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UKRAINEFAN said:
MM won't like this; Hughes is from Syracuse!
  • Position: Wing
  • Height: 6-6
  • Weight: 215
  • School: Syracuse
The ACC’s leading scorer this season, Elijah Hughes averaged 19.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks as a junior for the Orange.

He’s a player whose offensive approach seems built for the current NBA. Over half of his field-goal attempts in his two seasons at Syracuse were from three-point range. When you watch his highlight tape, it’s almost exclusively either three-point attempts or layups and dunks.

Despite just finishing his junior season, Hughes is already 22 years old. He began his college career at East Carolina and had to sit out a year before playing his last two seasons for Syracuse.

Strengths
Hughes has deep range on his three-point shot and can make them in a variety of ways. With the ball in his hands, he’ll pull up and rise over defenders. He’s excellent at hitting threes in transition, and is particularly adept at getting his defender off balance with a jab step and then stepping back to hit a three. He understands the value of passing up long two-point jumpers in favor of three-point shots.

He shot 35.0 percent from three-point range in his two seasons at Syracuse, which may not sound that impressive, but there was often a high degree of difficulty on those shots. If he shoots more open catch-and-shoot threes in the NBA, he has a chance to be an above average three-point shooter. Good free throw shooters often translate into good NBA three-point shooters, and Hughes shot 81.3 percent from the charity stripe this season.

He’s also an excellent cutter, which led to a bunch of easy dunks in Syracuse’s system. He knows how to read his defender and when to make back door cuts. He’s also good in transition and threw down a lot of highlight-reel dunks.

On the defensive end of the floor, Hughes shows impressive timing on weak-side shot blocks. Averaging nearly a block per game is outstanding for a wing player.

Weaknesses
By necessity, Hughes often played point forward at Syracuse, a role that didn’t play to his strengths. He’s a decent passer but often made poor decisions, trying to force passes that weren’t there and committing needless turnovers. His ball handling skills are adequate for a wing, but at this stage he’s not the guy you want running pick-and-rolls in the NBA.
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So here’s the thing. Syracuse isn’t ideal, nor is a WABC, but it’s not the end of the world. JUST DONT DRAFT THEM IN THE FUCKING LOTTERY
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I have a good friend who played college ball who is a huge Cuse' fan. So yes he is biased ........but raves about Hughes.
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mcmahon article on ESPN suggested the blazers valued Hughes a developmental prospect. We’ll see if he’s still here tomorrow, but I like him.
 
Mr. Robot said:
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That's an interesting twitter headline given what Quick actually talked about in the clip though. It sounded like Quick thought a trade might be unlikely (which is of course reasonable... as most trades are probably unlikely), but that Chauncey Billups would much prefer to get longer and more athletic at the center position. I hope the Dame-Billups-Cronin-whoever brain trust decides whether they want to move forward with Nurk NOW, because I think he still could be flipped for some reasonable assets, and if you are going to match his market in the summer, you'd just be losing an asset for nothing.
 
Graduate32 said:
That's an interesting twitter headline given what Quick actually talked about in the clip though. It sounded like Quick thought a trade might be unlikely (which is of course reasonable... as most trades are probably unlikely), but that Chauncey Billups would much prefer to get longer and more athletic at the center position. I hope the Dame-Billups-Cronin-whoever brain trust decides whether they want to move forward with Nurk NOW, because I think he still could be flipped for some reasonable assets, and if you are going to match his market in the summer, you'd just be losing an asset for nothing.
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if Chauncey wants lob passes he’s got the wrong point guard. But Quick is clueless, so he’s not worth listening to.
 
Mr. Robot said:
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normally, I'd call bullshit....but after the last 5 days, who knows

I do know this: if there was a chance Nurkic would be traded he probably wouldn't have played last night; and for sure he won't play tonight
 
illmatic99 said:
I have no idea why we would want to give up Nurk.
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Just spitballin'...
  • Klutch has told us he's going for a max deal?
  • He wants out?
  • Under-the-table agreement for him to come back after we trade him for assets?
  • Toronto overpaying?
 
im going through this guys twitter to see if hes really hockey insider

so far it looks like he might be and given raps are from canada, he might know something
 
Mr. Robot said:
im going through this guys twitter to see if hes really hockey insider

so far it looks like he might be and given raps are from canada, he might know something
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lol I just did the same and it does look like he’s legit
 
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