FarBeyondDriven wrote:I will say, watching Lopez with his slow feet, inability to defend the perimeter and doing nothing but jacking up 35 footers has me starting to believe that if a guy like that has been able to start on a championship caliber team that Edey could as well. I think lottery talk is nonsense but late 1st, why not?
Jacking up 35 footers makes it sound like Lopez isnt making nearly 37% of them at high volume. And you manage to not mention his elite rim protection and elite defensive awareness inside the post area. Just sticking up for my man Brook. He is a quality starting C at age 36 and has renovated his game in a way rarely seen in any sport to ensure he remains relevant. What he has done is one of the more unique accomplisments I have ever seen in the NBA.
Back to Zach, who isnt anything like Brook, I think Kanter is the guy to really compare. Big, strong and ground bound for the most part. Enes was a 0.5 BPG career guy, I think Zach just on height will be more of a 1.0 guy. But a nice role player, who ideally should be a 18-20mpg backup that can bruise 2nd units, cause some havoc in the post and demand doubles at times while eating rebounds at a high rate.
I see a late FRP in Edey. I am wary of spending a pick before, say 20, on a guy that I think is unplayable under any circumstances in the last 4-6 minutes of a close playoff game and I think Edey is 100% not playable in that situation.
If Enes Kanter was entering the league this year, in this NBA, I would still take him late 1st. I see Zach as a near fascimile of Kanter in terms of their playing style - but I do believe that Zach is a better defender as Enes was historically bad (Not just unable to switch, as Edey will be, but his awareness even as a post defender was unbelievably bad for a guy his size).
I do like his fit as a rebound eater in OKC but they are picking too high and they have a 4-out philosophy that I dont see Presti breaking anytime soon.