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MourningView posted:A skinnier, taller, and less crazy Royce White sounds exactly like the sort of dude who should be a number 1 pick. The issue with him was never skill. He and Draymond were basically the exact same player in college.
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#BeWell
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I dunno, I think a flowchart of: -- 1. Can he score? 2. Will he anchor a defense? If no to both be wary of #1 pick --- Seems pretty reasonable to me. Simmons seems like a risk to me right now (note: I've only watched some of his game and was pretty underwhelmed).
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 11:19 |
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He can score though. He averaged almost 20 a game on a team that pretty much everyone agrees didn't do enough to get him the ball (along with 11 rebounds and 5 assists as a power forward) He just can't shoot well yet. And if you're eliminating someone from number one pick contention solely because they don't have a great jumper yet, congrats on passing on LeBron James.
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As I said I haven't watched a ton, but my sense is that Simmons will have trouble scoring at the next level (in the way that Lebron didn't have as big of a risk doing). That's not to say don't pick him, but I think teams are justified looking at Ingram or even Bender (once you can see what he can do in workouts). My point is even if Simmons is projected as a taller Rajon Rondo, I wouldn't call that a #1 lock.
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 15:00 |
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"This is one of the most Klutch agencies around, you definitely want to sign with us"-- Lebron James to Ben Simmons in an undated text
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 15:19 |
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DX said Jaylen Brown has limited bustability, so I'm 100% on that train now
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WhyteRyce posted:DX said Jaylen Brown has limited bustability, so I'm 100% on that train now "This guy has the highest floor in the draft" almost always means they will be the worst player in the draft.
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 16:42 |
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Thomas Robinson and Nik Stauskas are doing just fine for us
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 16:43 |
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Lockback posted:As I said I haven't watched a ton, but my sense is that Simmons will have trouble scoring at the next level (in the way that Lebron didn't have as big of a risk doing). I mean he might, but he's a physically big and quick guy with good handles who can get to the rim off the dribble and finish around the basket. Even if he's not as effective in the post, unless his athleticism doesn't transfer to the pros he's going to score.
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 17:39 |
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If Aaron Gordon can score, Ben Simmons can score. It's not like he can't make a layup, he simply has a bad jump shot.
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 17:44 |
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Yeah and for 90% of good players the shot will come along. Id still think about taking Ingram if i needed a scorer vs playmaker more, like phx maybe. Maybe.
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ButtWolf posted:Yeah and for 90% of good players the shot will come along. Id still think about taking Ingram if i needed a scorer vs playmaker more, like phx maybe. Maybe. I actually think Phoenix would be one of the best landing spots for Simmons. Booker is the only player who can pass and the Suns have some shooting (although of course Ingram wouldn't hurt them).
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EvanTH posted:just the sort of nay-saying do-nothing reaction i'd expect from a 55,000 thought-per-day man. I gave myself seven pep-talks while writing this post, my positive thoughts per minute rate (PTPMr) humming a good 14.3% faster than the average hoodlum and you could be like me with the slight addition of n-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine to your diet. Psychology is and always has been an impartial, data-driven hard science which certainly doesn't have a long and gross history as an ethically questionable discipline with a ready-made capacity for abuse and social control as an arbitrarily self-declared authority deciding what constitutes the correct human reaction to environmental stressors and it's ignorant of you to question the validity of such well-intentioned numbers Christ...my god
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 21:05 |
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Duke wins their first round game; Ingram+Allen put up decent numbers, 20/9/3 and 23/10/5 respectively. edit: also, new reports that Bender has an NBA out clause each summer for the entirety of his deal. Redgrendel2001 fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Mar 17, 2016 |
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Rick posted:I actually think Phoenix would be one of the best landing spots for Simmons. Booker is the only player who can pass and the Suns have some shooting (although of course Ingram wouldn't hurt them). Bledsoe?
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# ? Mar 17, 2016 21:29 |
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Lockback posted:As I said I haven't watched a ton, but my sense is that Simmons will have trouble scoring at the next level (in the way that Lebron didn't have as big of a risk doing). That's not to say don't pick him, but I think teams are justified looking at Ingram or even Bender (once you can see what he can do in workouts). 6'10" Rondo is basically Magic Johnson.
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ButtWolf posted:Bledsoe? I don't think you can make a long term plan around a guy who misses every other season.
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# ? Mar 18, 2016 19:21 |
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Jonathan Givony is in apology mode for Jaylen Brown on Twitter right now Is Denzel Valentine going to drop into the second
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# ? Mar 18, 2016 21:51 |
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WhyteRyce posted:Jonathan Givony is in apology mode for Jaylen Brown on Twitter right now
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ba-by bo-nis clap clap clapclapclap
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 07:36 |
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NickRoweFillea posted:ba-by bo-nis clap clap clapclapclap He's a joy to watch.
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I can't look at Grayson Allen anymore without seeing Ted Cruz.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 03:27 |
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Redgrendel2001 posted:I can't look at Grayson Allen anymore without seeing Ted Cruz. 😈😈😈😈
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 14:17 |
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Where's the Liga Națională draft thread, I want to talk about Alex Olah. Nortwestern's Tre Demps has no chance of playing in the NBA, but I have a feeling we'll see him in the Pelicans' summer league for some reason.
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Redgrendel2001 posted:I can't look at Grayson Allen anymore without seeing Ted Cruz. Everything about the guards at Duke make me pissed off. Look at this guy
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Doltos posted:Everything about the guards at Duke make me pissed off. Look at this guy You ever see a picture and associate it with a noise? I hear the noise "HYUUUUUUUUUUUH" when I look at this picture.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 17:31 |
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NickRoweFillea posted:You ever see a picture and associate it with a noise? I hear the noise "HYUUUUUUUUUUUH" when I look at this picture. Whats the noise a person makes when they're getting kicked out of a Chilis for getting too drunk on margaritas?
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Doltos posted:Whats the noise a person makes when they're getting kicked out of a Chilis for getting too drunk on margaritas? Oh, I know this one! It's "gently caress you your margs were lovely anyway"
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 17:40 |
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Grant Hill might be the only Dukie thats tolerable. And Trajan Langdon.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 18:03 |
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ButtWolf posted:Grant Hill might be the only Dukie thats tolerable. And Trajan Langdon. Elton Brand
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Crazy Ted posted:Elton Brand Truth
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 18:24 |
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Carlos Boozer anyone (other than lying to a blind man)
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 18:26 |
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The blind man was cheating to sign him to a way below market deal. gently caress him and good on Carlos for getting paid
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ButtWolf posted:Grant Hill might be the only Dukie thats tolerable. And Trajan Langdon. Kyrie Irving.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 21:23 |
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Kyrie played like 10 games for Duke he doesn't count
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 21:34 |
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No the hipster dude on Stephen F Austin is not going to be a first round pick
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 21:39 |
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I just wonder who brings him into Summer league this year.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 21:44 |
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"Let me tell you about Jamari Traylor blocking a few shots guarantees him a twenty-second pick." - ESPN every March. I mean, they don't say that about Traylor, but they always go gaga over tournament superstars.
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Wasnt Jalen Brunson really highly touted? Havent heard m7ch about him this year.
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