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beast crnjo said:
Ripcity Uprise did a good segment on Dalton, talking about how much other teams focused on him. yet he still was able to maintain a great scoring output with good efficiency. His offense will translate well to the NBA I think.

I don't see how he's a bad defender either. I think some people just default to that position whenever they see white shooter.

He's got a 39 inch vert and did well in all the speed/agility tests. It's not like he's an Adam Morrison type stiff.
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Joe Alexander EAT you HEART OUT
 
With my feeble two years of German in high school one thing I learned is that KN in a name has the K silent but all the sports media is calling him Connect instead of Necht with a silent K
 
riverman said:
With my feeble two years of German in high school one thing I learned is that KN in a name has the K silent but all the sports media is calling him Connect instead of Necht with a silent K
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This is America, buddy. We don't call Detroit "dee-twah"
 
riverman said:
Tell that to ex coach Bobby Knight.....not Bobby Cunight
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Knight is an English word. You know, like Knife or Knee.

(And actually, a lot of people called Bobby Knight a word beginning cun)
 
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Bingo Bango said:
Who cares? Knecht’s age is not a handicap: it’s an advantage. Lillard succeeded right away because he stayed in college all four years, and was 22 when he entered the league. I’d say Knecht has a better chance of making a difference in his first year than many of the other players in the lottery.
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How many teams with lottery picks are going to be good enough to have Knecht make a difference his first year? Most are more than a 23 year old with one good season at the highest level of college basketball away from being good and would prefer to go with upside.
 
Ed O said:
How many teams with lottery picks are going to be good enough to have Knecht make a difference his first year? Most are more than a 23 year old with one good season at the highest level of college basketball away from being good and would prefer to go with upside.
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riverman said:
With my feeble two years of German in high school one thing I learned is that KN in a name has the K silent but all the sports media is calling him Connect instead of Necht with a silent K
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But since he shoots well from '3', Knecht/Connect is more fun. :hoops:
 
It does not matter to me if either lottery pick helps the team in any impactful way this season. Get a dude!

Salaun is raw … but what he can be at PF … and Williams needs to put on muscle getting to around 200 pounds. He’s frickin’ 6’6.5” with a 7’1” wingspan and all of 178.4 pounds — but has the frame to get there. It’s what he can do now plus when he develops for 2-3 years.

Players who needs time are fine. Topic needs a year just to get healthy.
And Knecht at 23 has room to grow his game at only 23. Dan Majerle (1st round, 14th pick) was a 23-year-old rookie and had a stretch with Phoenix until 29 (and then to Cleveland) earning Thunder Dan at 27 scaling up on 3’s playing SF/SG.

How risk averse will Cronin be?
 
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HoopsFanAZ said:
It does not matter to me if either lottery pick helps the team in any impactful way this season. Get a dude!

Salaun is raw … but what he can be at PF … and Williams needs to put on muscle getting to around 200 pounds. He’s frickin’ 6’6.5” with a 7’1” wingspan and all of 178.4 pounds — but has the frame to get there. It’s what he can do now plus when he develops for 2-3 years.

Players who needs time are fine. Topic needs a year just to get healthy.
And Knecht at 23 has room to grow his game at only 23. Dan Majerle (1st round, 14th pick) was a 23-year-old rookie and had a stretch with Phoenix until 29 (and then to Cleveland) earning Thunder Dan at 27 scaling up on 3’s playing SF/SG.

How risk averse will Cronin be?
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If we keep all 4 picks I predict we take projects in the first round and ready-to-contribute older players in the second. The counterexamples to that are old Murray in the first round and young Rupert in the second last year, but I think Murray was taken because of Dame, and Rupert was just too good value to pass up.
 
Thunder Dan did play some good D unlike Knecht, so far. They both have grit.
 
Majerle was drafted in 1988, you can't compare his pre draft attributes to the draft process today.
 
of course the analysts are saying the Lakers won the draft. It could have been Dalton, Ware, Carter, etc etc. LeBron just has to steal all the credit on draft night. I'll just sit around and wait for AD to demand a trade to Miami.
 
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