Nassir Little (2 Viewers)

[GhostOfPGA]

You're welcome to double down on your ridiculous take that Wallace is Little's floor... we should be so lucky.

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We are lucky. We got lottery talent at 25. I would’ve traded up for Little.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Should i unmute?

Why can't I see that he can't see me?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Did you get hacked

I was screaming for an athletic wing all offseason

 

[Natebishop3]

You're welcome to double down on your ridiculous take that Wallace is Little's floor... we should be so lucky.

STOMP

Jesus Christ let the man be excited. Who cares if he thinks he’s going to be amazing.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Harkless will be traded soon. Curry, Hood, and Kanter will be resigned

LOL.

 

[Mediocre Man]

His range coming into the draft was 8-14

Why did he slide?

He's a Gerald Wallace clone.

This will be interesting to find out.

 

[Pinwheel1]

You're welcome to double down on your ridiculous take that Wallace is Little's floor... we should be so lucky.

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I don't know about his floor or ceiling but there sure are a lot of similarities. (Draft position, Size and the way they move) I do think that Gerald's 3 pt shooting is Little's floor since he was a career 31% shooter.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I do not think we could ask more anything more at 25. Super excited about getting a young wing. Love that he and Simons are buddies.

 

[STOMP]

I don't know about his floor or ceiling but there sure are a lot of similarities. (Draft position, Size and they way they move) I do think that Gerald's 3 pt shooting is Little's floor since he was a career 31% shooter.

Exactly. Anyone who wouldn't be take Wallace's game/career from Little ought to have their head examined. That would be fantastic.

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[GhostOfPGA]

I do not think we could ask more anything more at 25. Super excited about getting a young wing. Love that he and Simons are buddies.

Simons/Little/Collins is a nice young core below the prime core of Dame/CJ/Nurk

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Simons/Little/Collins is a nice young core below the prime core of Dame/CJ/Nurk

Nurk is actually in the middle...Dame/CJ are already "old"

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Nurk is actually in the middle...Dame/CJ are already "old"

He will be 25 next season that’s entering prime years imo

 

[handiman]

It's been mentioned like a million times this off season, for some reason. Much more than I've ever seen before. Not really sure why.. I mean of course it's indicative that a player isn't a completely terrible shooter but I think it's being overstated a bit..

It probably has a lot to do with the explosion of 3pt shooting. That component was already hard to project -- look at how many great NBA shooters were not top picks, and how many great college shooters struggled in the league -- likely due to the different distances, but now the uncertainty is magnified. FT shooting is a constant.

Your floor is Crash? Gerald Wallace had an 18 year career, was an All Star and All D 1st team member. Mix in some reality... how about Rondae Hollis-Jefferson or Michael Kidd-Gilchrist? I'm hoping for the best as always, but not everyone who enters the league without a consistent J develops one.

STOMP

From the physical tools and style of play, I'm surprised MKG hasn't been mentioned more. I also think that might be the answer to why Little slid so far. MKG was a major overreach for an offensive project. We even talked about it at the time ... late 1st or early 2nd, he's good value.

I don't know that I ever saw Little play this year, and if I did, he didn't make an impression. I had the NBA.com draft ticker open yesterday and looked to see who we had picked when the time came ... and was disappointed to see we had taken a 6'4" SF. Fortunately, everyone else lists him at 6'6". Whew!

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

He will be 25 next season that’s entering prime years imo

Thats my point...he's the bridge

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

It probably has a lot to do with the explosion of 3pt shooting. That component was already hard to project -- look at how many great NBA shooters were not top picks, and how many great college shooters struggled in the league -- likely due to the different distances, but now the uncertainty is magnified. FT shooting is a constant.



From the physical tools and style of play, I'm surprised MKG hasn't been mentioned more. I also think that might be the answer to why Little slid so far. MKG was a major overreach for an offensive project. We even talked about it at the time ... late 1st or early 2nd, he's good value.

I don't know that I ever saw Little play this year, and if I did, he didn't make an impression. I had the NBA.com draft ticker open yesterday and looked to see who we had picked when the time came ... and was disappointed to see we had taken a 6'4" SF. Fortunately, everyone else lists him at 6'6". Whew!

