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The Official Paolo Banchero Thread: 2022-2023 NBA Rookie of the Year

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Post#421 » by RookieStar » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:33 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:Hello this is Mo Wagner's team.... He is freaking Hollywood star now lol

In reality this is Air Franz's team until Paolo shows it's his.

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Agree... as much as Cole keeps trying to raise his stock in the socmed world, he never had the movie star status of MoW, the face of our team.
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Post#422 » by MagicFan101 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:13 am

RookieStar wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:Hello this is Mo Wagner's team.... He is freaking Hollywood star now lol

In reality this is Air Franz's team until Paolo shows it's his.

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Agree... as much as Cole keeps trying to raise his stock in the socmed world, he never had the movie star status of MoW, the face of our team.


Cole is a trade chip in my eyes. I’m happy to have him as our new flamethrower off the bench but I see him (and FRPs and more) being offered up in any and all trades necessary to get “That Dude” come 2023.

Sorry Cole. You’re just not it.
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Post#423 » by basketballRob » Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:35 am

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Post#424 » by basketballRob » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:07 am

Paolo is much taller than Smith.

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Post#425 » by JBSouthpaw » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:25 am

basketballRob wrote:Paolo is much taller than Smith.

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that's from 2 years ago.
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Post#426 » by basketballRob » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:41 am

JBSouthpaw wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Paolo is much taller than Smith.

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that's from 2 years ago.
It was November 10, 2020.

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Post#427 » by Knightro » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:43 am

basketballRob wrote:It was August 28-29th, 2021.


Rob :lol: :lol: :lol:

The date of the tweet is literally on there. November 10th, 2020.

EDIT: Nice ninja edit :lol:
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Post#428 » by basketballRob » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:44 am

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basketballRob wrote:It was August 28-29th, 2021.


Rob

The date of the tweet is literally on there. November 10th, 2020.
I just edited it. I read something else. There was a photo similar to this at the draft where Paolo was clearly a couple of inches taller.

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Post#429 » by basketballRob » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:50 am

Banchero put on a show in this game. Jabari was the MVP of the tournament but he also had Tyty Washington on his team.

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Post#430 » by yoyojw17 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:30 am

basketballRob wrote:

that 21.9% iso defense made me smile!

just gotta work on that team defense! 2-way monster in the making!
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Post#431 » by The Effect » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:50 am

Already working
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Post#432 » by RookieStar » Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:13 am

The Effect wrote:Already working


Is it just me or does Paolo like working out in street clothes? Thats 2 videos i have seen where it looks like he just came driving from errands or the mall and decided to hoop out.
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Post#433 » by pepe1991 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:44 am

One potentially negative side of Banchero, that he has more so than Chet or Jabari is fact that he is easiest player by get fooled by stats thinking he is max contract guy.

Banchero has offensive skills, nobody can question them. Banchero can and will put up points.
Banchero is 6'10 dude, he will get 6-9 rebounds a game. No doubt.
Banchero will put up assists, he is crafty.

But in same time his efficiency and defense will probably be biggest question marks. There is similar scenario with him that is with Melo and Randle. Where they put up numbers, even assists, but offense panders so much to them to the point where team is regressing, just to play in fashion that benefits them.

People now view Randle's contract as awful, but guy averaged 24 ppg, 11 rpg and 6 assists. Those are historically high numbers, how can you NOT pay him? And answer to how can you NOT pay him, was him playing 2021-22 season and flat out sucking air out of Knicks team.


Chet can't "fake" being elite, he will either become top 10 defender and solid offensive player or he won't. Jabari Smith will either be able to make separation and shots or he won't. There isn't middle ground. But there is s*** loud of middle ground for Banchero to still put up stats without having good impact, because, as i said, he has biggest toolbox to "cheat " you into thinking he is better than he is.
Hopefully this won't be ongoing story for 4 years, how Banchero's 20 ppg ,8 rpg and 4 apg ( i pulled this from my a** , don't bother looking at too much) impacts team and is he that Alpha dog, Kobe, Lillard like, or poor man Carmelo Anthony.
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Post#434 » by zaymon » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:02 am

pepe1991 wrote:One potentially negative side of Banchero, that he has more so than Chet or Jabari is fact that he is easiest player by get fooled by stats thinking he is max contract guy.

Banchero has offensive skills, nobody can question them. Banchero can and will put up points.
Banchero is 6'10 dude, he will get 6-9 rebounds a game. No doubt.
Banchero will put up assists, he is crafty.

But in same time his efficiency and defense will probably be biggest question marks. There is similar scenario with him that is with Melo and Randle. Where they put up numbers, even assists, but offense panders so much to them to the point where team is regressing, just to play in fashion that benefits them.

People now view Randle's contract as awful, but guy averaged 24 ppg, 11 rpg and 6 assists. Those are historically high numbers, how can you NOT pay him? And answer to how can you NOT pay him, was him playing 2021-22 season and flat out sucking air out of Knicks team.


Chet can't "fake" being elite, he will either become top 10 defender and solid offensive player or he won't. Jabari Smith will either be able to make separation and shots or he won't. There isn't middle ground. But there is s*** loud of middle ground for Banchero to still put up stats without having good impact, because, as i said, he has biggest toolbox to "cheat " you into thinking he is better than he is.
Hopefully this won't be ongoing story for 4 years, how Banchero's 20 ppg ,8 rpg and 4 apg ( i pulled this from my a** , don't bother looking at too much) impacts team and is he that Alpha dog, Kobe, Lillard like, or poor man Carmelo Anthony.


