Welcome to the Ringer NBA show. I'm Chris Vernon and joining me today, usually on Tuesdays,

but this week on a Friday from the ringer dot com Kevin O'Connor. Kevin! Chris, what's

going on? Hey man, so you've had a fun week. I suppose you were down in Arizona. I read

your article about scouting Marquell Foltz, the outstanding Washington prospect in person.

How was Arizona? Arizona was fun. Yeah, it was a good time. Marquell Foltz looked

at it in his best game, but it was still good to see him in person. What's their arena

like? It's crowded, like a good college stadium is. There's people sitting in front of me

doing synchronized dance, which is kind of odd. One of the dudes is really into it. And the

other two people there were just kind of copying him, like looking at him the whole time.

In terms of like in terms of like college environment, is it great? Would you would you rank

Arizona rather high? Yeah, it was great. The band was great too. Okay, so you go there to see

Marquell Foltz, who in most of the mic drafts is number one pick. Did you leave the arena thinking

I just watched the number one pick or was there now like seeping doubt? Yeah, I mean, if you

went there and you had no clue who Marquell Foltz was, and you watched the game, you would think,

okay, he's a good player, but he might not be the number one pick, because it really wasn't his

best game. But really seeing it, seeing him play in person, my biggest takeaway is just how much

the situation is taking away from him as a player. Like Washington plays two big men on the floor,

the majority of the time, and neither of those bays can usually space the floor at all. So not only

to the college rules naturally pack in the paint because they don't three second violations,

it's short of three point line, but Lorenzo Ramara Washington's head coach puts two bigs out there

who just stand in the paint and get full getting Foltz's way. And we're talking about Foltz, who's six

foot four long arms. He's excellent at changing pace, but he has no space in the paint. And it's so

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