Why has everyone given up on Kentavious Cadwell-Pope?

[thesack12]

Ehh, I'm not too high on Pope. IMO his ceiling is a better more well rounded Thabo Sefolosha. In other words, a solid role player. Considering the draft he came out of, if he became that caliber of player, that would have to be considered a win.

I'm not saying he should be moved, but I would stop well short of putting him off limits.

[dan2314]

Yeah what are you on about? We all love pope. Has all the makings to be the starting SG for many years. Not going to be a no.1 player on a team, but i think should become a 3rd or 4th best player on a winning team. I think will be top 2 or 3 of this draft class once it plays out a little more, which is maybe not saying that much, but considering he didn't even make an all-rookie team or the rising stars game there's some catching up to do.

[coordinator0]

I think there was kind of a feeling that people were forgetting Caldwell-Pope or giving up on him before the lottery when the talk of Stauskas potentially being the pick at 8 was going strong. I'm fine with seeing what he turns out to be for this season and/or the next while other concerns are addressed. A more consistent jumper might come about with more consistent playing time but maybe it won't. In any case Caldwell-Pope is at least a good defender that doesn't turn the ball over when he gets it in his hands. If that's the extent of his talents then he's still a good guy to keep around but probably doesn't have a whole lot of value as trade piece.

[DetroitDon15]

I think he will be a good sixth man type. My gut tells me that he is just a three and d type guy at best.

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