I went over and checked it out. Neither he nor Hoopsjock expected him to be drafted so they didn't have stats or profile handy. Hoopsjock has watched him quite a few times; felt like his percentages might be better, except he got a lot of defensive pressure from other team. They wanted Tillie or Scrubb. Hoopsjock says he plays no defense which I disagree with, but did note he is a good rebounder. Bones was upset but trusts Olshey on his second round picks.
What...? Tillie wouldve been great.
Yeah his spot up jumper has a quick release and is pretty much perfect but that's the only elite skill that I see from him in all of the video I've seen so far.
Not only am I not sold on his ability to play in the NBA but my lord I’ve never seen a more injury prone player. Also I hate Gonzaga.
He was a 44% shooter in college and is a good passer with a solid floater/in-between game. He can play.
Yeah the meaningful thing got done two days ago. We upgraded the forward spot in a nice and sustainable way. The work will get done when we use the MLE, BAE and likely pick up a vet for the min. That being said, if we get Millsap for the MLE like some rumors are saying and we are able to re-sign Hoodie and Wenyen, the work is pretty much done. We have a three guard rotation of Dame, CJ and Gary with Ant there for spot minutes and insurance, we would have two forwards in RoCo and Hood with Nas for spot minutes and insurance and we would have a three post rotation with Nurk, Millsap and Zach with Wenyen there for spot minutes and insurance. Then with the BAE we can address whatever perceived need there is or just get the BPA.
Such as?
Well, your beloved Bjeliça of course would work.
Trading CJ for Bjelica or Larry Nance Jr. would be a terrible mistake. Hayward isn't gettable for CJ IMO.Well, your beloved Bjeliça of course would work.
Ben Simmons, and play him at PF?
Gordon Hayward would fit nicely next to RoCo, I think.
Here's an off the board suggestion--how about Larry Nance Jr.? He shot 35% from 3 last year, and he's only 26. Don't know how available he is, but I think he could be a solid long term PF solution.
He does some things well, for sure. Good height, good player. Never seen someone get hurt as much as him. I suppose would have been worth taking a flier on him. Maybe he’ll be healthy all of a sudden in the NBA
I think the Celtics would trade Hayward in a heartbeat if the Blazers offered CJ. Me, i'll pass on trading CJ. Got a feeling many in here will be glad he's still here when it's all said and done.
That would be an upgrade but we'd still have the same problems if not bigger ones. This is Dame's team if we get another superstar, all-star or even a star then it needs to be a true SG or someone at one of the forward spots (I think Nurk is a star in the making at C so unless it's for Giannis lets keep him there). Harden is a ball dominant score first guard that can pass well and plays defense that's just a little worse than Dame's... he would again be very redundant with Dame. I realize that everyone wants another play maker for CJ and while I don't share your view that it's absolutely crucial to do that, we definitely don't need another play maker for CJ that steps all over Dame's toes like CJ does and who doesn't markedly improve this team's perimeter D.
No thanks.
If we could get that value we surely could get another team involved to get us a player for Harden that actually fits on this team. So it's a yes from me if the plan is to quickly flip Harden for another all-nbaer or close to that.
Believe would fit the mold, but obviously would be a TPE target, not a CJ one.
Now we could get Hayward in a sign and trade, we'd just have to convince him to sign a long term deal here. We offer to match what CJ is making and I think he's ours. Maybe Boston throws in a first rounder... I mean CJ is probably worth more than just facilitating a sign and trade. If Boston doesn't have interest in CJ we can shop him around and then tell Boston what they can flip him for and still likely get a first rounder out of it.
