Precious Achiuwa

[EMG518]

This is the kind of guy whom gets underrated ever year and winds being really good in my opinion. I would take him very high.

[hugepatsfan]

heck, even Adebayo plays over 60% of his possessions at the 4 and dude takes no 3s

this whole idea that you decide whether someone should be a 4 or a 5 strictly on if they can shoot 3s is nonsensical. if Precious can't shoot 3s in what world does that make him more valuable at the 5? great, now you have a 5 that's both undersized AND can't shoot 3s.

Doesn't Adebayo play the 5 because of Olynyk and Meyers? I remember when they went vs Philly there was talk of how he defended Embiid so pretty sure he defends the 5s even if he's maybe listed as a PF.

[hugepatsfan]

i would select him with the 31st pick for sure if he is still available.

Yeah If he is there the Mavs take.him with the hope that he turns into Harrell

tankathon shows him on the 31st at the moment:)

Hard to see him making it that far down when Boston has 3 picks. They love switchability on defense and he fits that well. Can't see them passing on him 3 times.

[clyde21]

heck, even Adebayo plays over 60% of his possessions at the 4 and dude takes no 3s

this whole idea that you decide whether someone should be a 4 or a 5 strictly on if they can shoot 3s is nonsensical. if Precious can't shoot 3s in what world does that make him more valuable at the 5? great, now you have a 5 that's both undersized AND can't shoot 3s.

Doesn't Adebayo play the 5 because of Olynyk and Meyers? I remember when they went vs Philly there was talk of how he defended Embiid so pretty sure he defends the 5s even if he's maybe listed as a PF.

wasn't really the point, the point was that you're not automatically a 5 just because you don't shoot 3s.

[Stillwater]

given the lack of prospects with the same versatility potential... along with the size and mobility in the bag of tricks... he is a late lottery to 20 lock imo

[hugepatsfan]

heck, even Adebayo plays over 60% of his possessions at the 4 and dude takes no 3s

this whole idea that you decide whether someone should be a 4 or a 5 strictly on if they can shoot 3s is nonsensical. if Precious can't shoot 3s in what world does that make him more valuable at the 5? great, now you have a 5 that's both undersized AND can't shoot 3s.

Doesn't Adebayo play the 5 because of Olynyk and Meyers? I remember when they went vs Philly there was talk of how he defended Embiid so pretty sure he defends the 5s even if he's maybe listed as a PF.

wasn't really the point, the point was that you're not automatically a 5 just because you don't shoot 3s.

No, but if you're not a 5 and you don't shoot 3s it puts some pressure on spacing because unless you have a 5 that can shoot (which don't exactly grow on trees) then it can hurt your spacing. So if you can't shoot and you have some traits that project well at the 5 then teams are gonna gravitate towards playing you there.

[clyde21]

Doesn't Adebayo play the 5 because of Olynyk and Meyers? I remember when they went vs Philly there was talk of how he defended Embiid so pretty sure he defends the 5s even if he's maybe listed as a PF.

wasn't really the point, the point was that you're not automatically a 5 just because you don't shoot 3s.

No, but if you're not a 5 and you don't shoot 3s it puts some pressure on spacing because unless you have a 5 that can shoot (which don't exactly grow on trees) then it can hurt your spacing. So if you can't shoot and you have some traits that project well at the 5 then teams are gonna gravitate towards playing you there.

if you're a 5 and can't shoot 3s it also hurts your spacing, makes no difference, that's why Whiteside sucks despite the fact that he's 20/10 guy

Precious is a 4 that can play some 5 in certain matchups, he's not a full time 5.

[Catchall]

Maybe he'll develop his skills, or maybe he'll be a somewhat better version of Jordan Hill.

[kobyz]

solid but nothing special, Amir Johnson like!