amcoolio wrote:Vernon Carey was supposed to be a top 5 pick before the college season, dropped 30 pounds after the season to get faster and he’s ripped, and has a shot to be the Hornets starting center...just saying
So wasn’t Charles Bassey.
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amcoolio wrote:Vernon Carey was supposed to be a top 5 pick before the college season, dropped 30 pounds after the season to get faster and he’s ripped, and has a shot to be the Hornets starting center...just saying
Patsfan1081 wrote:amcoolio wrote:Vernon Carey was supposed to be a top 5 pick before the college season, dropped 30 pounds after the season to get faster and he’s ripped, and has a shot to be the Hornets starting center...just saying
So wasn’t Charles Bassey.
DeBlazerRiddem wrote:I can see Oturu earning a starting spot on the Clippers
Patsfan1081 wrote:doordoor123 wrote:SNPA wrote:Agreed. I don’t get it. The teams must know something we don’t? How does that guy fall to 58? Makes no sense without there being more to the story.
I was listening to his interviews prior to the draft and I wasn't really impressed. Doesn't come off as a guy who has his stuff together or particularly smart, but I was also thinking there have been successful guys in the NBA with that kind of profile. He's a defender and if anything I think this is only going to push his defense to another level. With his frame and ability, I can't see him not having success.
Didn’t he have the worst cone drill out of everyone? I mean you couldn’t even beat out Azibuke?
Nazrmohamed wrote:Patsfan1081 wrote:doordoor123 wrote:
I was listening to his interviews prior to the draft and I wasn't really impressed. Doesn't come off as a guy who has his stuff together or particularly smart, but I was also thinking there have been successful guys in the NBA with that kind of profile. He's a defender and if anything I think this is only going to push his defense to another level. With his frame and ability, I can't see him not having success.
Didn’t he have the worst cone drill out of everyone? I mean you couldn’t even beat out Azibuke?
How is that possible from the game footage we saw? Oh well.
Patsfan1081 wrote:doordoor123 wrote:SNPA wrote:Agreed. I don’t get it. The teams must know something we don’t? How does that guy fall to 58? Makes no sense without there being more to the story.
I was listening to his interviews prior to the draft and I wasn't really impressed. Doesn't come off as a guy who has his stuff together or particularly smart, but I was also thinking there have been successful guys in the NBA with that kind of profile. He's a defender and if anything I think this is only going to push his defense to another level. With his frame and ability, I can't see him not having success.
Didn’t he have the worst cone drill out of everyone? I mean you couldn’t even beat out Azibuke?
Catchall wrote:The Jazz think Udoka Azubuike is the next Shaq, so...
Catchall wrote:Catchall wrote:The Jazz think Udoka Azubuike is the next Shaq, so...
Jazz front office had media availability today. They said that their pre-draft analytics had Udoka as the #2 prospect in the draft, in part due to Udoka's 75% FG% and KU's defensive rating of 80 when Udoka was on the floor. That sounds like an exaggeration, but the Jazz's scouting staff also had rated Udoka as a top-10 prospect in the draft overall.
Fischella wrote:Catchall wrote:Catchall wrote:The Jazz think Udoka Azubuike is the next Shaq, so...
Jazz front office had media availability today. They said that their pre-draft analytics had Udoka as the #2 prospect in the draft, in part due to Udoka's 75% FG% and KU's defensive rating of 80 when Udoka was on the floor. That sounds like an exaggeration, but the Jazz's scouting staff also had rated Udoka as a top-10 prospect in the draft overall.
yeah they are wasting their money paying those folks, ridiculous
That's just so dumb
Fischella wrote:I think none of you guys that are pro-Embiid no how basketball works today.. is way easier to win it all with Omer Asik than Olajuwon.
Actually if you ask me which Center I want for my perfect championship caliber team, I will chose Asik hands down
Catchall wrote:Fischella wrote:Catchall wrote:
Jazz front office had media availability today. They said that their pre-draft analytics had Udoka as the #2 prospect in the draft, in part due to Udoka's 75% FG% and KU's defensive rating of 80 when Udoka was on the floor. That sounds like an exaggeration, but the Jazz's scouting staff also had rated Udoka as a top-10 prospect in the draft overall.
yeah they are wasting their money paying those folks, ridiculous
That's just so dumb
I get where they're coming from though. Udoka's per-36 stats were 18/14/3.4bl, and his advanced stats at age 20/21 were as good as Joel Embiid's. The question is how much of that will translate to the NBA where he's not always the biggest, strongest and most athletic player on the floor.
Klomp wrote:Jaden McDaniels landed in a spot where he could be viewed as an absolute steal a couple years down the road.
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
clyde21 wrote:still surprising to me that Diakite went undrafted (unless it's something that he specifically wanted), he's been killing it in the G League, we'll see how it translates to the NBA but he always had the makings of a good 3rd or 4th big off the bench.
EvanZ wrote:clyde21 wrote:still surprising to me that Diakite went undrafted (unless it's something that he specifically wanted), he's been killing it in the G League, we'll see how it translates to the NBA but he always had the makings of a good 3rd or 4th big off the bench.
Why would you ever draft a good 3rd or 4th bench big?
clyde21 wrote:EvanZ wrote:clyde21 wrote:still surprising to me that Diakite went undrafted (unless it's something that he specifically wanted), he's been killing it in the G League, we'll see how it translates to the NBA but he always had the makings of a good 3rd or 4th big off the bench.
Why would you ever draft a good 3rd or 4th bench big?
because it's better than drafting **** players?
EvanZ wrote:clyde21 wrote:EvanZ wrote:
Why would you ever draft a good 3rd or 4th bench big?
because it's better than drafting **** players?
Uh no it *is* the definition of drafting *** players. It's also just a dumb use of draft capital.
doordoor123 wrote:Its going to be Aaron Nesmith. He's going to be so good IMO. I think he's going to be a perennial all-star. The Celtics ran away with another steal of the draft.
He kind of stayed hidden in this draft, kind of like Donovan Mitchell when he was drafted. I really think he's going to be amazing. No one at his age has ever had the kind of skilled shooting as him. He also has great size, the potential on defense, and he wants to be great. I have so much confidence in this guy and the fact the Celtics took him made me believe in him more.