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I'm fairly certain that the draft clip of Bruno showed him looking down when he was dribbling the ball like a 1950s point guard
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Keep in mind that's normal in the D-League. Yeah, but Pierre is kind of special in that he is immanently coachable on offense, but the complete opposite on defense. He apparently makes no effort at all. Like, it's not a skill or ability thing. He just doesn't care about it and has no desire to put any energy into that side of the floor. Still a fantastic offensive player for his size, though. I'm not sure how good of a finisher at the rim he is, but the man can shoot.
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Looks like the thunder picked up 2 future all nba players. Good job Presti
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double sulk posted:Almost everyone calling into WIP loving hates the Sixers' draft and are calling it a catastrophe, so it's probably the best draft they've ever had. No. The Apocalypse is nigh. WIP and/or its callers being right is one of the signs. This was a terrible draft for the 76ers.
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Every time you worry about the sixers draft watch DX's draft profile of Embiid.
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Redgrendel2001 posted:This was a terrible draft for the 76ers. Please expand.
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James Young at 17 seems like a really good pick. Last night they compared him to Mo-Pete and I'd be pretty happy if Young ended up having a comparable career. I'm a lot less happy with the Marcus Smart pick. He could pan out if he learned to shoot but that's something everyone says about everyone who busts, so that doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. The Celtics have already come out and said that they think Smart and Rondo can play alongside each other in the same backcourt. We'll see about that; at this point I think the Celtics should probably jump at the first not terrible offer they get for Rondo.
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double sulk posted:Almost everyone calling into WIP loving hates the Sixers' draft and are calling it a catastrophe, so it's probably the best draft they've ever had. Didn't they hate last year's draft too which turned out to be pretty drat excellent, given the overall quality? Although I guess we'll still have to wait to how Noel plays. They got Embiid, Saric, traded a ten pick for a future first rounder and second rounder, all of which seems real good or even incredible and an absolute steal if Embiid recovers fully? Saric is a crafty dude. Also your first pick practically nodded off into an opium haze in front of the cameras hah what a lightweight
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Embiid will have a 10 point, 14 rebound, 4 block game in February and everyone will have forgotten how much they hated the Sixers draft.
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Anyhow I was thrilled with the Knicks move, lost two players who looked like they were dying all last season and went from having no picks to grabbing up my personal favorite out of the draft's top funny names. 2014 list: 1. Cleanthony Early 2. Bogdan Bogdanovic 3. P.J. Hairston
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Jun 27, 2014 15:04
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The Thunder drafted: Mitch McGary PF, Michigan: An offensive-minded Cole Aldrich lookalike who also has a bad back. By most accounts he would've been available at 29, but Presti promised him at 21 to keep the rest of the league from experiencing Mitch McGary in private workouts. I watched his highlights and his only discernible skill appears to be finishing pick and rolls. People began anointing him the next Nick Collison last night, but this dude doesn't appear to play defense so I'm not sure about that. I don't like his face, and I doubt he'll play for the Thunder this year. Josh Huestis SF, Stanford: A 3 and D wing with no 3 (shot 32% from distance in college, yikes). In the same mold as Thabo Sefoloshoa, who is gone, and Andre Roberson, who sucks. I think Andre Roberson's jumper may be busted and unfixable to the point of being useless, so this guy seems to be hedging for that, except he can't shoot at all either right now. However, Huestis' stroke actually looks decent, so maybe he could improve over the course of a few years. Won't play for the Thunder this year, maybe next year if Lamb, Roberson, and Jones are all disasters in 2014. Was supposed to be available well into the 2nd, so this was apparently a bad value. He also has excellent hair. I like this dude. Semaj Christon PG, Xavier: Strong name, but not as strong as previous second rounders under Presti (Magnum Rolle).
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EvanTH posted:Didn't they hate last year's draft too which turned out to be pretty drat excellent, given the overall quality? Although I guess we'll still have to wait to how Noel plays. I think that its just really disappointing as a fan to have to look so far into the future for things to start panning out, especially since the Sixers havn't been good in such a long time. I understand each choice that the organization made but it doesn't mean I like them on the fan level.... Embiid has a big upside but his injury history makes me think he's gonna flare out like Oden, but at least we aren't paying him what we did Bynum. The Payton for Saric move was pretty brilliant considering my dreams were crushed once Stauskas went 8th to the Kings. Your 2017 Atlantic Division Champion Philadelphia 76ers! 
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I thought McGary was a real bad pick and I don't think his 4 good tournament games are indicative of how he will handle himself in the NBA.
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Will James McAdoo ever play in the NBA?
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Chris de Sperg posted:Will James McAdoo ever play in the NBA? Probably not. He's a good athlete but he doesn't have a real position or any NBA level skill. I'm not super high on Saric and kind of doubt he's ever going to even come over, but I like the Sixers draft otherwise. I think Embiid's a bigger risk than people here are treating him as, but it's probably worth it since there was a decent drop between him and the next tier. They nabbed a bunch of good value guys in the second too. But at some point they're going to add a player who can, ya know, shoot the basketball, right? That's kind of a big deal, and they didn't draft anyone who is any good at it. MourningView fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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Yuzenn posted:I think that its just really disappointing as a fan to have to look so far into the future for things to start panning out, especially since the Sixers havn't been good in such a long time. The Sixers were in the eastern conference semis in 2012. That was only 2 years ago, and they are more than halfway through their rebuild. The Tank worked. They got Embiid.
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Yuzenn posted:Your 2017 Atlantic Division Champion Philadelphia 76ers! Maybe even 2016! Apparently Dario Saric might be able to go to Philly after one year. He has to work something out with the team in Turkey, though. Saric + Vasilije Micic + Arselan Kazemi coming over next year would be pretty sweet.
