NiL8r87 wrote:Novocaine wrote:I love this pick for you guys. Top-10 talent in this draft, IMO. Great motor, great athlete, untapped potential offensively. He was uber dominant even if played against low level comp. But he'd raise his game against the best teams in the schedule, fwiw.
Can defend 3 or 4 positions in the NBA, I think. He's like Mbah-a-Moute before the injuries but with a softer touch, better hands, and more explosive.
I think he has Ibaka potential.
This dude’s a genius.
Thanks for saying it, not to be a conspiracy theorist or anything but not sure what's up with the world not celebrating me more often
vjkid wrote:
Claps. Bravo to you for getting this one bang on (maybe not quite Ibaka). I don’t even know who the Davis most people were complaining about us not taking.
Hero_Panda wrote:Okay, this guy really is a prophet.
Novocaine wrote:
Forget about analytics.
Siakam's best asset, his defensive potential, isn't even capture by analytics. Great motor, great twitch, really moves well laterally, gets low. Very fast from end to end. Quick leaving the floor and fights for every rebound. Sets good screens and sprints to them. Budding offensive game. His mechanics are inconsistent and his shot is flat. But I've seen him play 2 years ago, and every time I saw him again he was a little better. He hasn't stopped improving since he set foot in the US and got some decent coaching. Don't think he'll stop improving now that he'll get really good coaching. At worst, he'll be a nice energy big to play off the bench that will outwork everyone on court. At best, a high-impact role-player. I think he'll get there.
Hero_Panda wrote:Kabookalu wrote:Someone in the GB said this:
I love this pick for Toronto. I had Siakam as the most underrated player in the draft.
Steal of the draft IMO. Top-15 talent. Maybe top-10 in this draft. Draymond Green like defense and promising offensive game for someone who's basically had 2 years of serious coaching.
This was back on page 3.
@Kabookalu, who is this GB prophet you speak of?
Also on page 3 (maybe this is said prophet?):
Yeah, that was me too.
I saw Siakam playing for his prep school in Texas and was impressed by his energy and demeanor in spite of his lack of basic skills. Then every time I saw him playing for New Mexico he looked improved - significantly. Every month he was notably better. That sort of rate of improvement rarely comes to an abrupt end.
Siakam is obviously better than I predicted, especially as a playmaker/shot-creator. Although I think Nurse has been overutilizing him on offense, at least during the reg season. Don't like him as an offensive anchor for 4 guys to play off him, not worth the trade-off.
Still believe OG Anunoby is the guy who has All-NBA potential. Running out of time, hopefully next season he's injury free and gets a consistent playing role. Needs to move or hope Kawhi moves.