Following Potential Draftees - 2019 (not kidding)
- Thread starter Dr. Jones
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He's not that natural a shooter.
It's like that every year man. Mocks aren't made for accuracy til the final days. They are made for clicks.
zyzz
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I thought Ainge was another one of those GMs who never makes promises.
Well making good draft reads isn't your strong suit.
mellow
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You are right, it just feels more open and fluid. Maybe I wasn't paying attention last year when the Jazz were picking about the same spot.
Nice. Except that the players I've picked out as good prospects have most often risen pretty dramatically in the actual draft.
I think you are right about it being more fluid. I think from the mid teens and on it's pretty fluid through about 35-40.
Idk about that.
I guess you don't. Lets see....
Last year, I was touting Jerome Robinson from Boston College, who rose from the 30s in mocks to the lottery on draft night. I wanted Troy Brown from Oregon for the Jazz who rose from the mid-20s to #15. I liked Rodions Kurucs in the 2nd round, even the year before that, and he's panned out.
A couple years ago, I called out Bam Adebayo when he was mocked in the late 30s, then he went in the lottery to Miami.
This year, I started touting Kabengele when most mocks had him in the mid-30s. Now he's moved up almost 20 spots. Bazley just jumped 30 spots, though maybe some of that was easy to predict.
If I'm wrong about Grant Williams and he becomes a significant player, you can call me out on it. ESPN just moved him down from 23 to 32 in their latest mock. I don't like him as a 4, and he's not remotely a 5. If he were longer or super athletic in a Clarence Weatherspoon sort of way, I could get with it, but right now he's meh for me. He's going to get shut down by length in the post, and he's not quick enough to do that much on the perimeter.
Brown was considered one of our main draft targets at 21 until about 10 days before the draft. People were saying that Washington taking him at #15 was a reach. You were the other guy that picked up on him, if I'm remembering.
The other thing ESPN's mock is showing is that Naz Reid might be plummeting. Dude isn't in shape and doesn't have much going for him on the defensive end. I bet he got his *** kicked in our workout going against Claxton and Kab.
That's true. He needs to square up and set his feet. Keldon isn't a great shooter off movement.
Watch Grant Williams try to post up Darius Bazely at 1:12 in this video. This is what I mean by Williams struggling against NBA length. Isaiah Roby actually looked better than Williams in the Combine scrimmages.
You know, this is one of the reasons I like DX/ESPN. Grant Williams was the SEC Player of the Year, and ESPN is one of the first sites that has the balls to put Bazley ahead of him in their mock.
We should go after Reid. Let Quin turn him into a pro. He is very naturally gifted and has a great NBA body. He's a boom or bust guy but **** going with a safe pick.