Mecca wrote:KOQ on Desus and Mero right now. Sounds like he’s going to be back the way he’s talking. Didn’t know where to post this.
The interview is funny as ****. I was dying hahaha
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Mecca wrote:KOQ on Desus and Mero right now. Sounds like he’s going to be back the way he’s talking. Didn’t know where to post this.
TheGreenArrow wrote:
TheGreenArrow wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
What? Start Sexton and Burke and bring Frank-Mudiay off the bench?
Waiter! I'll have whatever Green Arrow is smoking
i meant sexton&frank starting with burke and mudiay as the backups.
HarthorneWingo wrote:Drafting Sexton instead of Mikal Bridges would be a huge mistake imo.
3toheadmelo wrote:spree8 wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:i mean i don't think ayton is a lost cause. remember he led arizona to the pac 12 championship. he played like a mad man in that tournament. so it's not like he was a no show all year long, he showed up for a lot of big games too. i was sold on ayton from that tournament tbh. he looked like the #1 pick by far. so if you can get ayton to play with that same mentality in the NBA, that's a really special player we're talking about.
bamba does have an inconsistent motor (not as bad as ayton though). it's one of the main reasons why he's not viewed as a top 3 pick, along with his skinny frame. i personally have bamba #4 on my board, so i still think he's a great player. i just don't think he is a good enough prospect to take him over ayton. but i totally understand why you have him ahead of ayton. i guess it comes down to whether you think ayton's motor is fixable or not.
I don’t agree with the inconsistent motor label... can he improve his conditioning? Sure. And like he said himself, without having to keep up with classes and maintaining good grades, he can focus 100% on being the best athlete he can be. It’s not as much mental as it is physical with him... the opposite can be said about Ayton.
But you don’t average 4 blocks per game and 1 steal with an 89 defensive rating and 9.0 defensive box plus/minus with a bad motor. That dude puts in work. As far as his frame, people said the same about KG, AD, and KP... he will grow.
Ayton was impressive in the pac 12 tourney (despite no real competition), but what happened that last game/elimination? I just think the guy needs a heart transplant. Maybe a certain coach can challenge him/light a fire under him enough to bring it out, but I just don’t see it. Going against these centers in the NBA, he’s gotta step up big time.
there was a couple of games where i watched bamba and he was kinda just floating around. i've seen plenty of people talk about his inconsistent motor as well. it's not ayton bad, but he doesn't always bring that intensity.
maybe it's just me, but i'm not going to hold that one game against ayton when right before that he was going off like every night. bamba also lost in the 1st round so there's that.
we'll see what happens i guess
Clyde_Style wrote:TheGreenArrow wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
What? Start Sexton and Burke and bring Frank-Mudiay off the bench?
Waiter! I'll have whatever Green Arrow is smoking
i meant sexton&frank starting with burke and mudiay as the backups.
Aight, keep puffing that corncob pipe son
HarthorneWingo wrote:Drafting Sexton instead of Mikal Bridges would be a huge mistake imo.
spree8 wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:spree8 wrote:
I don’t understand the concern about playing Sexton with Frankie provided they both improve their shooting.
Teams have multiple facilitators nowadays and Frank can still do his thing in the p&r often enough. They also don’t have to play every single minute together... throughout the course of the game, Fiz can structure their minutes to where one or the other is almost always in the game...have Frank with Trey a good amount too.
As far as the defensive end, we can still have Frank take on the opposing teams pg, and Sexton can guard sg’s no problem with his wingspan and strength.
I don’t see a reason why Sexton wouldn’t buy in and play within a system on this level... he won’t have to carry this team the way he did Alabama.
Dude is like a young Bledsoe with Westbrook’s mentality/aggression... def star potential.
That's pretty much why I was asking earlier. I had a first impression that Sexton might be a guard in the draft still available at # 9 with legit star potential whose game would translate to the NBA.
Avery was very aggressive about promoting Sexton's intensity, saying it was like something you'd see in players like the original Isiah Thomas. Zeke was a nasty HOF guard with the Pistons regardless of his weirdness as a Knick exec. He was one of the bad boys.
Anyway, what you're saying is more or less what I was wondering about him, i.e. is he coachable? and could he be a team player who becomes a legit defender under Fiz? Does he have enough natural IQ to mold for cohesive team ball?
from the sounds of some of the feedback here, maybe, maybe not. Seems some think he's mediocre on D and may never be a good defender, but
if he is coachable and is a Mitchell type pick, I was wondering about a Sexton-Frank backcourt with Trey being our 2nd unit PG.
Sure, that would probably consign Mudiay to the trash heap as he'd get no time then, but outside of that the real issue is actually Timmy and Lee.
After reading comments here and considering the backcourt situation, it just seems unlikely they'd pick Sexton unless they can line up trades for BOTH Tim and Lee.
