Derik Queen?

[Sheldon Shape]

6’10.75” w/shoes
a near 9’2” reach

LMA-like height and reach

That's terrific. I feel like there's no way he'll slide to 11. I'd move up.

 

[Graduate32]

Love Queen with the ball, really dislike how he plays without it. He plays rather soft, he is lackluster defensively, and his screening makes Ayton look like a brick wall.

He plays differently than JJ Hickson, but I thought that was an interesting comp as I think he might produce a similar overall effect. Honestly, he doesn't quite seem like a Cronin type.

If the Blazers draft him, I hope they are able to flip the switch because the talent is certainly there.

 

[THE HCP]

That's terrific. I feel like there's no way he'll slide to 11. I'd move up.

Might want to look at his combine numbers from today first……

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Might want to look at his combine numbers from today first……

Might want to not comment on the draft after last year's debacle you made yourself to be...

 

[THE HCP]

Might want to not comment on the draft after last year's debacle you made yourself to be...

Not sure what you’re talking about? Was it you that was so upset that I said last years draft sucked? You are saying I was wrong?

 

[THE HCP]

Might want to not comment on the draft after last year's debacle you made yourself to be...

Saw today your guy Queen finished almost dead last in every single athletic test at the combine and shot like shit in the shooting drills. I was just trying to share what I heard.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Slower than Zach Edey is ….concerning.

 

[riverman]

The highlights of him in college show me that he wouldn't finish most of those dunks in the nba, they'd shove it down his throat in the paint...Toumani Ayton or Clingan would shut this kid down

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Not sure what you’re talking about? Was it you that was so upset that I said last years draft sucked? You are saying I was wrong?

Lol you kept replying to everyone's post and telling them to stop discussing the draft because you thought it sucked - an opinion you borrowed from Bill Simmons. You kept raining on people's parade.

I think getting Clingan to add to our core was valuable. You saying I'm wrong?

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Slower than Zach Edey is ….concerning.

Agreed, but how much slower? I already heard he had conditioning issues. Could make it more likely that he'll slip now.

 

[wizenheimer]

Every time I see this thread I just can't stop thinking about how somebody decided to name their son a name which sounds so close to Dairy Queen.

That must have been part of the plan, right?

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

Slower than Zach Edey is ….concerning.

Clingan is slower than Edey as well.

I don't like DQ as a prospect, but using Edey as a benchmark doesn't hold a lot of weight

 

[blazerkor]

I don't think we should be looking at a guy like Queen to be the Bobby Portis to Clingan's BroLo. I think a guy like Rasheer Fleming makes a lot more sense, at least he does to me. I think he's the perfect small ball 5 for us, stretching the floor on O and extremely switchable 2 through 5 on D. It also seems like, as of right now most people have Queen getting taken higher than Fleming so maybe we could even trade back and get some extra value while also getting the better fit.

I don't want anyone to freak out because I said, fit. I think for our team and what we need Queen makes no sense because we have to have defensive minded guys in this system that we just signed up for 3 more years of. So I have Fleming higher on my draft board and at the same time getting drafted after Queen.

 

[THE HCP]

Lol you kept replying to everyone's post and telling them to stop discussing the draft because you thought it sucked - an opinion you borrowed from Bill Simmons. You kept raining on people's parade.

I think getting Clingan to add to our core was valuable. You saying I'm wrong?

I had talked with a few friends of mine that are NBA scouts who said it was going to be one of the weakest drafts ever and shared that here. Were they wrong?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I had talked with a few friends of mine that are NBA scouts who said it was going to be one of the weakest drafts ever and shared that here. Were they wrong?

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't they also say this year was suppose to one of the deepest in years? Do they still believe that?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'm not saying Queen should be our guy - I'm only interested because several places have him mocked to us and he does some things that nobody else on the roster does - but that said, after about 3 or 4 decades following the combine, the numbers mean pretty much shit. Guys who put up eye-popping numbers fizzle in the NBA, and guys who put up "concerning" numbers do just fine (see Jokic, Nikola and Gobert, Rudy). When you draft a guy because "all the metrics" say he's amazing, you end up with the Bargnanis and Stromile Swifts of this world.

 

[Cugel]

Every player other than Flagg has issues, some bigger than others. “Serviceable” is probably what POR ends up with.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I had talked with a few friends of mine that are NBA scouts who said it was going to be one of the weakest drafts ever and shared that here. Were they wrong?

We won't know for years and that doesn't negate the fact that you can find valuable players to add to your team in every draft. You still didn't answer the question.

 

[THE HCP]

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't they also say this year was suppose to one of the deepest in years? Do they still believe that?

Haven’t bumped into my guys in forever. I can reach out and ask.

 

[THE HCP]

We won't know for years and that doesn't negate the fact that you can find valuable players to add to your team in every draft. You still didn't answer the question.

Still trying to process the “debacle I made of myself comment”. I’m off to work the eastern conference finals for 2 weeks, I’ll think about it.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Still trying to process the “debacle I made of myself comment”. I’m off to work the eastern conference finals for 2 weeks, I’ll think about it.

Just don't come in here and tell us to not discuss our excitement for the draft because so and so tells you it's a bad draft and there won't be any problems. That's all.

Wishing you luck on the EC Finals.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

If you think DQ is in a tier above everyone else available draft night, you take him. Of course, that's true for all of the prospects. However, he is very highly regarded by many.

 

[Cugel]

Is he Swanigan v 2.0?

 

[TBpup]

DQ has some good numbers and some highlight moments, but his work ethic (or lack thereof) seems to be a thing and his condition is highly suspect.

I'm hoping we can find better.

 

[Cugel]

DQ has some good numbers and some highlight moments, but his work ethic (or lack thereof) seems to be a thing and his condition is highly suspect.

I'm hoping we can find better.

Swanigan 2.0

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Is he Swanigan v 2.0?

That's a terrible comp.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Guy has been a winner on both the high school and the college level. An all around baller.

They should not draft him if they don't intend on using him as an offensive hub. That would negate his greatest strength.

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

DQ needs to be drafted by Toronto so they can play up the DQ Blizzard marketing angle.

If I remember right, Arctic Circle's tag line is 'above the rim'. They could play off that and go 'DQ - slightly below the rim'

The marketing angles are endless

 

[Mediocre Man]

Every player other than Flagg has issues, some bigger than others. “Serviceable” is probably what POR ends up with.

To make this a little more clear, Flagg is the MM of this draft. No flaws. No issues. Everyone else has issues, with some being bigger than others

 

[Wizard Mentor]

DQ has some good numbers and some highlight moments, but his work ethic (or lack thereof) seems to be a thing and his condition is highly suspect.

I'm hoping we can find better.

He'd be an interesting offense/defense pairing with DC.