round and have been moving him up to close to the back of the lottery are wrong? ESPN just moved him up to #10 and did a big write up on him and why he could keep rising. The Athletic has him at #18. Even nbadraft.net moved him from not ranked to 31 in their last update a couple weeks ago. Clearly people are seeing something in him. They said he’s the only player in the last 25 years to be in the top 20 of steal and block percentage at the same time. Clearly he’s an elite defensive player with work to do on his offensive game. ** Edited by RCush13 at 12/17/2023, 9:46:56 AM

He didn’t have a great game. Just to offer some food for thought at the 1/3 mark of the season. Robbie Beran: 3 PT 4-22, 18%. Ryan Dunn: 3 PT 4-20, 20%.

Expect more out of Dunn don't you think?

People who thought Dunn was ready for 15 Ppg were smoking something. I thought his 3 would be closer to 30% but there’s still time. His shot is clean and repeatable and the misses aren’t ugly, just not falling. I thought for uva to reach that 4/5/6 seed ceiling, Dunn would need to hover around 10 Ppg which he is. But that 10 Ppg is going to look different than what most see in the box score. Right now, I think he is having confidence issues and really looks like he is trying to do too much (Should look familiar with a certain PG down 29 from Oklahoma…..). He gets around 5 points a night from “chaos”, an offensive rebound, transition steal, etc. Then he is around 5 a night from set offensive, which is a three or layup. What I do want to see more of is him getting to the rim, he’s a mismatch for most 4s and 5s and he’s good from the line. I think the most under appreciated part of his game is he can really finish at the rim over size. If the 3pt % can climb to around 30%, and he gets to the line more, then that would be a fantastic year. I also want to see Bennett get him involved more in the game. Let him get around some screens to attack down hill, run some backdown cut/back screen sets. Almost like a quarterback who needs a few check downs to get in tune. Frankly before the NE game, only player I was disappointed in is Beekman, he hasn’t looked like the guy who should have been drafted last year but returned until Saturday.

Ryan Dunn is a 1st rounder in China's G league

Better to see other boards than the Sabre after Sat. Not fun to watch reactionaries say Bennett isn’t a good coach anymore bc of a bad game, so I float around other ACC boards.

I had a feeling Dunn would be around 25%. Beran I thought would be around 40%, but I can’t say I’m too shocked at Berans issues in MY system. His games at NW didn’t leave any impression of comparison to the comfort Basilie had. To see them have the same stats at this point is surprising. Long Season of course

If that doesn’t lock in his lottery pick status, I don’t know what will.

Safe to say, if not for him they would have lost big. First game I've watched if there's all season. I was under impressed.

** Edited by HokieRat at 12/16/2023, 9:05:51 PM

They obviously sucked. Didn't get the absolute top prize so they were horrible. 1999 VT Football sucked, by that same measure.

Like jimmer fredette...or Bol Bol. Just you wait. ** Edited by HokieRat at 12/17/2023, 9:14:47 AM

That he went from a 5'6 sophomore in small town Virginia to NBA Slam Dunk champion and millionaire But yeah, he hasn't lived up to your standards I guess

If anything g league was expectation after college ** Edited by HokieRat at 12/17/2023, 11:26:52 AM ** Edited by HokieRat at 12/17/2023, 11:43:31 AM

Then he has exceeded your expectations with multiple NBA contracts and a Slam Dunk Championship Welcome to his fan club!

** Edited by HokieRat at 12/17/2023, 1:26:52 PM

tighten up. I knew all along UVA would pull it out. That last play was pretty indicative of how they kept slowly unraveling.