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Workouts this year should be very interesting.
 
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I'm warming up to Kendell Marshall as our target with our pick:

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Marshall makes his teammates so much better. He's going to be great on a fast break team.
 
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Is it possible that Marshall is simply a great college PG who isn't athletic enough to be truly successful in the pros, but we are just so point-guard starved here that we are elevating him far above his actual ability?
 
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yuyuza1 said:
News that this BJ Young kid is possibly declaring for the draft is huge.

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/B.J.-Young-6243/
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Perhaps for some teams, but not for us. Isn't he yet another in a long line of combo guards? Sounds like DX basically has him pegged as another Bayless.
Perhaps the biggest question with Young as an NBA prospect is whether or not he can function as more of a playmaking point guard, or if he's more suited to primarily play as a scorer off the bench, similar to what he's doing this season at Arkansas. While he looks to have good instincts and doesn't appear selfish at all, he clearly plays with a scorer's mentality and hasn't shown much in terms of facilitating for others, as evidenced by his negative assist to turnover ratio and the fact that his 3.3 assists per forty minutes pace adjusted is lower than any other point guard prospect in our top 100 rankings.
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They also mention that his scoring is a result of necessity more than anything else. Not that he can't play PG.
 
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PtldPlatypus said:
Is it possible that Marshall is simply a great college PG who isn't athletic enough to be truly successful in the pros, but we are just so point-guard starved here that we are elevating him far above his actual ability?
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I bet a lot of people said that about Andre Miller to... Hell, they still kind of do. I really like Marshall and would be thrilled if he was available for our lower of two picks!
 
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jwhoops11 said:
I bet a lot of people said that about Andre Miller to... Hell, they still kind of do. I really like Marshall and would be thrilled if he was available for our lower of two picks!
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The same things were said about Ricky Rubio too.
 
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I'm so impressed with Davis. He's seemingly involved in every play. I would deal Aldridge for Davis in a split second.
 
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B-Roy said:
I'm so impressed with Davis. He's seemingly involved in every play. I would deal Aldridge for Davis in a split second.
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Conversely, Terrence Jones has disappeared, and Peyton Siva is completely terrible.
 
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B-Roy said:
I'm so impressed with Davis. He's seemingly involved in every play. I would deal Aldridge for Davis in a split second.
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What's funny is that LMA averaged 15/9/2 blocks his 2nd year at Texas, and Davis averaged 15/10/3 blocks this year at Kentucky.

I remember wanting LMA more than any other player in that draft, and I feel the same way about Davis. Let's hope the ping pong balls are friendly again and the Blazers can have both of them!
 
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Kidd-Gilchrist looks great, but he screams "tweener" at me.
 
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PapaG said:
What's funny is that LMA averaged 15/9/2 blocks his 2nd year at Texas, and Davis averaged 15/10/3 blocks this year at Kentucky.

I remember wanting LMA more than any other player in that draft, and I feel the same way about Davis. Let's hope the ping pong balls are friendly again and the Blazers can have both of them!
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Davis is actually averaging 5 blocks.

Need more tankness!
 
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PapaG said:
What's funny is that LMA averaged 15/9/2 blocks his 2nd year at Texas, and Davis averaged 15/10/3 blocks this year at Kentucky.
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4.6, not 3, for Davis.
 
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RR7 said:
4.6, not 3, for Davis.
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Yeah, not sure what I was looking at. Also only 14 ppg, not 15.

Well, you catch my drift. I'd rather have both of them that just one of them. Davis is a defensive freak who needs to work on his offensive game, and LMA can play outside-inside to Davis' inside-out, which was always my dream for Oden and LMA.
 
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And there goes Terrence Jones with the Big Boy dunk.
 
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lol announcers openly talking about tanking.
 
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GO was the last big man who was hyped so much in the tournament.
 
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They're playing a box and 1 on TRob and he's still ballin
 
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He's only a Soph. but he's built like a tank. Physically he's a clone of JJ Hickson.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
GO was the last big man who was hyped so much in the tournament.
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Davis deserves to hype and attention but it's nowhere near what Oden was getting during the final four. Not even close.
 
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TRob is solidifying himself as my favorite player for us to pick this year. I don't care if he would clutter our roster. That guy can ball.
 
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He just needs to learn to pump fake.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
TRob is solidifying himself as my favorite player for us to pick this year. I don't care if he would clutter our roster. That guy can ball.
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He definitely impressed me and looked better than Sullinger, unfortunately he will probably be gone by the time we pick.
 
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I think Drummond is still a lock for a top-3 pick but there is noway T-Rob falls past #4.
 
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Drummond looks good... but man I'm skeptical of drafting bigs. Fool me once, shame on you.... fool me twice...... shame on me. Fool me three times..... fuck.
 
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Ross entering the draft. Wonder what Wroten will do.
 
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Natebishop3 said:
Drummond looks good...
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Huh? Hes looked utterly mediocre whenever I've seen him. I'm not quite sure how hes rebuilt his draft stock since his team was eliminated. Hes a great physical specimen and could be a useful player down the line but no way in hell I take him over Robinson, unless Robinson measures out very tiny.

OTOH DeAndre Jordan and Derrick Favors could be helping his stock. They were also highly touted prospects who did little to impress in college but have managed to do well in the league based on physical tools.

IMO Davis, MKG, and Robinson are the clear cut top 3, then you've got a tier with Drummond, Beal, Barnes, Sullinger, and after that its difficult to differentiate talent much.
 
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