djsunyc wrote:grant101 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:
Playing against grown professionals >>> majority of kids your age who won't sniff the professional ranks.
You’re kinda ignoring his point though. Pascal showed a lot of on ball skills and shot blocking/rebounding in college. This idea of him as a blanke slate project is just wrong.
Noa hasn’t shown anything to suggest he has that kind of upside. He get his points off of fast breaks and cuts to the basket (or when someone overplays a close out). Also, the professional league thing is overstated. The German league is not good and the players are on the small side. He’s not seeing the floor now that his team is playing one of the few decent teams in that league.
if we are using pascal as a comparison then you need to use freshman year pascal, not senior year.
My comp for him is Josh Minott. Similar frames (Josh is a little shorter and a touch broader), skill set, athleticism and wonky jump shot. Both among the youngest in their class, and both players that around draft time people projected development on without any basis on who they were as players. Minott may still become a decent player, but he’s at the end of his rookie contract and he hasn’t produced anything for the big club. But he was picked in the middle of the second round, where it’s fine to take the gamble.
Like another poster mentioned. If we’re hell bent on a high upside project, just trade back and take Beringer. I’m not sold on him, but at least he has all-defence level outcomes and an incredible frame.
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