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Kris Murray measured 6' 7.75" without shoes at the 2023 NBA Draft Combine. So when compared to other NBA players ....6.9" ? 212 lbs and a 7' wing.
Billas said he was a good defender....which position? Can he guard SFs?
 
Would have even taken OMax over Murray. Not excited if we keep it. Plus side is he can get in the rotation possibly instead of waiting a couple years for them to contribute.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Kris Murray measured 6' 7.75" without shoes at the 2023 NBA Draft Combine. So when compared to other NBA players ....6.9" ? 212 lbs and a 7' wing.
Billas said he was a good defender....which position? Can he guard SFs?
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I'm looking at a couple draft profiles on him and none rate his defense high; kind of surprising that Portland would draft a guy who is not an outstanding defender, now they have drafted two.
 
MrDraftGuy said:
Seems like the Blazers have selected Kris Murray.

But I'm just going to talk about Leonard Miller real quick.

So, I noticed a trait, one that I used to 'select Eason' last year.

If a first round caliber forward (PF/Cs don't count) is 6'8", has a 7'2" wingspan, and 9" hands and plays defense, they pretty much don't fail.

They're Nic Batum or Rui Hachimura.

If they're uber athletic and have shot creation on top of that, the list is reserved only for a select few:

Siakam, Pippen, Ingram, Durant, Kawhi, Giannis.

I don't think Miller is good enough for superstardom but he would've been a good fit for Portland, especially next to Scoot, who he has chemistry with.

Just remember that, for the future (unless he doesn't pan out, then pretend I never mentioned it).
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Like the breakdown a lot. Yeah, for me I've logged that hard-nosed but high-tail athletic gym rat types can get a lot better at "skills" with work (aside: why I'm really high on Scoot's eventual 3pt shot). Similar to how OKC drafts high-IQ players with movement motors, I think high-motor defensive gym rats can get a corner 3 or free throw shot. And yes, I would've likely taken Miller or OMP before Murray, but who knows how "safe" and "ready" POR wanted to be?
 
Where there any trades in the first round? Kind of surprised we didn't see any movement anywhere.
 
are the phones in Tualatin not working? how have we still not made any moves?
 
illmatic99 said:
so far we've had 1 trade involving players during this draft.

and two trades involving pick shuffling.

thought there would be more activity after all the fuss the media was making. wonder if the CBA still not being ratified is leading to some hesitancy in moves.
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new CBA is making GMs value rookie contracts a lot more
 
B-Roy said:
Posted at the same time.

So we have until end of free agency. I'm not sure what we can possibly do. Ant for DDR and our pick back? At least DDR can play SF full time.
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OG for Ant, maybe upgrading Nurk + Stuff to Turner/Ayton
 
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