College/Draft #6 - NCAA Finals + Draft Leadup W/ Knicks In The Top Seed!!!

[mpharris36]

who is nance giving his tie too....my god that is cringe worthy...

[knickstape21]

KT been begging this entire forum to look into Hunter all year long. That dude seems to be spot on all the time.

That KT is spot on for sure, but this KT been saying Hunter at 2 all year

[knickstape21]

Hunter reminds me of Artest with a brain

Like this comp.

[Gravy]

Knicks scouts are going to take whoever is the youngest with the highest upside where we pick. It's kinda our thing.

[mpharris36]

Knicks scouts are going to take whoever is the youngest with the highest upside where we pick. It's kinda our thing.

I think the draft strategy changes a bit if they know KD and Kyrie are coming.

[knickstape21]

Also to mention on Hunter..

Last year, Virginia lost to a 16 seed and Hunter didn’t play. This year he plays and they win the National Championship.

[Buttah304]

Hunter is light years better than Culver. Better than Barrett too. His body and his game are impressive. He made Culver look small and weak.

he is 21 though

he's also a small ball 4 in college. He won't out muscle opposing 4's in the NBA.

He is as 3/D as your going to get. I wouldn't be opposed to him at 5. But he doesn't have higher upside than Culver.

Culver probably has more upside. But Hunter is like 3/D++. I say that because he looked super comfortable facing up and burying pull up J’s all season.

[knickstape21]

Knicks scouts are going to take whoever is the youngest with the highest upside where we pick. It's kinda our thing.

I think the draft strategy changes a bit if they know KD and Kyrie are coming.

Really hope Kyrie someone says something to the Knicks whether he’s coming or not. Imagine we’re sitting at pick 3 with Morant on the board and not knowing what the deal is with Irving?

[NYKHardKnock]

Who do you take Hunter or Culver?

Note: (if I’m correct) Cuvlver has a year on Hunter.

[HarthorneWingo]

Hunter is light years better than Culver. Better than Barrett too. His body and his game are impressive. He made Culver look small and weak.

he is 21 though. he's had longer to fill out physically and work on his game.

Yeah, let's draft the skinny 19 year old so we can make fun of him for 2 years.

[sol5377]

Hunter and KD covering the 3-4 spots interchangeably would be pretty awesome. Add in Mitch’s coverage... could be special.

If Irving comes too, you got a team around him that can defend and hide some of his deficiencies. Maybe you could trade a fat package for Beal as well to play the “2”.

[DOT]

I mean, the question is how well is Hunter's game gonna translate to the NBA

He has a higher floor than most of the other guys, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has a lower ceiling

You're looking at minimum a 3 + D wing, and he's shown some ability to create his own offense as well. If he works on that area of his game, he's got potential to be at least Khris Middleton, which is worth taking 4th or 5th in this draft imo

Age doesn't really bother me that much, like the difference between a 19 year old and a 21 year old prospect isn't that big, but a 22, 23 year old guy I'd be much more hesitant about. Like, Hunter was probably as good as Cam is at 19 when he was 19, so to me, he's already shown he can develop unlike a guy like Cam who's a total wildcard. RJ's better and younger, and I understand people think Ja is better, so I get not taking him top 3, but 4th or 5th makes sense if we drop that far

Culver might be better, but I give the slight edge to Hunter mostly cause of the shooting. I see it as them having similar ceilings, but Hunter has the higher floor. I have them at 3/4 just cause I'm not a huge fan of Ja, but I'd be fine with either

This draft sucks. We should be talking about these guys as settling for them at 8 or 9 but we're in the top 5 and seriously debating them

That's why it's all luck. Don't matter how good you tank if the balls don't fall in your favor, don't matter where you pick if there ain't the right dude available to be took

[msanchez2725]

Knicks scouts are going to take whoever is the youngest with the highest upside where we pick. It's kinda our thing.

I think the draft strategy changes a bit if they know KD and Kyrie are coming.

Really hope Kyrie someone says something to the Knicks whether he’s coming or not. Imagine we’re sitting at pick 3 with Morant on the board and not knowing what the deal is with Irving?

I would still take Ja. Take the talent, figure everything out later. At worst he would be a great trade chip or insurance for Kyrie who is injury prone.

[mpharris36]

he is 21 though

he's also a small ball 4 in college. He won't out muscle opposing 4's in the NBA.

He is as 3/D as your going to get. I wouldn't be opposed to him at 5. But he doesn't have higher upside than Culver.

Culver probably has more upside. But Hunter is like 3/D++. I say that because he looked super comfortable facing up and burying pull up J’s all season.

he was feeling it...be careful going off one game. He was struggling for much of the tourney.

Some of these guys can't stand a picking a 3/D guy in the lottery let alone 5 but now hunter drops nearly 30 and he's back on the top 5 radar.

I like hunter, I like him a lot. But he's limited. Doesn't do much of anything off the dribble and basically is a catch and shoot guy right now with elite defensive potential. He also will be 22 by the time the NBA season starts. He's not young.

[Gravy]

Knicks scouts are going to take whoever is the youngest with the highest upside where we pick. It's kinda our thing.

I think the draft strategy changes a bit if they know KD and Kyrie are coming.

Really hope Kyrie someone says something to the Knicks whether he’s coming or not. Imagine we’re sitting at pick 3 with Morant on the board and not knowing what the deal is with Irving?

Take Ja anyway, Kyrie seems flaky

[knickstape21]

Hunter and KD covering the 3-4 spots interchangeably would be pretty awesome. Add in Mitch’s coverage... could be special.

If Irving comes too, you got a team around him that can defend and hide some of his deficiencies. Maybe you could trade a fat package for Beal as well to play the “2”.

Even if we fall to 4 and don’t get Irving/Durant, just gotta stick the course. Select Hunter, keep gaining assets.

My lineup next year if everything fails for us:

Ntilikina
Dotson
Knox
Hunter
Robinson

They will lose a ton, but build build build!

[PV2nice]

Hunter is light years better than Culver. Better than Barrett too. His body and his game are impressive. He made Culver look small and weak.

he is 21 though. he's had longer to fill out physically and work on his game.

Culver isn’t going to gain 25+ pounds with another year of experience. Hunter was also just as productive last year (min per).. Hunter won’t wow you with the athletism culver has but Hunter appears to likely adapt to the NBA game better than culve will.

[King Ken]

Hunter is light years better than Culver. Better than Barrett too. His body and his game are impressive. He made Culver look small and weak.

he is 21 though. he's had longer to fill out physically and work on his game.

He had this frame since HS

[King Ken]

Hunter is light years better than Culver. Better than Barrett too. His body and his game are impressive. He made Culver look small and weak.

he is 21 though. he's had longer to fill out physically and work on his game.

Culver isn’t going to gain 25+ pounds with another year of experience. Hunter was also just as productive last year (min per).. Hunter won’t wow you with the athletism culver has but Hunter appears to likely adapt to the NBA game better than culve will.

Easily. Culver best bet for his career is someone drafts him as a PG and he becomes a blend of Steve Smith and Frank Nkilikina not as athletic as Frank and not as good a shooter as Smitty but a great decision maker

[magnumt]

If we don't get Zion, then I want Hunter

Shut up old man & go down a cold one to clear your mind.

--Mags

Hunter's ready to contribute now. Look at that body. That's a mans's body. Built for the NBA

Not burning a Top 5 on him. Trade down of you want him.

I’ll root for whomever we Draft tho.

—Mags