14 Year Old 7'2" George Papagiannis: "2016 NBA Draft #1 Pick"
*Updated from when I first originally posted this, when Papagiannis was 14 years old.
Papagiannis is now a 18 year old high school senior. He is currently 7'2" tall, weighs 275 pounds, and has a 7'6" wingspan.
Here is a clip of him playing against the then defending Euroleague champions, Panathinaikos, at age 14. He is #19 in yellow, playing at the center position.
The guy he is guarding is #14 in green, Ian Vougioukas. Vougioukas, for comparison, is 6-11 280 - just to give you an idea on how big this kid was then when he was only at the time just 14 years old.
Re: 14 Year Old 7 Foot Georgios Papagiannis: "2016 NBA Draft #1 Pick"
Didn't seem overly impressive, reminded me of Paul Davis/Nick Fazekas, but then again, he is only 14. Regardless, I see his ceiling being a slightly worse Chris Kaman.
But then again, since Sofo is 10x the player Kaman can dream of being, maybe that isn't much of a ceiling
I think his upside quite frankly is a top five, one-and-done, 2016 pick,” Westtown (Pa.) coach Seth Berger told SNY.tv of the 7-foot-1 native of Amarousio, Greece.
Papagiannis’ father played professionally in Greece, so he has good genes. He’s currently averaging about 15 points and 9 rebounds for Westtown, which plays this weekend in the Under Armour Holiday Classic in San Diego.
“He’s a really unique player,” Berger said. “He’s 7-1, 250 pounds. Incredibly coordinated. Jumps well, shoots well, dribbles well, passes well, has really good post work and he just turned 16 in July.”
Berger added: “Usually kids this size, this young, can’t run up and down the court. Forget he catches alley-oops and can reverse them. He’s got a super-high basketball IQ, incredibly motivated. And he’s really smart.
Re: 14 Year Old 7 Foot Georgios Papagiannis: "2016 NBA Draft #1 Pick"
Hopefully next spring he'll play for an EYBL aau team so we can gauge his ability against the best high schoolers in the country.
From the limited glimpse from those 2 videos in this thread I think if this guy keeps mobility and adds some skills in the next 2 years he could be better than Jahlil Okafor(#1 high school center in the country right now)
Re: 14 Year Old 7 Foot Georgios Papagiannis: "2016 NBA Draft #1 Pick"
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Originally Posted by Demitri98
Weak competition, slow white guys.
Someone forgot to tell this clown troll that the whole "weak competition, slow white guys" troll that Americans always do towards European players can't work when a guy is playing in America.
It's also funny as hell, since he was playing against American players.
Freaking moron.
Just another proof of how racist most of these NBA only fans really are. They just automatically say that for EVERY European player. Even one that was actually playing in USA.
14 Year Old 7'2" George Papagiannis: "2016 NBA Draft #1 Pick"
