Event 2017 Draft: pick #26 - Harry Giles or pass

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Draft him with our last pick (#26)?

  • Yes

    Votes: 16 57.1%

  • No

    Votes: 10 35.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 2 7.1%
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Harry Giles is considered one of the top talents in the 2017 NBA draft. However....
Weaknesses: Multiple knee surgeries including two ACL tears (both knees) and an MCL tear (left) before graduating high school is a huge question mark with regards to the outlook of Giles' career. No team wants to draft the next Greg Oden and players with injury histories like that of Giles always raise red flags to scouts and GM's who are putting their jobs on the line with every draft pick and free agent signing ...
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So, here's the scenario. It's draft night, the Blazers are on the board with pick #26. Do you draft him? Why or why not?

 
If you are taking BPA, I think you have to. Yes, he has the injuries issues but if medically checks out, you take him at #26. It's not like you are taking him with your first or even 2nd pick.
 
Too skinny and too injury prone. He is barely over 200 pounds and is already hurting his knees. Imagine his knees if he is magically able to add weight to his frame.
 
He actually at the combines around 233 and some of the GM's and front office have said if he checks out medically he could be lottery pick even as high as 5-10 picks. They said that how talent this kid suppose to be. I have him 20 with our pick.
 
Has there been a player with multiple leg or knee injuries in HS and College that has got past it and been a great pick when all is said and done? I am probably missing someone but our own Brandon Roy might be the best of the bunch as he was a multiple All-Star but eventually it all caught up to him. I wouldn't say he was a bad pick at all but he didn't have the career we hoped.
 
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bodyman5000 and 1 said:
This is perfect, we always draft guys who we think have ok knees and then we're disappointed. This way, we'll expect him to have an amputation and if he actually plays we'll be happy.
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theprunetang said:
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Under promise and over deliver. We gotta keep trying though. One time at work there were 8 bags of peanut m&ms in the vending machine. There was a million dollar instant win sweepstakes.

I bought one and ate them and didn't win. Then I thought "what if the next one wins and my coworker gets it"

I bought all 8. I didn't have to eat them (but I did)

I could have won.

Yes, I know I fucked up because when it got restocked later I screwed up the random pattern and that one could have won.
 
I voted other. It kind of depends on who is left on the board. I have no idea how good he is having never seen him play. Is he another Nerlens Noel? Looks to be about the same size. If he was our only pick....no way. But as our 3rd pick....it might be worth rolling the dice, assuming he has a ton of skills. But my gut says there will be other good players at 26.
 
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He won't fall to 26 simply because someone else will take a chance before. Everyone expected Maker to fall very low last year when there were doubts over his age, not a chance, he was still a lotto pick because a team liked him despite all doubts. Same will happen with Giles. He was a consensus top 3 pick a year ago.
 
Why limit ourselves to a skinny dude with bad knees. There are others that can play 82 game NBA seasons.
 
Sarni said:
He won't fall to 26 simply because someone else will take a chance before. Everyone expected Maker to fall very low last year when there were doubts over his age, not a chance, he was still a lotto pick because a team liked him despite all doubts. Same will happen with Giles. He was a consensus top 3 pick a year ago.
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This flip side is possible as well: he falls to #26 because he fails team's physicals.
 
There are very few players that have the array of skills that Giles has. Sadly, his body is likely to betray him again as he plays more games against stronger, heavier competition. That said, I think he is worth a shot at #26 if somehow he is still there. Do your due diligence of course and draft accordingly at #15 and #20. Maybe you get a shooting star like Roy for a few years with a short career but I'll take that over a long NBA career of a pedestrian nature.
 
TBpup said:
There are very few players that have the array of skills that Giles has. Sadly, his body is likely to betray him again as he plays more games against stronger, heavier competition. That said, I think he is worth a shot at #26 if somehow he is still there. Do your due diligence of course and draft accordingly at #15 and #20. Maybe you get a shooting star like Roy for a few years with a short career but I'll take that over a long NBA career of a pedestrian nature.
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Randy Foye is still playing. I'd kill to have his career but I don't want to draft another guy who just keeps playing and never does anything special.
 
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