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Def Swami wrote:The Magic had their pick of the litter of young prospects around the league. A lot of this deal will come down to how Hampton and Carter Jr. pan out. They're essentially draft picks. The Magic scouting and talent evaluation team will be under scrutiny.
Last Guardian wrote:AG deal isn't horrible at least.
I am impressed that they gutted the team and a proper rebuild is going to happen. Never expected them to do it. Part of me is sad, we have watched these players for years now they are all on different teams around the country. Crazy. I'll probably keep tabs on them for the next few months until I get bored and don't care anymore.
MagicStarwipe wrote:Last Guardian wrote:AG deal isn't horrible at least.
I am impressed that they gutted the team and a proper rebuild is going to happen. Never expected them to do it. Part of me is sad, we have watched these players for years now they are all on different teams around the country. Crazy. I'll probably keep tabs on them for the next few months until I get bored and don't care anymore.
I believe they call this Stockholm syndrome
basketballRob wrote:Is the pick next season unprotected?MagicStarwipe wrote:Magic#1 wrote:Folks, check out Chicago's remaining strength of schedule. It's no cakewalk for them to get to the playoffs. 7th hardest SOS remaining. Plus, the teams in front of them are capable teams. Vooch makes them better? But are they clearly better than the teams in front of them? I don't see it.
They'll be fighting for a play in spot in my opinion. Will be very interesting to see how much better (if at all) Vuc makes them. I think we end up with 2 lottery picks this year.
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pepe1991 wrote:oh btw shut out for all the "vuc isn't worth anything" posters.
In theory, Carter is the ideal center in today's NBA. On defense, he can guard away from the basket, offer some rim protection and rebound. On offense, he moves well as a dive man, can pass out of the short roll, can make an open jump shot and can beat a switch in the post. NBA scouts were enamored with how few holes Carter had in his game at Duke, and many thought of him as a better prospect than Sacramento Kings big man Marvin Bagley III, which has proven to be the case so far even with Carter's ups and downs.
Blending in, making the right play and doing the little things defensively has clear value on a team hoping to make a deep playoff run. Carter's sometimes passive nature can be frustrating for a team that drafted him seventh overall and sits in the final play-in spot in the East. But for a well-established veteran group that is in dire need of his defensive versatility, rebounding and passing, Carter's strengths would be accentuated.
Among 31 high-volume pick-and-roll defenders, Carter actually ranks seventh in fewest points allowed per direct screen when he's the big defender.
The fact that he's 8-of-22 from distance and posting a career-best assist-to-turnover ratio are silver linings. Although he might never be comfortable being more than a fourth or fifth option offensively, I'm still bullish that Carter can eventually become an NBA starter on a playoff team. That's good value for a seventh overall pick. He could benefit a young team such as the Charlotte Hornets searching for a potential center of the future.
fendilim wrote:pepe1991 wrote:oh btw shut out for all the "vuc isn't worth anything" posters.
He’s even worth more than ag
pepe1991 wrote:Before Skin's eraction errupts, Wendell made no progress in year one to year to nor in year two to year three.
Esencially, Wendell, 3 years into his nba career is copy past same player he was at college.
It's also important to note guy is kind a fatty, 6'10- 270 pounds. His numbers are mostly all around negative, on both ends. And i was reading something about him month ago, that he is type of dude who gets depressed if he makes mistakes and just mentally checks out of a game.
