We "Don't" Want the Monk: The Malik Monk Thread

TheKingofSting · Post #41 » by **TheKingofSting** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:25 am

MugzZo wrote:I can't even emphasize how happy I am with this pick. After bridges went back to school monk was the guy I locked in on.

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Same here! I heard a podcast within the last few months and the guys had attended a UK game live and they said Monk would be a better pro than Fox, of course then I thought we had no shot to draft him! Clifford winning meaningless games doesn't even matter now, I'm so happy, someone pinch me!

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catch20two · Post #42 » by **catch20two** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:31 am

fatlever wrote:
catch20two wrote:Looks like I'll be defending Monk like I had to defend Kemba for the next 3 years until he become a all-star. Looking at the some on the board and mods reactions not everyone is too fond of him like I am. I like that tho.

HAHA, you're already trying to talk like we aren't all collective excited about this pick. A few, Debbie Downer posts, doesn't mean much. That's my personality. Check the happiness thread. It's like you want there to be a division so you can argue.

You know I feed off the drama Fats. It's exciting.

Post #43 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:31 am

A few week ago people on this board were ready to trade MKG to get up high enough to take Monk. Glad we didn't tank. Glad we didn't trade up.

GlenRiceARoni · Post #44 » by **GlenRiceARoni** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:52 am

Im pumped. Cant believe he slipped this far. Great value. I think hes got more upside than most people realize.

Curry was a shooter with limited pg ballhandling and defensive question marks. Dont need a lot of defense out of his spot just need to be passable if he is a lethal shooter offensively.

We are much better equipped to get out in transition with dwight manning the glass and monk on the wing

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Chapelchilla · Post #45 » by **Chapelchilla** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:43 am

Welcome to the Charlotte Hornets !
He could/should be a Vinnie Johnson insta offense heat wave type o player. Just what we needed and I love the pick.

GiggitySmalls · Post #46 » by **GiggitySmalls** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:47 am

I'm still giddy I can't help myself. People wanna say Lou Williams. I say more like a prime cuttino Mobley but possibly better.

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Post #47 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:48 am

https://capstrategist.com/2017/06/20/2017-draft-big-board-tiers-1-and-2/

Huge scouting report on Monk is this write-up (about 2/3 way down #5)

LofJ · Post #48 » by **LofJ** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:10 am

fatlever wrote:https://capstrategist.com/2017/06/20/2017-draft-big-board-tiers-1-and-2/

Huge scouting report on Monk is this write-up (about 2/3 way down #5)

Compared him to Ray Allen with his ability to get open off the ball, wow...

Jesus Shuttlesworth is one of my favorite players ever.

Post #49 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:14 am

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Post #50 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:19 am

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TheKingofSting · Post #51 » by **TheKingofSting** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:24 am

LofJ wrote:
fatlever wrote:https://capstrategist.com/2017/06/20/2017-draft-big-board-tiers-1-and-2/

Huge scouting report on Monk is this write-up (about 2/3 way down #5)

Compared him to Ray Allen with his ability to get open off the ball, wow...

Jesus Shuttlesworth is one of my favorite players ever.

From the five-ten UK games I saw him play, he has a quick release (I mean lightning quick). Like the defender goes to try to get a hand in his face and the balls already released.

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LofJ · Post #52 » by **LofJ** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:27 am

TheKingofSting wrote:
LofJ wrote:
fatlever wrote:https://capstrategist.com/2017/06/20/2017-draft-big-board-tiers-1-and-2/

Huge scouting report on Monk is this write-up (about 2/3 way down #5)

Compared him to Ray Allen with his ability to get open off the ball, wow...

Jesus Shuttlesworth is one of my favorite players ever.

From the five-ten UK games I saw him play, he has a quick release (I mean lightning quick). Like the defender goes to try to get a hand in his face and the balls already released.

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That lightning quick release is what makes Curry so deadly (and same for Allen before him). He only needs an instant and an inch to get his shot off.

Post #53 » by **Diop** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:27 am

i was thinking of posting the monkey magic theme song, then realised it would probably seem racist.

TheKingofSting · Post #54 » by **TheKingofSting** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:00 am

Diop wrote:i was thinking of posting the monkey magic theme song, then realised it would probably seem racist.

#ban

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Soul Rebel · Post #55 » by **Soul Rebel** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:23 am

I didn't notice this vid posted in the original post by Fats. It's by no means analytical, purely entertaining... but man, I can't remember having a draftee with this much potential for us that could be feared by other teams since Kemba.

Watch on YouTube

Radu_Hornets · Post #56 » by **Radu_Hornets** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:28 am

fatlever wrote:A few week ago people on this board were ready to trade MKG to get up high enough to take Monk. Glad we didn't tank. Glad we didn't trade up.

The basketball Gods don't support Tanking.

bravor · Post #57 » by **bravor** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:36 am

I just hope he is nowhere close to Nick Young (mentality & basket iq wise).

He seems to be a better fit to Batum than to Kemba at least on the paper. Not sure if it's good news for Kemba overall (ie if Howard starts and set screens, or in p&r situations.., unless Clifford create pnr situations with forwards seting screens for Kemba).

LofJ · Post #58 » by **LofJ** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:50 pm

Interview and some background on Monk, required reading in my opinion:

http://www.slamonline.com/nba/malik-monk-interview/#mXDTmQBZYhs73avi.97

Hornet Mania · Post #59 » by **Hornet Mania** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:08 pm

I am so happy Monk fell to us, I really didn't think we had a shot at him but his shooting threat is exactly the type of player we've been chasing the last few years with Gary Neal, Mo Williams and Belli. If Clifford gives Monk a bit of faith he can most likely be a big upgrade, in time, over any of those guys. And hey, if he's even better than a super 6th man that's just icing on the cake imo. We needed a sharpshooting guard and we got the best shooter in this draft, that's a great get.

Post #60 » by **JDR720** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:40 pm

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