Saciid11 wrote:
I don't remember Bismack ever being as good as Garuba in the Euro league at 18. I also don't remember Bismack being able to hit shots outside of 5ft from the rim. Bismack is horrible comparison. The best comparison is Ibaka and I see Garuba being smaller Ibaka who can guard from guards to bigs. Offensively I don't expect him to be 20ppg scorer, but I think he will be double digit scorer who will develop consistent 3 pointer like Ibaka. Defensively he has potential be a beast, a future all nba defensive team type of player . Masai has already scouted this kid for years, so he knows what he is capable of. I would not be surprised if we draft him if our pick is outside top 5 ...
I'll start off again saying to each his own and if that's the player you like that's great, we all have our favorites...
But I do find it funny to claim Bismack is a horrible comparison (even though I wasn't comparing them as players hence pointing out the Biz/Howard comparison that was being made & Usman/Draymond one - I meant the pre-draft hype as this all world defender) then proceed to say he's like Ibaka...
1. Ibaka was a FAR MORE explosive athlete (check Serge's dunk competition dunks, he jumped from the FT line) Garuba is not an explosive one and that makes a HUGE difference as an undersized C (even though again Serge is taller) to get up there and disrupt shots. Garuba doesn't even average a couple blocks per game (1.5 to be exact) per 36 in a far less athletic league with smaller players but somehow you equate him to Serge who in his day was a near 4bpg rim protector?!??
Keeping in mind Serge is 6'10 with a 7'4+ wingspan (and was a much more explosive leaper)
Meanwhile Garuba is the size of OG, at 6'8 with a 7'2 wingspan
2. Usman looks horrible offensively (hence the 4ppg) which is far more like Biz (who btw was the Euroleague leading shotblocker when he came out and amongst the top rebounders in that league) He just looks clumsy trying to handle a basketball, he's not much of a lob threat and his jumper needs A LOT of work to say the minimum before he's anywhere near consistent threat, he barely takes a single shot per game from 3 and still manages to be to shoot 30% or UNDER
The comparison that is being made for him as I said is Draymond (I didn't say Biz) but AGAIN the problem is he doesn't have any of Green's ballhandling or passing ability so you're essentially drafting him to play one side of the court and do I think he offers such a massive premium over Khem or FG who do a fine job defensively themselves?! No I do not.
Especially not with what will be likely our only lottery pick for at least the next 4-5 years. I place far more value on the Playoffs and guess who will be borderline liability then...meanwhile we've seen year after year that we need a player that can generate his own basket (until Kawhi came around and did just that) so personally I rather let our developmental staff work with someone like Keon or Bouknight and see if they can continue to improve their shooting stroke to be similar type players to perhaps Mitchell or Murray, then another Draymond that can't dribble or pass and if we don't then I'd prefer an excellent defender in his own right in Scottie Barnes that can at least run a break and pass, but that's just me.



























