Welcome to Boston, JD Davison! – Appreciation Thread (Waived July 24, 2025)

return2glory · Post #141 » by **return2glory** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:46 pm

I've heard some people saying JD has a 37" vert max.

Other places it says 44".

From the highlights, it looks over 40"

playa-hater · Post #142 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:16 am

Parliament10 wrote:Does this Kid make it into the rotation; or he a Two-Way?

I think there is a middle to your choices. Non rotational player but signed to our 15 man roster..

My guess is 2 way.. My hope is regular roster but whatever..

playa-hater · Post #143 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:17 am

return2glory wrote:I've heard some people saying JD has a 37" vert max.

Other places it says 44".

From the highlights, it looks over 40"

is it possible that 37 is a straight Vert and 44 is his one step vert??

playa-hater · Post #144 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:21 am

Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

Dogen · Post #145 » by **Dogen** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 3:42 pm

playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

Me too. I thought all three of Brad's 2nd round picks have been great for getting potential talent, but Davison looks most likely to break into the league, despite his youth and inexperience.

He could probably get some garbage time minutes early this season and turn some heads. The dude will be able to get to the rim against 3rd team NBA talent, at the very least.

sam_I_am · Post #146 » by **sam_I_am** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:34 pm

playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

It makes sense given how overmatched Yam looked in SL last year. JD was #53 pick in a weak draft for a reason which will probably be apparent soon enough but his athleticism is above average so regardless of how good he ends up being there should be some fun moments.

playa-hater · Post #147 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:15 pm

sam_I_am wrote:
playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

It makes sense given how overmatched Yam looked in SL last year. JD was #53 pick in a weak draft for a reason which will probably be apparent soon enough but his athleticism is above average so regardless of how good he ends up being there should be some fun moments.

With all due respect yam just seems better fitted for Europe the style he plays is different than what the NBA is about.

31to6 · Post #148 » by **31to6** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:23 pm

GoCeltics123 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Holy cow

I held off on watching this video for a few days, but now that it did it confirms what I suspected: why draft this guy when you’ve already got Payton Pritchard? I mean come ON Brad, what are we going for a team of CLONES?

Hal14 · Post #149 » by **Hal14** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:24 pm

31to6 wrote:
GoCeltics123 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Holy cow

I held off on watching this video for a few days, but now that it did it confirms what I suspected: why draft this guy when you’ve already got Payton Pritchard? I mean come ON Brad, what are we going for a team of CLONES?

LOL. For real. They're about the same height but other than that, they are pretty much completely different players.

Post #150 » by **Parliament10** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:38 pm

Read on Twitter

BostonCouchGM · Post #151 » by **BostonCouchGM** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:19 am

sam_I_am wrote:
playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

It makes sense given how overmatched Yam looked in SL last year. JD was #53 pick in a weak draft for a reason which will probably be apparent soon enough but his athleticism is above average so regardless of how good he ends up being there should be some fun moments.

Maybe stop frequenting the laughably bad sites that are saying this is a weak draft class

sam_I_am · Post #152 » by **sam_I_am** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:31 pm

playa-hater wrote:
sam_I_am wrote:
playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

It makes sense given how overmatched Yam looked in SL last year. JD was #53 pick in a weak draft for a reason which will probably be apparent soon enough but his athleticism is above average so regardless of how good he ends up being there should be some fun moments.

With all due respect yam just seems better fitted for Europe the style he plays is different than what the NBA is about.

I agree, he didn’t look like an NBA caliber player last year in SL.

brackdan70 · Post #153 » by **brackdan70** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:39 pm

The more I watch and read about this guy the more excited I am. My expectations aren’t high, but I think he could make the team and could be a contributor in a couple years. That’s all I need from a late second. His upside is much more as he has NBA skills in speed, explosiveness and finishing ability. Pretty good passer and feel for the game. Needs to work on shooting obviously to stick in the league, but high potential and good use of a late second. Dude was 15 ranked with a 94 score on espn recruiting ratings.

brackdan70 · Post #154 » by **brackdan70** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:57 pm

BostonCouchGM wrote:
sam_I_am wrote:
playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

It makes sense given how overmatched Yam looked in SL last year. JD was #53 pick in a weak draft for a reason which will probably be apparent soon enough but his athleticism is above average so regardless of how good he ends up being there should be some fun moments.

Maybe stop frequenting the laughably bad sites that are saying this is a weak draft class

I didn’t fall in love with the top of this draft, but I think it was pretty deep.

