I disagree on Murray. I think he can be a 20pt scorer in the league fairly soon. If the talk about ivey dropping is real, I'd thank my lucky stars and draft him. I even see Johnny Davis and maybe Mathurin having the ability to score in bunches if needed from the team.
He must be lying... we all know people stop growing soon as they turn 16.
Good. Let someone else drop to us.
If they don't regularly change up the order reranking guys, who will read the adverts?
i think so. gets low on his handle, and can go left or right. gets wherever he wants to on the floor. especially in secondary breaks and in transition. i love how he quickly comes to the front court after defensive rebounds and scores before defenses get set.
decent comp, but ET had a much better body of work before he came to the league. and he was a good playmaker in the halfcourt in college. he was unworthy of the #2 pick but there were people who compared him to BRoy.
All givens. I won't beat my head against the wall if they draft him, but I will cross my fingers he develops as I recognize where he's at as well as where he could end up IF/when he adds a reliable outside threat. Mostly, I like other probable options at #7 better. I'm still waiting to hear about what I'm apparently missing on Jalen Duren that has him likely available when we select. Whats exactly wrong with the bigger, faster, jump out of the gym, coordinated 18.5 year old kid who seems physically like a buff Jaren Jackson Jr. but oriented to inside play? Good grief think of Dame or Ant taking dudes off the dribble and having that monster to throw it up to when the shot blocker comes over. Of defending up on jump shooters because of the shot blocker looming.
If Joe Cronin really does like to take a big swing on high-upside, the two prospects that might fall to the 7th spot would be Shaedon Sharpe and Jalen Duren. Duren will almost certainly be there at the 7th pick. Many "experts" think Duren could end up being the best or one of the best players from this draft class. I said before that Duren is the player that would be the best fit for Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons among the prospects that should be available. Lillard has never had a pick and roll partner that can snatch the ball out of the sky and jam it even if the pass isn't perfect. Some people think this isn't a skill or a valuable skill. We know by our years with Nurkic it definitely isn't a given. Or look at Gobert fumbling a ball right at the hoop. It is a valuable skill and together with Lillard or Simons it's a scary threat for the defense.
Jalen Duren would have a really good chance of becoming a star if he gets drafted by the Spurs.
I think the things you’re missing aren’t necessarily Duren’s fault. Duren isn’t a guy that can handle or bring the ball up the court, which is becoming increasingly more important. Wasn’t ever a good FT shooter in college, so you’re gonna have a hard time convincing me he’ll ever even be an average 3pt shooter in the NBA. He was a freak in college but got 8 shots off a game, usually off oreb or dump offs/lobs.
You're not serious, are you? I'm guessing that's a sarcastic comment.
