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Interesting trio - Demin and especially Penda are mocked well below our pick. Queen apparently interviews very well. I saw him compared with Antoine Walker elsewhere by somebody who said he was more of a 3/4 than a 4/5.

WHERE IS CMB???
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Interesting trio - Demin and especially Penda are mocked well below our pick. Queen apparently interviews very well. I saw him compared with Antoine Walker elsewhere by somebody who said he was more of a 3/4 than a 4/5.

WHERE IS CMB???
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Supposedly there was a secret workout that people are speculating was Carter Bryant.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
They’ve worked out just about every prospect in our range and only one was 1v1 with no media.

The list of participants are on HoopsHype and the only one not listed that’s in range is Carter Bryant.

I suspect he’s their guy and Demin had been a
smokescreen.

Of course he can come in next week with media so who knows :breakdance:
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Scratch that - I had CMB mixed up with Fleming for being at that workout two weeks ago.

TWO players not listed:

Carter Bryant
CMB

One of these prospects were likely in that 1v1 private workout.

 
Fez Hammersticks said:
They’ve worked out just about every prospect in our range and only one was 1v1 with no media.

The list of participants are on HoopsHype and the only one not listed that’s in range is Carter Bryant.

I suspect he’s their guy and Demin had been a
smokescreen.

Of course he can come in next week with media so who knows :breakdance:
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For those too lazy to go to HoopsHype and look up the list -

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Carter Bryant, Noa Essengue, and Collin Murray-Boyles are notably absent.

Not much chatter about Asa Newell. For everyone talking about Demin being just a 3-pt shot away from being a great prospect, the same could be said about Newell...
 
it almost looks like the Blazers MIGHT be open to trading back or trading for another pick via Ant etc
 
I'd rather take Demin or Kasparas than Bryant from what I've seen. I like guys who can dribble. The only guy I'd be open to in that mold would be Essengue but I don't think he'll be there at 11.
 
42N8Bounce said:
For those too lazy to go to HoopsHype and look up the list -

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Carter Bryant, Noa Essengue, and Collin Murray-Boyles are notably absent.

Not much chatter about Asa Newell. For everyone talking about Demin being just a 3-pt shot away from being a great prospect, the same could be said about Newell...
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Noa is still playing. He will not be working out for any teams
 
STOMP said:
Martell could bury open shots but he was a subpar athlete for an NBA wing and couldn't create space to get it off plus had a slow release. Coward has a tight quick release on his J & posted vastly better times and athletic measurements at every station of their respective combines... he's bordering on top shelf elite athletically with that killer J. What in the world gives you major Martell vibes... that he's 6'5 and played hoops in Washington? I'm reminded more of Michael Finley

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Love me some Michael Finley. Been a while since I've heard that name.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Sell me on Demin. Normally I'm the one who's supposed to be in love with soft Euros with flashy passing skills but I can't think of a success of his type in recent years and I can think of a good deal of failures (well, this guy for one).

Will he match the greatness of Viktor Khryapa and Sergei Monya?
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No sure about a 'sale job', but he has one unique skill that is better than anyone else I've seen in college or young player oversees and something drastically missing on the Blazers. He is a brilliant passer! He would constantly set up teammates that were mid college players at best putting them in an easier position to score and making them more successful. He is constantly looking ahead and doesn't just hit the open man but will throw teammates open, much like a good quarterback.

There are certainly flaws, but his shooting was tightened up from when he was in college to the Pre-Draft workouts and he lit up the gym and he is a crafty finisher with either hand.

Defensively, he is not great or even very good, but his length helps cover of some of that and his versatility is quite valuable and I think would fit with the Blazer youth movement in a very good way.
 
TBpup said:
No sure about a 'sale job', but he has one unique skill that is better than anyone else I've seen in college or young player oversees and something drastically missing on the Blazers. He is a brilliant passer! He would constantly set up teammates that were mid college players at best putting them in an easier position to score and making them more successful. He is constantly looking ahead and doesn't just hit the open man but will throw teammates open, much like a good quarterback.

There are certainly flaws, but his shooting was tightened up from when he was in college to the Pre-Draft workouts and he lit up the gym and he is a crafty finisher with either hand.

