'14 Draft Thread - Now With a Poll: VOTE OR DIE.

The Wet Whistle · Post #441 » by **The Wet Whistle** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:13 pm

paulpressey25 wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:Big Dog the Third is on ESPN 2. He might be in the Bucks' range.

Love little dog. But hope like heck we aren't talking about him come June.

Yep. Love him and Gary Harris but I hope to hell I don't hear us call either name unless we have a second first rounder.

Theres only five names I care about right now. Parker, Wiggins, Exum, Randle, Embiid

SupremeHustle · Post #442 » by **SupremeHustle** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:51 pm

Randle at 6 on ESPN the Deuce.

SupremeHustle · Post #443 » by **SupremeHustle** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:55 pm

The Wet Whistle wrote:
paulpressey25 wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:Big Dog the Third is on ESPN 2. He might be in the Bucks' range.

Love little dog. But hope like heck we aren't talking about him come June.

Yep. Love him and Gary Harris but I hope to hell I don't hear us call either name unless we have a second first rounder.

Theres only five names I care about right now. Parker, Wiggins, Exum, Randle, Embiid

I think we're sleeping on Aaron Gordon.

By the way, this is the most I've been into college hoops since the '96 draft.

Matches Malone · Post #444 » by **Matches Malone** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:00 pm

Wiggins, Parker, Randle or Exum. Anything else would be a disappointment.

SupremeHustle · Post #445 » by **SupremeHustle** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:05 pm

What has Exum done to excite people? Seems as much of a project as Yanni to me.

Matches Malone · Post #446 » by **Matches Malone** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:06 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:I think we're sleeping on Aaron Gordon.

Terrific athlete. I was actually surprised on his jump shooting range as well. He still concerns me right now. We see every year these physically gifted players come into the draft and they just never pan out in the NBA. I'm optimistic on the kid but I'm not as high on him as others might be. I think right now I would take 6 or 7 guys in front of Gordon. (Wiggins, Parker, Exum, Randle, Harrison, Embiid and MAYBE Smart)

Post #447 » by **paulpressey25** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:06 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:I think we're sleeping on Aaron Gordon.

By the way, this is the most I've been into college hoops since the '96 draft.

Nbadraft.net inexplicably has Gordon at 23rd in their mock. I realize they aren't DX but those guys aren't completely stupid. Not sure what red flag they are looking at there.

Yeah, 1996 draft was huge but I also was into college hoops early for the 2007 draft.

Thx for the heads up on Randle at 6pm.

Matches Malone · Post #448 » by **Matches Malone** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:09 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:What has Exum done to excite people? Seems as much of a project as Yanni to me.

He is a unique player. 6'6 point guard that can handle the ball very well, looks like he can get to the rim and use his length to get his shot off and he can shoot the ball from outside. He has an incredibly quick first step as well, and can finish at the rim.

SupremeHustle · Post #449 » by **SupremeHustle** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:22 pm

StikWitEM wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:What has Exum done to excite people? Seems as much of a project as Yanni to me.

He is a unique player. 6'6 point guard that can handle the ball very well, looks like he can get to the rim and use his length to get his shot off and he can shoot the ball from outside. He has an incredibly quick first step as well, and can finish at the rim.

Okay. That sounds like Michael Carter-Williams. Is there a discernible difference? Is the quickness the difference?

These questions are sincere, by the way. I'd really like to know more about these guys because, like I said after watching the open practice intros (#Humblebrag), we're getting a top pick.

breakchains · Post #450 » by **breakchains** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:29 pm

Randle loves pushing off with that off hand.

Baddy Chuck · Post #451 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:32 pm

Going to overrate him a bit and say Exum reminds me of Penny Hardaway with less passing skills. He has a first step that doesn't look like many people are going to be able to guard and the size to abuse smaller guards.

breakchains · Post #452 » by **breakchains** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:37 pm

Exum also has that non-American thing going for him that may not view going to MKE/WI as an automatic negative.

VooDoo7 · Post #453 » by **VooDoo7** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:43 pm

Baddy Chuck wrote:Going to overrate him a bit and say Exum reminds me of Penny Hardaway with less passing skills.

Well that's who nbadraftnet compares him to.

Baddy Chuck · Post #454 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:45 pm

VooDoo7 wrote:
Baddy Chuck wrote:Going to overrate him a bit and say Exum reminds me of Penny Hardaway with less passing skills.

Well that's who nbadraftnet compares him to.

Guess I need to think of a different comparison because nbadraft.net is awful.

Matches Malone · Post #455 » by **Matches Malone** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:49 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:
StikWitEM wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:What has Exum done to excite people? Seems as much of a project as Yanni to me.

He is a unique player. 6'6 point guard that can handle the ball very well, looks like he can get to the rim and use his length to get his shot off and he can shoot the ball from outside. He has an incredibly quick first step as well, and can finish at the rim.

Okay. That sounds like Michael Carter-Williams. Is there a discernible difference? Is the quickness the difference?

These questions are sincere, by the way. I'd really like to know more about these guys because, like I said after watching the open practice intros (#Humblebrag), we're getting a top pick.

I would say from the brief few times I've actually been able to catch Exum play outside of Summit Hoops, he is kinda like Carter-Williams but quicker and has a better shot. Now Exum still needs to work on his shooting as it can be streaky at times. I think he has the leadership and passing abilities of Carter-Williams but again, can score at the rim and is an overall more talented offensive threat. I think coaches might see Exum as more of a two guard right now but he can play both positions really.

breakchains · Post #456 » by **breakchains** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:59 pm

From what I've seen, he resembles MCW in size/length but their games/mentalities are different. Exum has more of a scorer's mentality, and is faster and more explosive. I prefer my PG's to have more of a facilitator's mentality, but Exum's talent is undeniable and it would be extremely exciting to get him.

breakchains · Post #457 » by **breakchains** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:02 am

a team made up of Exum/Giannis/Henson/Sanders would really be unprecedented in terms of length.

mattg · Post #458 » by **mattg** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:54 am

paulpressey25 wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:I think we're sleeping on Aaron Gordon.

By the way, this is the most I've been into college hoops since the '96 draft.

Nbadraft.net inexplicably has Gordon at 23rd in their mock. I realize they aren't DX but those guys aren't completely stupid. Not sure what red flag they are looking at there.

Yeah, 1996 draft was huge but I also was into college hoops early for the 2007 draft.

Thx for the heads up on Randle at 6pm.

He's one of those guys that thinks he should be a SF when everyone else knows he's 100x better as a PF. He should still be mocked much higher than that though. He reminds me of Shawn Marion in a lot of ways.

El Pooch Grande · Post #459 » by **El Pooch Grande** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:00 am

I don't care what anyone says, I like Smart better than Exum right now. This board has a tendency to overrate "upside" and underrate the "sure thing." Plus Smart is a better facilitator and defender.

mlloyd10 · Post #460 » by **mlloyd10** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:02 am

breakchains wrote:a team made up of Exum/Giannis/Henson/Sanders would really be unprecedented in terms of length.

Exum/Lamb/Giannis/Henson/Sanders

Just need to find a way to get Lamb.

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