Nigerian Dwight: The James Nnaji Thread
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Nigerian Dwight: The James Nnaji Thread
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
Edit: Also 2nd youngest player in the draft, apparently
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Radu is gonna lose his **** mind when he sees this guy's muscles
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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.
Don't mind the trade though. If the FO sees something in him, then it's worth a try.
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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
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Best stash player we could have landed in the 2nd, great pick.
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Dunks hard, didn’t need all of those picks anyway.
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weirdly I watched a video on him from DX on tiktok earlier this week. he is long and athletic, he could really be decent.
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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.
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ain't no way Bismack was a 7 footer
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Lwcasu wrote:
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?
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What did we trade for him?
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Chapelchilla wrote:What did we trade for him?
34 and 39, we still have 41
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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
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
If he improved there is a good chance he could of been drafted in teens in next years draft.