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Is it true the blazers aren’t holding a draft party this year? Is that even something they usually do?
 
Honestly if Olshey thinks Simons is going to be a quality, starting caliber player, even if it’s three years from now, he should draft him. We’d still have other ways to add vets to the roster.
 
Scalma said:
Honestly if Olshey thinks Simons is going to be a quality, starting caliber player, even if it’s three years from now, he should draft him. We’d still have other ways to add vets to the roster.
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Doesn't fit a need though either...
 
At 24, you should look for a high risk/reward prospect.

This late in the draft it's rare to find high-impact players. You hope you can land a player who can bolster your bench.

It's not like we're using a lotto pick on the kid. But what if his upside suggests that he can be a diamond in the rough - if you're patient.

Playing at IMG, nobody can pretend like they've scouted him outside the staff. However, he has intriguing qualities that you rarely see:

*Elite athleticism
*Elite shooter

He is a few years away, but his upside, to me, says that you take this risk.
 
BonesJones said:
Doesn't fit a need though either...
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Who knows what our needs will be by the time they’d expect him to be ready.

But from what I’ve read (because honestly who has actually seen him play) he’s a good shooter. I’d say that’s a need.
 
Scalma said:
Who knows what our needs will be by the time they’d expect him to be ready.

But from what I’ve read (because honestly who has actually seen him play) he’s a good shooter. I’d say that’s a need.
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That's true, coming around to him as a prospect.. He actually reminds more of a more raw version, less crafty version of Donovan Mitchell.
 
BonesJones said:
That's true, coming around to him as a prospect.. He actually reminds more of a more raw version, less crafty version of Donovan Mitchell.
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At 24 you have go with highest upside... one of the scouting reports I read on this guy said he was the best pure shooter to come around in years... that sold me
 
Gronk Brady said:
At 24 you have go with highest upside... one of the scouting reports I read on this guy said he was the best pure shooter to come around in years... that sold me
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I think that's false... Huerter is a better shooter IMO.
 
TBpup said:
Whether it is with ATL PHI or someone else, I'm told it is fairly likely the Blazers acquire another pick.
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I like it. We need to bring over some cheap help on the bench.

Philadelphia will definitely be selling picks. I think they will sell minimum 2, maybe even 3 or all 4 (I think they have 4 second rounders).
 
TBpup said:
Whether it is with ATL PHI or someone else, I'm told it is fairly likely the Blazers acquire another pick.
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Can’t see Portland adding two rookies to the roster. Not saying you’re wrong, just that it probably means what we've all thought; first rounder is going elsewhere.
 
Fez Von Savage said:
At 24, you should look for a high risk/reward prospect.

This late in the draft it's rare to find high-impact players. You hope you can land a player who can bolster your bench.

It's not like we're using a lotto pick on the kid. But what if his upside suggests that he can be a diamond in the rough - if you're patient.

Playing at IMG, nobody can pretend like they've scouted him outside the staff. However, he has intriguing qualities that you rarely see:

*Elite athleticism
*Elite shooter

He is a few years away, but his upside, to me, says that you take this risk.
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Exactly.
 
Can we be smarter than last year? I know people have talked about using Swanigan in a trade, but I actually consider his value negative and looks as if Jonathan Givony agrees:
"I didn’t understand last year, like, I don’t know, Caleb Swanigan, you know, I didn’t get that. You can find that dude in free agency, maybe for the minimum, so why are you going to use a first round pick on him, not to pick on Portland but there were a lot of guys drafted in the 20s last year where you were like, why not just take a flyer on Sterling Brown."

https://www.blazersedge.com/2018/6/...azers-lowe-podcast-givony-espn-caleb-swanigan
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Can we be smarter than last year? I know people have talked about using Swanigan in a trade, but I actually consider his value negative and looks as if Jonathan Givony agrees:
"I didn’t understand last year, like, I don’t know, Caleb Swanigan, you know, I didn’t get that. You can find that dude in free agency, maybe for the minimum, so why are you going to use a first round pick on him, not to pick on Portland but there were a lot of guys drafted in the 20s last year where you were like, why not just take a flyer on Sterling Brown."

https://www.blazersedge.com/2018/6/...azers-lowe-podcast-givony-espn-caleb-swanigan
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That's what I was saying...
 
BonesJones said:
Why not?
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8 guaranteed contracts.

Plus the expected re-signings of Ed and Nurk. I’ll add Connaughton to this list as well just based off the teams love affair with him and his low cost.

That leaves 4 spots. Baldwin is worth developing. (Papagiannis is less of a certainty but they signed him for a reason.)

Now you’re down to 3. If you add two rookies, we’re left with one spot for a rotational player. We need more than one.
 
Scalma said:
8 guaranteed contracts.

Plus the expected re-signings of Ed and Nurk. I’ll add Connaughton to this list as well just based off the teams love affair with him and his low cost.

That leaves 4 spots. Baldwin is worth developing. Papagiannis is less of a certainty but they signed him for a reason. Now you’re down to 3. If you add two rookies, we’re left with one spot for a rotational player. We need more than one.
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Connaughton probably isn't coming back, and we're not likely to add multiple vets via free agency. We have the spots.
 
Oh and we’re also making the assumption that Portland will just let Napier go. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they kept him and eventually traded him sometime next year. But that’s still another roster spot.
 
BonesJones said:
The dip is essential to shooting rythym. It allows the ball to move upward with the body and allows the body to transfer momentum into the ball. Most players don't catch and immediately bring it to their set point, and if they don't dip, they freeze with the ball there.

Curry dips, and has one of the quickest releases in the game. The dip doesn't slow down a shot, that's a myth. It would be easier to show you in person.

The shot is as fast as the jump, and catching and immediately going directly to the set point is often faster than the jump, and the ball usually will stop at the set point instead of traveling through the set point, which makes the shot just as slow, but also makes the shot un-rhythmic.
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So much wrong in this post. And it's not easier to show in person. I already know. Dipping the ball is completely unnecessary.
 
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