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The Miami Heat are looking to address their need at power forward with their first round pick, and appear to have identified a top target.
After working out UCLA's T.J. Leaf on Thursday, the Heat are interested in using the No. 14 pick to draft him, according to Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald.
http://www.chatsports.com/miami-heat/a/heat-draft-rumors-miami-interested-tj-leaf-no-14-pick-34035
MettaWorldPanda wrote:Bishop45 wrote:
Glad to see more folk on the Patton train but you should know the boy is plenty soft, even as skilled as he is. If I didn't believe in drafting in the lotto based on upside, wouldn't consider him. Doesn't have that Miami dog, dude gets bullied too often. There's hope that he builds into his frame as he ages and learns to compete but if you've seen em', it's a bit concerning.
You could see some flashes of it in his weaknesses vid, also he's not gonna be fit to play the 4Spoiler:
I respect your opinion Bish but i just cant come to grips with being sold on Leaf. It's not because i think he's a goofy white boy either. I'm actively rooting for Zach Collins and wouldn't even mind Luke Kennard. I just don't see anything special with Leaf. Comes off as an NBA journeyman type in the mold of David Lee but worse. Patton on the other hand I see plenty of potential. I think we can make that kid into something special. I also wound't mind John Collins. I think if you team him up with fellow Deacon JJ we can develop him into a similar type player.
IggieCC wrote:The Miami Heat are looking to address their need at power forward with their first round pick, and appear to have identified a top target.
After working out UCLA's T.J. Leaf on Thursday, the Heat are interested in using the No. 14 pick to draft him, according to Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald.
http://www.chatsports.com/miami-heat/a/heat-draft-rumors-miami-interested-tj-leaf-no-14-pick-34035
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Dr_Heat wrote: Oof
Shewasfly wrote:Seeing news about real game changers in the draft, and moves being made between teams.....and we're talking about TJ Leaf. Whoever tf that is. I guess. Should have just tanked
Hallstar wrote:Shewasfly wrote:Seeing news about real game changers in the draft, and moves being made between teams.....and we're talking about TJ Leaf. Whoever tf that is. I guess. Should have just tanked
Lol, but we almost made the playoffs, that counts for...... nothing
The talk about "trading up" annoys me way more than it should, because I saw the outcome
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Bishop45 wrote:Kamisky-Wannabe's might be the most or least veiled racially-discriminant code word I've heard in the draft in the last few years, depending on who you ask.
Nice to see the "Euros" aren't getting picked on as much anymore, even though we still have guys who think the NCAA can compete in any shape with the professional competition in Euroleague's
RJM wrote:Bishop45 wrote:Kamisky-Wannabe's might be the most or least veiled racially-discriminant code word I've heard in the draft in the last few years, depending on who you ask.
Nice to see the "Euros" aren't getting picked on as much anymore, even though we still have guys who think the NCAA can compete in any shape with the professional competition in Euroleague's
When pluralizing a word, there's no apostrophe. But yeah, that's a reference to the unwarranted nut-hugging half of you give them (to the continued detriment of this board's collective intelligence), despite less than 5% of them ever translating well to the NBA (assuming they even latch on with a team). Yeah, they're tall, white, and skinny, but their game (and physical ability) is their problem, not their skin color. Just so happens that they're white.
Markkanen, on the other hand...
...is much more fluid and a better prospect. Go figure.
Wolfy1983 wrote:Not crazy about drafting a white ball player... I mean how many of them pan out?
MettaWorldPanda wrote:Wolfy1983 wrote:Not crazy about drafting a white ball player... I mean how many of them pan out?
Wolfy1983 wrote:MettaWorldPanda wrote:Wolfy1983 wrote:Not crazy about drafting a white ball player... I mean how many of them pan out?
It might be if it were coming from Lavar Ball, but i'm white myself and white ball players, most of them turn out to be busts.
Dr_Heat wrote: Oof
Bishop45 wrote:Nice to see the "Euros" aren't getting picked on as much anymore, even though we still have guys who think the NCAA can compete in any shape with the professional competition in Euroleague's
Bishop45 wrote:
Dikembe Kobe-Wade
White athletic shooting forward, Timmy Turner
Mmmph
Oof
Doesn't mean much, but
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