Hal14 · Post #155 » by **Hal14** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:54 pm

sam_I_am wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
sam_I_am wrote:
It makes sense given how overmatched Yam looked in SL last year. JD was #53 pick in a weak draft for a reason which will probably be apparent soon enough but his athleticism is above average so regardless of how good he ends up being there should be some fun moments.

With all due respect yam just seems better fitted for Europe the style he plays is different than what the NBA is about.

I agree, he didn’t look like an NBA caliber player last year in SL.

Ugh, I'm sick of this narrative.

1) he played in 2.5 games last year during summer league. That's way too small of a sample size to base anything off of

2) 1 of those games, he played very well with a number of "NBA caliber" plays and finishing with a higher FG% and higher +/- than Pritchard

3) He wasn't even playing big minutes in those games. 15 mins a game off the bench is nothing - especially when he only played in 2 and a a half games

4) Pritchard was clearly the guy running the show in last year's summer league team. Pritchard was given the keys to the car, because he was in the rotation all year as a rookie, he played in more games his rookie season than anyone else on the team - Madar was unknown so clearly Mazzula focused more of his efforts on Pritchard's development, getting more on ball reps for Pritchard and letting him run the point. Madar would go in, not stay in for very long (not long enough to get in a rhythm) and then get taken out.

5) Madar was playing in a foreign country - literally his first ever time playing in a game on US soil

6) Pritchard, Nesmith, Edwards and Langford with all veterans who had just been through an entire season of NBA practices and games together (2 years playing together for langford and edwards) compared to Madar who literally had never played with these guys ever before so had zero on court or off court chemistry/familiarity built up with them

7) What should we put more weight into when evaluating how good Madar is - 2.5 summer league games where he played 15 mins a game with basically no practice time playing with guys he'd never played with before - or the 151 pro games he played in overseas with teammates he was familar with, teammates who he actually went through a training camp with? Not to mention, the competition he has faced in the overseas pro leagues is comparable to the competition he faced last summer in the summer league. Most of the NBA's better players don't play in summer league - and most of the players who are playing in summer league are fringe NBA guys - it's not a great barometer for evaluating a player - you gotta take it with a grain of salt.

It's not like you can say "oh he was good overseas but then when he faced real competition in summer league he sucked" um, no. The competition he has faced overseas is comparable to summer league competition.

8) The adjustment to the further away 3 pt line in the NBA is going to take longer than 2.5 games. Most rookies have an entire summer league, training camp, preseason games to adjust..

9) The league Madar played in this past season is a more competitive league than the Israeli league he has played in previously. So if Madar did play in SL this year, it's safe to say he would have performed better than last year. This year he's 21 instead of 20 last year - this year he's coming off playing in a more competitive league than he had been playing in before - not to mention that this past season he played for arguably the best coach in all of Europe.

Birdon · Post #156 » by **Birdon** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:54 pm

Welcome home Blanka.
Now we need our Sagat.

Scoonie · Post #157 » by **Scoonie** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:00 pm

return2glory wrote:I've heard some people saying JD has a 37" vert max.

Other places it says 44".

From the highlights, it looks over 40"

You don't have to wonder. His max vertical was measured at the NBA Combine at 37", which is good but not elite: https://www.nba.com/stats/draft/combine-strength-agility/

return2glory · Post #158 » by **return2glory** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:56 pm

Scoonie wrote:
return2glory wrote:I've heard some people saying JD has a 37" vert max.

Other places it says 44".

From the highlights, it looks over 40"

You don't have to wonder. His max vertical was measured at the NBA Combine at 37", which is good but not elite: https://www.nba.com/stats/draft/combine-strength-agility/

I've seen that. But a see another place where they had him at 44.5."

Scoonie · Post #159 » by **Scoonie** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:59 pm

return2glory wrote:
Scoonie wrote:
return2glory wrote:I've heard some people saying JD has a 37" vert max.

Other places it says 44".

From the highlights, it looks over 40"

You don't have to wonder. His max vertical was measured at the NBA Combine at 37", which is good but not elite: https://www.nba.com/stats/draft/combine-strength-agility/

I've seen that. But a see another place where they had him at 44.5."

Go with the one that was officially measured. Not the one that’s a rumor.

BostonCouchGM · Post #160 » by **BostonCouchGM** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:05 am

playa-hater wrote:Take this however you want, but I am way more excited to see what JD can do than Yam Madar.

I have no idea as of yet other than guessing but it seems like JD is more built for the NBA while Madar is for over seas..

Agreed. Though I’m still holding out hope Madar develops into a Ginobili lite down the road and can help off the bench