2019 NBA Draft Talk

Ranma · Post #361 » by **Ranma** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:01 am

Quake Griffin · Post #362 » by **Quake Griffin** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:06 am

Damn.

Jontay Porter aint even get drafted.
Guess with a re-injury story that stupid, teams wanted nothing to do with it.

Ranma · Post #363 » by **Ranma** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:19 am

It's interesting to note that Ryen Russillo reported on the Scott Van Pelt Show tonight that the Trailblazers had Nassir Little 12th on their draft board and that teams liked his makeup. Apparently, teams are knocking Little for his lack of playing time at UNC, where he was slow to pick up certain concepts even as he was efficient overall during those minutes played. However, he supposedly made an effort to defer to teammates with more seniority and that didn't seem to go well with evaluators.

I get that teams want to see more progress and evolution from a highly-ranked prospect, but the kid seemed to want to do the right thing. He may not have the best BBIQ but I haven't seen anyone question his character. Little was the McDonald's High School All-American Game MVP and was ranked the 2nd best overall prospect last year. So for a team like the Portland Trailblazers--who also took my personal favorite from last year's draft, Anfernee Simons--to be able to nab him at the 25th overall selection slot is incredible to me.

I'm not saying the guy will be a future Hall-of-Famer or anything but he has a legitimate chance at being the next Gerald Wallace, which is not a bad thing at all.

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