GettinitDone wrote:He prob knows he doesn't his 1 on 1 skills aren't at the NBA level yet, so he got his points from cutting... simple but savvy solution coming from an 18yo if you can't score, just find creative ways to cut, cutting opens up offense that would otherwise be stagnant... maybe his best shot if he wants to be in rotation.
I love Skap, he can shoot and has a nose for offensive boards, has pretty high offensive awareness, and can pass a little, but his defensive awareness, boxing out, and shot blocking can get a lot better. Not bad if we can somehow turn a SL player into a key rotation... remains most likely a long shot, but worth looking into
This will be about Dadiet, but also Kolek, McCullar and Rokas. It might be true of Hukporti, but I'm not sure.
These guys were system picks. Not solely system picks - the Knicks scouted ability. But the Knicks scouted ability within the context of mentality and play style.
I like what they did with Dadiet and the draft in general. They had the gamblers mentality that guys they liked in Kolek and McCullars would drop, and they took Dadiet, maybe who offers the least RIGHT NOW, because their intel told them he'd get picked up before Kolek, but in the future he might be the best of all of them.
Dadiet has that same "do what it takes, be effective without the ball, understand the whole floor, commit to defense" DNA that the Villanova guys have, that OG has, that the other draft picks have. That was behind the IQ and Grimes picks as well.
Ok, I get that Kolek and probably Rokas aren't stellar defenders, but in that part of the draft Knicks were looking to hit on most of the markers and understand might not get all.
With Dadiet they took that gamble on upside. He's just turned 19. He could spend two years at "Knicks University", be deemed ready by Thibs, and still be about the age that IQ was drafted at, and the Knicks figured IQ needed a year or two after to further develop.
In the meantime, Kolek and McCullars will contribute in some way. Possibly Rokas as well.
I think the Knicks got a steal with McCullars. He's like a very lightweight version of the Porter Jr situation, where a good player drops due to injury concerns. I think he'll bring every good thing that Grimes brought. Probably see less of it because Bridges/OG/Donte/Hart kind of in the way, but OG will inevitably miss 40 games and there will be minutes.
