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tksavis said:
in Wasserman's Bleacher Report updated mock draft he published this morning. He has Whitmore sliding to the Jazz at 9 and the reason is "medical concerns"
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I'm aware.

Givony also said he was hearing mixed reports on Whitmore. Said some teams raved about Whitmore's workouts for them and others thought he had a bad workout/wasnt conditioned enough.

So either teams are lying or Whitmore just had some bad workouts (happens all the time with scheduling and flights). I was told by a source that Whitmore was very impressive for the Jazz in his workout.
 
KqWIN said:
Eh....means nothing if he looks explosive but an underlying issue is found. I hope his health is all good but if he's available at #9, we know the medical issues are real.
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enough to make his stock drop to 9 in less than 48 hrs? He aint falling that far it is all bs
 
KqWIN said:
Eh....means nothing if he looks explosive but an underlying issue is found. I hope his health is all good but if he's available at #9, we know the medical issues are real.
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Yellow flag means he is lactose intolerant or has some issues with ED from time to time.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I'm aware.

Givony also said he was hearing mixed reports on Whitmore. Said some teams raved about Whitmore's workouts for them and others thought he had a bad workout/wasnt conditioned enough.

So either teams are lying or Whitmore just had some bad workouts (happens all the time with scheduling and flights). I was told by a source that Whitmore was very impressive for the Jazz in his workout.
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anyone who tries to decifer truth from fiction this time of year is setting themselves up for a sleepless night.
Everybody should know the smoke in a loaded lottery is thick as F
 
default said:
If Cam is available at 9, then just pick him and don’t second guess yourself.
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if he does fall to 9 , I would not take him, because then I would be convinced it wasn't bs even though right now I am convinced nothing is bad enough for him to fall that far
 
Of course I don't know any real details about his health, but if Cam falls to #9 it's likely because of health. You guys can make jokes about the language used or whatever....but you know it's real if he falls. I get that you may love Cam as prospect (player) but if he has health issues he has health issues. If they are not real and just fake, we won't be in a position to draft him anyways.
 
sip said:
The gap is definitely small between 10 and 16 for this draft. I guarantee there are a bunch of teams that have guys rated around 10 that other teams have rated around 16. The quality depth in this draft is insane.
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If we are not secretly targetting Whitehead at 16 I would be shocked. Will be the steal of the draft if he falls into the 20's
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I just dont want to miss out on getting to watch Bilal develop.

I dont think he's Giannis, but I do think he might have some crazy growth spurt, either vertically or mass wise.

Like we got all these damn picks. Let's get an exciting project.
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This is the only pick we know is top-10. We most likely don’t have picks next year (and if we do that’s a negative outcome). 2025 doesn’t project to be a great opportunity either. Lauri is slated to be a free agent then.

This is the draft that will make or break this iteration of the build. But sure, let’s just **** around. If we’re ****ing around, let’s just trade Lauri.
 
sip said:
The gap is definitely small between 10 and 16 for this draft. I guarantee there are a bunch of teams that have guys rated around 10 that other teams have rated around 16. The quality depth in this draft is insane.
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I agree the quality of depth is nice, but I think most people will have a pretty big difference between the guy 10th on their board and 16th. There's also a high likelihood someone drops to 10th that we might not expect that could make that gap even larger for a lot of people (for instance, Hendricks falling past 10 is becoming more and more plausible. While this does nothing for me, it would do a lot for a lot of people).
 
KqWIN said:
Eh....means nothing if he looks explosive but an underlying issue is found. I hope his health is all good but if he's available at #9, we know the medical issues are real.
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I just don't know what type of underlying medical concern will allow him to look like one of the best athletes out there, while still being serious enough to drop his stock that much. We've heard about degenerative knee conditions, but those are usually after serious ACL/PCL/MCL injuries, we've seen back injuries impact player's draft stock(MPJ), but looking through his reports I see nothing of any importance/significance. Except for that thumb injury. I refuse to believe a thumb injury will get 5 teams before us to pass on him. The other type of issue that might considerably impact his draft status is the type that might impact his ability to play the game altogether(heart conditions, etc.), but I don't think this is what they are talking about here.

That's why I'm EXTREMELY skeptical about those reports. This looks like someone trying to drop his stock and make a team that didn't receive his medicals to pass on him.
 
I don't know why people all of a sudden think they're a health expert because they hear the term "yellow flag" lol. We don't know ****.....but we will know whether it's real or not on draft night. If we are in a position to draft Cam, we will know those concerns are real and not made up.
 
tksavis said:
in Wasserman's Bleacher Report updated mock draft he published this morning. He has Whitmore sliding to the Jazz at 9 and the reason is "medical concerns"
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So there is no ACTUAL info then? Just a dude saying stuff.
 
I think we’re going to trade the 28th pick. Black and Leonard Miller are who I hope we pick at 9 and 16 but think we’d have to trade up to get either of them.
 
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