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euphronius posted:Uh. No . Howard is excellent at front office sources when he's in on the fo. Behind his Buffon Jewish Viking facade is a nominally competent reporter. Various Philly FOs use him to leak official stories and storylines because he's been around for 30+ years and is the oldest/biggest Philly reporter, but he puts out a staggering amount of bullshit and makes Skip Bayless look calm, measured, and reasonable. He's an old school radio guy who never graduated past the shock jock phase of his career and is very resentful towards a lot of the new guys. I may be biased because my impressions of him are from the 90s when he was a walking trainwreck; insulting every caller, being reallllly sexist, speaking 'ghetto' to black callers, being indirectly linked to a murder, trying to link Lindros and Joey Merlino, etc.
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Sir_Charles posted:Chriss was in Phoenix today having lunch with Ryan McDonough The thing is I wouldn't be surprised if Chriss went at either of the Sun's picks.
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Him being available at 13 would be extremely surprising at this point
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Various Philly FOs use him to leak official stories and storylines because he's been around for 30+ years and is the oldest/biggest Philly reporter, but he puts out a staggering amount of bullshit and makes Skip Bayless look calm, measured, and reasonable. He's an old school radio guy who never graduated past the shock jock phase of his career and is very resentful towards a lot of the new guys. You are biased as he was/is an actual tv and print reporter besides being as I said a Buffoon on wip. He also for many many years was Vegas Vic for the daily news.
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euphronius posted:He also for many many years was Vegas Vic for the daily news. You're going to have to explain to me how this is a good thing instead of something that should be relentlessly mocked.
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I believe that Jakob Poleltl should be drafted ahead of anyone where "potential" is one of the first things said about them. I believe Kaleb Tarczewski will still be better than some first round picks if he can get a shot to just to anchor a defense. I believe that Zhou Qi is the player who has the best "dominate clearly inferior competition" footage of anyone in the draft. I believe that the only player who there is more misinformation about than Dragan Bender is Ben Simmons. I believe that Ainge has to draft a rotation player this year or lose his right to trade for draft picks. I believe the Nuggets on the other hand really only need to draft to round out their Faried package to get them a pick in a stronger draft. I believe that Rich Paul is going to try and force several of his players onto whichever team drafts Simmons after the draft for maximum leverage. I believe that the Suns will draft another PG or combo guard. I believe I have watched too much HBO tonight and seen too many Bill Simmons promos.
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I believe I will throw up if the Bulls trade Jimmy Butler for the right to draft Buddy Hield
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Buddy hield refers to himself as buddy fresh when shooting. Update mocks and spreadsheets as needed
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrdT3qazKFY the Draft is this Thursday 
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ragle posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrdT3qazKFY 360p what is this 2008?
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Hey Rick can you give me a rundown on the emotions I should be feeling for every possible pick? Thanks bae
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https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/744295777355210752 Wasn't this guy going in the 30s like a month ago
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morestuff posted:https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/744295777355210752 Anywhere from #20-#40. After #2 this draft is going to be crazy.
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http://thedoublescreen.com/words/2016-mock-draft-odyssey I did my mock draft, it's gif + word heavy but was fun to do. I really like this draft because nobody knows what is going on beyond the second pick, that's why 2013 was so fun when Cleveland hosed up so bad with Bennett.
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Hey Rick can you give me a rundown on the emotions I should be feeling for every possible pick? Thanks bae Simmons - Great Ingram - Great Hield - It's complicated because Hield had one of the best recent seasons and if that was his only season you might be really excited but then you remember he had a lot of mediocre seasons and become trepidatous. Bender - Bad Chriss - Bad Dunn - Confused Ellenson - Bad Skal - Whatever feeling that one haves that means Mitch has the ability to look into a crystal ball and has made a very against-the-grain-pick because he knows. I think those are the only people they've considered.
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For what it's worth Hield is telling people he thinks he's going #2 after his workout today.
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Rick posted:Simmons - Great Alright I'll get hype about Simmons, Ingram, Heild and Skal. Time to watch highlight videos! Who do you want the most?
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I'm a huge Hield homer, but fwiw saying he had a bunch of mediocre seasons isn't a great critique because he got significantly better each season. It wasn't like his freshman and senior years were good with mediocre middle seasons. Also he calls himself Buddy Fresh so that's a pretty good reason to draft him alone. Quandary fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Quandary posted:I'm a huge Hield homer, bur fwiw saying he had a bunch of mediocre seasons isn't a great critique because he got significantly better each season. It wasn't like his freshman and senior years were good with mediocre middle seasons. Yeah, but the idea is that late bloomers are generally more developed than their peers and some of the advantages they had as an upperclassman will disappear when they get to the pros
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So 16 players in the green room?
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morestuff posted:Yeah, but the idea is that late bloomers are generally more developed than their peers and some of the advantages they had as an upperclassman will disappear when they get to the pros Buddy's advantage consisted of being really good at putting the ball in the ring at various distances
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Quandary posted:I'm a huge Hield homer, but fwiw saying he had a bunch of mediocre seasons isn't a great critique because he got significantly better each season. It wasn't like his freshman and senior years were good with mediocre middle seasons. He was really bad as a freshman and then pretty good but inefficient as a sophomore and junior before exploding as a senior. which is not a death sentence but isn't a super encouraging sign when you consider that most of he draft will be freshmen. As I've said before, when he was Jamal Murray's age he didn't even crack 30% from 3.
