Nigerian Dwight: The James Nnaji Thread

amcoolio · Post #1 » by **amcoolio** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:25 am

Pick 31. 6'10", built like a tank, shows very good defensive upside, foul prone and super raw offensively though

Edit: Also 2nd youngest player in the draft, apparently

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SWedd523 · Post #2 » by **SWedd523** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:26 am

Radu is gonna lose his **** mind when he sees this guy's muscles

Post #3 » by **Diop** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:27 am

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KingCat · Post #4 » by **KingCat** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:28 am

Ehh putting on my cynic hat, don't see him ever touching the court for us, plus we are already focusing on guys like Kai, Williams, and Thor.

Don't mind the trade though. If the FO sees something in him, then it's worth a try.

Post #5 » by **Diop** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:29 am

Read on Twitter

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The build reminds me of Jalen Duren. Could be awesome.

amcoolio · Post #6 » by **amcoolio** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:31 am

I'm sorry but his highlight videos, he looks more fluid than Kai on both ends of the floor. He obviously needs years of seasoning but I'd bet on his future over Kai. Although this guy will never be a shooter

LofJ · Post #7 » by **LofJ** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:32 am

Best stash player we could have landed in the 2nd, great pick.

Post #8 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:32 am

Dunks hard, didn’t need all of those picks anyway.

countryboi · Post #9 » by **countryboi** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:33 am

weirdly I watched a video on him from DX on tiktok earlier this week. he is long and athletic, he could really be decent.

wilson115 · Post #10 » by **wilson115** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:34 am

They actually went and got a kid I talked up for once.

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Lwcasu · Post #11 » by **Lwcasu** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:37 am

Diop wrote:

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The build reminds me of Jalen Duren. Could be awesome.

He has the exact same height/wingspan as Biyombo and even though he is raw offensively, you can tell he is already better offensively than Biyombo will ever be.

SWedd523 · Post #12 » by **SWedd523** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:40 am

ain't no way Bismack was a 7 footer

KingCat · Post #13 » by **KingCat** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:42 am

Lwcasu wrote:
Diop wrote:

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The build reminds me of Jalen Duren. Could be awesome.

He has the exact same height/wingspan as Biyombo and even though he is raw offensively, you can tell he is already better offensively than Biyombo will ever be.

But what's his FG% when being defended by orange cones?

Chapelchilla · Post #14 » by **Chapelchilla** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:45 am

What did we trade for him?

amcoolio · Post #15 » by **amcoolio** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:46 am

Chapelchilla wrote:What did we trade for him?

34 and 39, we still have 41

SWedd523 · Post #16 » by **SWedd523** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:49 am

amcoolio wrote:
Chapelchilla wrote:What did we trade for him?

34 and 39, we still have 41

sounds like 41 is going to the Lakers

chabber · Post #17 » by **chabber** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:54 am

oh I really like this pick. love physical bruisers, I could see him working out for us and possibly being Marks backup whenever we bring him over. He's almost surely already better than Kai.

Post #18 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:16 am

Don't ever expect this guy to shoot outside of 3 feet. Dunker only.
He is a career 44.1% free throw shooter.

Worth a stash and has a potential NBA rotation role at least as a rebounder and rim protector.

BeesWax · Post #19 » by **BeesWax** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:03 am

I mean he may learn to shoot a little. Only been playing ball for 6 years or so. I will say during highlights I don’t see him bobble passes much. At least it looks like he is good hands.

JMAC3 · Post #20 » by **JMAC3** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:04 pm

Believe I saw he was 2nd youngest player drafted after GG.
If he improved there is a good chance he could of been drafted in teens in next years draft.