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Who should be #15 on the Hornets Big Board?

1. Andrew Wiggins, SG/SF, Kansas
2. Joel Embiid, C, Kansas
3. Jabari Parker, SF/PF, Duke
4. Dante Exum, PG/SG Australia
5. Noah Vonleh, PF/C, Indiana
6. Julius Randle, PF, Kentucky
7. Marcus Smart, PG/SG, Oklahoma State
8. Nik Stauskas, SG, Michigan
9. Zach LaVine, SG, UCLA
10. Doug McDermott, F, Creighton
11. James Young, SG/SF, Kentucky
12. Dario Saric, F, Croatia
13. Aaron Gordon, SF/PF, Arizona
14. Gary Harris, SG, Michigan St

Went with Hood.

Going with Nurkic again. I have a feeling I may be voting for him for a while.

My Board
1. Joel Embiid
2. Andrew Wiggins
3. Jabari Parker
4. Dante Exum
5. Noah Vonleh
6. Julius Randle
7. Nik Stauskas
8. Doug McDermott
9. Dario Saric
10. Marcus Smart
11. Aaron Gordon
12. Zach LaVine
13. Jusuf Nurkic
14. Gary Harris
15. James Young

Liver_Pooty wrote:Went with Hood.

ditto

"you can feel good, you can feel good, good about hood"

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Payne or Warren for me from here on out.

Anderson





Forum Big Board:----------------------------------------------Slam's Big Board:
1. Andrew Wiggins, SG/SF, Kansas---------------------------1. Joel Embiid, C, Kansas
2. Joel Embiid, C, Kansas--------------------------------------2. Jabari Parker, SF/PF, Duke
3. Jabari Parker, SF/PF, Duke--------------------------------3. Dante Exum, PG/SG, Australia
4. Dante Exum, PG/SG Australia-----------------------------4. Andrew Wiggins, SG/SF, Kansas
5. Noah Vonleh, PF/C, Indiana--------------------------------5. Noah Vonleh, PF/C, Indiana
6. Julius Randle, PF, Kentucky--------------------------------6. Nik Stauskas, SG, Michigan
7. Marcus Smart, PG/SG, Oklahoma State------------------7. Zach LaVine, SG, UCLA
8. Nik Stauskas, G, Michigan---------------------------------8. Julius Randle, PF, Kentucky
9. Zach LaVine, SG, UCLA-------------------------------------9. Doug McDermott, SF, Creighton
10.Doug McDermott, SF, Creighton-------------------------10. Marcus Smart, PG/SG, Oklahoma State
11. James Young, SG/SF, Kentucky-------------------------11. Gary Harris, SG, Michigan State
12. Dario Saric, F, Croatia-----------------------------------12. James Young, SG/SF, Kentucky
13. Aaron Gordon, SF/PF, Arizona--------------------------13. Aaron Gordon, SF/PF, Arizona
14. Gary Harris, SG, Michigan State------------------------14. Kyle Anderson, PF, UCLA
15. TBD --------------------------------------------------------15. Elfrid Payton, PG, Louisiana

At this point they are all pretty equal to me. Don't really care much who lands in the next spots. Everyone has a few positives and a few negatives. Would have voted for every one of them over Harris though.

Going with Hood here.

From what's left:

Payne
Anderson
Porzingis (would be higher if we didn't have a white, 7' pantywaist already)
Hood
Warren
Ennis
Hairston
Payton
Nurkic
Napier

I will take Payne...

Hood is so one dimensional...

BrotherDave wrote:Porzingis (would be higher if we didn't have a white, 7' pantywaist already)

Teams might overrate him just because of the so far successful Antetokounmpo experiment over at Milwaukee. They could see the possibility to give another skilled and nimble European 7-footer a shot.

And here comes Payne, making a hard charge from behind to try and capture 15th place! Can Hood hang on? Tune in later for results.

We need to bring the Payne.

LamarMatic7 wrote:

BrotherDave wrote:Porzingis (would be higher if we didn't have a white, 7' pantywaist already)

Teams might overrate him just because of the so far successful Antetokounmpo experiment over at Milwaukee. They could see the possibility to give another skilled and nimble European 7-footer a shot.

Maybe, he certainly looks a lot more of a player than Jan Vesely. He kind of reminds me of AK47 on crack 'cept taller and shoots better.

Potentially he could fill most of our glaring holes, including the holy grail of a stretch 4 that can shoot threes and provide weakside rim protection to hide Al. He's got to put on weight though, he makes Noel look like a body builder.

BrotherDave wrote:

LamarMatic7 wrote:

BrotherDave wrote:Porzingis (would be higher if we didn't have a white, 7' pantywaist already)

Teams might overrate him just because of the so far successful Antetokounmpo experiment over at Milwaukee. They could see the possibility to give another skilled and nimble European 7-footer a shot.

Maybe, he certainly looks a lot more of a player than Jan Vesely. He kind of reminds me of AK47 on crack 'cept taller and shoots better.

Potentially he could fill most of our glaring holes, including the holy grail of a stretch 4 that can shoot threes and provide weakside rim protection to hide Al. He's got to put on weight though, he makes Noel look like a body builder.

Yep, AK47 is a great comparison.

Porzingis isn't nearly as good of a defender as AK47 though, right? Or as a ball handler/driver?

I do think he'd be perfect besides Al.

close vote between hood and payne. get your votes in. we need to wrap this one up and get on to the next one.

ARHornet wrote:Porzingis isn't nearly as good of a defender as AK47 though, right? Or as a ball handler/driver?

I do think he'd be perfect besides Al.

He lacks AK's freakish combination of strength and speed, of course. At this point he can only emulate the ability to cover ground very quickly on defense and block everything in his sight at the rim. You could beat him one-on-one though, if you have a strength advantage.

He can definitely handle the ball just as well as Kirilenko can, maybe he's even better at it when you consider how he compared against the average 7-footer. You can call him a worse driver just because he isn't as likely to finish in the paint as Kirilenko would be. His lack of weight really hurts him and he rather evades colliding with opposing bigs. He's like Cody in this aspect, only that CZ Top would attempt the drives and end up on the floor, yet Porzingis would rather pull up for the jumper or try a lay-up that has him avoid other bodies.