Defensively, he is not great or even very good, but his length helps cover of some of that and his versatility is quite valuable and I think would fit with the Blazer youth movement in a very good way.
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Something I saw on a draft profile that will take him some time to overcome is that he can be "bullied" into bad passes or turnovers pretty easily. When defenders got aggressive and physical with him he couldn't counter it and I think that's a big part of why he wasn't the main facilitator at BYU as the season went on. You know NBA scouts saw it and he'll have to get stronger and improve his ball handling before he'll get big minutes.
I didn't think his shooting % was a big deal. When you see his form it's pretty easy to see it's not broken.
A huge factor that I haven't heard mentioned with Egor is the fact that at 18 years old he moved to a different country. Ideally you want to see a kid have immediate success, but I can't fault an 18 year old that struggles after such such a drastic change.
 
cheesehoff said:
Something I saw on a draft profile that will take him some time to overcome is that he can be "bullied" into bad passes or turnovers pretty easily. When defenders got aggressive and physical with him he couldn't counter it and I think that's a big part of why he wasn't the main facilitator at BYU as the season went on. You know NBA scouts saw it and he'll have to get stronger and improve his ball handling before he'll get big minutes.
I didn't think his shooting % was a big deal. When you see his form it's pretty easy to see it's not broken.
A huge factor that I haven't heard mentioned with Egor is the fact that at 18 years old he moved to a different country. Ideally you want to see a kid have immediate success, but I can't fault an 18 year old that struggles after such such a drastic change.
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Agreed, age and moving countries is a big deal. As for an 18 year old getting bullied, I don't have too much of an issue with it. Look at what happened to Flagg on his final shot when they put a bigger, stronger, older player on him for the final possession. I think both will get stronger and use their skills in a more mature way when as they gain experience.
 
Here's a question that, showing unusual restraint, I have not started a new thread for:

Who do you think will drop unexpectedly? I mean, we have a range of players (Essengue, Bryant, Murray-Boyles, that Lithuanian kid) all of whom could go before us, but there are some players that we are sure will be gone before our pick. But every year somebody drops - who will it be this time, and should we take him?

It won't be Flagg, Harper or Edgecombe, that's for sure. My suggestion is Tre Johnson, and I say DON'T TAKE HIM.
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
Terrible choice.
Even if he's still there at 11 -> there are 3-4 other players that will be available that are going to be better NBA players.
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Queen has a chance to be a star. Can't say the same for so many others.
 
Sheldon Shape said:
Queen has a chance to be a star. Can't say the same for so many others.
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Queen cannot move at an NBA level. I'm not saying at an elite NBA level, I'm saying the dude can't move at a basic NBA level. Clingan and Edey tested out as being far more athletic than this dude. Faster, quicker and with more bounce and they also both have a lot more length.

I'll be upset if it's Queen because the dude would be a change up from Clingan that is even less switchable on defense and more ground bound.
 
blazerkor said:
Queen cannot move at an NBA level. I'm not saying at an elite NBA level, I'm saying the dude can't move at a basic NBA level. Clingan and Edey tested out as being far more athletic than this dude. Faster, quicker and with more bounce and they also both have a lot more length.

I'll be upset if it's Queen because the dude would be a change up from Clingan that is even less switchable on defense and more ground bound.
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That is a HUGE concern.
 
Cugel said:
Why give up a great pick for a guy like KD who is anti-chemistry? The guy is graphite; inert.
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You add KD to our current roster and we are battling for the #1 spot next season!
 
Sheldon Shape said:
Queen has a chance to be a star. Can't say the same for so many others.
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What? I have shared on here a few times and nobody has replied. I heard he completely shit the bed at the combines…..he was like HORRIBLE! Did I hear wrong. They said he couldn’t do any of the drills and measured horribly. You guys hear different?
 
blazerkor said:
Queen cannot move at an NBA level. I'm not saying at an elite NBA level, I'm saying the dude can't move at a basic NBA level. Clingan and Edey tested out as being far more athletic than this dude. Faster, quicker and with more bounce and they also both have a lot more length.

I'll be upset if it's Queen because the dude would be a change up from Clingan that is even less switchable on defense and more ground bound.
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This is what I’m talking about. People are saying he will be a “star”?
 
THE HCP said:
What? I have shared on here a few times and nobody has replied. I heard he completely shit the bed at the combines…..he was like HORRIBLE! Did I hear wrong. They said he couldn’t do any of the drills and measured horribly. You guys hear different?
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That's an objective fact. That dude can't move at an NBA level. I've heard he's worked out a little better because he has some nifty moves in his bag but if they're coming at you in slo-mo then that's probably not going to have you in the league too long unless it's as a third string big.
 
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