bwgood77 wrote:jcsunsfan wrote:bwgood77 wrote:It's funny, a week ago, when Laimbeer did this, Tatum wins the poll, now Isaac clearly wins it.
The ebb and flow of opinions leading up to the draft. It will change again no doubt.
Yeah, this year it seems much more than most. Last year I know I didn't change my feelings and who I wanted the whole time. This time I feel conflicted.
I mean all year I've been saying Tatum doesn't excite me...he's good at a lot of things but not great at anything, except maybe ISO, which I'm not a fan of.
Then I draft the guy in a mock draft because I figure overall, he's the BPA. I don't even know if I feel that is what you should do. Obviously a guy like Isaac likely has a much bigger upside, but probably a lower floor, so those things make it tough.
I don't get the lower floor thing for Isaac. There have only be 5 players in the last 10 years in college basketball to post his defensive rebounding %, block %, and steal % and those traits are typically things that transition well to the pros. At the very least he's a plus rebounder and defender but a low usage guy on O. And his shot is comparable to Tatum; they shot the same 3pt % and Isaac wasn't far behind him as a FT shooter. If you think Tatum will shoot the 3 well in the pros there' no reason to think Isaac can't. Now the concern with Isaac is he might never have the full spectrum of offensive game and might never be even the top 3 scorer a good team where as if Tatum hit's he could eventually be a number 1 or 1b type offensive player. But to me Tatum has the lower floor because if he can't score efficiently I'm not sure he will do enough other things to be a positive player.
