Psubs wrote:Dalek wrote:Psubs wrote:What does he do better than Paul Reed; who plays a position of need? This articles has some nice breakdown of his game.
http://www.raptorscage.ca/the-late-20s-paul-reed/
Paul Reed has character, and has great stats and overall progression. Yet, I cannot reconcile that with the eye test. His video makes him look like Marvin Williams - can stretch the floor a bit but not a great handle to do anything more than straight-line drives. Just a heady player but not a special athlete.
I think it is fair to ask how much of ceiling he has as a prospect. Can this guy defend multiple positions? Can he play C or SF, or is he more of an undersized PF. To me, he seems like a guy that is too good for college but in the G-League he would be one of those guys that are borderline NBA guys.
To me he's like a lanky version of OG. He has such good instincts on defense and doesn't look off-balance. Siakam didn't any better running the floor as a playmaker. His ceiling is 1st team all NBA defense and 3rd team on offense. Paul Reed sounds like someone that can raise their perceived ceiling.
Even if he ends up as a Marvin Williams, that’s pretty good for a 28th pick too. In fact we could use a player like Marvin Williams on the team right now to replace rhj and/or Boucher.
There is risk in drafting him (just like anybody) but like you said, he has a very high ceiling and I think his floor will be a serviceable player in the nba.
The raptors have done an amazing job in the past with these types of players.
edit: All that being said, he probably won't be available at our pick.














