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First rookie to make it since Elfrid Payton in '14-'15

Congrats to Franz! Better than most anticipated

Him and Jalen in opposite spots from what we all thought after Summer League.

Congrats to Franz. Flat out stud.

Def Swami wrote:First rookie to make it since Elfrid Payton in '14-'15

First MAGIC rookie you mean...

Which i really hope won't have the same carewr trajectory as elf.lol

Our best player. Well deserved.

RookieStar wrote:

Def Swami wrote:First rookie to make it since Elfrid Payton in '14-'15

First MAGIC rookie you mean...

Which i really hope won't have the same carewr trajectory as elf.lol

Well that's implied since it's an all rookie team

Grats Franz!

His awesome rookie season was rewarded. Congrats to Franz, well deserved! Looking forward to seeing him improve his game to new heights.

Him and Paolo Banchero will be dynamite next year!

Well deserved, skies the limit for Franz!

Franz = New Dirk

Well deserved.

Excited to see him grow these next few years. Let him initiate the offense more this year please coach!

Well deserved

I was a bit afraid he was gonna get snubbed with that late surge from green and thinking giddey would get in with all those western conferences rookie of the month awards

Congrats to franz and hope he can keep his upward trajectory going next year.

I think he's going to wind up being one of our all-time best players when it's all said and done. Hopefully, this draft pick can be the franchise changer that we need because it would be a shame not to see Franz play in a ton of meaningful playoff games throughout his career with us.

PrimeThyme wrote:I think he's going to wind up being one of our all-time best players when it's all said and done. Hopefully, this draft pick can be the franchise changer that we need because it would be a shame not to see Franz play in a ton of meaningful playoff games throughout his career with us.

I LOVE the idea of Franz and Jabari on both offense and defense. The ability to play pick and roll or pick and pop together while also being able to switch on defense... I can only imagine Mosley was grinning all day today.

thelead wrote:I LOVE the idea of Franz and Jabari on both offense and defense. The ability to play pick and roll or pick and pop together while also being able to switch on defense... I can only imagine Mosley was grinning all day today.

That's where my head would be at if I was WeHam.

I'd just be in complete shock if they passed on Chet, though. It's possible that they've course-corrected on their philosophy a bit since getting utterly burned by the Isaac/Bamba picks, but I still feel in my gut that they've been dreaming of the chance to draft this exact player ever since they got hired.

No brainer. Should have been unanimous.

Grats Franz! Well deserved.