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El Gallinero Gros posted:What do you guys think RJ Barrett will end up doing? I know y'all hate Duke but it feels like Canada is sending more and more people to the NBA. Hopefully he'll be the slightly bigger version of what Andrew Wiggins was supposed to be.
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Redgrendel2001 posted:Hopefully he'll be the slightly bigger version of what Andrew Wiggins was supposed to be. I've watched him at one National team scrimmage? Something like that on a stream thing and I don't like to pay attention to guys before college, but the word on the street is that he's more of a smooth scoring wing than a hyper athlete freak like Wiggins Dejan Bimble fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Jan 2, 2018 |
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I like the "Only compare players to other players who grew up in the same broad geographic location".
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Lockback posted:I like the "Only compare players to other players who grew up in the same broad geographic location". He plays in a very Canadian manner
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Just noticed that as the standings are today the Celtics would pick 2nd due to the Lakers being awful, but not quite awful enough to go number one.  Who would we even pick? I think the wing positions are set, so a guard or a big man? Sports Illustrated as them picking Luka Doncic https://www.si.com/nba/2018/01/02/nba-mock-draft-2018-trae-young-deandre-ayton-luka-doncic
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Charlz Guybon posted:Just noticed that as the standings are today the Celtics would pick 2nd due to the Lakers being awful, but not quite awful enough to go number one. If I have to watch Luka next to Tatum in green for the next 20 years I may end it
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Charlz Guybon posted:Just noticed that as the standings are today the Celtics would pick 2nd due to the Lakers being awful, but not quite awful enough to go number one. Well you're playing Aron Baynes 20 minutes a game so thats a good place to start.
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Paul Zuvella posted:Well you're playing Aron Baynes 20 minutes a game so thats a good place to start. Oh now you've done it. All of Australia will be after you now
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Dexo posted:Delladova and Ben Simmons? https://streamable.com/ojqn5
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euphronius posted:If Cs get the lakers pick I'd def go Center. I figured they go after Cousins if that were the case. Though if they fall below #2 I'd prefer Bamba over Bagley, the latter is 6'10.5 with a 7'0 wingspan though he makes up for it elsewhere. Otherwise take Porter or trade down for Jaren Jackson Jr. Khagan fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jan 3, 2018 |
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They can't fit Cousins in as a FA right.
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euphronius posted:They can't fit Cousins in as a FA right. Not without trading off Al, most likely
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Marvin Bagley Jr is a perimeter oriented Mikki Moore
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I agree that a big man seems like the most obvious fit for Boston, but Brad Stevens helming an offense that runs out Kyrie, Doncic, Tatum and Hayward sounds extremely cool to me
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xbilkis posted:I agree that a big man seems like the most obvious fit for Boston, but Brad Stevens helming an offense that runs out Kyrie, Doncic, Tatum and Hayward sounds extremely cool to me Who the gently caress is going to rebound
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never ever ever ever ever draft for position. do not do it
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Paul Zuvella posted:Who the gently caress is going to rebound If the Celtics can have a sick offense that's fun to watch and a fatal flaw that prevents them from winning a championship, that seems like the best of both worlds baby
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Be still my beating heart <3
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EvanTH posted:never ever ever ever ever draft for position. do not do it Yeah if only there were top tier PF/Cs in this draft
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EvanTH posted:never ever ever ever ever draft for position. do not do it I feel like if you're a 50-60 win team a lot of these rules change. Late first round teams usually do better drafting for position because its really easy to get frozen out of a good lineup if you're a rookie. I'm not sure what Boston does if they have a top-5 pick, but I think the math works different than the typical awful team up there. I would normally say Boston should definitely trade the pick, but I thought that last year and they got Tatum who is amazing for them so I have no idea.
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Lockback posted:I would normally say Boston should definitely trade the pick, but I thought that last year and they got Tatum who is amazing for them so I have no idea. To be fair, they got Tatum after trading the pick. They might have taken him first overall anyways, but they got a team to give them stuff and still draft who they actually wanted.
