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knicksNOTslick wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:HerSports85 wrote:
That Greg Anthony jersey is fire.
That's all I needed. I'm sold.
The Knicks announcer doesn't even need to come up with a new way to say his name. Just say it like he said it for Melo.
HEZI wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:HEZI wrote:
This!
Happens all the time, it's a cycle.
I hope the Knicks stay away, stay far away
Those are completely different situations. Avdija has dominated junior circuits and he's been a solid contributor in a professional league at 19 years old. More importantly, he seems way tougher than Bender and Tskitishvili who were both soft as cotton.
But we shall see. You may be right, I just disagree with the notion that he's being hyped because of Luka and that we're just looking at a pattern repeating itself. I'm not overly confident in him either, but in a weak draft, I'll take him over most of the guys currently projected top 10. Easily.
You can like him easily all you want but the issue isn't liking him, the issue is actually believing that it's a weak draft to reach for a player like him with a lotto pick. He's done nothing nor shown anything to be some "easy" pick over prospects that are leaps and bounds better than him. You liking him is, well, just a preference. No problem with that but sorry I'm just not sold
HEZI wrote:https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/deni-avdija-1/gamelog/2020/euroleague/
And he's just going to jump in the NBA and take off? Or is he going to be somebody we keep talking about as a kid with potential for the next 5 years? Preaching patience with him?
Sorry, not this year.
malik959 wrote:Has there ever been an Anthony that bombed in NY?
Juco24 wrote:HEZI wrote:https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/deni-avdija-1/gamelog/2020/euroleague/
And he's just going to jump in the NBA and take off? Or is he going to be somebody we keep talking about as a kid with potential for the next 5 years? Preaching patience with him?
Sorry, not this year.
Outside of Edwards I don't see anyone from this class jumping in and taking off. There's no Ja or Zion in this draft. Going to need some patience regardless
Chanel Bomber wrote:knicksNOTslick wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:That Greg Anthony jersey is fire.
That's all I needed. I'm sold.
The Knicks announcer doesn't even need to come up with a new way to say his name. Just say it like he said it for Melo.
I used to hate the way he forced the “Anthonyyyyyy”... Especially on those nights when Melo would drop 40 because it would just never stop lol.
spree2kawhi wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:knicksNOTslick wrote:The Knicks announcer doesn't even need to come up with a new way to say his name. Just say it like he said it for Melo.
I used to hate the way he forced the “Anthonyyyyyy”... Especially on those nights when Melo would drop 40 because it would just never stop lol.
I'm also totally sold on Anthony by now. Perfect fit and definitely talented. My second choice after Edwards.
NYF13 wrote:I think if the pick is Core Anthony, Leon Rose would trade for Chris Paul to be a mentor and have him learn from CP3.
NYF13 wrote:I think if the pick is Core Anthony, Leon Rose would trade for Chris Paul to be a mentor and have him learn from CP3.
newyorker4ever wrote:T.Haliburton the next Lonzo Ball?
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2020/04/20/tyrese-haliburton-2020-nba-draft-propsect-breakdown/
Tyrese Haliburton is not the best prospect in this year’s NBA draft class, but he may be the most fascinating, a guy who is going to inspire debate in draft rooms for a number of different reasons.
A 6-foot-5 guard that just turned 20 years old in February, Haliburton had a breakout sophomore season that saw him average 15.2 points, 6.5 assists, 5.9 boards and 2.5 steals while shooting 50 percent from the floor, 42 percent from three and 82 percent from the free throw line. He’s the only player to reach those thresholds in Sports Reference’s database, which dates back to 1992. No high-major guard has posted a 63.1 true-shooting percentage while averaging 15 points and 6.5 assists in the last decade.
The numbers nerds are going to love him. He’s an aberration, a freak of efficiency, a glitch in the simulation.
And that’s before you consider the fact that he played as a ball-dominant lead guard as a sophomore after spending his freshman season doing nothing but playing on the wing, or that he was the best player for USA Basketball’s U-19 team, which won a gold medal last summer.
On paper, he looks like a guy that is tailor-made to have an NBA offense built around him.
The story the film tells is not quite the same.
"varying degrees in how well he can do these things [referring to the things he can do real well in college]"
"by any account, terrific shooter with deep deep range...when he's give time and space he's deadly...BUT he has a long, slow and low release, his feet are positioned awkwardly and his mechanics are not ideal and this really shows up when Haliburton is forced to shoot off of the dribble...and it's exasperated by the fact that Haliburton can struggle to consistently turn the corner against good defenders...when you can't beat a man you are forced to shoot a mid range pullups, often a contested one...if he had struggles getting past defenders at the college level it's not a good indicator of his ability to get to the rim moving up to the professional level"
"...he's inconsistent and uneven defensively with his primary weakness being not having quick enough feet to stay in front of his opponent on defense...but the effort is there and so is the IQ...one of the best team defenders you'll find in this draft...terrific anticipation...he has the length to be a playmaker defensively"
"...a secondary ball handler that can space the floor, initiate offense and run ball screens on the week side"
