#32: Welcome to Orlando, Noah Penda!

Post #1 » by **SOUL** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:05 am

Hate away

VFX · Post #2 » by **VFX** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:09 am

SOUL wrote:Hate away

Skybox · Post #3 » by **Skybox** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:10 am

You get 6 fouls kid, have at it!

thelead · Post #4 » by **thelead** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:12 am

The defensive version of Georges Niang

Post #5 » by **Bensational** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:13 am

Gonna be monitoring Noah’s arc on his 3pt shot. If he gets it right, he’ll rain so many 3’s it could cause a flood.

Welcome to the team!

RookieStar · Post #6 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:15 am

Post #7 » by **SOUL** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:18 am

Bensational wrote:Gonna be monitoring Noah’s arc on his 3pt shot. If he gets it right, he’ll rain so many 3’s it could cause a flood.

Welcome to the team!

Noah's Ark

Message Boar · Post #8 » by **Message Boar** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:21 am

Bienvenue Noah!

VFX · Post #9 » by **VFX** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:22 am

Welcome Penda Express.

Post #10 » by **Bensational** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:24 am

SOUL wrote:
Bensational wrote:Gonna be monitoring Noah’s arc on his 3pt shot. If he gets it right, he’ll rain so many 3’s it could cause a flood.

Welcome to the team!

Noah's Ark

Are you being Pendantic about my spelling of ‘arc’? :wink:

(I’m out of bad puns now, don’t worry)

Post #11 » by **Bensational** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:24 am

VFX wrote:Welcome Penda Express.

Got damn! I thought I was done with puns and then I see this banger! Bravo!

RookieStar · Post #12 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:29 am

I cant waot for our pessimistic Euro( looking at you pepe) posters to give us a real rundown on Penda. Lol

Every srp is a jokic to all fanbases.. wanna see what pepe knows.

Post #13 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:30 am

John Hollinger on Penda...

Welcome to my favorite international sleeper. Penda is a 20-year-old combo forward whose athleticism doesn’t pop off the page, but he’s been one of the most productive players in France, with eye-catching rates of blocks and steals. The tape shows a high basketball IQ and good feel as a passer, both important traits for somebody who likely slots in as a role player. Meanwhile, the data shows a productive overseas player with a PER of 16.2 as a 20-year-old in a decent league (though not the best); I’m continually surprised teams don’t use this information more in their evaluations, because it has pretty strong predictive value.

The fly in the ointment here is the shooting. If he can’t knock down perimeter shots consistently, he’ll have trouble establishing a role at the NBA level, but Penda’s shooting stats over the past two seasons (29.3 percent from 3, 66.8 percent from the line) are rather sobering. He’s still young enough to make considerable progress and his form doesn’t seem irretrievably broken. At this point in the draft, he seems to be a good bet. If he hits, Penda fills an important positional slot that it’s impossible to have too many of, so gambling on this archetype is always preferable to picking guards and centers.

Post #14 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:30 am

Read on Twitter

AdamTheGreek · Post #15 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:31 am

Kind of a similar question as with Jase:
Can he IQ and smart his way through athleticism weaknesses?

French league quality of play is spotty, but it’s a physical league.

I preferred Raynaud, but Penda adds to our identity: hard worker, good character, solid passer, willing defender.

There’s some hope with his shooting, but we won’t know until he’s playing against NBA competition consistently.

Post #16 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:31 am

Read on Twitter

Post #17 » by **Bensational** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:32 am

RookieStar wrote:I cant waot for our pessimistic Euro( looking at you pepe) posters to give us a real rundown on Penda. Lol

Every srp is a jokic to all fanbases.. wanna see what pepe knows.

Pepe will love Penda. Euro team-first player? That’s his fav archetype after Kawhi.

Post #18 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:34 am

AdamTheGreek wrote:Kind of a similar question as with Jase:
Can he IQ and smart his way through athleticism weaknesses.

Fair question to ask.

Generally speaking, I trust really high BBIQ guys to figure out how to overcome their physical limitations and maximize their development path than I do physical freaks trying to learn on the fly how to play winning basketball.

RookieStar · Post #19 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:38 am

Knightro wrote:
AdamTheGreek wrote:Kind of a similar question as with Jase:
Can he IQ and smart his way through athleticism weaknesses.

Fair question to ask.

Generally speaking, I trust really high BBIQ guys to figure out how to overcome their physical limitations and maximize their development path than I do physical freaks trying to learn on the fly how to play winning basketball.

Same.. we saw it with JJ and Jingles.. can we see it with Jase and Penda?

RookieStar · Post #20 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:39 am

Bensational wrote:
RookieStar wrote:I cant waot for our pessimistic Euro( looking at you pepe) posters to give us a real rundown on Penda. Lol

Every srp is a jokic to all fanbases.. wanna see what pepe knows.

Pepe will love Penda. Euro team-first player? That’s his fav archetype after Kawhi.

Who know who pepe will love? Lol he loved Crobe aka SuperMario and that was a big miss.

Wanna see his observations on Pendabif he ever saw him play