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How deep is this draft supposed to be? Are the Mavs screwed if they end up with the 6-8th pick?
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IcePhoenix posted:To be fair, they got Tatum after trading the pick. They might have taken him first overall anyways, but they got a team to give them stuff and still draft who they actually wanted. True, but by trade the pick I meant trade out of the lottery/draft and get a vet. Which is what I would do if I were Boston this year, but I'm probably wrong again.
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Spacebump posted:How deep is this draft supposed to be? Are the Mavs screwed if they end up with the 6-8th pick? Hard to say, the top looks really good, but its still way too early to get a real sense of the depth
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January 18, 2018 is the 10 year anniversary of Reggie Evans hitting a 3-point shot https://streamable.com/rav31
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Was Reggie Evans the grabber or grab-ee of someones nuts in the middle of an nba game? I cant remember Edit: Grabber... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69Q7TrZT0I FrankeeFrankFrank fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Jan 3, 2018 |
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Following up a year of Sean Miller with Brad Stevens is a good way to make sure Ayton's burgeoning defensive awareness continues to grow. And he's a monster on the boards, and looks at least hopeful to develop an outside shot. The Celtics will draft like Robert Williams III and he'lll somehow be an amazing shooter despite being a mediocre to bad college shooter. Spacebump posted:How deep is this draft supposed to be? Are the Mavs screwed if they end up with the 6-8th pick? One of the reason I don't even start to scout until January is that the draft rankings change so wildly between November and January, and even then they aren't really STABLE at any point until the college season is over. Which makes it hard to project depth unfortunately.
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I don't think Boston should get a veteran high usage C at all. A rookie scale high athletic monster is perfect for them. I think the timing works out that Horfords contract ends when they'd need to extend the Lakers pick.
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Mo Bamba seems like a good fit then. Difficulty of course is if you're #2 or #3 pick and Ayton/Bagley/Doncic/Porter are seen as higher upside players.
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Metapod posted:LMFAO Starting to approach Pistol Pete territory.
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xbilkis posted:I agree that a big man seems like the most obvious fit for Boston, but Brad Stevens helming an offense that runs out Kyrie, Doncic, Tatum and Hayward sounds extremely cool to me Bagley is probably a good fit for Boston, he can focus on help and weakside stuff and learn how to play defense at 5. He has a ton to learn, but they're so good at putting players in a position to succeed. He could look terrible on another team
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Lockback posted:I feel like if you're a 50-60 win team a lot of these rules change. Late first round teams usually do better drafting for position because its really easy to get frozen out of a good lineup if you're a rookie. I'm not sure what Boston does if they have a top-5 pick, but I think the math works different than the typical awful team up there. I guess I'm being a bit overly-absolute about it, but it really does seem like the teams that draft for position come to regret it almost all the time. If you're comparing draftee value then positional needs should be towards the bottom of the list. Every story of a team missing a star player in the draft seems to be a story of some other team drafting for position instead of potential. The draft is more about who's going to be good in three years or so, not who's good next year, so by the time your drafted player's ready to compete your positional needs may have changed completely
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EvanTH posted:I guess I'm being a bit overly-absolute about it, but it really does seem like the teams that draft for position come to regret it almost all the time. If you're comparing draftee value then positional needs should be towards the bottom of the list. Every story of a team missing a star player in the draft seems to be a story of some other team drafting for position instead of potential. I largely agree with you but man alive Atlanta should have drafted Chris Paul instead of Marvin Williams
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Metapod posted:LMFAO Can he play point in the NBA? He's so much fun to watch
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I think you draft for position when there is like 5 guys with roughly the same upside. I feel like someone is gonna want to trade up for Young bc hype, so trade that pick for like #8 and a future 1st, never run out of assets Danny. I rely like Bamba.
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