looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck... pretty good chance its a duck.
I not saying don't draft lamb, but if his interviews didn't raise red flags for you then you are being pretty obtuse.
if these duck facial expressions/duck verbal responses are the perceived red flags that you think will prevent him to showcast his skillset on the floor, then I say you are being pretty absurd.
If you think that interviews mean nothing then I am not the one being absurd. His skillset on the floor is obviously going to be the majority of what he is judged on but when you have it narrowed down to a small group of guys with similar on court production you have to go beyond that to find out who to draft.
Gerald Green is an obvious example, a guy who many wanted to draft here yet despite good body and on court production fell down the draft boards. Obviously his interviews showed his immaturity.
Stepping up from being a good college player to becoming a good pro is as much mental as it is physical. Many kids that declare for the draft should of stayed in school but the reality is that teams don't reward players for staying in school.
Lamb may be a great pro, or he could be a kid that doesn't have the desire to put in the needed work to take that next step. That is the whole point of the interview process, to try get a feel for the maturity, intelligence, basketball iq and desire a kid has.
Lamb doesn't show much of these during interviews. For crying out loud what college basketball player doesn't know who is on the blazers roster...
He may be a good kid that has a lowsy agent that has done terrible job preparing his client for draft but the fact remains, his interviews probably did not help his case for being a lotto pick
Its amazing how Lamb is getting killed for this interview. To me he basically sounded
exactly like Bosh from 2003-2006. Soft spoken laid back and not exactly the sharpest
knife in the drawer. Bosh turned out to be all right as what a 7 time All-Star now or
something along those lines.
I don't get what people want...Its the 8th pick in the draft he doesn't have a killer instinct
hes not a leader hes not gonna be a number 1 option on offense so who the hell is
in this draft...possibly Rivers but his critics will tell you hes a selfish ball hog whos cocky
and has tunnel vision.
If we do draft him at 8 were getting a guy who was on Team USA Under 19 Fiba team the
second leading scorer on a National Championship team as a freshaman and a guy whos
a good shooter is athletic is a good ball handler can create his own shot among other
things.
But people wanna ignore that because he didnt know the household name of Nicolas Batum
or the nucleus of a team that blew up half its roster at the trade deadline lost Roy and Oden
before that and has a few key FAs.
Lamb has his faults like everybody else no perfect prospect exists at 8 which is a reason
most players taken at 8 bust.
