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Halcyon wrote:I guess it's worth a flier. Perhaps he peaked in high school, but maybe there is hope he figures it out. I thought he would go undrafted last year after the horrific college stats.

Halcyon wrote:I guess it's worth a flier. Perhaps he peaked in high school, but maybe there is hope he figures it out. I thought he would go undrafted last year after the horrific college stats.

DCZards wrote:

payitforward wrote:
1 year after taking him with the #28 pick in the 2022 draft, GS traded him for the #57 pick in the 2023 draft.

Think about that.

The #57 pick last night was Trayce Jackson-Davis. It'll be interesting to see who winds up having the better NBA career TJ-D or PB Jr.

Note that Baldwin is still only 20 years old. TJ-D is 2 years & 9 months older than he.

It seems to me that GS decision to trade Baldwin was less about PBJ's potential and more about the timeline and needs of the Warriors. The Warriors want and need to win now and the older, more experienced Jackson-Davis is likely better prepared to help them in that regard. He gives GS some the inside size and toughness that they lacked last season, which ended up hurting them in the playoffs.

I do like Jackson-Davis tho and had hoped to see him in a Zards uni. Oh well.

closg00 wrote:Interesting hearing/reading the perspective of GSW fans.

Watch on YouTube

Frichuela wrote:The comment section is worth reading. GS fans appear quite pissed off about PBJ’s departure.

The beauty of it is he is signed pretty cheap on a 28th rookie scale pick for 3 years. Great pick up by our FO, nothing to lose…

DonaldSanders wrote:

Frichuela wrote:The comment section is worth reading. GS fans appear quite pissed off about PBJ’s departure.

The beauty of it is he is signed pretty cheap on a 28th rookie scale pick for 3 years. Great pick up by our FO, nothing to lose…

When PBJ is hot, he looks like a god out there; he is so tall almost nobody is contesting his jump shot. The big question is how he handles being a defender, especially in the playoffs when people can game plan for him... but that doesn't matter that much for you right now but he was not cracking a playoff rotation for us this coming year. In my opinion between PBJ and Poole you guys bought low on two of our guys that definitely will be worth more in the future than they are now. Both need a lot of playing time to work through their mistakes, something we can't offer for awhile. Poole is also going to be motivated again.

This is why I think the trade was good for both teams, as you'll get appreciated assets while you retain a high draft pick. We made a win-now move, you guys made a move for the future.

NatP4 wrote:
Any thoughts on Rollins?

FAH1223 wrote:His G League stats

11 Games

14.5 PPG
6 RPG
2 APG
2.2 TOV PG
0.5 SPG
0.6 BPG

44% FG
36% 3PT
55% FT

Santa Cruz only scored 108 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor yet as a team they scored about 123 points per 100 possessions.

Sounds like Kyle Kuzma.

prime1time wrote:

FAH1223 wrote:His G League stats

11 Games

14.5 PPG
6 RPG
2 APG
2.2 TOV PG
0.5 SPG
0.6 BPG

44% FG
36% 3PT
55% FT

Santa Cruz only scored 108 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor yet as a team they scored about 123 points per 100 possessions.

Sounds like Kyle Kuzma.

Where do you get g-league stats from? Also, I get the Kuzma comparison, but it's way to early to say that about the kid. The dude is just starting his basketball journey.

prime1time wrote:Btw, when did Kuzma become a player to reference in a negative way? Dude isn't an all-star but he's most certainly not trash.

prime1time wrote:Btw, when did Kuzma become a player to reference in a negative way? Dude isn't an all-star but he's most certainly not trash.