Nyce_1 wrote:Serious question, why did he fall? Seeing and reading the things I've come across AFTER the draft makes me believe he should've gone #1. Are 5 players really better than him or have that high a potential over him?
Because of medical record ( or lack of the same ) and serious question how his stats would look if he actually did have bigger role on offense, and can he handle bigger offensive load.
Guys like Jackson, Tatum , Smith Futz, or in past Wiggins all took around 360-440 FGA in their college years so their stats had bigger sample size than Isaac and his 256 FGA ( 8 FGA per game ).
Also his production was inconsistent as it get, even at college level. When you look at Tatum (somebody i wasn't really that high on ) he was getting 20-ish points ( in 12 of last 13 games at the end of a season he went over 10 points, 8 times scored 18 or more points in that period ) . On other hand Isaac and his offensive production : 2 points against Clemson ( took 2 shots in 19 min ) than his best game 21 points againt North Carolina ( 10 FGA, 11 free trows ) , than 4 point game vs Norte Dame ( 6 FGA,0 free trows ),than 3 games in a row with 11-14-14 points to two games where he combined for total of 10 points ( 8 vs Duke, 2 vs Miami). He finished season with 4 of 6 games below 10 points.
In general , at college level he never took more than 13 FGA, and he only took 10 FGA or more 10 times in whole season.
You can blame coaching and Bacon for that but you can also blame him for not being "alpha " enough and more agressive.
So when you put it in perspective, guys like Josh Jackson or Ball were with scouts under microscope because sample size of their playing style and usage was simply huge to allow scouts and fans to nitpick. When it comes to guys like Isaac you simply don't know because you didn't see enough. That makes him "hipster" pick where he is attractive for all good things he does ,because he didn't have much time to showcase bad things. It was same story with Hezonja " he can't get bigger role his coach sucks and Barcelona is contender" , and in reality he didn't play much because he couldn't handle more. I hope that Isaac will turn out to be great and exceed my expetations . So to answer your question, most scouts and teams who picked before Orlando went into -proven good with chance to be great than Isaac and his- potentially good, could be amazing.
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