Oh I have “hope” every season we are going to be good. But then at some point you have to be real. I ”hope” we are going to win 55 games a season, trust me. Makes my life a lot easier. But at some point you REALize that ain’t happening.
This most “certainly “ is NOT true!
100%. That's why BPA is overrated in my opinion. The draft is such a crap shoot that you might as well shoot for the crap at a position of need.
Who do you like in the draft at 7?
I should’ve extended on my concern. My concern that Reed will show to be a better ‘ready-now’ kind of player who can shoot and score. BUT I still think Scoot will be a better overall player and pure point guard down the line. So I would not want Reed overtaking Scoot as our starting PG because he needs all the minutes he can get, but I also don’t like playing him as SG and forcing Shae to SF.
Sorry... who in this forum has said anything to suggest that anyone expects a high number of wins next season?
Absolutely
My thing is, if we go through the process of getting rid of guards in Ant and Brogdon, I don’t want to go through this process again in a couple years. If Reed is the conensus BPA, just take him and build around him. For the ones who love instant gratification, we are probably going to be a more young cohesive guard rotation right away.
Pass... let him slide to 9
If this dude is high on the talent level of this draft, I can’t wait to see his win prediction for us is all I said.
The good thing is, trading Ant out and adding Reed in as the sixth man is essentially is a one for one swap in terms of play-style, but we will have the benefit of having a rookie who likely will be more accepting of the sixth man role. I do think he’d be a really good one right away, possibly even year 1 where he’s averaging 12-15ppg on really good shooting splits and maybe averaging 4apg.
With him saying he doesn't want hook up with a team that has pg locked up, he's probably signaling that to PDX with Scoot?
I wouldn’t care. With Castle, we’ve seen all the tape we need to make a decision on if we like him as a prospect. We have his measurements to gauge where we can realistically play him. Any team that works him out is trying to figure out if he can realistically be a lead guard. We would be drafting him for all of the other things he’s great at, being able to potentially be a full time decision maker would just be a bonus.
Disagree... BPA is always judged at a moment in time, the philosophy is to draft based on talent not fit at the time of the draft.
Everything is going to be predicated on internal improvement, I’m saying all this under the assumption that Scoot and Shae become better shooters. This is also on Castle to improve, if Shae and Castle never improve as shooters and Scoot comes around with his shot (and still possessing that pure PG talent + athleticism), we would look majorly stupid.
And yet you keep going on about how nobody will make us a winner NEXT season. NO SHIT!! Keep banging that drum. Nobody here is saying or expecting this. You're harping on a lame straw man because people recognize the best way for us to build is through the draft, LONG TERM, and that every draft has good players, it's all about hoping to identify them.
What does who I work for have anything to do with this? Does your employer impact how you feel about the team? Fine, nothing from the draft will help us long term either. Now the next 2 drafts are another story. The lack of talent is what I’m down on, not the future of the team. And it’s funny to me that because I think this draft sucks and I don’t predict us to win 55 games a season, “actually know basketball”. Check yourself on that kid.
