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Joe Harris is probably the closest reasonable outcome comp for Kon Knueppel.

Kon is quicker and stronger and showed more on the ball at same age so his ceiling is a bit higher on both ends imo. Although Joe did have the elevation and release point to be a really deadly off ball shooter which Kon doesn't quite have.

As confident in him as anybody outside the top 6-7 to be a positive contributor in the NBA, but I understand wanting to chase more ceiling.
 
I want to see what Caleb Love measures out as. The kid looked terrific against Duke!
 
tlongII said:
I want to see what Caleb Love measures out as. The kid looked terrific against Duke!
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Crazy that he's only shot over 40% from the field once in his five year career.

Catch him on the right night and you understand why he was a top 20 guy in HS class.

But that efficiency, not being a true point guard and below average defense gives me little hope he's a real NBA guy.
 
I think our biggest need on the roster is an effective small ball 5 that does the things that Clingan can't. I like Rasheer Fleming for that. So if we're at 8 or 9 in the draft, I think we should trade back and get a couple of mid first rounders from Brooklyn, pick Fleming with one and then take the highest risk/reward guy left with the other.
 
I really want to get there with VJ, but I don't remember a player this rigid with the ball developing into a heavy on-ball player.

Maybe he has the speed and strength combo and be the exception though with some big handling improvements....idk. All I know is he plays moreso like a slashing off ball wing right now that only finds consistent success getting to the rim off the dribble if he can reject a ball screen and find a straight line to the rim or off a designed scissor cut type action. The pull up is still really rough right now too minus some flashes.

I do think me being low on his star upside caused me to overcorrect though. The reasonable floor of being like a super charged Gary Harris / KCP type with a Bradley Beal with less skill and shooting but more juice and defense ceiling should have him in a tier above guys like Kon and Jase.
 
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I really want to get there with VJ, but I don't remember a player this rigid with the ball developing into an heavy on-ball player.
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I've only watched a couple plays of his in just one game, but my thought was Stevie Francis.
 
handiman said:
I've only watched a couple plays of his in just one game, but my thought was Stevie Francis.
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Good athleticism comp from a speed, power and vertical aspect, but Steve was way more dynamic with the ball at a younger age.

He was doing stuff in high school that VJ hasn't come close to.

 
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From the minimal amount of research I've been doing, I really like Ace Bailey. Looks like everything we need at the SF position. I hope we get lucky and get a top 3 pick.
 
We aren't going to have a second round pick , are we? Atlanta will finish too high. And then Joe traded away both our 2024 picks and couldn't get a 2025 for either or even for both?
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
We aren't going to have a second round pick , are we? Atlanta will finish too high. And then Joe traded away both our 2024 picks and couldn't get a 2025 for either or even for both?
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At the moment, no, I don't think we have a 2R pick, but I wouldn't sweat it. IIRC, just about every 2R pick was traded last year. If there's someone Cronin and Schmitz really like, they'll buy their way into a position to pick them somehow.

Plus, if we are actively unloading some of our vets, I definitely could see a 2R pick coming back somewhere. There are a lot of ways to make something happen.
 
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At the moment, no, I don't think we have a 2R pick, but I wouldn't sweat it. IIRC, just about every 2R pick was traded last year. If there's someone Cronin and Schmitz really like, they'll buy their way into a position to pick them somehow.

Plus, if we are actively unloading some of our vets, I definitely could see a 2R pick coming back somewhere. There are a lot of ways to make something happen.
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You're optimistic today. :)
 
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