RichCollab wrote:RookieStar wrote:Bensational wrote:
Lively looks like another Caulie-Stein or Javale McGee. Maybe Deandre Jordan at best. I don’t think he has enough to him to go far in the league - but happy to be wrong about that, because I love his shotblocking. I’d be picking Zach Edey over him without question. Zach has his own set of limitations, but he has IQ and high efficiency. Where Lively would be the better perimeter defender and possibly better blocker, Edey will be that immovable big body who just gobbles up rebounds and who will be pretty automatic from inside.
Maybe... its just that i think we all saw Tacko and BOban, those automatic inside points , get hunted and becomr totally unplayable. Can Eddey break that stigma? Who knows...
Yet.. Lively.. well sure there the wcs and javalee mold but there are also the Jaffro, M. Williams, M. Robinson...
Guess it all boils down to what we want.
Eddey doesn’t seem fit for NBA. His pockets will be picked and will be fast breaked to death.
I hear ya, but I think Edey has the base level skill and IQ to have success even in this iteration of the league. Tacky and Boban never displayed the footwork and soft touch that Edey has, they were just big.
Defensively his impact will obvs come in the paint where he’ll be a deterrent and rebound machine. If he can learn to grab a rebound and pitch it up to a streaking wing he could lead his own transition runs. On the perimeter he’ll get destroyed but he could be coached into using his length to mitigate that.
Offensively he would start as a post player who can help generate looks on the perimeter. I like his chances of one day developing a jumper out to the 3pt line - we could be talking 8 years down the line, but I think the potential is there.
For us, he’d be a big body to bring off the bench and in moments we need to secure rebounds. If we got him for a 2rp, it will prove to be great value.
For real though, it's gonna be interesting to see if there's still a place in the nba for players like this.
