Wendell Carter Jr - The Block Panther Edition

[TheSuzerain]

Is he ever gonna be better than Lopez?

Yes. Lopez is mediocre as hell.

[sco]

Taj on offense - Boozer on defense

Ugh!

Good news we get back to lotto next year!

[Minalt]

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YES!! Summer league champs here we come!

Not gonna lie. I love watching the summer league. Especially if we do well, because then the board gets super positive about our picks and things get happier here.

[nomorezorro]

Is he ever gonna be better than Lopez?

why wouldn't he be?

[TheStig]

I'm sorry but I can't see Lauri and Carter closing out games against small line ups. Not a bad pick but 2 7ft bigs are just not needed anymore.

I feel you. There would be issues on defense. But does their ability to stretch the floor not count? And Carter has great defensive instincts. If Carter figures out how to increase his speed, he would literally have no weaknesses.

IDK, it does help but I don't think you can get away with 2 bigs to close out playoff games anymore. I'd have rather picked up a cheap center and gotten Porter. I like the other pick more.

[The Evidence]

I wouldn't be surprised if GarPaxCollinsBergDorf figured out a way to draft WCJ at #4 or #5, given how conservative they are.

They never try to hit a HR.

[Red8911]

19 Year’s old played for Duke with 9 rebounds pg, 2 blocks pg and 13 ppg. Still very young obviously,with Lopez on the team though he won’t have the pressure to start right away and will have a great mentor to help him develop. Lets see what happens hopefully he reaches his potential.

[League Circles]

I'm sorry but I can't see Lauri and Carter closing out games against small line ups. Not a bad pick but 2 7ft bigs are just not needed anymore.

I will never understand why people think that small is good. It is most definitely not. Quick is good which is very often misunderstood for small being good. I think the Bulls will have adequate quickness and more than adequate size and strength in scoring and rebounding from their big men.

I don't think Carter and Lauri can both be quick enougKh. I'd rather have a big 3 like Porter that I could slide to the 4 next to Lauri.

You certainly may be right to me that will mostly be on coaching. If you're going to have them in the game at the end of the game and the other team go small the coach has to make sure we punish them in the post. If he doesn't make sure of that and we get exploited because they're dribbling around us and we're not punishing them on the other end then that's a coaching problem.

[Alcatraz17]

Taj on offense - Boozer on defense

Ugh!

Good news we get back to lotto next year!

Bad news...it'll be a late lotto pick.

This is going to be a 32+ win team.

[The Box Office]

What a failed season for the Bulls.

Nice. This sucks, but I'm fine with this. 2019 Draft is the big one. To me, Wendell is still raw. We will have a failed season, but we're not doing it on purpose. That's the awesome part. I'm good that Michael Porter Jr. and Trae Young are not here.

- Fred Hoiberg is not the right coach for this team.
- We still don't have a superstar.
- Lauri's back spasms will flare up again causing him to miss games.
- LaVine will shoot us out of games. He's a black hole and will miss games because of knee problems.
- Robin Lopez has to be traded somewhere.
- Besides R. Lopez, we don't have vets on the team to teach these youngins.
- No Niko Mirotic fluke wins.

It's another development year. I see Top 3 draft pick, which is what we need. I hope Lauri doesn't miss many games and Dunn takes another step (average 16 points, 7 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals).

[TheJordanRule]

I'm sorry but I can't see Lauri and Carter closing out games against small line ups. Not a bad pick but 2 7ft bigs are just not needed anymore.

I feel you. There would be issues on defense. But does their ability to stretch the floor not count? And Carter has great defensive instincts. If Carter figures out how to increase his speed, he would literally have no weaknesses.

IDK, it does help but I don't think you can get away with 2 bigs to close out playoff games anymore. I'd have rather picked up a cheap center and gotten Porter. I like the other pick more.

Could you explain the Hutchinson pick? I don't get it lol... MPJ is huge, athletic and fast and incredibly skilled on offense. I feel like the only reason we passed on the kid was his injury bugs but a lot of teams passed on Porter too, which suggests those injury concerns of his are significant. We suffered from investing in players with injury-itis. I would have supported an MPJ pick if we had gone in that direction, but I'm okay with supporting WCJ too. WCJ is only 19 and incredibly skilled on both ends of the floor. Don't sleep on our new rookie's potential, The Stig! Our boy is gonna tear up the summer league. You'll be feeling the pick before long.

[TheStig]

I feel you. There would be issues on defense. But does their ability to stretch the floor not count? And Carter has great defensive instincts. If Carter figures out how to increase his speed, he would literally have no weaknesses.

IDK, it does help but I don't think you can get away with 2 bigs to close out playoff games anymore. I'd have rather picked up a cheap center and gotten Porter. I like the other pick more.

Could you explain the Hutchinson pick? I don't get it lol... MPJ is huge, athletic and fast and incredibly skilled on offense. I feel like the only reason we passed on the kid was his injury bugs but a lot of teams passed on Porter too, which suggests those injury concerns of his are significant. We suffered from investing in players with injury-itis. I would have supported an MPJ pick if we had gone in that direction, but I'm okay with supporting WCJ too. WCJ is only 19 and incredibly skilled on both ends of the floor. Don't sleep on our new rookie's potential, The Stig! Our boy is gonna tear up the summer league. You'll be feeling the pick before long.

