Between Ja'Kobe Walter and Yves Missi, the Baylor Bears were not short on elite talent at the top this past season. Who sets up better for an early pick?
After all, the Bears have had their fair share of success in the sport, hoisting their first National Championship trophy in 2021 under Scott Drew, whose unprecedented success has turned a small private school in Waco into one of the premier programs in all of NCAA hoops.
With this stability, Baylor has also recruited incredibly well considering their old facilities. 2023-24 was no different, as the Bears started two freshman:Walter, a native of McKinney, Texas, played his senior year of high school at Link Prep in Missouri, a powerhouse program that produces NBA talent with regularity. The 6-foot-5 plays off-guard as well as wing, but with a 6-foot-10 wingspan, he's able to guard taller players on the perimeter.
The other player, Yves. Missi, is a Belgian-Cameroonian rim-running big, an athletic 6-foot-11 center that blocks shots and finishes plays as well as anyone in college basketball this past season. After playing at Prolific Prep, he came to waco and averaged 10.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game as a true freshman, doing all of this in 22 minutes per game.Taking team need out of the equation, both players have a shot to be lottery picks.
It's interesting because typically the more raw guys are bigs, but Missi, like Dereck Lively II a bit, already has his role figured out, and what he's good at, scouts and coaches have already seen him do consistently.
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