Xatticus wrote:Bensational wrote:Wow, Dosunmu and Springer predicted to slide far in that mock. Giddey going late lottery will be another steal, too.
If these mocks are anywhere near accurate, I think there will be real value available later.
I doubt I'd take Dosunmu with the Chicago pick, but he is definitely interesting. He's kind of out of place in this modern era, but he can get to the basket and he can finish when he gets there. That's something to build off of. The issue I have is that he is going to have to have the ball in his hands a lot to do his work and he loves mid-range, pull-up jump shots. He looks sort of like DeRozan to me, though probably not as athletic. He needs to get his turnovers down as well.
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Garuba seems too low. He averaged 30 mins a game in Real Madrid's series against Efes as a 19-year-old. His box score stats don't really impress, but didn't Denver just give us a package to get someone to do what Garuba could do on a really cheap salary?
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I think there are a bunch of intriguing landmines in this draft, so some nice players are going to drop. I thought that last year as well though and a bunch of those landmines fell and the guys I wanted were gone by the time our pick rolled around... so who knows?
I think Ayo’s game will continue to grow, and his range will continue to extend. Hopefully. Maybe he falls in love with the midrange like DeRozan and Fultz, but Ayo seems to have more potential and capability already from deep so hopefully he’s pushed to keep adding to that. Some of his passes are just mind blowing to me. He can make passes that look like deflections/volleys because he’s read the defense before the ball has reached him and flicks it on immediately.
I hadn’t watched any of Garuba yet. Just checked highlights and he seems very interesting. Pretty great package to build off of from that age, like a more skilled Aminu. His game seems to move slowly compared to others on the court around him (I thought he was a C at first), but he wasn’t falling out of step or place, which is interesting. He had than Ben Wallace instinct for blocking shots though, that’s for sure.
Any other sleepers you’ve come across so far?
