2019 NBA Draft

[KGdaBom]

Nwa is almost 21:/ I am not sure why he is getting hyped, he looks like he will be an average role player.

NWA was a rap group. I think you mean NAW .

[Norseman79]

Nwa is almost 21:/ I am not sure why he is getting hyped, he looks like he will be an average role player.

Who is hyping him? He seems to be a solid combo guard with potential as a point. No one is saying the kid is any type of a star. He just seems like a solid, smart basketball player. Kind of like a bigger Tyus with a better 3pt shot.

[Neeva]

Nwa is almost 21:/ I am not sure why he is getting hyped, he looks like he will be an average role player.

Who is hyping him? He seems to be a solid combo guard with potential as a point. No one is saying the kid is any type of a star. He just seems like a solid, smart basketball player. Kind of like a bigger Tyus with a better 3pt shot.

People that want him to be the wolves pick at 11?
Honestly I expect this year and next year to be the last years in the lottery( while Kat is on this team)so the wolves need to shoot for STARS not role players.

[life_saver]

Why on earth are people till using FG% as a metric in 2019 to measure a player's efficiency?? Steph Curry, who is probably the most efficient volume scorer in NBA history has FG% of 47%...you can't use FG% to measure efficiency of players whose majority of shot attempts are 3's..Almost half of Saric's FGAs are from 3. Just use EFG% or TS%....Saric's EFG% during his time at Wolves has been 54% and his TS% so far at Wolves has been 58%. He has been shooting 38.3% from 3 and 51.1% from 2. These are very good efficiency numbers. He can be bit streaky with his shooting but on the whole, he has had good season efficiency wise.

[Neeva]

Why on earth are people till using FG% as a metric in 2019 to measure a player's efficiency?? Steph Curry, who is probably the most efficient volume scorer in NBA history has FG% of 47%...you can't use FG% to measure efficiency of players whose majority of shot attempts are 3's..Almost half of Saric's FGAs are from 3. Just use EFG% or TS%....Saric's EFG% during his time at Wolves has been 54% and his TS% so far at Wolves has been 58%. He has been shooting 38.3% from 3 and 51.1% from 2. These are very good efficiency numbers. He can be bit streaky with his shooting but on the whole, he has had good season efficiency wise.

He was like the second best player for 76ers in the playoffs last year , he plays best when it matters most. he will be useful for a playoff team if wolves shop him at deadline and I think they should if the wolves look lottery bound again.

[KGdaBom]

Why on earth are people till using FG% as a metric in 2019 to measure a player's efficiency?? Steph Curry, who is probably the most efficient volume scorer in NBA history has FG% of 47%...you can't use FG% to measure efficiency of players whose majority of shot attempts are 3's..Almost half of Saric's FGAs are from 3. Just use EFG% or TS%....Saric's EFG% during his time at Wolves has been 54% and his TS% so far at Wolves has been 58%. He has been shooting 38.3% from 3 and 51.1% from 2. These are very good efficiency numbers. He can be bit streaky with his shooting but on the whole, he has had good season efficiency wise.

Sorry, but you're wrong. Geek Freak has informed us all that Saric's flat shot is completely broken and beyond repair. It is inconceivable that Geek Freak could be wrong.

[Norseman79]

Nwa is almost 21:/ I am not sure why he is getting hyped, he looks like he will be an average role player.

Who is hyping him? He seems to be a solid combo guard with potential as a point. No one is saying the kid is any type of a star. He just seems like a solid, smart basketball player. Kind of like a bigger Tyus with a better 3pt shot.

People that want him to be the wolves pick at 11?
Honestly I expect this year and next year to be the last years in the lottery( while Kat is on this team)so the wolves need to shoot for STARS not role players.

That's great, but unless Little or Douyombouya drop, there are not stars at 11. NAW has as much chance as anyone else in that range.

[Neeva]

Who is hyping him? He seems to be a solid combo guard with potential as a point. No one is saying the kid is any type of a star. He just seems like a solid, smart basketball player. Kind of like a bigger Tyus with a better 3pt shot.

People that want him to be the wolves pick at 11?
Honestly I expect this year and next year to be the last years in the lottery( while Kat is on this team)so the wolves need to shoot for STARS not role players.

That's great, but unless Little or Douyombouya drop, there are not stars at 11. NAW has as much chance as anyone else in that range.

One of Bol, Little, Doumbouya will drop to the wolves that is who they should take.
NAW i would not even take at 20 in last years draft.

[KGdaBom]

People that want him to be the wolves pick at 11?
Honestly I expect this year and next year to be the last years in the lottery( while Kat is on this team)so the wolves need to shoot for STARS not role players.

That's great, but unless Little or Douyombouya drop, there are not stars at 11. NAW has as much chance as anyone else in that range.

One of Bol, Little, Doumbouya will drop to the wolves that is who they should take.
NAW i would not even take at 20 in last years draft.

I believe 99.9% of the draft sites have Little available beyond the Wolves pick.

