Kanyewest wrote:nate33 wrote:The Consiglieri wrote:Well in terms of aloof, dude is French.
I'm interested, raw as hell, helps the tank, has a high ceiling and low floor. I'll consider that at 18. Both he and Beringer (and Traore to a lesser extent) have been primary targets for me because I see them as 2-3 year plan prospects that won't hurt the tank in '25-'26 or '26-'27, and offer long term upside potential, and yeah, the floor is much lower than virtually every preferred 2nd round target on this board, but nearly all those targets I've heard about offer the same that we already have in spades and is typically cheap in FA: Competent, floor prospects that provide some utility and zero chance at stardom or even "very goodness".
For me, with zero future stars on the roster currently (although probably 2 of them still have some minute degree of that potential in Sarr, Bilal, and now that I think of it, even AJ), we need to take big fat swings, not settle for walks, and singles. I don't care if we have a great 5th guy on an average team, that is meaningless (other than as a trade chip, which I concede will have value), I'm hunting for hidden stars, even if the chances of that are only 3-8%, look at Dallas/San Antonio/Philly winning this lottery (Cough), that was 1 in 1000 or rigged. So yeah, I'll swing for the fences, period, until we have our star(s), at which point I think we can afford to try and grab singles, doubles and even walks.
I'm generally leery of the French. I think they have been consistently disappointing as NBA players. Here is a list of French players drafted in the last 25 years:
I highlighted the few times that their team was actually happy with the draft pick. Every other pick was either a total bust or a modest disappointment. The jury is still out on Risacher.
Wemby was obviously a big success, but that's just because he is a total outlier physical specimen. Other than that, Bilal is the only guy in the last decade who wasn't either a total bust or a significant disappointment relative to his draft.
I feel like Ian Mahinmi and Evan Fournier are in the own category. The teams that had Ian Mahinmi (Dallas and Indiana) and Fournier (Denver and Orlando) early on were fine with him but have reached huge levels of disappointment with their contracts relative to their production later on.
I am trying to figure out the player which you would be closest to the break even point of neither happy nor sad- it might be Pietrus or Serapahin.
Also, Pecherov isn't French.
There has never been a true engine from france. Someone who scored close to 2,000 points at close to 50 percent efficiency.
. And this Wemby kid - I hear he could be pretty good. 
