Suggs would do nothing for us. I really like Suggs as a player, but we may as well just draft Scoot than to trade down to #6 and get Suggs in return. Duarte isn't remotely good enough to warrant a trade-down to #7.
What does "hype" have to do with it? Players are evaluated by people who get paid to do that. Someone has to be at the top of the draft.
Compare Damian Lillard and Harrison Barnes.
Compare Dame with Soup Juggler. It’s the player for sure….but in the NBA, size matters
From Canzano's Pooh Jeter boner?
He played for the G League Ignite.... it's not really a normal team. Looking at their wins and losses doesn't make much sense generally, but especially when you're looking at a specific player on the team.
...except for shooting and defense. Hey, sounds like Telfair!
Jarace is my favorite player in this draft but if we want him we might as well trade down with Orlando and pick up 6, 11 and possibly Bol and one of their young but not too young guards either Suggs or Anthony to be our backup PG... Bol will fit into one TPE and the guard will fit into the other. All of this said, Dame wouldn't be down with Jarace as our big addition so we'd probably look to trade him too.
Walker is a physical freak. For a guy who measured 6'6.5" 248lbs and a 7'2.5" wingspan at the combine, dude's agility and jumping measurements were that of an athletic 2 guard. A smart versatile defender who anticipates plays before they happen, he's big enough to spend some time at 5. I doubt he'll ever be a big scorer as that doesn't seem his mentality, but the form on his J looks reasonable and he made 3's at a 35% clip. For a Big, he should be a very good secondary playmaker as he's got both a handle and sees the court well as a passer. Would be a great guy to pick and roll Shaedon with.
Telfair was two or three inches shorter than Scoot and was barely a lottery-level prospect and had never played professionally for two years before being drafted, but otherwise... yeah. Exactly the same.
I don't know that we need an article written 18 years after the draft when we can just look at the actual draft:
Exactly, I just don't understand the hype surrounding him at all. He looks to be Marcus Smart type of guy minus the defense and hustle.
Telfair was regarded as either #1 or #2 (behind LEBRON JAMES) in his high school class. And that article has him listed as "honorable mention" greatest high school prospect OF ALL TIME. Now, of course he didn't play in the G-League, but having seen Jalen Green, you'll forgive me if I don't get all excited at somebody who doesn't even shoot that great in the G-League.
I love it how people refuse to pick the guy they want just because they're afraid all the draft prognosticators will laugh at them for taking him "too high". I love people like Sam Presti who just don't give a fuck. Also James Jones taking Cam Johnson when everyone thought he was way too old and had him much lower. If you like the guy, don't fuck around hoping to trade with someone who picks him lower - reward him with a better contract by taking him at the pick you have.
Sounds like Justice Winslow. And I mean that as a compliment - I like Winslow (more than I like Grant, tbh), he's just never healthy.
The fact is that taking Walker at 3 wouldn't make any sense. You could trade down and get him at 6 and probably get pick 11 too. Or maybe you trade down to 5 if your worried he'll go there and probably get Jalen Duren to go with him in your front court.
I think both Miller and Henderson are a tier above him. Will be asinine to pass on either for a vet wing
The G League is presumably the second-best level of competition in the hemisphere, since it's full of guys that were really good in college, while college is just full of guys playing in college.
