Dat2U wrote:McGeeNArenas wrote:MF23 wrote:I think the staff works out players because they aren't lazy. I'd guess the FO would want to work out over 50 different players and then add the work out observations into some sort of grade system. I'm starting to fall for the idea of drafting Curry. I just see him as a potential franchise player and working his talent into the roster would work IMO.
If the Wizards keep the pick my #1 choice is Curry. I think he has a lot of upside but is good enough to contribute now.
Before I belittle your post,
did you really mean to say Curry is a FRANCHISE player?
Like a Lebron, Wade, Kobe, Howard, Duncan, KG, Arenas, Amare, Bosh etc type of Franchise player? Someone we can build around?
anxiously waiting your reply.
Well Curry measures up pretty well with those players when it comes to b-ball IQ & skillset and honestly that's not something to overlook. Personally I don't think he's athletic enough to be a franchise player but he will be pretty damned good IMO. Maybe even an all-star quality point guard.
I've liked Curry better than Harden for months and now would even put him slightly above Evans on my board. Curry will not be as bad a defender as people think and honestly I think Gil may be more successful at guarding bigger SGs than quicker PGs.
Evans is by far the best player next to Gil because he is bigger than Arenas on defensive and takes the playmaking and defensive stress off Arenas when guarding both sg's and pg's. I don't see Harden ever having the ability to effectively guard pg's and Curry will never have the ability to guard sg's. I see evans as having the ability to guard both. However, with Jamison guarding the post, Arenas is going to have more stress on his knees since opponents are dying to get into the paint since Jamison can't contest shots. With Hill, perimeter players are much more hesistent at attacking the rim since they know a shotblocker is waiting to alter their shot. Having Jamison logging heavy minutes automatically means that we need a guard that is going to excellent at stopping dribble penetration and to be able to relieve Arenas of guarding super quick perimeter players due to gil's knees. I think this fact alone eliminates some of the guard we are considering.
Haywood will always have to leave his man open since he is on the only true defense presence in the paint and each night specific plays are designed just to attack the side of post that Jamison is defending, and since Haywood always had to leave his man due to Jamison poor shot blocking presense, Haywood's man usually has an easy shot when the extra pass is made. So the player we choose has to be excellent at stopping dribble penetration since Jamison is going to logg heavy minutes defending the post.
Or we get a p/f that can give 35 high quality minutes on the court and supplants jamison as the starting p/f. We know that Blatche has failed to play at a high level whenever on the court for long stretches of time which is why Jamsion is still starter.
and this is why you don't draft sg with slow first step in lottery. they resort to crafty dribble moves to get an offensive advantage.."cough travel". Watch Harden's pivot foot move completely before he makes a dribble and shareef laughs. The guy has been getting away with this all through college due to his slow first step his shot is going to get blocked easily since he has no elevation and shoots the ball from the top of his head and he definitely doesn't have the quickness to cover point guards and relieve Gilbert's knees.
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no way