getrichordie wrote:Devilanche wrote:1bigfan13 wrote:
Hopefully I'm proven wrong over time but I just don't see the flash in Poku that Thunder fans claim to see.
I just don't see anything special yet. Obviously he's still young and has plenty of room to grow, so I'm not completely sour on him. But a big part of me still wishes Presti would have used last year's 1st round pick on Desmond Bane. He was one of the top 3 guys who I wanted in that draft class.
Fast forward to the 2021-2022 season.....Bane is efficiently dropping 19 ppg while shooting 48% FG | 41% 3PT | 88% FT%.
We've badly needed shooters for over 4 years now but for whatever reason Presti passes on this guy to roll the dice on a long shot project (Poku).
With the number of picks we do have I hope eventually we do pick more ready players rather than keep going for younger players who just need to develop shooting but never really does .
Probably as soon as next two draft.
I don't think we need to commit to taking a more ready, or older, player. We should take whoever will compliment Giddey and SGA long-term. Whatever benefits us the best. If that's a guy who has self-creation chops but needs reps, so be it. Of course, we will weigh the likelihood that he develops versus just taking the steady 3&D player, or proven college-rim-protector.
Long story short, we will take whoever gives us the best chance at developing the brightest future.
Think I like them targeting the big fish at the top and the support fish in the middle/lower picks like what they did with this past draft. JRE is not someone who's a high upside guy and may not be someone who's a core piece during the next OKC playoff appearance but Nova guys are always ready to contribute and he isn't a super young toolsy ball of malleable raw athleticism. Still benefits everyone else on the team though by being an intelligent good vibes and good character guy.