Gerry Hamilton

He was always going to play at 305-310. People were freaked out for zero reason

John Turntine III note Was just told the freshman offensive lineman is up 30 pounds from senior season at North Crowley. Hovering around 295-298 right now. Has really come on second half of spring too. He’s repped at 2nd RT a lot. Hes even taken reps at guard and center (due to injuries). Reports are very positive out of Austin.

34-35% range second half of season after he gets acclimated

And he signed 5 HS kids this class. These guys still want and need to have HS development players More roster balance over time

Not a knock on Weaver, but Texas wants a different type of player long term. Teams didn't guard Weaver on the offensive end in the NCAA Tournament. Texas can't have that and get where they want to ultimately go. Texas has to have five players on the court that teams have to defend.

The injury part is interesting. I've said a couple of times ... he had a non-contact knee injury scare around practice two or three this year. The initial reaction coming out of the building was they feared he could have season ending. It obviously wasn't, and was more of a scare. He has one more year of college hoops, so around 3 mill left while also taking into account what injury could do to draft stock. If you go in first round, 6-7 mill guaranteed and likely 13-15 on first contract.

Maybe … but what if Rory had driven it well too? Rory was -12 after two rounds and 90th in driving accuracy

Maybe be a combo forward type over small forward Looking at different options for best fit and need

No way to know that right now He’s slightly ascending in mocks ahead of combine The NBA is the dream, and he’s got legit shot to stay in Talked to NBA scout of a team that won’t draft him (not position of need) over the weekend … that franchise has him as late first rounder right now. We shall see

Yep. That's it

For anyone wondering if Punch will have a transition or if the SEC will provide something tougher for Punch next year ... I'm not one of those. Big 12 is very high level at the top, and with bigs and skilled 4's. Some of his games... 24 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal vs. Kansas 19 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals vs. Florida 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals vs. Wisconsin 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 blocks, 1 steal at Kansas 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals vs Arizona 16 points, 5 assists, 1 block vs. Houston 16 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks in NCAA Tournament vs Ohio State Had some tougher games too, but overall vs. NCAA Tournament teams he averaged: 12.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.9 blocks, 1.0 steals in 13 games

Posted this morning ... NBADraft.net 2027 mock draft Matas 29th in first round David Punch 36th in second round https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/?year-mock=2027 Those two guys will appear on a number of mock's for 2027

Not necessarily Texas is going to have to make a decision on that vs versatile combo forward Not unlimited NIL

Absolutely Texas would start five likely future NBA draft picks