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riverman said:
yes, but his family moved to Italy when he was 6 and didn't move back to the states until 1991....he basically grew up in Italy and speaks fluent Italian as well as Spanish
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I guess, another more recent name Frank Ntilikina he seemed to be a good defender.
 
I was going to mention Schroeder as well from Germany but honestly I haven't watched him enough to praise any part of his game.
 
yuyuza1 said:
He characterized his last workout as "his best yet."

https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest...bring-wild-card-teenage-guard-anfernee-simons

Maybe they want to confirm that it wasn't a flash in the pan. On a similar note, the history behind Mitchell last year was that he blew everyone away when he worked out in Utah (when they didn't even have a pick), and management made sure that info was kept under wraps while they worked to move into the draft for a pick.
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So much for that happening with us
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Porzingis has pretty good defensive stats as a rookie. I don’t remember Sabonis being a “bad” defender. Was Loul Deng from Sudan or Britain I can’t remember? Anyways it’s not very often guys from Europe or the US come in as a great defenders, but I understand your point.
Oh Nicolas Batum, and Rudy Gobert I believe we’re mainly known for defense too.
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On the ball.

Batum's D is overrated and I see you going through your mental rolodex trying to find someone. Bottom line, If you're looking for defense you don't look overseas.
 
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dviss1 said:
Lol. No he wasn't haha.
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yeah...actually he was...as a matter of fact, so was Victor Claver….I'm not calling either guy all nba defensive first team..but I think you're wrong about guys from Europe not being able to play defense...there are many examples. This guy was a capable defender and in his era he had no easy nights as a big
 
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riverman said:
yeah...actually he was...as a matter of fact, so was Victor Claver….I'm not calling either guy all nba defensive first team..but I think you're wrong about guys from Europe not being able to play defense...there are many examples.
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Bro, neither of those dudes were good defenders...

Batum was better than both and he was overrated.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
Joe Ingles, AK47, Marc Gasol?
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Most Europeans are fundamentally sound defenders. Some might struggle with physicality but very few are overall liabilities because European coaches place heavy emphasis on team defense.
 
Andrei Kirlenko made the second all NBA defensive team twice, and first team once.

Always thought Dirk Nowitzki was a very good paint defender.
 
I guess the question is where in the draft do you look for defenders? The majority of young players have not yet needed to defend. Not saying they can't, just that in HS, AAU, and one year of college they just haven't.
 
It is bizarre to me that some think that the 24th pick in the nba draft should immediately become a rotation
player on a 49 win team. We should pick the player with the biggest upside. If we pick Simons, then I'll
be happy, it would definitely be because Neil thinks he has the most upside.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
It is bizarre to me that some think that the 24th pick in the nba draft should immediately become a rotation
player on a 49 win team. We should pick the player with the biggest upside. If we pick Simons, then I'll
be happy, it would definitely be because Neil thinks he has the most upside.
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Simons isn't the player with the biggest upside - that would be Mitchell Robinson. But of course upside isn't everything.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Simons isn't the player with the biggest upside - that would be Mitchell Robinson. But of course upside isn't everything.
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So, the world is Upside Down? :)
I believe you about Robinson, but if Neil goes after Simons, it's because he believes that Simons has a lot of Upside Up.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Simons isn't the player with the biggest upside - that would be Mitchell Robinson. But of course upside isn't everything.
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OK, I watched a video on Robinson - very interesting. If we draft Robinson, it'll mean Davis isn't being re-signed, though.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Highly doubt we retain Ed regardless of who we draft
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I think we will try. So it depends on if he is willing to take a little less money from us then to move on. But I don't think he gets huge offers out there so I think he may want to stay. We might lowball him too much though...
 
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