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Following potential 2017 draftees...

Saint Cy of JFC said:
One concerning thing about Frank Jackson is that he is a 2-foot jumper. For a dude having a 42 inch vertical, you'd think you'd be able to find more highlights of him dunking, but you really can't. Every time he dunks (from what I've seen) it's off two feet. He doesnt get much elevation off 1 foot in traffic. It's a pretty stark contrast to Grayson Allen, who can really explode off 1 foot in traffic.
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He doesn't need to dunk everything. See if he makes lay-ups off one foot.
 
Something I noticed about Kurucs - he almost never goes left. Always returns to his right side when he's attacking the paint.
 
I think it's fair to say Jeanne is a high-risk/high-reward project. He may be more skilled out on the floor than Gobert was at the same age, but Gobert was on track to becoming a rim-protecting center, whereas it's not clear what Jeanne is going to be.
 
Gobert was skinny as hell when he came into the league... and he was 30 pounds heavier than Jeanne is now. THat's the thing that bothers me the most.
 
stitches said:
Gobert was skinny as hell when he came into the league... and he was 30 pounds heavier than Jeanne is now. THat's the thing that bothers me the most.
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Right. The big question when Nerlens Noel was drafted was whether he would ever gain enough weight to play the 5, because he didn't have enough ball skills to play the 4. Jonathan Jeanne is pretty much in the same category, but isn't as good as Noel was.

Jeanne's game has to open up, he has to gain weight/strength, or both.
 
I still really like Kuruc at 24 if he's there. I think he'll be a solid rotation player at least. He has a lot of potential for today's game, and I don't see much downside.
 
Catchall said:
I still really like Kuruc at 24 if he's there. I think he'll be a solid rotation player at least. He has a lot of potential for today's game, and I don't see much downside.
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What's his defense like? I really couldn't find real video of him. Only 2 minutes highlights. He might legitimately have less tape around than Exum did when we drafted him.
 
stitches said:
What's his defense like? I really couldn't find real video of him. Only 2 minutes highlights. He might legitimately have less tape around than Exum did when we drafted him.
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There's tape on him. Teams know him. He has the length, quickness and motor to be a good defender. He's not a lock-down defender, but should be decent.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Not to mention, he apparently gained 20 lbs just the past year. He'll put on weight.

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Where did you read that? Prior to the combine Jeanne had been listed as 210 for the entire year.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/jonathan-jeanne

That write up by NBAdraft.net says "Jeanne barely weighs 200 lbs"

That was written February of last year. He still barely weighs 200 lbs.

https://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=82295.0

This post on a celtis forum references DX's page on him and at the time (January of last year) he weighed 195.
 
stitches said:
Gobert was skinny as hell when he came into the league... and he was 30 pounds heavier than Jeanne is now. THat's the thing that bothers me the most.
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He has Jeremy Evans legs. Gobert never had legs that skinny. I just think people are projecting Gobert's progression on him instead of these other 7' tall length freaks who never developed physically. He is probably more Zhou Qi than Rudy Gobert.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
That's really bad. His form looks awkward...something he does with his left arm/hand...but at the same time, it doesn't look too mechanical and unnatural. There's something to work with there.
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What I noticed that he wasnt missing to side but either short of long. It just comes back to his legs. He needs more strength in his legs
 
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