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So what are people thinking at this point? I'm really feeling a wing to fill out the rotation there (Hayward/Hood/Burks/xxxx) My favorite guy for our spot (mid/late teens) right now would be Luwawu. Think he'll be fairly ready for minutes right away and could be the best defender of the bunch. Lavert, Valentine, Newman, and Allen all seem to be worth looking at to fill that spot too. Just really not seeing much room for a spot in our front court with Gobert/Favors/Lyles in place and really want to keep developing Exum at the PG.
 
So what are people thinking at this point? I'm really feeling a wing to fill out the rotation there (Hayward/Hood/Burks/xxxx) My favorite guy for our spot (mid/late teens) right now would be Luwawu. Think he'll be fairly ready for minutes right away and could be the best defender of the bunch. Lavert, Valentine, Newman, and Allen all seem to be worth looking at to fill that spot too. Just really not seeing much room for a spot in our front court with Gobert/Favors/Lyles in place and really want to keep developing Exum at the PG.

Luwawu's efficiency has been dropping off in the Adriatic league, and has a negative assist/turnover ratio. If you draft him, you're basically drafting for that freakish wingspan and hope it molds into something in a few years. The Jazz had a chance to draft a similar player in Oubre and passed, so don't see them liking Luwawu but could be wrong. A more "jack of all trades" wing is Furkan Korkmaz. Not as athletic or long as Luwawu but has a better shot and craftiness to his game. At 18 already getting some minutes on one of the better euro teams (Anadolu Efes, Dario Saric's team).
 
Would love love love Korkmaz as well. Expect him to go late lottery, but if he's there for us we should snatch him up.
 
Would love love love Korkmaz as well. Expect him to go late lottery, but if he's there for us we should snatch him up.

One way he could fall to us is if it does not look like he is going to come over for another 2-3 years. He is shooting about 50% from 3 this year. Korkamaz plays Fes in Euroleague this week.

Sabonis pretty dominate tonight but San Fran does not have a lot of size.
 
Hield finished with 46, but that 1-2, 3 OT, game was an instant classic and resulted in the doghouse for me as I let my son stay up on a school night to watch it with me.
 
LSU destroyed Kentucky without Simmons having an amazing game. Tim Quarterman really needed that game to get him back in the 1st round pick conversation.
 
LSU destroyed Kentucky without Simmons having an amazing game. Tim Quarterman really needed that game to get him back in the 1st round pick conversation.

Wait. Are you saying KY is overrated? Cant be. Skal was supposed to be so awesome.

Must say not sure anymore that Nigel Hayes will be a first round pick. Struggled against Indiana last night. Also not sure what position he will play in NBA. But a long ways to go in the season.
 
Wait. Are you saying KY is overrated? Cant be. Skal was supposed to be so awesome.

Must say not sure anymore that Nigel Hayes will be a first round pick. Struggled against Indiana last night. Also not sure what position he will play in NBA. But a long ways to go in the season.
I still firmly believe in Hayes. Dude isn't a first option though. Its Luke Hayward's first year being the first option, he shot terrible, but everything else was there. I probably wouldn't draft him lottery anymore, but I still believe in him for the late teens.

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Has anyone in the history of College Basketball improved as much as Buddy Heild between their junior and senior years?
 

Doesnt come close to Hield's improvement statistically at least.

Jimmer had a 6 point increase, Hield has 9.

Jimmer's shooting % all went down too, he just shot a lot more his senior year. Hield is actually shooting better and just a little more.
 
Any Devin Bookers in this draft? Anybody see the 11 straight points he had in a minute against the Heat? He's going to be very good.

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