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Jaylen Brown had a second workout for the Celtics...what's another player on that team who can't shoot
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  http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/06/17/freelance-friday-expected-value-in-the-nba-draft/ Nice little draft vorp article by an anonymous man -- I had an epiphany, Dejounte Murray is a frail Tyreke Evans. He could get stronger and b e an alright player. MourningView posted:He was really bad as a freshman and then pretty good but inefficient as a sophomore and junior before exploding as a senior. which is not a death sentence but isn't a super encouraging sign when you consider that most of he draft will be freshmen. As I've said before, when he was Jamal Murray's age he didn't even crack 30% from 3. His limitations are obvious, but his strengths are oh so strong. All he needs to be a good NBA player is to tighten his handle enough to keep defenders from getting too close on the perimeter and play smart team defense. If he could improve his court vision, that would be nice. If he busts it will be because of his size and handle combined with bad fit wherever he's drafted. Players I would draft if they cut their hair: Jaylen Brown Deandre Bembry Players I'd need to see workout post haircut and then maybe I'd give them a draft: Dejounte Murray Some thoughts about Dragan: He really can't jump, in fact it's a little sad watching him only get a little bit off the ground with a head of steam. He's not strong, and a lot of his driving to the hoop is just displacing smaller defenders in a way that might not work in the NBA. I still believe in his shooting, even if his percentages are bad. He has an impressive amount of craftiness for a 19 year old. He'll never be a rim protector or anything like it, I think NBA teams finally got to really watch him and saw his physical limitations, that's why he's slipping in mocks. I still like him, he plays tough, he seems to be a good passer although it's hard to glean that from condensed games, if he can guard 3-5, make threes, get to the rim enough to keep defenders honest, he could be a very valuable player. Everyone is always looking for the next euro pick to be the last good euro pick, and he's not porzingis, so the shine came off. He's like the Croat Draymond Green without the stoutness. Especially now that he's in the 5-8 range, that sounds good to me. Other thoughts: I can't make my mind up about Kris Dunn or Malik Beasley
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People need to stop making charts like this Like how do I even read it? It can't be individual chances because it goes over 100%, but they can't be additive because they don't add up to 100%
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Rick posted:For what it's worth Hield is telling people he thinks he's going #2 after his workout today. quote:“This is what the franchise needs,” Hield said. “The Lakers are losing Kobe and they need a scorer. So why not call on me to fill in their spot?” compelling point
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IcePhoenix posted:People need to stop making charts like this The chart definitely doesn't go over 100%, not sure where you're seeing that.
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Quandary posted:The chart definitely doesn't go over 100%, not sure where you're seeing that. He's saying if you add each line across the same spot on the X axis on some areas it's over 100%
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DeAndre Bembrey has the best hair in the draft
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I watched some Luwawu footage today. Im hyped for him. Looks like Manu to me. Wqs pulling off some really long stride stretch dunks ala Giannis. I know its not a real good league, but he looks cool and good.
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IcePhoenix posted:People need to stop making charts like this It's odds to be or better than. So if you get a rotation player, it's better than that and a bust. The high bust line means the odds that your guy is better than a bust.
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^^^ that makes more sense ^^^Metapod posted:He's saying if you add each line across the same spot on the X axis on some areas it's over 100% Yeah. For example, the first pick adds up to ~245%. But if it's a stacking graph then it stops at ~95%. Neither of these are how graphs work so they're doing something wrong and it bothers me because I don't know what they're trying to say outside of "higher picks have a higher chance to be better but they can also be bad" which, well, no poo poo.
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I can't believe the big draft day trade rumor ended up being some lovely lopsided deal involving Boston.
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Alexander Hamilton posted:I can't believe the big draft day trade rumor ended up being some lovely lopsided deal involving Boston. I think Minnesota has a 50/50 shot moving the #5 too. It wouldn't surprise me if two picks in the top 5 get moved, which would be pretty big.
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I still think all the smoke behind the Sixers trying to get another top 5 pick is going to amount to something as well.
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WhyteRyce posted:compelling point I mean poo poo if the lakers are dumb enough to trade away Russell after one season for a pick they might as well double down on Bad Decisions ButtWolf posted:I watched some Luwawu footage today. Im hyped for him. Looks like Manu to me. Wqs pulling off some really long stride stretch dunks ala Giannis. I know its not a real good league, but he looks cool and good. Serbian League is okay, it's not a crapshoot like Giannis' junior basketball league for wayward Greek children. That being said he's probably not gonna see a lot of time and I'm not wild about his jumpshot so unless he's running pick and rolls in his seven odd minutes per game he's probably going to look like poo butt rear end for his first year (although he can totally be a good player eventually)
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Is there any reason people like Patrick McCaw other than his physical specs? I've seen a lot of people pushing him as a good sleeper pick but he looks like a true second-rounder from everything I've read and watched
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Welcome back declan tell my why I should be excited about Jaylen Brown falling to the Kings
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Hey, how the hell is there a Syracuse wing that shot 37% from the field projected to go in the lottery
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WhyteRyce posted:Welcome back declan tell my why I should be excited about Jaylen Brown falling to the Kings He's already physically ready to brick shots at an NBA level Basically he didn't get coached a ton at Cal and cleaning up his mechanics will probably render him as an okay spot up shooter. He doesn't hog the ball either so when teams start cheating off of him to keep him from slashing he can actually take advantage, like, a little bit, but he's not a drive and kick dude (at least not yet) Basically as long as you surround him with shooters and provide a stable coaching situation he could be an all-star
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