With the 19th Pick, the Raptors select Ja'Kobe Walter!

[Risk101]

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[SpezNc]

My only disappointment is we did not work out him.

[ForeverTFC]

It’s interesting that the drafting philosophy has changed from non shooting wings to a bunch of shooting guards.

Scottie. They know they can't have non-shooters around him. That's why RJ is gone if his %s from last year weren't real (he's gone regardless imo)

[dohboy_24]

During the pre-draft show, he said he likes to model his game after someone like Kawhi and was named after Jordan and Kobe (Ja'Kobe) so perhaps he could ultimately become the scoring guard this team needs to compliment IQ, Gradey Dick, RJ Barrett, Scottie and their development timeline.

6′ 4.25” barefoot - probably going to be 6'6" in shoes - prototypical size for the shooting guard position.
197.6 lbs - needs to add another 10-15 lbs and likely will over the next few seasons
8′ 6.50” standing reach - second highest standing reach among guards
6′ 10.00” wingspan - one of the longest wingspans for a guard

Among all guards (point guard + shooting guard), he had a decent lane agility (11.0 seconds) score, one of the top 10 times (2.92 seconds) in the shuttle run, and a top 5 time in the 3/4 court sprint (3.04 seconds).

Among all prospects, he had one of the top 25 standing verticals (30.5 inches) and one of the top 15 max verticals (38.5 inches).

FG% = 37.6% (4.1 fgm on 10.9 fga)
2pt FG% = 42.3% (2.0 2pm on 4.7 2pa)
3pt FG% = 34.1% (2.1 3pm on 6.3 3pa)
FT% = 79.2% (4.1 ftm on 5.2 fta)

14.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.2 blocks in 32.3 minutes per game

With the right support and development, he could become one of the top 5 or 10 players chosen in this draft.

[Scase]

Anyone complaining about a 19th pick is just not getting what the late ends of the first round are lol. There is no "great pick" at this point, it's pretty much a mishmash of maybes, just gonna have to trust in the FOs one clear strength, drafting.

[UnbelievablyRAW]

He pretty much reminded me of Trent with better defense tbh. Bub off the board early was tough

[dTox]

I hope he makes them eat their words.

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With all due respect, who the f*** is that guy, with 700 followers.

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

He's got the body, the game needs development through.

[Risk101]

I hope he makes them eat their words.

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With all due respect, who the f*** is that guy, with 700 followers.

Another dummy putting out draft bs.

[The Duke]

He was the biggest upside guy of the guys left alongside Missi.

Also, he's clearly a GTJ replacement. Not sure why everyone keeps saying he doesn't fit. RJ isn't our long term SG.

Exactly!
This is a guard dominant league.
RJ and maybe IQ may not be our long term guards.
Who knows, no one knows.

I wanted K George last year (instead of Dick), and I’m fully okay with the Ja’Kobe selection

[RoteSchroder]

The same people who are complaining about the pick are the same people who wanted Keyonte George after the draft when he posted splits of 37/33/79 in college.

Walter is a steal.

what about the ones who didn't like Keyonte

not a Ja'Kobe fan, but also not complaining about the pick. There was no obvious clear cut choice.

You're going to be pleasantly surprised with the pick.

I honestly had him in my top 5.

He has potential to be a steal. Kid was not a spot up shooter, he's a movement shooter.

I'll do a write up on him soon, but I've seen the kid play roughly 10 times, and I'm escatic. If you want a guy who can be a 20ppg scorer and hit 3's, you can't get better than this kid.

I just prefer my guards to be able to get to the rim and create on-ball, unless he can turn into a Ray Allen/RIP/Reggie Miller/JJ Redick level of a shooter.

In the past, I thought we should have ran a lot more off-ball screen action for guards like GTJr/Ross considering they suck on-ball. But it never seems to happen on the Raps. Darko even wanted to develop GTJr's on-ball game last season.

[WuTang_CMB]

Anyone complaining about a 19th pick is just not getting what the late ends of the first round are lol. There is no "great pick" at this point, it's pretty much a mishmash of maybes, just gonna have to trust in the FOs one clear strength, drafting.

Especially in this draft. If he becomes a KCP solid role player next to scottie at 19, u take it. Plus still only 19 not finished by any means

[mdenny]

The story is his first name was given in homage to MJ and Kobe, so why is it Ja'Kobe and not Jo'Kobe?

Is this a 4/10 worry or 9/10?

Now that we know his birth name was fumbled out the gate....10/10.

[Sandman88]

Baylor players suck but hope he’s different.

Quincy Acie begs to differ

[vado]

He's got some tools. Hope he works out

[canada_dry]

Not mocked anywhere to toronto. Raps kept it close. Didnt think he would be the pick but looking to see how this works out

I read somewhere that his highschool performance showed a lot more on ball creation fwiw

Multiple places had him mocked to Toronto i feel like the past week.

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[canada_dry]

BPA.

You can't fault the thought process.

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