Bol is skilled, but where do you play him the NBA? What is his role?DeRoma wrote:SpeedyG wrote:Reddish has tools (as do many in this draft) but it hasn't materialized and he looks a clear step below zion and even Barrett right now.TheNetsFan wrote: With the proper coaching & motivation, I think Reddish has the tools to be the best player out of this draft. My colleague, who is a college basketball nut, agrees. He's down on Barrett & very high on Porter Jr.
But that's exactly why I'm kind of down on this class.
Too many young guys at the top that we're having to project.
Bol has tools. Reddish, Barrett, Porter, Little all have athletic tools. But not everyone toolsy develops for one reason or another.
For every Greek freak, you get an Anthony Randolph or Stro Swift.
That's what I'm getting at when I say that I'm not enamored with this class.
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I definitely disagree with this
The only one who is on a class of their own in this draft is Zion.
Barrett is the clear second in terms of the combination of skills with an addition of an above average physical attributes. However, I would never project him as the definite second best player of the draft class. Barrett is simply in the spotlight just because of the combination of factors of his his high school credential and the choice of him going into a top notch school and making a super team with other top recruits. Yet, I would never say he is a tier ahead of Porter, Nassir, Bol, Cam, Morant, Sekou, and Rui. Barrett simply made the right choices to market himself.
I don’t understand this statement that these players are project players. None of these players above you can say are raw. All of them are putting up good numbers and show a high level of skills. The biggest knock you can say towards the top recruits are body development (which is normal) outside of that imo they are mostly a sure thing they will produce. It will just depends if they will produce winning basketball. Biggest project in the top recruit is Naz Reid and that’s pretty much it. In terms of development, that will be determined on draft night from which team they will land. We all know i.e. Orlando, Knicks, suns, Cleveland, Minnesota, Detroit, Philadelphia, etc are all trash team that doesn’t know how to develop young players. There are exceptions towards these rules like Greek freak or KP but I don’t want to get into that since it will take another paragraph.
The point is this class I will assure you is at the very least 12 players deep and 3-4 are all star level types of players
Porter looks like a 6th man type right now. I'm not sure I have him as an all-star caliber potential.
Little isn't doing much at UNC and he needs to develop his perimeter skills.
Reddish looks like he's afraid of contact when driving, which is not what you want from a 6'8 guy
Barrett needs work too.
Aside from Zion, because of his obvious physical traits, I'm not sure that any of these guys have an elite trait (actually maybe Little' s athleticism might put him there) that makes me feel they are can't miss prospects.
What I mean by that is, say Ben Simmons. Not a skilled shooter, but his size/height combo with playmaking skills gives me confidence that he'll translate.
I don't get that vibe at all with any of these guys other than Zion.
Now on the flip side I have guys like Porter and Rui who I feel have a good chance at being a nice player. High floor guys that I think at worst will be rotational players, if not starter. But I 'll not sure I view them as being elite players at the next level.
Curious, what 4 players you feel confident are all star players in this draft, and why?
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