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santeesioux said:
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Holy Hell -> The guys that Portland has brought in for workouts have been terrible so far. Most of the guys have been late second rounders/udfa types.

KZ or Windler might be OK - but I don't think either one is worth drafting @ 25.
 
tester551 said:
Holy Hell -> The guys that Portland has brought in for workouts have been terrible so far. Most of the guys have been late second rounders/udfa types.

KZ or Windler might be OK - but I don't think either one is worth drafting @ 25.
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It might be foreshadowing a trade down for more picks, in a flat draft pool.
 
tester551 said:
Holy Hell -> The guys that Portland has brought in for workouts have been terrible so far. Most of the guys have been late second rounders/udfa types.

KZ or Windler might be OK - but I don't think either one is worth drafting @ 25.
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Did we bring Zach Collins in for a workout?
 
hoopsjock said:
I have a friend's log in for ESPN insider so I can read all the draftexpress stuff. They're by far the best. I can't ever log out because I don't remember the password, ha ha.

This particular draft is really hard to mock because I've never seen such parity between picks from 9 or so to about 35. NBA draft net could be right but they've been really slow to adjust their boards in the past and they also put too much weight into their future rankings so if they've had a player rated in the top-10 for a couple years now they don't move him down as much sometimes so their rankings for say 2020 don't get questioned. Then they wait until right before the draft and sneak in a pretty accurate one so that it looks like they were pretty close.
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Can you post some of that here??
 
Minstrel said:
It might be foreshadowing a trade down for more picks, in a flat draft pool.
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Yeah I think that is a possibility. As I mentioned in another thread I think there will be at least 20 players (Some of these) who go un-drafted who are just as good as the ones who are.

As for round 1, Neil does not seem to like to show his hand. Maybe he has already made a decision or maybe he is trading it to shed a salary.
This year I would do that because as stated there will be some free agent rookies who will be just as good as #25 anyways. And getting the full MLE is more important
 
JDC said:
http://www.tankathon.com/

Clean design, advanced stats, player comparison tool across multiple drafts, past draft results...check it out if you haven't already.
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That is a good site; I just looked first time today. Really impressed with those Stat strengths and weaknesses. Huge difference between Dylan Windler and Louis King, for example.
 
Now with a Pro day in California that Olshey goes to and the 4 here and all the scouting they do though year. But last couple years it was little easier who they were targeting. I don't remember if Trent came and workout with us. But Sunday is the last one so we see. Of course it has a lot to do with the agent to who comes workouts too.
 
James lamphear said:
No but everyone knew who Olshey was targeted though that year.
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No we didn't... I wanted Mitchell or Zach and was surprised when he chose Collins.

James lamphear said:
On Zach no he showed his hand at the combine with Zach when he was the only one took the IQ test on the lap top. Plus it all over the basketball sites who the Blazers was targeting.
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Link?
 
dviss1 said:
I think @BonesJones would disagree more with his favorite school's prospect Brandon Clarke being too high at #11 but yeah, GW is MUCH too high IMO too.

How the hell is Clarke higher than Hachimura??
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They’re both tweeners but Clarke’s defensive ability may be more valuable to some teams. That’s my guess.
 
dviss1 said:
No we didn't... I wanted Mitchell or Zach and was surprised when he chose Collins.



Link?
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Your asking me the link 2 years ago it was probably hoopshype due that the site I go to a lot. But did it come Olshey mouth no not before the draft. They even talk about on there pre mock draft they do on Nbatv before the draft.
 
dviss1 said:
No we didn't... I wanted Mitchell or Zach and was surprised when he chose Collins.



Link?
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James lamphear said:
Your asking me the link 2 years ago it was probably hoopshype due that the site I go to a lot. But did it come Olshey mouth no not before the draft. They even talk about on there pre mock draft they do on Nbatv before the draft.
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https://syndication.bleacherreport....to-visit-zach-collins-at-nba-combine.amp.html

Gonzaga center Zach Collins had a unique experience at the NBA combine during his visit with the Portland Trail Blazers, as the team only sent its team psychologist to the meeting.

"It was kind of funny because Portland actually just sent out their team psychologist, and no one else from the staff was there," Collins told Jason Quickof CSNNW. "The lady gave me a computer and I took a personality test, kind of, and she just analyzed who I was as a person, and that was it."
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VanillaGorilla said:
https://syndication.bleacherreport....to-visit-zach-collins-at-nba-combine.amp.html
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I read that story back then too. Key stanza that makes my point:

"It was kind of funny because Portland actually just sent out their team psychologist, and no one else from the staff was there," Collins told Jason Quick of CSNNW. "
The lady gave me a computer and I took a personality test, kind of, and she just analyzed who I was as a person, and that was it."

No coaches. No scouts. Only the Psychologist. It doesn't quantify this statement:

James lamphear said:
No but everyone knew who Olshey was targeted though that year.
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Collins was rising on everyone's draft boards. Not just the Blazers (unbeknownst to us fans) and after only sending our psychologist no one still knew that we'd pick him or that he was on our radar.

 
To me it was pretty obvious that they was interested in Zach if they did that just for him and not know else it might not been in writing but I don't need things word by word about someone in the draft knowing they was really interested in Zach.
 
James lamphear said:
To me it was pretty obvious that they was interested in Zach if they did that just for him and not know else it might not been in writing but I don't need things word by word about someone in the draft knowing they was really interested in Zach.
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Did what, send our psychiatrist an have him take a test on an I pad? No coaches or scouts or real representatives on the team?

I'd wager to say that all of our draft picks spoke to the psych doctor... That's protocol...

I guess we can agree to disagree but I remember distinctly no one knew for sure who we were choosing.
 
dviss1 said:
This is a pretty great site. THANK YOU.

Though, I'm left wondering what's up with their mock.

Has some guys higher and lower than my thoughts. Thoughts @BonesJones? http://www.tankathon.com/mock_draft

They have Rui Hachimura way low IMO. Looks like Kabengele is kind of low too.
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Hachimura could fall to 18. A couple guys are slightly low but its not egregious like mbadraft.net.
 
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