In the end its front office who signs the contract. Randle for many years was not a max guy, he earned even less than Aaron Gordon (18M). It were Knicks who were dumb as always to give him that contract despite sucking in playoffs. All rational people knew how it will end. Carmelo Anthony for all his flaws reached west finals with Denver and east semifinals with Knicks as their first option. Banchero is also a bigger and better playmaker than Carmelo which gives him much higher ceiling imo.
My money is on Banchero going number 1 !
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Post#435 » by PrimeThyme » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:21 am

Weltman basically just confirmed on NBAtv that our starting lineup will be Fultz/Suggs/Franz/PB/WCJ.
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Post#436 » by zaymon » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:48 am

PrimeThyme wrote:Weltman basically just confirmed on NBAtv that our starting lineup will be Fultz/Suggs/Franz/PB/WCJ.


I think Weltman is great executive but he has two flaws. For some reason he loves Bamba and for some reason he loves Fultz. I just dont get this lineup. It seems like his love for Bamba has its boundaries but not for Fultz yet. Dont get me wrong i hope Fultz comes into training camp and kills it but it doesnt seem likely.
My money is on Banchero going number 1 !
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Post#437 » by fateis007 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:04 am

pepe1991 wrote:One potentially negative side of Banchero, that he has more so than Chet or Jabari is fact that he is easiest player by get fooled by stats thinking he is max contract guy.

Banchero has offensive skills, nobody can question them. Banchero can and will put up points.
Banchero is 6'10 dude, he will get 6-9 rebounds a game. No doubt.
Banchero will put up assists, he is crafty.

But in same time his efficiency and defense will probably be biggest question marks. There is similar scenario with him that is with Melo and Randle. Where they put up numbers, even assists, but offense panders so much to them to the point where team is regressing, just to play in fashion that benefits them.

People now view Randle's contract as awful, but guy averaged 24 ppg, 11 rpg and 6 assists. Those are historically high numbers, how can you NOT pay him? And answer to how can you NOT pay him, was him playing 2021-22 season and flat out sucking air out of Knicks team.


Chet can't "fake" being elite, he will either become top 10 defender and solid offensive player or he won't. Jabari Smith will either be able to make separation and shots or he won't. There isn't middle ground. But there is s*** loud of middle ground for Banchero to still put up stats without having good impact, because, as i said, he has biggest toolbox to "cheat " you into thinking he is better than he is.
Hopefully this won't be ongoing story for 4 years, how Banchero's 20 ppg ,8 rpg and 4 apg ( i pulled this from my a** , don't bother looking at too much) impacts team and is he that Alpha dog, Kobe, Lillard like, or poor man Carmelo Anthony.


dude hasnt even played a summer league game and you're worried about him tricking us into a max contract with big stats and no impact?

come on man, you cant be that bored.

like you can say that about any rookie ever, especially one drafted onto a bad team.
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Post#438 » by SHAQ32 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:13 am

Guy has great footwork, among all of his other attributes.
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Post#439 » by pepe1991 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:21 am

fateis007 wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:One potentially negative side of Banchero, that he has more so than Chet or Jabari is fact that he is easiest player by get fooled by stats thinking he is max contract guy.

Banchero has offensive skills, nobody can question them. Banchero can and will put up points.
Banchero is 6'10 dude, he will get 6-9 rebounds a game. No doubt.
Banchero will put up assists, he is crafty.

But in same time his efficiency and defense will probably be biggest question marks. There is similar scenario with him that is with Melo and Randle. Where they put up numbers, even assists, but offense panders so much to them to the point where team is regressing, just to play in fashion that benefits them.

People now view Randle's contract as awful, but guy averaged 24 ppg, 11 rpg and 6 assists. Those are historically high numbers, how can you NOT pay him? And answer to how can you NOT pay him, was him playing 2021-22 season and flat out sucking air out of Knicks team.


Chet can't "fake" being elite, he will either become top 10 defender and solid offensive player or he won't. Jabari Smith will either be able to make separation and shots or he won't. There isn't middle ground. But there is s*** loud of middle ground for Banchero to still put up stats without having good impact, because, as i said, he has biggest toolbox to "cheat " you into thinking he is better than he is.
Hopefully this won't be ongoing story for 4 years, how Banchero's 20 ppg ,8 rpg and 4 apg ( i pulled this from my a** , don't bother looking at too much) impacts team and is he that Alpha dog, Kobe, Lillard like, or poor man Carmelo Anthony.


dude hasnt even played a summer league game and you're worried about him tricking us into a max contract with big stats and no impact?

come on man, you cant be that bored.

like you can say that about any rookie ever, especially one drafted onto a bad team.


Its my predraft observation, regardless who drafted him, i just posted about it now.
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Post#440 » by SOUL » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:23 am

zaymon wrote:
PrimeThyme wrote:Weltman basically just confirmed on NBAtv that our starting lineup will be Fultz/Suggs/Franz/PB/WCJ.


I think Weltman is great executive but he has two flaws. For some reason he loves Bamba and for some reason he loves Fultz. I just dont get this lineup. It seems like his love for Bamba has its boundaries but not for Fultz yet. Dont get me wrong i hope Fultz comes into training camp and kills it but it doesnt seem likely.


Seems like an obvious lineup to me though? Shooting aside, those 5 (Isaac depending on injury) have the highest ceilings. I know the spacing will be rough, but we'll see what happens. It's not like they have to play together long either, but there are some interesting things that can happen with it even if it's not a long-term thing.

I think people get caught up with the optimal lineup situations and specifics that in the long run don't matter much when we have a different team while we're competing in the playoffs. Right now we need to see how guys play together and what their roles will be on the team in the future, if they're even on the team.
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