MKG's shot was trash though. I don't think they compare

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I'm excited about this pick because he's got all of the natural things you want a guy to have. He's a lottery type of athlete. His "floor" and his "ceiling" is going to be more about what type of work ethic he has, what breaks go his way, how he handles things, but most of his future isn't restrained by his natural tools but by how he handles himself going forward and I like those type of picks especially at #25. I have no idea how any of these guys will turn out including Zion, but I do know that this guy is a very good NBA athlete right now, and has a chance to be a good NBA player if he can figure out some things. In my opinion I think this pick could turn into one of the better picks in the '20s in the last decade, that doesn't mean it WILL be that, but he's got a really good chance being in Portland where he doesn't have to be a star right off the bat, he's at a position the Blazers need so he should get his chance to get minutes. I like it.

I hope he's our starting SF next year, even if it means he's gotta take his lumps.

 

[GDiama]

He still has to prove himself to get a minimum contract.

He got selected, a team traded for him and it was a team very good at drafting players. That's a good start. He doesn't need to prove much to get a min contract now. They know it is a big project with injury concerns. The concern is if he spent one more year on college and got reinjured he would be ignored by everybody

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Hope we put him in the fire ala Nic Batum, who was also 25th pick

 

[STOMP]

I had the NBA.com draft ticker open yesterday and looked to see who we had picked when the time came ... and was disappointed to see we had taken a 6'4" SF. Fortunately, everyone else lists him at 6'6". Whew!

Lol, you're on my barefoot measurement soapbox! But while it's true that Little only measured 6'4.5", his 7'1.25" wingspan & 8'8.5" standing reach are good measurements for a SF and probably more important for him matching up size wise at the 3. The 10" width hands and solid athletic testing numbers are nice too.

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[CupWizier]

MKG's shot was trash though. I don't think they compare

Plus, what's been reported is that after the college season Little worked on getting his body in better shape and worked on his shot with reports coming out of his workouts that his shot is much improved.

 

[illmatic99]

This is really good and insightful.

 

[Jon]

so, i was reading the winners and losers for the draft on yahoo and i came across this. not sure why they said this:

 

[James lamphear]

Lol, you're on my barefoot measurement soapbox! But while it's true that Little only measured 6'4.5", his 7'1.25" wingspan & 8'8.5" standing reach are good measurements for a SF and probably more important for him matching up size wise at the 3. The 10" width hands and solid athletic testing numbers are nice too.

STOMP

Will he doesn't play bare feet and with shoes he 6'6".

 

[James lamphear]

Little is already strong and goes to the basket he goes strong and finish.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Any word on an Olshey press conference?

This was posted somewhere when it was live.https://www.nba.com/blazers/video/t...neil-olshey-post-dra-20190620-211709-2128kbps

 

[oldmangrouch]

so, i was reading the winners and losers for the draft on yahoo and i came across this. not sure why they said this:

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Slipping to 25 will cost him millions over the course of his rookie deal. I think that is all they were talking about.

 

[Natebishop3]

so, i was reading the winners and losers for the draft on yahoo and i came across this. not sure why they said this:

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They're not saying we're losers here. They're saying that he was a loser because he fell so far. Guys like Little and Bol Bol might have gone much higher if they had stayed in school another year.

 

[Scalma]

Gerald Wallace was my favorite non blazer before he got traded to Portland, so I’m comfortable in speaking about his game and how it compares to Little. Gerald was an absolute monster on defense in his prime with the bobcats. He was good on the ball and off the ball. Offensively he relied heavily on athleticism and wasn’t the most “skilled.” He was an awful shooter in college (56% FT, 11% 3PT) and didn’t get much better in the league.

As far as Little goes I’d say he’s a little overrated defensively while being underrated offensively. I don’t know if he’ll ever get near Wallace on defense, but I do think his ceiling is much higher on the other end.

 

[STOMP]

Will he doesn't play bare feet and with shoes he 6'6".

Why aren't hockey players listed at their height with skates on then? Or football or baseball players with their cleats on?

Basketball is the only sport that engages in this nonsense. One standard applied to all. A person's height is what they measure barefoot.

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[Sarni]

He should be getting minutes straightaway, we don’t really have a particularly strong small forward rotation nor any possibilities to make it significantly better. I don’t expect him to be a huge contributor but I also don’t like the whole ‘he should be ready to get some minutes in 3 years’ attitude. A lot of teams are giving significant minutes to their young players early on.