Sources : Orlando trade for PG jerian grant!!

[tiderulz]

I assume our strategy is to go with these PGs and try to draft a PG in next years draft, the problem is that there is no great PG projected for next season. See NBADraft Mock: http://www.nbadraft.net/2019mock_draft

1st PG is a white kid ranked #12 (Grady) and after that there is no PG until #23.

He at least seems to be able to shot the ball, but less than 2apg with more than 35mpg doesn't seem good for a PG.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4278349/kellan-grady

Wish we moved up for Young/Doncic. Yeah next years draft doesn't have many PG prospects. It's a wing/forward/center draft. Some really really good talent if you can get into top 5.


Looks like we'll have to save money for a FA PG.

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

[Versubio]

I assume our strategy is to go with these PGs and try to draft a PG in next years draft, the problem is that there is no great PG projected for next season. See NBADraft Mock: http://www.nbadraft.net/2019mock_draft

1st PG is a white kid ranked #12 (Grady) and after that there is no PG until #23.

He at least seems to be able to shot the ball, but less than 2apg with more than 35mpg doesn't seem good for a PG.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4278349/kellan-grady

Wish we moved up for Young/Doncic. Yeah next years draft doesn't have many PG prospects. It's a wing/forward/center draft. Some really really good talent if you can get into top 5.


Looks like we'll have to save money for a FA PG.

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Exactly, PG prospects may rise on the draft boards during the college season. Neither Young or Sexton were highly regarded as lottery talent before the college season started.

[Xatticus]

Wish we moved up for Young/Doncic. Yeah next years draft doesn't have many PG prospects. It's a wing/forward/center draft. Some really really good talent if you can get into top 5.


Looks like we'll have to save money for a FA PG.

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Exactly, PG prospects may rise on the draft boards during the college season. Neither Young or Sexton were highly regarded as lottery talent before the college season started.

Sexton was firmly entrenched in the lottery. Young was mid to late first round.

The learning curve for draft-and-develop point guards is very steep and the process takes years. It seems really unlikely to me that our front office is planning to address the position through the draft as it will extend our rebuild by several years.

[tiderulz]

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Exactly, PG prospects may rise on the draft boards during the college season. Neither Young or Sexton were highly regarded as lottery talent before the college season started.

Sexton was firmly entrenched in the lottery. Young was mid to late first round.

The learning curve for draft-and-develop point guards is very steep and the process takes years. It seems really unlikely to me that our front office is planning to address the position through the draft as it will extend our rebuild by several years.

Sexton was not firmly entrenched in the lottery last year. He was coming out of High school as a 6'1 PG prospect.

[Xatticus]

Exactly, PG prospects may rise on the draft boards during the college season. Neither Young or Sexton were highly regarded as lottery talent before the college season started.

Sexton was firmly entrenched in the lottery. Young was mid to late first round.

The learning curve for draft-and-develop point guards is very steep and the process takes years. It seems really unlikely to me that our front office is planning to address the position through the draft as it will extend our rebuild by several years.

Sexton was not firmly entrenched in the lottery last year. He was coming out of High school as a 6'1 PG prospect.

https://247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/CompositeRecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=highschool

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/class/2017/order/true

You can obviously play your way out of the top of the draft, but neither of these guys were unknowns. Elite prospects almost never come out of nowhere.

[tiderulz]

Sexton was firmly entrenched in the lottery. Young was mid to late first round.

The learning curve for draft-and-develop point guards is very steep and the process takes years. It seems really unlikely to me that our front office is planning to address the position through the draft as it will extend our rebuild by several years.

Sexton was not firmly entrenched in the lottery last year. He was coming out of High school as a 6'1 PG prospect.

https://247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/CompositeRecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=highschool

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/class/2017/order/true

You can obviously play your way out of the top of the draft, but neither of these guys were unknowns. Elite prospects almost never come out of nowhere.

quite a few of that top-30 went undrafted. like i said, there could be some PG prospects that come up out of nowhere.

[Rocketsbaby]

Remember Chris Duhon?
Same reaction from Magic fans when we signed him: he's improving, he has tools, he can provide us something of value. Some people even saw him starting. Knicks fan celebrated getting rid of him.

Grant is exactly the same. He is horrible, every Bulls fan is happy right now.
You know why? Because they were the ones watching him play.

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I wondered who’d be the first to give this sort of response. The reality is that fans (not all of them but I’d argue a majority) have a skewed view of their own players either too much towards a positive view or too much towards a negative view. I’d say fans are one source of info re an acquired player but certainly not a reliable one.

So, you're saying Grant is not horrible?

