Moderators: Marcus, Duke4life831
Duke4life831 wrote:Did we ever get the reasoning for the drop? Was it medical or was it something else?
I agree its too early to count your chickens on this. But he is looking exactly like what many expected and why he was viewed by most as a top 5-7 pick.
JazzMatt13 wrote:just because I think aliens probably have to do with JFK, doesn't mean my theory that Jazz will never get Wiggins, isn't true.
K_chile22 wrote:Wizop wrote:rumors right after the draft had the Pacers trying to trade up to take him but no deal was available
Not even a rumor, GM flat out said it“I can assure you we tried as hard as we possibly could on that one,” Buchanan answered when asked if they considered trading up for Whitmore. “We called basically from about pick 10 and down until his name came off the board. It was a frantic room trying to be aggressive to move up into that range. Unfortunately it takes two teams to tango and most teams had their guy and did not want to move. We were very aggressive trying to move up last night.”
CptCrunch wrote:Medical may only have been one part.
The main issue was that there is no comp for him, of someone suceeding his assist rate and negative assist to turnover ratio.
Really talented black hole was/is his ceiling. Black holes are called third options when they suceed.
While attending UC Berkeley, Brown studied magnet chemistry taking a master-level class during his first semester at Berkeley’s Cultural Studies of Sport in Education. One of the best members of the Berkeley Chess team, he also achieved a level of fluency in Spanish, declaring that it was his intention to learn three more languages before turning 25 years old. Brown has made it evident that basketball is merely one of his many interests; he has also focused on studying history, meditation, and philosophy. His ambitions go beyond basketball and he has been criticized as being “too smart” to play in the NBA. In 2016, CBA ran an article urging the NBA not to overlook Brown “simply because he was intelligent.” This concern turned out to be unwarranted as Brown was chosen during the first round of the NBA draft as pick #3.
