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Re: jakobe & Dick were bad picks 

Post#321 » by brownbobcat » Wed Dec 3, 2025 3:47 pm

AkelaLoneWolf wrote:
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CMB has had a pretty bad year so far and has been pretty disappointing to me....Hope he can turn it around and contribute in a major way but playing behind Barnes does not do him favors.



We're not watching the same guy are we?

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He’s had issues with injuries but he’s also two years younger than coward.
His 3 point shot looks legit but inconsistent as is expected.
His defense looks good too. Just needs to get used to the NBA whistle. Things that come with experience. He’s a keeper.

I like what I'm seeing from Derik Queen a lot, but CMB's been absolutely fine.
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Re: jakobe & Dick were bad picks 

Post#322 » by Clutch0z24 » Wed Dec 3, 2025 3:59 pm

junot111 wrote:
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CMB has had a pretty bad year so far and has been pretty disappointing to me....Hope he can turn it around and contribute in a major way but playing behind Barnes does not do him favors.



We're not watching the same guy are we?

Yeah weird take. CMB is a rotation player on a 15-7 team, that's pretty damn good for a rookie.


After a year of blatant tanking to try and get the best pick you can get, to come away with a good rotation player is still a little disappointing to me personally.....You guys can be happy with that but to me i would have hoped to get a player that has more potential....But you are right CMB to me has good rotation player upside for us because he will always be playing behind Barnes....Which is not too good for his development long term....

CMB is okay but in terms of upside overall im not seeing a potential all star or anything with him....Just a really good role player....But hope im wrong and he becomes something more....Just feel hes way too small for the position he plays for us and he needs to develop more wing type skills to be where we hope him to get at in the future.

For me personally i would have still liked Queen, Coward over CMB And i would much much rather of had that Pelicans 2026 pick + Jase Richardson.
I like CMB as a player just me personally there were better outcomes to the draft than what we ultimatly got....Which is a backup to Barnes.
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Re: jakobe & Dick were bad picks 

Post#323 » by dagger » Wed Dec 3, 2025 5:03 pm

I like CMB and think he has a fine career ahead of him, but when Barrett is back, I'd like CMB to get some time with that potent 905 team to work on skills and moves he isn't going to do much of right now, like shooting at various distances.
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Re: jakobe & Dick were bad picks 

Post#324 » by Appostis » Wed Dec 3, 2025 5:44 pm

Clutch0z24 wrote:
junot111 wrote:
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We're not watching the same guy are we?

Yeah weird take. CMB is a rotation player on a 15-7 team, that's pretty damn good for a rookie.


After a year of blatant tanking to try and get the best pick you can get, to come away with a good rotation player is still a little disappointing to me personally.....You guys can be happy with that but to me i would have hoped to get a player that has more potential....But you are right CMB to me has good rotation player upside for us because he will always be playing behind Barnes....Which is not too good for his development long term....

CMB is okay but in terms of upside overall im not seeing a potential all star or anything with him....Just a really good role player....But hope im wrong and he becomes something more....Just feel hes way too small for the position he plays for us and he needs to develop more wing type skills to be where we hope him to get at in the future.

For me personally i would have still liked Queen, Coward over CMB And i would much much rather of had that Pelicans 2026 pick + Jase Richardson.
I like CMB as a player just me personally there were better outcomes to the draft than what we ultimatly got....Which is a backup to Barnes.



A future OG... Awful outcome.
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Re: jakobe & Dick were bad picks 

Post#325 » by Clutch0z24 » Wed Dec 3, 2025 10:05 pm

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junot111 wrote:Yeah weird take. CMB is a rotation player on a 15-7 team, that's pretty damn good for a rookie.


After a year of blatant tanking to try and get the best pick you can get, to come away with a good rotation player is still a little disappointing to me personally.....You guys can be happy with that but to me i would have hoped to get a player that has more potential....But you are right CMB to me has good rotation player upside for us because he will always be playing behind Barnes....Which is not too good for his development long term....

CMB is okay but in terms of upside overall im not seeing a potential all star or anything with him....Just a really good role player....But hope im wrong and he becomes something more....Just feel hes way too small for the position he plays for us and he needs to develop more wing type skills to be where we hope him to get at in the future.

For me personally i would have still liked Queen, Coward over CMB And i would much much rather of had that Pelicans 2026 pick + Jase Richardson.
I like CMB as a player just me personally there were better outcomes to the draft than what we ultimatly got....Which is a backup to Barnes.



A future OG... Awful outcome.


Not an awful outcome....But who knows if he reaches even OG level....OG is one of the best corner 3 point shooters in the league along with pretty elite defense....If he is a worse OG that is not the best outcome....He has to develop his offensive game alot.

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I said this right after the draft and look where that Pelicans pick is now its #1....There was a statement made the Pelicans called teams #9-13 and the Hawks were the ones to accept it....

Don't hate CMB but when you look at what we could of gotten on draft night...CMB a long time back up to Barnes here is not the best outcome for me personally....If i had my way we would have traded the pick for that Pelicans package and we would have that Pelicans pick + Jase Richardson right now which is 10x the value.
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Re: jakobe & Dick were bad picks 

Post#326 » by sidsid » Yesterday 6:45 pm

Thought Barnes was our driver, but apparently the team only goes as far as Gradey's output will take us.

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