truwizfan4evr wrote:People on this board seem to want Bennett more than porter now? I just don't understand the hype around Bennett he just a lazy defender and a under size big with no position in nba. Picking Bennett will be a huge mistake for wizards I would rather take a risk on Len then Bennett if Noel and Porter is gone at 3.
No, the Porter and Bennett camps have stayed he same throughout the process. The only individuals that are moving, are ones that have never clearly defined themselves as pro one or pro the other, largely because most of them had already fixated on a target for the #8 slot, and not considered top 4 targets an option. So now that we're at #3, they're debating between Bennett, and Porter. A week ago most of the debate was between what third tier target made the most sense, or if a trade own did? At this point, people are resettling with our good fortune over whether we should go for the high floor, moderate ceiling Porter, or the high celing, middling floor of Bennett.
Your depiction of Bennett is really a tiresome angle as well, basically fixate only on negatives, ignore entirely why scouts all over the place view him as a player who could be the best player from this draft in a few years, and a guy with the biggest ceiling. You also ascribe laziness to his d, when we don't really know why he was so inexplicably bad on that end, preserving fouls, and rest because of the asthma, injury, naivete? Who knows. What we do know is that he's an offensive dynamo with plus plus talent at virtually every aspect on the offensive end except back to the basket post play, has a ton of athleticism, and a great wing span. Has a well developed offensive game, and a multiplicity of skills, and that he's a huge liability on D for now.
If you want to say he's a lazy tweener, and ignore why scouts love him entirely, do so, but it is very lazy analysis. If you wanted a contra approach, I could annihilate Porter very easily focusing exclusively on his issue and make him look like essentially, a MLE scrub that isn't worth taking top 10 in most drafts, and is inexplicably a top 3 target merely because this is a crummy draft bereft of upside, athleticism, and elite players (with Bennett being one of only 2-3 in it with a reasonable chance of becoming that rare gem). I don't view him that way, I think his BBIQ, length, and solid stroke will make him an average to solid defender, a reliable 2nd and 3rd option scorer, and a great rebounder, and facilitator/brain on the court.
At the end of the day, I really believe this is a choice between a guy you know will be solid on both ends of the court, will compliment the BBIQ of Nene, and Beal, accentuate the chemistry, hit the boards, facilitate great decisions in terms of ball movement for the right shot, and will give us a great 3rd option and 2nd option if anyones hurt. He won't ever be great, but he should be above average or good.
Or we can take the guy who can be a dominant weapon on the offensive in, scoring inside and outside at will, really making our offense into a constant troubling threat with Beal, and Bennett threatening from outside, and Wall, Nene, and Bennett a threat inside too. He should be able to become an elite scorer, and at worst, an above average rebounder. He'll hurt us on the defensive end some early on, and maybe for a long time, not really sure which, time will tell, but he has the ability to become at least borderline competent there, and with Beal and Wall already playing quality D, and team D a strength, having one guy who is a weakness, at least for now, would not be catastrophic, and would also really push the kid to get w/the program.
What do you like better? I much prefer the upside of Bennett, particularly sinceI also view his floor as superior to Porter's ceiling offensively, and even if his D is inferior, I don't mind, as we're already a good team on D, and he's a kid with plenty of time to develop that part of his game.
Perhaps the key point here is that in Bennett's case, he has a ton of high ceiling/high floor qualities in his O, and most of his flaws as a prospect can be coached up (D, back to basket post game), while Porter's flaws can't be coached up (athleticism, lack of elite skills).
Both picks are justifiable, and at the end of the day, people who are trending one way or the other are generally doing so based on what they prefer, a sure thing, even if it's just a solid to pretty good thing, or a more up and down risk, with huge upside (and even w/that concern, I really challenge the idea that Bennett is boom or bust because he isn't, it's pretty clear to me, that the available evidence suggests, even if he ends up struggling as a tweener, and as a defender, he'll still be a superior scoring option to Porter, so the floor isn't really that low).
Who knows.. Remember how transparent EG was with Vesley?