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illmatic99 said:
Bundle of energy.

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Love this. "I belong at the top; there were top guys here, and I showed that I'm one of them too."

Seriously, I don't think I could like this kid more. I'm going to be rooting for him wherever he ends up, but I really hope it's in Portland.
 
Looks like the team held a sorta under-wraps workout yesterday, but it got out.





Minott is the guy who Hollinger put in his top 10, but probably will go second round. Gillespie also interesting (he also posted it on his own IG). But who else was there yesterday that the team does not want to publicize?
 
Minott is a very athletic wing who D69 identified going in to this last season as someone he thought had the tools to be very impactful. He didn't pan out nearly to expectations and his 3-pt shooting was atrocious. That said, there are still a lot of things that he has the ability to do well if he can develop.
 
TBpup said:
Minott is a very athletic wing who D69 identified going in to this last season as someone he thought had the tools to be very impactful. He didn't pan out nearly to expectations and his 3-pt shooting was atrocious. That said, there are still a lot of things that he has the ability to do well if he can develop.
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his bounce and athleticism stood out to me in the games i watched while doing a deep dive on Duren.

i like him and Procida as second round prospects.
 
illmatic99 said:
his bounce and athleticism stood out to me in the games i watched while doing a deep dive on Duren.

i like him and Procida as second round prospects.
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Procida in the 2nd round would have me waving my Italian flag around like an overcaffeinated Jack Haley!!
 
In another post he said Daniels, Sochan and Sharpe (at the time).
 
illmatic99 said:
who are D69's guys in the #7 range?
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He hasn't spent as much time on it this year because he thinks the pick will be traded. He is looking more at guys later in the Draft that he thinks are undervalued. One of those was Procida who until a month or so ago, wasn't even in the 2nd round of some Mocks. Now he is up to early 2nd round and possibly even late 1st round.

Other 'sleepers' he likes are Moore, Minott, Kamagate.....depending on where they are selected. Thinks guys like Nzosa and Badji are athletic freaks that need better coaching and are worth a shot at in the late 2nd round. Nzosa was a projected high Lottery pick coming into this season.
 
illmatic99 said:
his bounce and athleticism stood out to me in the games i watched while doing a deep dive on Duren.

i like him and Procida as second round prospects.
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I like the idea of Barlow. Between Minott & Barlow - who is the better prospect.

I'm 100% in on Procida as a second round selection. Ideally we pick up an early 2nd for one of these guys.
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
I like the idea of Barlow. Between Minott & Barlow - who is the better prospect.

I'm 100% in on Procida as a second round selection. Ideally we pick up an early 2nd for one of these guys.
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and of course schmitz was in on him last year.

 
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illmatic99 said:
Looks like the team held a sorta under-wraps workout yesterday, but it got out.





Minott is the guy who Hollinger put in his top 10, but probably will go second round. Gillespie also interesting (he also posted it on his own IG). But who else was there yesterday that the team does not want to publicize?
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They brought in a guard and a wing - I’d guess they probably brought in Daniels for a second workout
 
Looking at this video of Minott, I'm thinking he is sort of like Duren, young, very athletic, raw, main skill is dunking. Although the video claims he is a good rebounder, I think that is mostly offensive, Tankathon gives him two minuses on defensive rebounding.



 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Looking at this video of Minott, I'm thinking he is sort of like Duren, young, very athletic, raw, main skill is dunking. Although the video claims he is a good rebounder, I think that is mostly offensive, Tankathon gives him two minuses on defensive rebounding.



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Kind of Greg Brown like
 
Sochan and Sharpe were supposed to workout in NO and Sochan was photographed at dinner with the Pels FO and coach.

Word out of NO today is that Sharpe canceled his workout last minute. Does he have a promise at 7 or above???
 
illmatic99 said:
Sochan and Sharpe were supposed to workout in NO and Sochan was photographed at dinner with the Pels FO and coach.

Word out of NO today is that Sharpe canceled his workout last minute. Does he have a promise at 7 or above???
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I’m just thinking the plan might be draft a guard and then sign and trade Ant. Not sure who we would be approaching. Detroit? Toronto?
 
Sharpe ducking a workout in NO could also be to quell the negative press he's been getting after the others he's done. I tried to confirm with Fischer if his bad feedback from workouts was just a smokescreen, but he said he's talked to multiple coaches who actually ran the workouts who all said he's been underperforming when going up against other lottery talent. He also said he didn't want to reveal too much of what was said because it would just be trashing the guy further and hurting his stock more.

NGL... as someone who was growing more intrigued by Sharpe every week for his long term potential, this news gave me some added hesitation about drafting him. I'm really glad we brought him in house.
 
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