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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 2351112, member: 237"]
I think the bigger picture is looking at first year centers globally and matching ranking with production. Big men rarely come ready to go as has been the case for many years. This also makes it extremely difficult to really score them well out of HS. I don't see where you create a consensus on former players. Individually I agree about Majak. As for past centers I don't agree that makes your case. Given how long development can take, whether they are a defensive specialist or offensive specialist, whether they are coming from overseas, or rated on potential vs current ability there are too many variables to use former centers and there rankings as a solid foundation to assess Majak.

Best way to look at it is watch him play, get insight from the experts and see how the roster frames up. Guys like seikaly , arinze and Baye are great examples of how development and production is hard to gauge. I mean look back a even UK. They have had several guys struggle first year who still went pro and still struggle and they were top 20 guys. Yet one of their top guys was a 4th year unheralded Josh Harelson.  Cauley Stein was high rated and took a while to produce.. There are many more examples very similar across the landscape.
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