They could theoretically sit Lee, but Tim? I don't see it.
So somebody would have to be moved to even consider Sexton IMO.
He seems to have a good bball IQ from what I’ve seen, and appears to be coachable considering Avery’s always singing his praises. We just see him having to score at will to carry his team (20ppg while basically taking 1/3 of the teams shots), but I don’t think the idea of him playing within a system is inconceivable.
His defense is good tho... dunno who said it wasn’t, but that’s crazy. With Fiz coaching him... shyt, and alongside Frank, with KP protecting the rim? Cmon... that defense would be nasty. There’d be a lot of transition buckets from forced turnovers that’s for sure.
People are freaking out because the backcourt is crowded. Welp, there’s always the option for trades....we aren’t married to these players. Timmy can stay at the 3 for now and CLee can back him up. Burke can be the main guard off the bench/6th man, and Mudiay can stick around to play some minutes and get more pt in the event of injury. If the Celts have Kyrie/Rozier and Brown/Smart in their backcourt... we can manage Frank/Burke and Sexton/Mudiay.
BLACKFEET 2010 wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:Drafting Sexton instead of Mikal Bridges would be a huge mistake imo.
I really don’t know anymore.
.....aaaand Game Of Zones juts got us.
Clyde_Style wrote:spree8 wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
That's pretty much why I was asking earlier. I had a first impression that Sexton might be a guard in the draft still available at # 9 with legit star potential whose game would translate to the NBA.
Avery was very aggressive about promoting Sexton's intensity, saying it was like something you'd see in players like the original Isiah Thomas. Zeke was a nasty HOF guard with the Pistons regardless of his weirdness as a Knick exec. He was one of the bad boys.
Anyway, what you're saying is more or less what I was wondering about him, i.e. is he coachable? and could he be a team player who becomes a legit defender under Fiz? Does he have enough natural IQ to mold for cohesive team ball?
from the sounds of some of the feedback here, maybe, maybe not. Seems some think he's mediocre on D and may never be a good defender, but
if he is coachable and is a Mitchell type pick, I was wondering about a Sexton-Frank backcourt with Trey being our 2nd unit PG.
Sure, that would probably consign Mudiay to the trash heap as he'd get no time then, but outside of that the real issue is actually Timmy and Lee.
After reading comments here and considering the backcourt situation, it just seems unlikely they'd pick Sexton unless they can line up trades for BOTH Tim and Lee.
They could theoretically sit Lee, but Tim? I don't see it.
So somebody would have to be moved to even consider Sexton IMO.
He seems to have a good bball IQ from what I’ve seen, and appears to be coachable considering Avery’s always singing his praises. We just see him having to score at will to carry his team (20ppg while basically taking 1/3 of the teams shots), but I don’t think the idea of him playing within a system is inconceivable.
His defense is good tho... dunno who said it wasn’t, but that’s crazy. With Fiz coaching him... shyt, and alongside Frank, with KP protecting the rim? Cmon... that defense would be nasty. There’d be a lot of transition buckets from forced turnovers that’s for sure.
People are freaking out because the backcourt is crowded. Welp, there’s always the option for trades....we aren’t married to these players. Timmy can stay at the 3 for now and CLee can back him up. Burke can be the main guard off the bench/6th man, and Mudiay can stick around to play some minutes and get more pt in the event of injury. If the Celts have Kyrie/Rozier and Brown/Smart in their backcourt... we can manage Frank/Burke and Sexton/Mudiay.
Even if you could sell me on this, I still hate the idea of Timmy/Lee being the depth chart at the 3. That's not small ball by choice.
And you left out Dotson and Baker too. The backcourt is glutted as hell, so I simply do not see any of this being possible unless they trade some guards and use the loot to get another pick.
We do have Troy to develop on the frontline, but Timmy at the three ain't a good solution though unless the logic is its just a throwaway/developmental year so it doesn't matter.
spree8 wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:Drafting Sexton instead of Mikal Bridges would be a huge mistake imo.
I don’t think anyone has suggested that, have they? I like Sexton, but only if Mikal is gone.
RHODEY wrote:spree8 wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:Drafting Sexton instead of Mikal Bridges would be a huge mistake imo.
I don’t think anyone has suggested that, have they? I like Sexton, but only if Mikal is gone.
Im tornbut would be thrilled to get either....
Clyde_Style wrote:RHODEY wrote:spree8 wrote:
I don’t think anyone has suggested that, have they? I like Sexton, but only if Mikal is gone.
Im tornbut would be thrilled to get either....
Does Mikal remind anyone of Al Horford?
RHODEY wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
Does Mikal remind anyone of Al Horford?
He kinda reminds me of the other Celtic...Tatum.
Nyk_Fatboy wrote:I dont see how we can go wrong all of mikal, miles, knox, wendell, sexton are good players in there own ways either 1 is fine with me on draft night @ pick 9