Rockets fan here. Sorry to be bearer of bad news but Grant is horrible. I mean probably significantly worse than you can imagine. He's not better than Briscoe

[cedric76]

I wondered who’d be the first to give this sort of response. The reality is that fans (not all of them but I’d argue a majority) have a skewed view of their own players either too much towards a positive view or too much towards a negative view. I’d say fans are one source of info re an acquired player but certainly not a reliable one.

So, you're saying Grant is not horrible?

Rockets fan here. Sorry to be bearer of bad news but Grant is horrible. I mean probably significantly worse than you can imagine. He's not better than Briscoe

Thank you for your highly valuable input.

I d take grant s contract over paul’s any day of the week

Bye

[tiderulz]

I wondered who’d be the first to give this sort of response. The reality is that fans (not all of them but I’d argue a majority) have a skewed view of their own players either too much towards a positive view or too much towards a negative view. I’d say fans are one source of info re an acquired player but certainly not a reliable one.

So, you're saying Grant is not horrible?

Rockets fan here. Sorry to be bearer of bad news but Grant is horrible. I mean probably significantly worse than you can imagine. He's not better than Briscoe

do you follow Notre Dame? he didnt play for Houston so wondering how many of his games you watched. not saying you are right or wrong, just wondering. He put dished out almost 5 apg in 22 mpg last year. if he can do that in a backup role while playing a defense, I will take that from a backup PG. we have other players on the 2nd unit that are not afraid to shoot the ball, so he wont really be relied on to score, just to pass the ball.

[Nemesis21]

I assume our strategy is to go with these PGs and try to draft a PG in next years draft, the problem is that there is no great PG projected for next season. See NBADraft Mock: http://www.nbadraft.net/2019mock_draft

1st PG is a white kid ranked #12 (Grady) and after that there is no PG until #23.

He at least seems to be able to shot the ball, but less than 2apg with more than 35mpg doesn't seem good for a PG.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4278349/kellan-grady

Wish we moved up for Young/Doncic. Yeah next years draft doesn't have many PG prospects. It's a wing/forward/center draft. Some really really good talent if you can get into top 5.


Looks like we'll have to save money for a FA PG.

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Your point? How does that correlate with my post?? Everyone knew Trae Young's name by Nov/Dec of last year. So my point to stands, WeHam probably never had him or Doncic on their board.

[yoyojw17]

I assume our strategy is to go with these PGs and try to draft a PG in next years draft, the problem is that there is no great PG projected for next season. See NBADraft Mock: http://www.nbadraft.net/2019mock_draft

1st PG is a white kid ranked #12 (Grady) and after that there is no PG until #23.

He at least seems to be able to shot the ball, but less than 2apg with more than 35mpg doesn't seem good for a PG.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4278349/kellan-grady

Wish we moved up for Young/Doncic. Yeah next years draft doesn't have many PG prospects. It's a wing/forward/center draft. Some really really good talent if you can get into top 5.


Looks like we'll have to save money for a FA PG.

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Pre season mock draft are not set in stone. players will emerge and others will plummet. so i'm not worried about there being someone available. Bamba is a big.... but he has the ability to be something unique and in many ways Ideal in this league. So definitely no gripes about that on my part. And the players we have might not be the shiniest of toys but i have a feeling that DJ will be the steady hand and briscoe and grant will have the chances to make their marks as they make further strides forward.

[yoyojw17]

Interesting read on Grant's defense. His combination of defense.... possible ability to shoot the long ball and passing ability might put him in a great position to succeed on this team. As i've said... might not be the shiniest tool... but the kid just had his first season with meaningful minutes. Let's see if he makes further steps forward.

https://www.nba.com/magic/news/film-room-jerian-grants-defensive-abilities-20180712

[tiderulz]

Wish we moved up for Young/Doncic. Yeah next years draft doesn't have many PG prospects. It's a wing/forward/center draft. Some really really good talent if you can get into top 5.


Looks like we'll have to save money for a FA PG.

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Your point? How does that correlate with my post?? Everyone knew Trae Young's name by Nov/Dec of last year. So my point to stands, WeHam probably never had him or Doncic on their board.

you said next years draft doesnt have many PG prospects. next years Mock draft right now has 5 in the top 34 picks. there are 7 PG's in the top-30 recruits for 2018. some of those may very well become the next Young/Sexton/SGA, a PG that shoots up the boards.

[Nemesis21]

no one really knew Trae Young's name last year at this time. doubtful many knew SGA or Collin Sexton either. just because no one is really on the radar now doesnt mean someone wont have a breakout season.

Your point? How does that correlate with my post?? Everyone knew Trae Young's name by Nov/Dec of last year. So my point to stands, WeHam probably never had him or Doncic on their board.

you said next years draft doesnt have many PG prospects. next years Mock draft right now has 5 in the top 34 picks. there are 7 PG's in the top-30 recruits for 2018. some of those may very well become the next Young/Sexton/SGA, a PG that shoots up the boards.