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euphronius posted:Embiid will have a 10 point, 14 rebound, 4 block game in February and everyone will have forgotten how much they hated the Sixers draft. I thought he was projected to be out most, if not all, of the season due to his surgeries?
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I heard that he'd be out until around January, but maybe the Sixers should sit him like they did Noel. Then they can have the rookie of the year four years in a row. MCW last season, Noel this season, Embiid next season, and Saric in 2017.
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Kibner posted:I thought he was projected to be out most, if not all, of the season due to his surgeries? No one knows, but 6 months is the max I have seen. Which is 4 months to heal plus 2 months to get in game shape. I think people think he will sit out all year because the Sixers want to tank again. Maybe.
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EvanTH posted:I thought McGary was a real bad pick and I don't think his 4 good tournament games are indicative of how he will handle himself in the NBA. This compounded by the fact that the Thunder could've had the Brazilian Kevin Durant if they picked one slot earlier..it's a tough pill to swallow.
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I really liked Cleanthony Early whenever I saw him play and we got an alphabet soup brother too. A+ draft
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euphronius posted:No one knows, but 6 months is the max I have seen. Which is 4 months to heal plus 2 months to get in game shape. I'm fine with letting him sit the season out if it lets him get 110% healthy. This season doesn't loving matter and the Sixers are clearly going for a from the ground up rebuild opposed to snagging any big free agents. I'll be happy to see Noel play this season along and if it helps MCW develop his game further by having one less garbageman on the court.
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Noel was a little different. He has a different injury, he was too skinny, and his jump shot was broken. Embiid's injury is different, he does not really need to gain weight (maybe muscle but he is only 20 there is plenty of time), and his jump shot looks ok. Also there was still a good shot Noel was going to play this year. He thought he was and he was ready to go by the end of March.
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Terry Glenn posted:The Thunder drafted: McGary is a strong rebounder and he's fantastic on the pick and roll. People went crazy over him after the tournament last year and his stock was never going to be higher. I don't know why he went back to school. The Collison comparison isn't entirely true. He's not really much of a defender. He'll probably be a bit of a garbage player to start with but he can knock a jumper down from 15 feet and in, he's a good high-low passer for a big guy, and he's a banger
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Durant is the new Dirk in that any player compared to him will inevitably be loving horrible. All it takes is being a tall skinny dude who jacks up a lot of threes. You don't even need to make them, just shoot a lot. I haven't seen anyt evidence that McGary can do much of anything offensive aside from get hustle points off offensive boards and finish as a roll guy. MourningView fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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mynameisjohn posted:i love bruno caboclo I sincerely hope he destroys the league
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Wrong thread
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Terry Glenn posted:This compounded by the fact that the Thunder could've had the Brazilian Kevin Durant if they picked one slot earlier..it's a tough pill to swallow. Hmm, probably getting trolled here but I'll bite--particle physics tells us that it is unconscionably dangerous to put both Kevin Durant and Brazilian Kevin Durant in the same practice space. It could violate causality and destroy time itself. The shotclock becomes irrelevant, teams play for possession, KD+BKD's offensive talents are neutralized and basketball games end 12-7
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Doltos posted:I sincerely hope he destroys the league Me too. We should all be rooting for Bruno IMO.
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BIZORT posted:McGary is a strong rebounder and he's fantastic on the pick and roll. People went crazy over him after the tournament last year and his stock was never going to be higher. I don't know why he went back to school. The Collison comparison isn't entirely true. He's not really much of a defender. He'll probably be a bit of a garbage player to start with but he can knock a jumper down from 15 feet and in, he's a good high-low passer for a big guy, and he's a banger Thanks for this little write-up. Apparently Charlotte was trying to move up and grab him at 22 (one McRoberts is not enough for them), so I guess I understand why Presti knew it had to be McGary at 21 if they were going to get him.
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Wait, the Spurs got Kyle Anderson... Did everyone seriously let the closest thing to a Boris Diaw impersonator fall to the only team that has found a way for Boris Diaw to look like a an all-star at times?
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Welcome to the Spurs Draft Experience.
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To be fair, Diaw looked like a borderline All-Star in Phoenix too. San Antonio didn't magically inject him with the ability to pass the ball. "Two years away from being two years away" is my new favorite term to describe a dude who has no idea how to play basketball but gets drafted anyway.
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EvanTH posted:Hmm, probably getting trolled here but I'll bite--particle physics tells us that it is unconscionably dangerous to put both Kevin Durant and Brazilian Kevin Durant in the same practice space. It could violate causality and destroy time itself. The shotclock becomes irrelevant, teams play for possession, KD+BKD's offensive talents are neutralized and basketball games end 12-7 Physics be damned, any time you have the chance to add a Kevin Durant, I don't care if it's Brazilian Kevin Durant, Bizarro Kevin Durant, Finnish Kevin Durant, or whatever, you do it.
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TheGreyGhost posted:Wait, the Spurs got Kyle Anderson... If you think this is true, then it's the right decision. You don't draft a guy who doesn't work for you just so the team he works for can't take him. Spite drafting is stupid, you build the best team you can and trust it's better than the other ones. Of course, Diaw was great for the Suns and pretty good in Charlotte after he lost lockout hibernation fat, so if that's who you think Anderson is then he should probably have gone a lot earlier. But Anderson doesn't have Diaw's athleticism or his bulk.
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So the Timberwolves drafted like their 9th point guard in the last 5 years. Anyone want to tell me about this guy? I hadn't heard much of him leading up to the draft.
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