NBA Draft Discussion Part 10

[PushDaRock]

noa refresher

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Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Well I mean Giannis was a twig when he got drafted too

[grant101]

noa refresher

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Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Yea just let him develop into a three. Keep him slim and mobile.

But he has no on-ball game and can't shoot!

[Tha Cynic]

Whenever u get guys that are super long and do that 1 handed dunk so effortlessly like scottie and noa, just know masai is drafting them

Sigh also look like guys who prefer layups to destroying the rim

[XTC]

We've been scouting the French prospects folks. We're probably getting 2 of them out of this draft.

I think people are forgetting how Masai made multiple trips to France this year to scout.

Its 100% a real possibility

[grant101]

noa refresher

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Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Well I mean Giannis was a twig when he got drafted too

even as a skinny teen, Giannis had very broad shoulders. Opposite of Noa

[canada_dry]

Anyone else feel pretty good with whatever way we seem to be likely to go?

Unless of course they go completely ofg the grid and draft someone unexpected

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[WuTang_CMB]

philly board love Noa fwiw

[canada_dry]

Wow Noa jumped big to BRK and Khaman dropped

Toronto always had Khaman and Noa top 2 as of yesterday. But best odds for KM right now ast +180

I hope Kon drops if Noa is taken before us. Nets could also just be doing it to get us to trade up.

he's a lock to charlotte. only him and tre worked out for charlotte lol everyone else skipped

Yeah but teams draft guys who haven't worked out for em all the time. It doesn't really say THAT much imo. Including for us.

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[raptor jesus]

Essengue remids me of a slightly bigger but way less skilled Batum, so I guess the old man version of Batum. I watched his long form scouting vid: Pro: mostly played within himself, doesn't look as out of place as a guy like Bruno. Con: I didn't see a lot of ceiling plays or even flashes, he's very limited. I think I would pass in the top 10.

[RaptorPride]

Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Yea just let him develop into a three. Keep him slim and mobile.

But he has no on-ball game and can't shoot!

I know throw him in the g league as the number one. Focus on handles number one which will help him open up his offensive game and slowly work on shooting. It's a longterm project player, I won't expect anything crazy from him until year three.

[Tha Cynic]

noa refresher

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Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Well I mean Giannis was a twig when he got drafted too

There's a huge difference in the force Giannis played with even then. You either have it or you don't. I think best case is an Ingram type but he has a very low baseline as a starting point right now

[Raptors Realtor]

Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Well I mean Giannis was a twig when he got drafted too

even as a skinny teen, Giannis had very broad shoulders. Opposite of Noa

Ya Noa is built like Jamario Moon, or perhaps Durant?

[PushDaRock]

Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Well I mean Giannis was a twig when he got drafted too

There's a huge difference in the force Giannis played with even then. You either have it or you don't. I think best case is an Ingram type but he has a very low baseline as a starting point right now

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Not comparing the 2, only saying guys can put on size and most will get bigger and stronger

[canada_dry]

The Essengue smoke is looking too obvious to me. First the Scottie/Pascal/Kawhi comments, and now the "secret" workout?

This is either the biggest smokescreen ever from the Raptors, or they did not do a good job hiding their Essengue interest.

dont think they need to hide, there is a clear top 7 and they clearly like both essengue and Malauch

Considering how secretive they have tried to be about their draft process since their interest in GIannis got leaked back in 2013 (I read it in a story about Bruno, apparently the Giannis thing contributed to how secretive Masai was about his Bruno interest the next year), I'm honestly having a hard time believing they got exposed like this for Essengue.

I agree in some ways but they can't control who this kids publicly comparing himself too either

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[mtcan]

Essengue remids me of a slightly bigger but way less skilled Batum, so I guess the old man version of Batum. I watched his long form scouting vid: Pro: mostly played within himself, doesn't look as out of place as a guy like Bruno. Con: I didn't see a lot of ceiling plays or even flashes, he's very limited. I think I would pass in the top 10.

I see Obi Toppin. Essengue and Beringer remind me of Obi Toppin at the time he was drafted. Obvious Obi has since started shooting 3s and he's been extremely useful off the bench for Indy (especially these playoffs). I don't hate the possibility that he's the pick. Maluach is still my preferred guy though.

[RaptorPride]

Well I mean Giannis was a twig when he got drafted too

even as a skinny teen, Giannis had very broad shoulders. Opposite of Noa

Ya Noa is built like Jamario Moon, or perhaps Durant?

Noa is Noa you just try to build him the B.I and KD mold and that first starts with his handles. Better handles would atleast let him put the ball on the floor and attack the basketball and just work your self out from there.

[nivisi9]

what did Coward say that people dont like and when?

[djsunyc]

i'm not high on him eiither but trust in masai. i think you see the ball hawk perimeter defense from indy and okc so noa can project to be that.

[WuTang_CMB]

Wow Noa jumped big to BRK and Khaman dropped

Toronto always had Khaman and Noa top 2 as of yesterday. But best odds for KM right now ast +180

[grant101]

Yea just let him develop into a three. Keep him slim and mobile.

But he has no on-ball game and can't shoot!

I know throw him in the g league as the number one. Focus on handles number one which will help him open up his offensive game and slowly work on shooting. It's a longterm project player, I won't expect anything crazy from him until year three.

This is something you do with a late first or second round pick, not in the lottery! He's shown nothing to indicate he has any kind of future as an on-ball player. His best bet is to study Shawn Marion, pick up a consistent corner three, stop with the gambling for steals, learn to play with more bend to stay in front of smaller players, and commit to using his length more on defence (for all the talk about wingspan and standing reach, he does a poor job helping his team defend the basket). The juice is not worth the squeeze, especially not at 9 IMO.