sunsbum wrote:Just from watching highlights my hot take is Meltons shot reminds me of Gilbert Arenas.
Yes!! thought the exact same thing. That real move-stop-flick. Not overly fluid but it goes in...
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sunsbum wrote:Just from watching highlights my hot take is Meltons shot reminds me of Gilbert Arenas.
bwgood77 wrote:nevetsov wrote:Will he be a 2 way contract?
I think there was a report earlier that they were going to give him a 4 year contract with guaranteed money the first year or two, probably similar to Okobo's, so, if that's the case, no.
TASTIC wrote:sunsbum wrote:Just from watching highlights my hot take is Meltons shot reminds me of Gilbert Arenas.
Yes!! thought the exact same thing. That real move-stop-flick. Not overly fluid but it goes in...
bwgood77 wrote:batsmasher wrote:Looks offensively a bit further along than Shaq but I really hope Shaq gets the first shot at it as he earned that at the end of last season and in SL this year.
Are you assuming Melton is ahead of Okobo even though we took Okobo in the draft at a spot we could have taken Melton?
Kerrsed wrote:bwgood77 wrote:batsmasher wrote:Looks offensively a bit further along than Shaq but I really hope Shaq gets the first shot at it as he earned that at the end of last season and in SL this year.
Are you assuming Melton is ahead of Okobo even though we took Okobo in the draft at a spot we could have taken Melton?
Thats what im assuming. While Okobo might eventually be the better player years down the line, i also believe Okobo is really really raw and will need years to work on his game and mature, while i think Melton is definitely more suited to be an impact from day one.
Draft position doesnt matter. There have been plenty of examples in the past of a team drafting 2 players at the same position and end up playing the lower picked guy more because he is more game ready. Bulls playing Taj over Johnson is one that comes to mind.
It really wouldnt surprise me, as Okobo needs to adjust to being in the US (Like a lot of foreign players), learning to speak the language a bit better (Like a lot of foreign players), and all in all work on his game more as damn near every draft site said he has high upside but is still really really raw.
garrick wrote:If the Suns were so high on Melton why wasn't he drafted over Okobo?
Melton, a shooting guard, was the 46th pick in the June draft out of USC.
garrick wrote:If the Suns were so high on Melton why wasn't he drafted over Okobo?
gaspar wrote:garrick wrote:If the Suns were so high on Melton why wasn't he drafted over Okobo?
Because they liked Okobo even more?
matt131 wrote:Maybe the rule is different if the player is traded, but I think September 5th is the last day for teams to issue required tenders to unsigned second-round picks; those players become free agents on September 6 if not tendered.
Have we already signed him and it just hasn't been announced?
lilfishi22 wrote:matt131 wrote:Maybe the rule is different if the player is traded, but I think September 5th is the last day for teams to issue required tenders to unsigned second-round picks; those players become free agents on September 6 if not tendered.
Have we already signed him and it just hasn't been announced?
As far as I know we haven't signed him but we intend to. So I'm not sure what the hold up is unless they are looking to move him again?
garrick wrote:If the Suns were so high on Melton why wasn't he drafted over Okobo?