bwgood77 wrote:ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:PGs: Why not Hayes at 10, since it's starting to look like he'll be there? Are we worried that he doesn't give us enough speed next to Devin (and thus our apparent interest in Lewis)? Hampton is interesting, too, though I'd feel better taking a swing with a later pick than 10. I don't think Lewis is as fast as the hype machine leads one to believe. And I'm not sure Terry has enough in his game to merit a high selection: I just haven't seen enough; he scares me.
I am pretty sure more on this board would take Hayes than Lewis, Terry, etc, but most hadn't felt he'd be there and there are no Suns rumors (not that it means anything). It's hard to tell what James Jones must do but being that it seems he wants someone ready to contribute more now, that might not help Hayes as much as he might be more of a long term prospect than someone ready now, though Lewis is just about as young and Terry was just a freshman.
I don't know a ton about Hayes, but based on other people's thoughts that I respect, I hope if he's there, we take him.
Personally I would draft Kira Lewis over Hayes because speed, handles and scoring ability. Hayes looks to me smooth but not that good creating and getting space for his own shoot and that's huge for a PG n this current NBA.
And I need to recognize that I value Hayes a bit less than other people after watching Okobo a couple of years on the roster. He plays a similar style of basketball (Okobo more of a scoring PG, Hayes more of a passer), both have nice size, solid athletes, from the same country, both left handed, etc... so I prefer other PG prospects (Haliburton, Lewis and probably Maxey) over him.