Haha, I really wanted Porter. He was the only one who was going to be a star. Boom or bust is better than a mediocre C.

Isn't Hutchinson and athletic wing? Decent shooter, good defender?

[RakimAbdulJabar]

Missing out on Bamba by 1 pick really sucks.

I also have another reason to hate the Cavs now with that moron and his stupid hair heading to Cleveland, what an interview...

[Indomitable]

Just not a pick that makes a ton of sense. The problem that you see the most with teams rebuilding is they draft guys and pigeon hole them to one spot. I don't think Carter is a bad basketball player but I think the odds he's a valuable one worthy of #7 is super rare. I'd much rather have Mikal or Knox and then when you do find the legit #1 guy, you have the makings of a team.

Lauri and Carter is really going to struggle long term. Carter isn't big enough or fast enough to be good at C. Every C in this league either is a huge body or exceptionally quick, Carter is neither. I just don't like this pick at all.

Yet Al Horford is a 4 time All Star and the anchor behind the best defense in the NBA...

I keep saying it, but Horford is a PF, and so is Carter.

Horford has never played pf. As a pro

[kyrv]

Yet Al Horford is a 4 time All Star and the anchor behind the best defense in the NBA...

I keep saying it, but Horford is a PF, and so is Carter.

Horford has never played pf. As a pro

True, but that should not stop him from continually saying it.

[MGB8]

WCJ compares very closely as a prospect to Indiana’s Myles Turner. Almost identical size, similarly middling athleticism, Turner a better and quicker shooter, especially from midrange: while Carter a bit better in the post.

That is fine for a 7 pick.

But it might be too “fine.” Because adding a Turner type player to the Bulls current talent basically means the Bulls are back to a treadmill level team, and I thought that was what the Bulls were trying to avoid by trading Butler.

Maybe LaVine or Dunn blow up, or even Hutchinson or, heck, Valentine, but right now the Bulls look like a firmly entrenched “contender for the 8th seed.”

[TheJordanRule]

IDK, it does help but I don't think you can get away with 2 bigs to close out playoff games anymore. I'd have rather picked up a cheap center and gotten Porter. I like the other pick more.

Could you explain the Hutchinson pick? I don't get it lol... MPJ is huge, athletic and fast and incredibly skilled on offense. I feel like the only reason we passed on the kid was his injury bugs but a lot of teams passed on Porter too, which suggests those injury concerns of his are significant. We suffered from investing in players with injury-itis. I would have supported an MPJ pick if we had gone in that direction, but I'm okay with supporting WCJ too. WCJ is only 19 and incredibly skilled on both ends of the floor. Don't sleep on our new rookie's potential, The Stig! Our boy is gonna tear up the summer league. You'll be feeling the pick before long.

Haha, I really wanted Porter. He was the only one who was going to be a star. Boom or bust is better than a mediocre C.

Isn't Hutchinson and athletic wing? Decent shooter, good defender?

I feel you on the boom or bust star over a mediocre C. Just remember THIS mediocre C is only 19 with immediate NBA-ready skills on BOTH ends of the floor. But this is why I quit following the draft so closely. The team often goes a completely different route than what you hope. My only issue with Hutch is, what's the difference between him and Blakeney or Nwaba? We're getting obsessed with "great motor" 3 and D wings who don't actually bring much to the table. I'd have preferred a Euro stash or youngster with huge tools because I favor chasing star potential the same way you do.

[drosestruts]

I feel like no one pays attention to the "bust" part of boom or bust.

[TheStig]

Could you explain the Hutchinson pick? I don't get it lol... MPJ is huge, athletic and fast and incredibly skilled on offense. I feel like the only reason we passed on the kid was his injury bugs but a lot of teams passed on Porter too, which suggests those injury concerns of his are significant. We suffered from investing in players with injury-itis. I would have supported an MPJ pick if we had gone in that direction, but I'm okay with supporting WCJ too. WCJ is only 19 and incredibly skilled on both ends of the floor. Don't sleep on our new rookie's potential, The Stig! Our boy is gonna tear up the summer league. You'll be feeling the pick before long.

Haha, I really wanted Porter. He was the only one who was going to be a star. Boom or bust is better than a mediocre C.

Isn't Hutchinson and athletic wing? Decent shooter, good defender?

I feel you on the boom or bust star over a mediocre C. Just remember THIS mediocre C is only 19 with immediate NBA-ready skills on BOTH ends of the floor. But this is why I quit following the draft so closely. The team often goes a completely different route than what you hope. My only issue with Hutch is, what's the difference between him and Blakeney or Nwaba? We're getting obsessed with "great motor" 3 and D wings who don't actually bring much to the table. I'd have preferred a Euro stash or youngster with huge tools because I favor chasing star potential the same way you do.

If we didn't have Lauri. I'd be cool with the pick. If he had an elite talent like Bamba, I'd be cool. But honestly, they just overlap and I wanted Porter. I'm a bit bummed we couldn't trade up to 14 by eating Faried's deal.

[Mbrahv0528]

Is he ever gonna be better than Lopez?

Yes. Lopez is mediocre as hell.

Lol. What a crock of ****.

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