[GeekFreak]

Why on earth are people till using FG% as a metric in 2019 to measure a player's efficiency?? Steph Curry, who is probably the most efficient volume scorer in NBA history has FG% of 47%...you can't use FG% to measure efficiency of players whose majority of shot attempts are 3's..Almost half of Saric's FGAs are from 3. Just use EFG% or TS%....Saric's EFG% during his time at Wolves has been 54% and his TS% so far at Wolves has been 58%. He has been shooting 38.3% from 3 and 51.1% from 2. These are very good efficiency numbers. He can be bit streaky with his shooting but on the whole, he has had good season efficiency wise.

Sorry, but you're wrong. Geek Freak has informed us all that Saric's flat shot is completely broken and beyond repair. It is inconceivable that Geek Freak could be wrong.

Do you guys even watch the games? Saric is a 6'10" power forward, he gets the same shots at the rim that Taj Gibson gets, Taj always makes them, Dario always misses them. And his 3's are usually very open looks. You can't compare him to guards and or primary scorers who get all of the defenses attention and have to take tough shots like Curry. You can't compare Curry taking a 30 footer with a defender in his face to Dario taking an open 24 footer.

[KGdaBom]

Why on earth are people till using FG% as a metric in 2019 to measure a player's efficiency?? Steph Curry, who is probably the most efficient volume scorer in NBA history has FG% of 47%...you can't use FG% to measure efficiency of players whose majority of shot attempts are 3's..Almost half of Saric's FGAs are from 3. Just use EFG% or TS%....Saric's EFG% during his time at Wolves has been 54% and his TS% so far at Wolves has been 58%. He has been shooting 38.3% from 3 and 51.1% from 2. These are very good efficiency numbers. He can be bit streaky with his shooting but on the whole, he has had good season efficiency wise.

Sorry, but you're wrong. Geek Freak has informed us all that Saric's flat shot is completely broken and beyond repair. It is inconceivable that Geek Freak could be wrong.

Do you guys even watch the games? Saric is a 6'10" power forward, he gets the same shots at the rim that Taj Gibson gets, Taj always makes them, Dario always misses them. And his 3's are usually very open looks. You can't compare him to guards and or primary scorers who get all of the defenses attention and have to take tough shots like Curry. You can't compare Curry taking a 30 footer with a defender in his face to Dario taking an open 24 footer.

You're digging your hole deeper and deeper. Now you say Dario ALWAYS MISSES HIS SHOTS at the rim. Dario makes far more of his shots at the rim than he misses. He is over 50% on all of his twos combined. In 68 games with the Wolves he shot 38% from three on 3.7 attempts per game which is above average. That is what brought his overall FG% to .454which according to you is ABYSMAL unless you're a primary scorer and are forcing up tough contested shots for some reason I don't know why. Give it up. Saric is good shooter any way you want to cut it.

Does anyone know how to find at the rim shooting percents so we can help Geek out and show him that Dario does not always miss his shots at the rim?

[Norseman79]

People that want him to be the wolves pick at 11?
Honestly I expect this year and next year to be the last years in the lottery( while Kat is on this team)so the wolves need to shoot for STARS not role players.

That's great, but unless Little or Douyombouya drop, there are not stars at 11. NAW has as much chance as anyone else in that range.

One of Bol, Little, Doumbouya will drop to the wolves that is who they should take.
NAW i would not even take at 20 in last years draft.

Nothing wrong with swinging for the fences, I think either Little or Doumbouya would be fine off the bench and maybe develop into something, you are basing it off of potential, again, which is fine, but not promised. I wouldn't touch Bol.

[SO_MONEY]

That's great, but unless Little or Douyombouya drop, there are not stars at 11. NAW has as much chance as anyone else in that range.

One of Bol, Little, Doumbouya will drop to the wolves that is who they should take.
NAW i would not even take at 20 in last years draft.

Nothing wrong with swinging for the fences, I think either Little or Doumbouya would be fine off the bench and maybe develop into something, you are basing it off of potential, again, which is fine, but not promised. I wouldn't touch Bol.

Ditto.

[Norseman79]

Bottom line is whoever we draft at 11 is likely starting out as a backup, Little is not starting over Roco, Doumbouya is not starting over Saric, NAW is not starting over Teague.

[Norseman79]

Hey Neeva, I am curious, what would be your plan for point guard moving forward? Since you are talking about swinging for the fences.

[UnFadeable21]

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[Norseman79]

While I have preached tolerance of the Wolves pick, Hachimura would make me puke. Stupid pick.

[thinktank]

Bottom line is whoever we draft at 11 is likely starting out as a backup, Little is not starting over Roco, Doumbouya is not starting over Saric, NAW is not starting over Teague.

And that’s totally fine.

[wildvikeswolves]

While I have preached tolerance of the Wolves pick, Hachimura would make me puke. Stupid pick.

Why?

I like what I’ve seen in the little that I have seen. It seems like he has a lot of room to grow from what I’ve read. I like him, Doumbouya, and Little among others as high upside picks.

[SmokeyPaw]

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What I think is interesting is that there seemed to be a belief that Rui had a promise that caused him to pull out of the combine. But here he is at a pro day. Maybe his represntatives just want to control the environment.