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Post #21 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Mon May 16, 2011 8:08 am

Teh thing is, you can do a brilliant write up on a guy's strengths and weaknesses, but people will focus almost solely on what you said his comparison is.

mid-post · Post #22 » by **mid-post** » Mon May 16, 2011 4:06 pm

I think player comparisons should be thought of more as a style comparison rather than how the prospect will pan out statistically. Because the latter is ridiculously difficult to predict. That's how I give my player comparisons anyway.

vincecarter4pres · Post #23 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Mon May 16, 2011 8:22 pm

mid-post wrote:I think player comparisons should be thought of more as a style comparison rather than how the prospect will pan out statistically. Because the latter is ridiculously difficult to predict. That's how I give my player comparisons anyway.

+1

thamadkant · Post #24 » by **thamadkant** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:44 am

DX is pretty good site actually, no sucking up or anything.

But its funny, this thread could of been a lot of whinging and whining from posters, but JonathanG posted early so the potential whingers become suck-ups hehehe.

Just my presumptions.

babyjax13 · Post #25 » by **babyjax13** » Tue May 17, 2011 5:00 am

Do you think you can do an update on Jamine Peterson?

vincecarter4pres · Post #26 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Tue May 17, 2011 5:08 am

Guys I would like to see updates on:

Klay Thompson
Jordan Hamilton
Bojan Bogdanovic
Keith Benson
JaJuan Johnson
Malcolm Lee
Jordan Williams
David Lighty
Scotty Hopson
Marshon Brooks
Jan Vesely
Xavi Rabaseda

S.W.A.N · Post #27 » by **S.W.A.N** » Tue May 17, 2011 5:48 am

I visit draft express almost as much as realgm.....

Would love to see an update on Val... he is in your top 5 but nothing new about him in 2011

JonathanG · Post #28 » by **JonathanG** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:24 pm

S.W.A.N wrote:I visit draft express almost as much as realgm.....

Would love to see an update on Val... he is in your top 5 but nothing new about him in 2011

Honestly, that was a very comprehensive update we did on December 26th. Not a great deal has changed since then. We will break down his stats a bit more (including his Lithuanian league and Baltic league stuff) in our "by the numbers" and "situational stats" pieces. In terms of his style of play, though, what you see there is what he is in my opinion.

Let me know if you have any more questions about his strengths/weaknesses.

JonathanG · Post #29 » by **JonathanG** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:24 pm

vincecarter4pres wrote:Guys I would like to see updates on:

Klay Thompson
Jordan Hamilton
Bojan Bogdanovic
Keith Benson
JaJuan Johnson
Malcolm Lee
Jordan Williams
David Lighty
Scotty Hopson
Marshon Brooks
Jan Vesely
Xavi Rabaseda

Most of these are coming...

JonathanG · Post #30 » by **JonathanG** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:25 pm

babyjax13 wrote:Do you think you can do an update on Jamine Peterson?

I think we have this scheduled for next week.

JonathanG · Post #31 » by **JonathanG** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:27 pm

mid-post wrote:I think player comparisons should be thought of more as a style comparison rather than how the prospect will pan out statistically. Because the latter is ridiculously difficult to predict. That's how I give my player comparisons anyway.

The problem is that you can't explain that every time, so people take them way too literally. Nevertheless, I will try to post comparisons for at least the top-20 guys in the draft, if not more.

NH · Post #32 » by NH » Tue May 17, 2011 7:27 pm

Hi Jonathan,

Why does DX have Kanter ranked so low (8th) when most mock drafts have him in the top 3? what do you know guys know about him?

Grits n Gravy · Post #33 » by **Grits n Gravy** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:46 pm

JonathanG wrote:
mid-post wrote:I think player comparisons should be thought of more as a style comparison rather than how the prospect will pan out statistically. Because the latter is ridiculously difficult to predict. That's how I give my player comparisons anyway.

The problem is that you can't explain that every time, so people take them way too literally. Nevertheless, I will try to post comparisons for at least the top-20 guys in the draft, if not more.

hey jonathan

i know you're going to the eurocamp soon, please look strong and hard at tomas satoransky...i have watched many of his games over the last few years and think he's gonna be a great player in the nba some day, i wrote a thread topic a while ago about him. anyways if you get time after seeing him at eurocamp, would be great to see an update on him....cheers mate

Paul John 2 · Post #34 » by **Paul John 2** » Tue May 17, 2011 8:24 pm

Hi jonathan, you have the best draftsite in the world! I read DX from 2005 and i think that you have done an amazing job in all these years.

vincecarter4pres · Post #35 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Tue May 17, 2011 10:32 pm

JonathanG wrote:
mid-post wrote:I think player comparisons should be thought of more as a style comparison rather than how the prospect will pan out statistically. Because the latter is ridiculously difficult to predict. That's how I give my player comparisons anyway.

The problem is that you can't explain that every time, so people take them way too literally. Nevertheless, I will try to post comparisons for at least the top-20 guys in the draft, if not more.

Aah, you da man homie.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #36 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:11 am

sure, he shows up and you guys all wilt like neglected daisies. Well, I'm not pulling any punches.

Jon, when are you going to start listing the calcium deficiency of the 1st round prospects? Maybe if you weren't so busy angling for those financially lucrative eastern european scouting gigs you'd have T-score bone density potential signed, sealed and delivered by now. Unbelievable. I guess anybody can run an incomplete draft site these days.

tester551 · Post #37 » by **tester551** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:57 am

I know it is out sort of out of your focus, but I would love an occational update on players who were drafted previously, but are still playing in Europe.

Are they still developing their skills, or has the progression peaked?
Are they any closer to making it to the NBA?

Players like Rubio, Claver, Freeland to name a few...

S.W.A.N · Post #38 » by **S.W.A.N** » Wed May 18, 2011 6:08 am

DX should get props for being the first draft site with updated mock after the lottery...

couldn't even get onto the other site to see how theirs looked

vincecarter4pres · Post #39 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:16 am

Devilzsidewalk wrote:sure, he shows up and you guys all wilt like neglected daisies. Well, I'm not pulling any punches.

Jon, when are you going to start listing the calcium deficiency of the 1st round prospects? Maybe if you weren't so busy angling for those financially lucrative eastern european scouting gigs you'd have T-score bone density potential signed, sealed and delivered by now. Unbelievable. I guess anybody can run an incomplete draft site these days.

And would blood sugar and cholesterol counts be so out of the question either?

Slackers.

NBAMAN4LIFE · Post #40 » by **NBAMAN4LIFE** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:56 pm

JonathanG I remember you back in the cheezedoodle days on the heat board ! I love what you do and that would be a dream job for me as well. If you can take the time out of your busy schedule and email me some advise or pointers into how to get into that line of work I will greatly apreciate it. Kinglos724@gmail.com

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