blackflash234 wrote:TheGoodDoctor wrote:If we're going on upside I take Skal over Davis every day of the week.
Quite frankly I don't actually see the buzz about him at all. Don't get me wrong, he seems decent like he could turn out solid but at least imo I don't see anything that looks like he can become a star in the league. Skal's offensive game reminds me a lot of KAT in college with Towns being slightly better at backing down his man. But his shooting mechanics and the way he moves for PF are exceptional. I still have Luwawu slightly ahead on board because I actually think Bruno will end up being a PF himself and share the same length & ability and TL will be a helluva fit next to Powell & Wright but Skal isn't that far off for next in line, if at all.
I really think Cal's treatment has unfairly skewed his potential to people, just as I remember UConn not using Drummond enough. I remember numerous games hearing things like "Skal is making an impact in his limited time" or that he's really coming on yet Cal never bothered extending his minutes and seemed to have an extremely short leash. He wanted (as he did Towns & Davis) to back their men down in the post and it wasn't Davis' game hence why he was thought to be just defensive anchor, Towns did alright (he only averaged about 10ppg, not exactly earth shattering) but no one ever really got a chance to showcase what they can do because Cal wouldn't adapt to their stretch game. I 100% think he's done the same with Skal and while Skal gives shotblocking he wasn't on the rebounding so he got yanked. Also seemed he continued to be punished for seemingly nothing when he had entered multiple games and would put up some decent rebounding numbers and about 12+ppg in limited time. I think he does have a lot more than what we've seen and we should take him.
Dude, I think you've sold me on Skal.
What is really going on here? Y'all can't be serious. Did KAT have a 10 game stretch where he scored an average of 3.5 points per game? Did KAT even have a single game where he scored less than 8 points? This is a 7 footer going against small college players. And failing. Skal wasn't 'getting yanked'. He was collecting 4 fouls per game.
Here are the guys that are in the running for a PF pick at #9. (I included Rabb but he is out now) pts, ast, stl, blk, TRB are /40
11.8 TRB, N/A 3pt%, .598 FG%, .598 eFG%, 16.1 Pts, 1.6 Ast, 0.6 Stl, 3.9 Blk, .601 TS%, 23.9 PER, ORtg 121.4, DRtg 90.9, BPM 10.8. D Davis
11.9 TRB, N/A 3pt%, .615 FG%, .616 eFG%, 17.5 Pts, 1.3 Ast, 0.7 Stl, 1.7 Blk, .636 TS%, 24.2 PER, ORtg 124.8, DRtg 95.3, BPM 8.7. Ivan Rabb
8.6 TRB, .350 3pt%, .530 FG%, .561 eFG%, 22.1 Pts, 1.2 Ast, 1.5 Stl, 2.2 Blk, .585 TS%, 21.7 PER, ORtg 112.0, DRtg 102.2, BPM 5.9. Chriss
8.9 TRB, .329 3pt%, .462 FG%, .510 eFG%, 25.4 Pts, 1.3 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 1.2 Blk, .567 TS%, 24.7 PER, ORtg 115.6, DRtg 99.8, BPM 6.7. Ben Bentil
11.6 TRB, .288 3pt%, .446 FG%, .480 eFG%, 20.3 Pts, 2.1 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 1.8 Blk, .534 TS%, 20.9 PER, ORtg 106.3, DRtg 98.5, BPM 3.6. Ellenson
8.0 TRB, N/A 3pt%, .516 FG%, .516 eFG%, 16.7 Pts, 0.8 Ast, 0.6 Stl, 4.2 Blk, .540 TS%, 18.5 PER, ORtg 107.8, DRtg 96.9, BPM 5.2. Skal Labissiere
12.7 TRB, .250 3pt%, .566 FG%, .570 eFG%, 19.5 Pts, 2.1 Ast, 0.9 Stl, 4.3 Blk, .627 TS%, 31.4 PER, ORtg 126.8, DRtg 78.1, BPM 17.3. KAT
KAT is in a whole 'nother league from the rest of these guys. That might be the highest BPM I've seen in a long time. Better than ANYONE in the draft this year. Better ORtg than all of them. A mind blowing DRtg of 78.1.
That you'd even dream that Skal was in the same league as KAT is beyond crazy.
Davis is the next best PF now, and he isn't even close to KAT. It kind of sucks that we've got a mid lottery pick in a kind of crap draft. #9 last year or #9 next year would have been far better.
Also, I'm a little surprised that so many kids have declared for this draft. Over 160 of them. Are 110 of them just praying they will get picked in the 50-60 range? Isn't 160+ pretty high compared to previous years?
