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Two things I don't see in descriptions of either of our acquisitions is "really smart player". "great vision". Kind of wish we could have found someone like Jalen Brunson.
 
But, as with Brown, I'm happy Olshey is looking far ahead. I think he knows there is a good chance he won't even be around in three years when these two might finally become rotation players, but he is still acquiring them.
 
FWIW he was Alabama's "Mr. Basketball" twice...

Past winners are mostly people I've never heard of, but also:
JaMychal Green
Gerald Wallace!
Ennis Whatley!!
 
Wait this is guy is 240? He moves well for that size. Based on the roster right now wouldn't he be the 2nd biggest guy on the team?

Seems like a good choice to try to develop. With his combination of length and quickness, he could make a very good perimeter defender against stretch 4s. Not saying he is super quick, but basically, he is the same size as Zach. I think his lateral movement is decent for a PF.
 
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UKRAINEFAN said:
But, as with Brown, I'm happy Olshey is looking far ahead. I think he knows there is a good chance he won't even be around in three years when these two might finally become rotation players, but he is still acquiring them.
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Everything he has done so far is just business as usual for good ol' Neil. He's been at this for so long, he doesn't even know how to deviate from his own script.
 
Scalma said:
Free Agency hasn’t even started and nobody significant has been traded.
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He’s lost benefit of the doubt until something happens. If he pulls something other than run it back I will be the first to congratulate him.
 
AldoTrapani said:
he’s garbage dude he went undrafted for a reason
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Hopefully you are wrong. But the majority of this draft, including the top guys, are not guaranteed success at all. One & Done has made the Draft more of a crapshoot than ever before, and most of these guys will take years to show a return on investment.
 
He just a player we will try develop just like Brown. Both these will go down to the CBA and play down there a lot.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Watching Watford's highlights - I like the skills, but he seems a bit gravity-bound. Maybe we can splice together his skills with Greg Browns hops?
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I'm pretty sure he's the younger brother of Christan Watford who played at Indiana with Oladipo. The same problem existed for Christian as well with the similar skillset.
 
His style is a throwback to the 80's and 90's. My first impression watching his film was Adrian Dantley. Not as good, but their games are very similar.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Follow up tweets:
"WTF?"
"Are ALL these people homeless?"
"Do ANY Black people live here???"
"The donuts are pretty good..."
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He will need to drive all the way out to Sandy for Joe's Donuts if he wants great donuts. None of that gross voodoo donuts stuff.
 
Since two ways were introduced the only player Portland has converted to a standard contract was Wade Baldwin. Blevins is hopeless, so will Watford break the streak?
 


Does Watford not kinda remind anyone else of Nance? Same size. Good instincts, especially defensively. Doesn’t offer a ton offensively but does little things. I like him over Zeller as a third string five. We’re gonna have a ton of roster spots to fill next season (or after the deadline,) and I’d be surprised if he wasn’t one of them.
 
Scalma said:


Does Watford not kinda remind anyone else of Nance? Same size. Good instincts, especially defensively. Doesn’t offer a ton offensively but does little things. I like him over Zeller as a third string five. We’re gonna have a ton of roster spots to fill next season (or after the deadline,) and I’d be surprised if he wasn’t one of them.
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He has played very well in limited minutes. I think we keep him.
 
Scalma said:


Does Watford not kinda remind anyone else of Nance? Same size. Good instincts, especially defensively. Doesn’t offer a ton offensively but does little things. I like him over Zeller as a third string five. We’re gonna have a ton of roster spots to fill next season (or after the deadline,) and I’d be surprised if he wasn’t one of them.
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Not me. Nance is very athletic. Lack of athleticism probably was one of the biggest things that kept Watford from being drafted. I think Nance has a more solid frame than Watford, too.

Not meaning to downplay your opinion. I just don't see him that way. I think of him more like the Wake Forest kid we had on the two-way a couple of years ago ... Hoard?
 
Watched yesterday’s game again just because on first watch it looked like watford was just dominating defensively and I wanted to make sure it wasn’t just the weed taking over. He really was out there balling, denying much bigger (or at least taller) guys position, crashing the boards, active hands, doing all these fun little things.

I know Nance is great athlete on paper but he doesn’t really play above the rim, at least not how he did earlier in his career. I still think the two have a lot of similarities with how they play. I think it also says something that a two way guy has jumped ahead of a vet like Snell who Billups seemingly trusted. I’d be shocked if he didn’t get a standard contract
 
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