Rookie Discussion Thread

[Marcus]

Anybody picking Booker to win the 3pt contest?

I might be the biggest Booker fan in this thread and even I will say hell no. Steph Curry has that one locked up even if they ask him to wear a blindfold while shooting it.

If Curry wasn't participating in it, it may have actually been fun to see who wins it. But because he's in it, 2nd place is the only thing that will be really be competitive and exciting to see who gets it.

Curry's clearly without question the best 3 point shooter on that roster, as he's clearly the GOAT 3 point shooter! However in this contest you have 60 seconds to make buckets, naturally it's one which can go right or wrong for any player. The year when Belinelli won it, he clearly wasn't the best shooter, but he had the best performance.

I have Curry as my easy favourite, but there's also a good chance Curry doesn't win it.

Yeah I'm expecting Steph to win it but Devin is my dark horse.

[AllanH20]

Durant was right this Unicorn is indeed a rare and unusual sighting, Porzingis is the freak of all freaks how.can a 7'3 guy with a 7'6-7'7 wingspan handle the rock like a guard and shoot lights out? That's not even possible it bewildered me how this guy was not taken no.1 overall, great pick by Jackson and the Knicks, very impressive kid.

[Westbreezy]

Durant was right this Unicorn is indeed a rare and unusual sighting, Porzingis is the freak of all freaks how.can a 7'3 guy with a 7'6-7'7 wingspan handle the rock like a guard and shoot lights out? That's not even possible it bewildered me how this guy was not taken no.1 overall, great pick by Jackson and the Knicks, very impressive kid.

Hindsight's 20/20. He was obviously a great prospect but don't pretend he was a surefire #1 pick. Just revisit the Porzingis thread and read the responses. Even his greatest believers said that he has great tools but would likely take a year or two to make a high impact. Even Phil himself didn't think Porzingis would be this ready in his rookie year, he said "It's entirely up to [coach Derek Fisher], but it would be great if KP could get as much as 20 minutes a game early in the season, plus maybe a few more later when he's acclimated to the NBA game".

[hype_2004]

Durant was right this Unicorn is indeed a rare and unusual sighting, Porzingis is the freak of all freaks how.can a 7'3 guy with a 7'6-7'7 wingspan handle the rock like a game,d and shoot lights out? That's not even possible it bewildered me how this guy was not taken no.1 overall, great pick by Jackson and the Knicks, very impressive kid.

Hindsight's 20/20. He was obviously a great prospect but don't pretend he was a surefire #1 pick. Just revisit the Porzingis thread and read the responses. Even his greatest believers said that he has great tools but would likely take a year or two to make a high impact. Even Phil himself didn't think Porzingis would be this ready in his rookie year, he said "It's entirely up to [coach Derek Fisher], but it would be great if KP could get as much as 20 minutes a game early in the season, plus maybe a few more later when he's acclimated to the NBA game".

His potential is off the roof, he's like a taller better shot blocking version of Dirk Nowitzki, this kid has a chance to be the best player from this draft class and with today's perimeter oriented game he might just achieved that and maybe more.

[wablty]

If we're really that hung up on the opinion of Kevin Durant, it's worth pointing out that he's already decided the guy that DID go #1 overall is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

[Cavaliers2]

If we're really that hung up on the opinion of Kevin Durant, it's worth pointing out that he's already decided the guy that DID go #1 overall is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

And Durant also thought that his mom should win NBA MVP when she didn't score a single point all year

[islanders11040]

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[rzzzzz]

it's a darn shame that in real NBA games they play defense, and guys get physical. if we could change the rules to make it a lot more like H O R S E, a lot of these kids wouldn't have to work so hard on developing their games.

[Piecake]

It is kinda crazy to me that people are still talking about Porzingas going number 1 when when Towns is having a historic rookie season.

[Klomp]

It is kinda crazy to me that people are still talking about Porzingas going number 1 when when Towns is having a historic rookie season.

Even Flip was saying before the draft that he thought Porzingis could wind up as the best player in the class. (paraphrase, can't find exact quote right now)

[basketball royalty]

They are both going to be great players.

Hard to say which will ultimately have the best career and be considered best in the draft, but the both seem like guy who will be superstars in the NBA.


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[MotownMadness]

They are both really good prospects but I'm taking Towns over Zinger if I had the choice.

[FKAri]

They are both really good prospects but I'm taking Towns over Zinger if I had the choice.

True. Towns is pocket Aces while Porzingis is pocket Kings. They're both great and they either could end up being better. But projecting forward Towns looks more promising.

However the unique thing with Zing is just that, his uniqueness. It makes it very difficult to project him. He could end up becoming anything between an unimaginable monster or someone who due to some unforeseen limitation doesn't even reach all-star level.

[Jkam31]

Hahaha that's cold man

If we're really that hung up on the opinion of Kevin Durant, it's worth pointing out that he's already decided the guy that DID go #1 overall is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

And Durant also thought that his mom should win NBA MVP when she didn't score a single point all year

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[iamworthy]

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[tsmith]

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hahaha that's gotta be the weakest dab ever ahahah

[Domejandro]

Karl Anthony-Towns won the Skills-Challenge, which is pretty cool.

[Revived]

If we're really that hung up on the opinion of Kevin Durant, it's worth pointing out that he's already decided the guy that DID go #1 overall is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

And Durant also thought that his mom should win NBA MVP when she didn't score a single point all year

Lmao this might be the funniest post in real GM history.

[Revived]

They are both going to be great players.

Hard to say which will ultimately have the best career and be considered best in the draft, but the both seem like guy who will be superstars in the NBA.


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I think Towns, Porzingis, Okafor and Booker will all be future superstars in the league barring injury and in Okafor's case, off court issues.

Guys like Winslow, Turner and Portis will be all star caliber players too IMO.

Even there's other players like Payne, Lyles etc who all have bright futures too.

2015 draft will be one of the greatest ever.

[Revived]

In fairness to the NBA, Devon Booker did not play much in the beginning of the season.

Yup and that's why Suns fans are so happy to see Hornacek get fired because Hornacek hates rookies and sophomore players like the plague.

Booker finally getting heavy burn now under Watson.