JMAC3 wrote:HadAnEffectHere wrote:I love all of the draft people who somehow don't follow the NBA even a little and are like "this perimeter player who can't shoot to save his life will be still be a very good player in the NBA even if he doesn't learn how to shoot"
Saw someone say this about Ron Holland last night (the No Ceilings breakdown of him) and it was like... Based on literally what examples in the modern NBA.
Ben Simmons hasn't played in three years and he was basically the last guy you could say this about. Bad shooting has become much more punished in the three years since he was a rotation player.
Please enlighten us. Who are your top 7 players in this draft?
1. Sarr
2. Holland
3. Risacher
4. Filipowski
5. Topic*
6. Dillingham
7. Cody Williams
8. Sheppard
I do not think Holland or Filipowski will be good players in the NBA unless they shoot 37% from three or better on high volume to be clear. But they have much better odds of doing this than Amen or Ausar (who have near 0 chance). Topic could move up to 1 or out of the top 8 depending on how he plays in his remaining Euroleague games, super disappointed by how he played in his first two.
Sarr is #1 just because there's a very low chance he learns how to shoot threes and if he does, he instantly becomes a star player and that's better odds than everyone else in this class (who have so little star potential).