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I think NSJ is the most realistic option at 9 that would piss me off the most.
See comment above lmao!
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We all know it is coming, right? Him or Sensabaugh. .
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Jordan Hawkins and Jett Howard wear socks for sand runs.
JHS lets the rough sand toughen his feet. He's not scared of the grind.
The only way to make it worse is a surprise player goes top-8 and we have our choice of two awesome players only to pass on them both.
I will be prepared for anything. Nothing could match the straight kick to the nuts that the Dok pick was.
I think I'm cool with almost all potential picks at 9. Wallace/Black/Dick/Walker/Whitmore/Ausar/JHS/Bufkin.
The only one that would be kind of disappointing to me would be Hendricks, but I wouldn't call it a bad pick.
The only one that would be kind of disappointing to me would be Hendricks, but I wouldn't call it a bad pick.
Yeah, for me 9 isn't a cutoff at all. There's the top 5 or 6 depending on how you think about Ausar, then 7-15, is a lot of the eyes of the beholder.
Nah… it’s pretty cut and dry I think.
Hendricks/Black/Walker are all on a different tier than the guys below them. Bufkin/Wallace would be the two who are closest to cracking that tier though.
In no way could I say any of those guys should go 11-15.
I like Dick too but I don’t see him falling past 11 and I think there are better players than him at 9.
That's fair to see it that way. I will say the consensus top 9 (Vic/Scoot/B-Miller/Amen/Ausar/Whitmore/Walker/Black/Hendricks) are a step above in terms of size/athleticism compared to the next grouping which is what separates them for the general/safe evaluator who will usually value those things because they are the most obvious things.
Bilal/GG could be in that group, but probably have too many question marks for most people's liking.
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What does "have a mid range game" mean? How many shots per game we talking? What shooting percentage from there? I think there are elite players who dont take a high percentage of their shots from mid range. I bet curry takes WAY more threes and paint shots than mid range and I consider him elite. I feel like Lauri was pretty elite last year and didn't seem like he took many mid range shots. Donovan was a pretty elite player for us imo and didn't shoot a ton of mid range from what I remember. I dont see a lot of mid range shots coming from the hands of giannis or luka either but I could be wrong. I dont have the stats on all this stuff.
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Think Nnaji has to go first round given the lack of big men in this class and the growing need for more big men.
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NSJ was an obvious oversight... he is below the furious level... like I will just be sad.
Most of the elite mid-range scorers take anywhere from 3-5 shots from there per game. That includes guys like Kawhi, Paul, Beal, George, Fox, Mitchell, Luka, Middleton, Brunson, Klay, Bridges, Davis, Brown, Trae, Curry, Butler, Embiid, Giannis, etc.
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Interesting mix of being the best defensive player and worst offensive player.
I get where you are coming from, but just to be clear, I'm talking about for me personally, not consensus.
I look at it more for where I project players in terms of all star potential, starter level, rotation player, etc. I think the top 5-6 have all star level potential, and then 7-15ish have high level starter potential. I could definitely be wrong, but that's where I see it.