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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#341 » by Homerclease » Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:52 pm

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Running out of superlatives for this kid. A human being his size shouldn’t be able to do that
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#342 » by Curmudgeon » Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:16 am

Who cares? He's not going to be a Celtic.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#343 » by BRUNiNHO91 » Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:21 am

Curmudgeon wrote:Who cares? He's not going to be a Celtic.


Damn Kings man..smfh.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#344 » by KL78192020 » Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:17 pm

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:Who cares? He's not going to be a Celtic.


Damn Kings man..smfh.


Still wouldn't get him even if the Kings won the lotto since it would go to philly.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#345 » by Homerclease » Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:20 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:Who cares? He's not going to be a Celtic.

I enjoy watching him play.

You care enough to post in this thread
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#346 » by Curmudgeon » Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:50 pm

This is the 2019 NBA draft thread on the Celtics forum. It was presumably started to discuss who the Celtics might draft. There's a whole RealGM forum on the draft, so if you want to drool over Zion, go over there.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#347 » by Homerclease » Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:33 am

Curmudgeon wrote:This is the 2019 NBA draft thread on the Celtics forum. It was presumably started to discuss who the Celtics might draft. There's a whole RealGM forum on the draft, so if you want to drool over Zion, go over there.

The title of the thread is 2019 NBA draft.

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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#348 » by Curmudgeon » Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:11 am

Well, I don't care about Zion, either, but gush away.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#349 » by Homerclease » Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:24 am

Curmudgeon wrote:Well, I don't care about Zion, either, but gush away.

Then why comment?
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Post#350 » by Curmudgeon » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:37 pm

Because I'd like to see some intelligent discussion of who the Celtics might draft in the early to mid teens, which is where the Sacramento pick probably winds up. Obviously we hope that the Memphis picks rolls over, which it would if the draft were held today, subject, of course, to the ping pong balls.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#351 » by Homerclease » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:48 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:Because I'd like to see some intelligent discussion of who the Celtics might draft in the early to mid teens, which is where the Sacramento pick probably winds up. Obviously we hope that the Memphis picks rolls over, which it would if the draft were held today, subject, of course, to the ping pong balls.

If you want to see intelligent discussion, provide it.

Typing “who cares?” Because I post a video isn’t intelligent discussion at all
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#352 » by Curmudgeon » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:10 pm

Fair enough. If Doumbouya is not available in the draft range, I like Keldon Johnson. Good shooter, good defender.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#353 » by Half-Full » Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:46 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:This is the 2019 NBA draft thread on the Celtics forum. It was presumably started to discuss who the Celtics might draft. There's a whole RealGM forum on the draft, so if you want to drool over Zion, go over there.


A curmudgeonly post indeed, but I have to agree. :)
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#354 » by Dannyboy36 » Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:47 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:This is the 2019 NBA draft thread on the Celtics forum. It was presumably started to discuss who the Celtics might draft. There's a whole RealGM forum on the draft, so if you want to drool over Zion, go over there.


What is with some of you guys? Chill out.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#355 » by captain green » Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:52 am

Curmudgeon wrote:Fair enough. If Doumbouya is not available in the draft range, I like Keldon Johnson. Good shooter, good defender.

Dude I have great feeling with doumbouya sneaky good stuff gym rat smart good work ethic. That would be a awesome pick . I was wanting reddish but man if we get that dude we scored.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#356 » by jfs1000d » Sat Feb 16, 2019 2:40 am

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Running out of superlatives for this kid. A human being his size shouldn’t be able to do that

It was just a block.

Yes, he is athletic. But hakim warrick did something similar.

I can remember people gushing Over Willie Cauley Stein guarding a point guard end to end for 90 feet.

Just chill on one play. I don’t find it that incredible.


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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#357 » by Roddy » Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:31 am

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Curmudgeon wrote:Watching Duke St. Johns.

Williamson is a 285 lb Jaylen Brown. Exciting player. His stroke from the free throw line is bad, though, and his release on the jumper is too low. Those will be issues when he hits the NBA. He's a legit No. 1 but he's no LeBron.

RJ Barrett is too much like Wiggins, and not just because they're both Canadian. He looks better than he is.

After Williamson, the guy on that Duke team I'm liking best is Reddish. Very nice player at both ends.


The gap between Zion and Brown is gigantic. If they were close, we would've seen Brown come somewhat close to making the impact that Zion is currently making. Jaylen's TS% was 52%, Zion's is 71% and climbing while also scoring 8 more points per game. Brown averaged 1.4 steals and blocks combined. Zion averages 4 steals and blocks combined. Brown had horrible touch around the rim, Zion has elite of the elite touch around the rim. Brown lacked natural feel and I, Zion is elite on both areas.

Wiggins and RJ are also very different. Wiggins biggest negative was his lack of fire and intensity. RJ's biggest strength is his fire and aggressiveness.


I have a question for you. I guess you have watched every single game of Duke, so did you see any progress in Zion's game (sorry Curm, still talking about Zion :wink: ) since the beginning of the season ? Or is he the same player ? Thanks :D
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#358 » by Duke4life831 » Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:00 am

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Curmudgeon wrote:Watching Duke St. Johns.

Williamson is a 285 lb Jaylen Brown. Exciting player. His stroke from the free throw line is bad, though, and his release on the jumper is too low. Those will be issues when he hits the NBA. He's a legit No. 1 but he's no LeBron.

RJ Barrett is too much like Wiggins, and not just because they're both Canadian. He looks better than he is.

After Williamson, the guy on that Duke team I'm liking best is Reddish. Very nice player at both ends.


The gap between Zion and Brown is gigantic. If they were close, we would've seen Brown come somewhat close to making the impact that Zion is currently making. Jaylen's TS% was 52%, Zion's is 71% and climbing while also scoring 8 more points per game. Brown averaged 1.4 steals and blocks combined. Zion averages 4 steals and blocks combined. Brown had horrible touch around the rim, Zion has elite of the elite touch around the rim. Brown lacked natural feel and I, Zion is elite on both areas.

Wiggins and RJ are also very different. Wiggins biggest negative was his lack of fire and intensity. RJ's biggest strength is his fire and aggressiveness.


I have a question for you. I guess you have watched every single game of Duke, so did you see any progress in Zion's game (sorry Curm, still talking about Zion :wink: ) since the begining of the season ? Or is he the same player ? Thanks :D


I like the progression with his FT shooting, I actually think he can become an 80+ FT shooter, his touch on it is really good. His aggression is up as well, which is good to see.

The negative that I see though is as his aggression has gone up, the flaws in his handle shows more. It can be really loose and he seems to lose control of it a few times a game. I would want him spending more time on his handle this summer over his shot.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#359 » by jirrit » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:12 am

Dannyboy36 wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:This is the 2019 NBA draft thread on the Celtics forum. It was presumably started to discuss who the Celtics might draft. There's a whole RealGM forum on the draft, so if you want to drool over Zion, go over there.


What is with some of you guys? Chill out.


Yup, that Sac pick can still jump to #1 so I don't see the problem here either.
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Re: 2019 NBA draft 

Post#360 » by Disinformation » Sun Feb 17, 2019 6:32 pm

jirrit wrote:
Dannyboy36 wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:This is the 2019 NBA draft thread on the Celtics forum. It was presumably started to discuss who the Celtics might draft. There's a whole RealGM forum on the draft, so if you want to drool over Zion, go over there.


What is with some of you guys? Chill out.


Yup, that Sac pick can still jump to #1 so I don't see the problem here either.

I don't see a problem with talking about Zion either. However, if the pick jumps to 1, we don't get it.
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