True. Possible. But next draft is wings, forwards and bigs. We'll see. But why keep putting things off until next year? It's a broken record with this team. We had a good shot to grab a PG in draft or FA, and absolutely bombed it.

[tiderulz]

Your point? How does that correlate with my post?? Everyone knew Trae Young's name by Nov/Dec of last year. So my point to stands, WeHam probably never had him or Doncic on their board.

you said next years draft doesnt have many PG prospects. next years Mock draft right now has 5 in the top 34 picks. there are 7 PG's in the top-30 recruits for 2018. some of those may very well become the next Young/Sexton/SGA, a PG that shoots up the boards.

True. Possible. But next draft is wings, forwards and bigs. We'll see. But why keep putting things off until next year? It's a broken record with this team. We had a good shot to grab a PG in draft or FA, and absolutely bombed it.

cmon man. IT took a vet min from his old coach in Denver. if he was actually healthy, he could have gotten more than that. I dont blame Orlando for not signing him to a bigger deal if he still has health issues.

[Nemesis21]

you said next years draft doesnt have many PG prospects. next years Mock draft right now has 5 in the top 34 picks. there are 7 PG's in the top-30 recruits for 2018. some of those may very well become the next Young/Sexton/SGA, a PG that shoots up the boards.

True. Possible. But next draft is wings, forwards and bigs. We'll see. But why keep putting things off until next year? It's a broken record with this team. We had a good shot to grab a PG in draft or FA, and absolutely bombed it.

cmon man. IT took a vet min from his old coach in Denver. if he was actually healthy, he could have gotten more than that. I dont blame Orlando for not signing him to a bigger deal if he still has health issues.

Cmon man. For 2-3 mill, whether he's healthy or not, you take that low risk. Especially and I mean especially for a team at the bottom like the Magic.

[tiderulz]

True. Possible. But next draft is wings, forwards and bigs. We'll see. But why keep putting things off until next year? It's a broken record with this team. We had a good shot to grab a PG in draft or FA, and absolutely bombed it.

cmon man. IT took a vet min from his old coach in Denver. if he was actually healthy, he could have gotten more than that. I dont blame Orlando for not signing him to a bigger deal if he still has health issues.

Cmon man. For 2-3 mill, whether he's healthy or not, you take that low risk. Especially and I mean especially for a team at the bottom like the Magic.

how do we know it was not offered? maybe he thought with his work and rep up to now, he could demand more from Orlando and they said no. so he went back to his old coach. I cant imagine WeltHam wouldnt have offered up $3mil to IT. He had to have been seeking more. and granted, I could be very wrong and they would be completely wrong not to offer up to $5mil for a year or so in my opinion.

[Nemesis21]

cmon man. IT took a vet min from his old coach in Denver. if he was actually healthy, he could have gotten more than that. I dont blame Orlando for not signing him to a bigger deal if he still has health issues.

Cmon man. For 2-3 mill, whether he's healthy or not, you take that low risk. Especially and I mean especially for a team at the bottom like the Magic.

how do we know it was not offered? maybe he thought with his work and rep up to now, he could demand more from Orlando and they said no. so he went back to his old coach. I cant imagine WeltHam wouldnt have offered up $3mil to IT. He had to have been seeking more. and granted, I could be very wrong and they would be completely wrong not to offer up to $5mil for a year or so in my opinion.

Umm go to the FA thread. Josh Robbins and others confirmed, the Magic never offered him.

[tiderulz]

Cmon man. For 2-3 mill, whether he's healthy or not, you take that low risk. Especially and I mean especially for a team at the bottom like the Magic.

how do we know it was not offered? maybe he thought with his work and rep up to now, he could demand more from Orlando and they said no. so he went back to his old coach. I cant imagine WeltHam wouldnt have offered up $3mil to IT. He had to have been seeking more. and granted, I could be very wrong and they would be completely wrong not to offer up to $5mil for a year or so in my opinion.

Umm go to the FA thread. Josh Robbins and others confirmed, the Magic never offered him.

then i have to imagine he was asking more than we were prepared to offer. He may have told them he wanted the full MLE, which if healthy he should easily command.

[Nemesis21]

how do we know it was not offered? maybe he thought with his work and rep up to now, he could demand more from Orlando and they said no. so he went back to his old coach. I cant imagine WeltHam wouldnt have offered up $3mil to IT. He had to have been seeking more. and granted, I could be very wrong and they would be completely wrong not to offer up to $5mil for a year or so in my opinion.

Umm go to the FA thread. Josh Robbins and others confirmed, the Magic never offered him.

then i have to imagine he was asking more than we were prepared to offer. He may have told them he wanted the full MLE, which if healthy he should easily command.

This makes no sense. He might have asked the Magic for more... But signs with Denver today for 2 mill.