Ranking Thunder Prospects

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Ranking Thunder Prospects 

Post#1 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Oct 6, 2019 4:07 pm

Rank OKC prospects here.
1- Shai- I think I’ve made clear that I’m very high on Shai.

2-Ferguson- I’m not sure he’ll be the best but I think his trajectory is most secure to be a solid 3&D player.

3- Bazley- I’ve talked myself into Bazley and realize I’m likely to be wrong. His passing ability is very intriguing to me. I’m hopeful he can be a guy that can run point forward at a times while shai plays off ball. This will only happen in a world where Donovan is no longer coach.

4- Dort- the guy is a tank. I really like his potential as an elite defender. This guy one of the best players/defenders in the pac 12 as a freshman. I’m not super high for his offensive potential but he likely won’t be Andre roberson level bad.

5-Diallo - Im not really down on Diallo but I haven’t seen many skills that I think can make him a positive impact player. Ferguson has at least shown he can his threes and sometimes play good defense. Diallo is a younger version of burton to me. He’s exciting and that makes people think he’s better than he is. However he’s young enough he can still get better.

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6- Patton-the gap between Patton and Diallo is pretty big. The only reason I can come up with that he may develop is that he finally gets healthy.

7-Nader- if you can fit threes you have some value, right?

8-Burton- nice guy but I don’t see it happening. Glad he made some money.
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Post#2 » by spearsy23 » Sun Oct 6, 2019 7:53 pm

I'd move Burton above Patton and Nader, but that says more about how little I think of them.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Post#3 » by Old Man Game » Sun Oct 6, 2019 8:58 pm

I didn't get to watch but from what I read SGA and Baze both did some good things at this scrimmage.

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Post#4 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Oct 6, 2019 10:19 pm

Old Man Game wrote:I didn't get to watch but from what I read SGA and Baze both did some good things at this scrimmage.

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I saw some highlights on twitter but it’s hard to tell who is who. The camera doesn’t even show the rim half of the time.

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