Dr Mufasa wrote:5DOM wrote:I'd be okay with picking Barnes because I'm starting to like this draft less and less. Might as well go with the higher floor guy.
Depends where one slots his floor
A Wes Johnson Xavier Henry type start as someone who can do nothing off the dribble and aren't nearly the shooters they were scouted as and who trips up confidence wise, looks like Barnes floor to me. Being generous, would people be happy if we took him 3rd and he ended up as good as Chase Budinger is now? If being an athletic tall SF with elite shooting and good off ball smarts was all it took to be Granger, maybe Budinger would be Granger. Granger can do things on the ball and attack the basket
IMO high floor/low upside can mean "average talent" a lot of the time. And I think being an average talent picked high is the biggest thing that creates busts.
Beal can shoot the ball as well as Barnes and has a much more useable first step and attack the basket game. He's also a freshman and playing well which means something. I think Beal is the best offensive prospect of him, Barnes and MKG
You've seen the same light I have, except I still think Barnes is going to be a VERY good player. I think he's more of a structure guy, kind of like Bargnani, in that you give him direction, and he'll execute with the best of them. He'd be great in a triple threat setup in the NBA imo. Gregg Popovich would get the best out of this guy, honestly, and so would Casey for that matter, based on what he's gotten out of Bargnani, another guy who plays well within structure.
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