VanWest82 wrote:ATLTimekeeper wrote:VanWest82 wrote:If Kuminga falls to us we trade out of the spot and pick up an asset. We need players with skill and BBIQ.
He has skill, but it's almost comical how often top recruits are overhyped and he may well be one of them. Cam Reddish told everyone in his year at Duke that he was overhyped and Atlanta still took him in the lotto. And they still played him too much, and they only started winning when he got hurt. I don't know enough about Kuminga other than his cousin was an overhyped lotto bust and he went to a bunch of high schools (usually a bit of a flag). I'm not saying he'll bust, but I wouldn't be ecstatic if he fell to us. Usually when guys slide and there's no obvious injury concern there's a good reason. A good example is Andre Drummond, who made everyone that passed on him look like fools in the short term, but in the long-term he was impossible to build around.
He's a teenager and I have no idea what's between his ears or how hard he'll work, but the little bit I did see of his g league games didn't inspire confidence. The contrast between him and his top 5 teammate was stark so I might have been biased by that. Fingers crossed we move into top 4 and don't have to make these hard decisions.
Kuminga looked way better than Green during the 2 scrimages, then when the regular season began Green emerged better. I guess Kuminga is more raw than Green who flourished in the more structured game. So it may take Kuminga 2-3 years to join the rotation but I feel like he has more defensive versatility than Green covering 2-4, which is immensely valuable.
