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Maybe of the bottom 5 but Brooklyn, Chicago, and a couple others at the backend of the odds would likely be quite a bit higher. It wouldn't be some boon for him to land here instead of Washington lol. Hansen is either sending out the dumbest **** as clickbait or a moron. Literally was like "maybe the most watched finals was because the most popular player of all time that literally changed the culture of basketball was playing in it... or maybe it was cuz people hated teh Jazz?"
Brooklyn doesnt have any history of success developing stars/being a stable franchise. I do think Chicago would be the ideal location for the league in terms of market, but out of the bottom 5 teams I would say Utah is the most stable and his best chance of reaching his super-star potential. Basically the same reasoning behind the conspiracy theory of the league wanting Wemby in San Antonio.
 
I'm not following this all so closely, but is Flagg likely to become the lightening rod for racial issues the same way that Caitlin Clark did the last few years?

I'm a little skeptical, not having seen the same sort of charisma or groupie formation in relation to Flagg. He's not in Jimmer's league on these things, I don't think.

No. The league is quite familiar with high-performing white guys. They've just been coming from Europe as of late (e.g., Jokic, Doncic, Wagner, etc.).
 
No. The league is quite familiar with high-performing white guys. They've just been coming from Europe as of late (e.g., Jokic, Doncic, Wagner, etc.).
Him being American changes a lot. He will get a lot more love/hype because of it. If he's really good, he could get anointed early by certain groups that will piss off other certain groups.
 
I mean, it wont be to the degree of the Clark/WNBA stuff, but it will be a thing.

Of course it will be a thing, I said it would be in the post you responded to. It won’t be remotely close to the CC thing. The NBA’s existence is not a culture war issue like it is with the WNBA, and as good as Flagg is he won’t dominate the coverage of the league the way CC. I’m not expecting a 300% increase in viewership (or whatever it was) league wide because of Flagg. It wont be the same cultural moment that CC was/is.

It will be a thing and more than it is a thing with Luka/Jokic, but infinitely closer to their situation than CC.
 
I did not see it, but looks like Ace had himself a game. I’d still call myself a skeptic of his, but the intrigue and potential is undeniable. As the season goes on, the more it’s its looking like a clear top 4. Huge drop off after that.
 
Ace's BPM is now up to 4.4. It's still not great, but not historical outlier bad anymore. He has played better against better competition which is great. Also, maybe he's gotten rid of the yips at the FT line with that 5-5 performance. Things trending up for him for sure.
 
Demin is 19/74 (26%) away from the rim and shooting 68% from the line. Abysmal shooting so far.

Very good at the rim (80%), but he ran up the score against mid majors.
 
That is virtually unrecognizable compared to the kid at the start of the year.
his defense has gone from an extremely young kid who at least cares defensively to one of the best defensive one and done wings i've seen in the last 10 years. his defense, both on ball and help (not quite as good with help defense as on ball, but still very good) is stellar. and he just plays hard in general. he of course has his warts, but there is something about a kid with those physical and athletic characteristics who plays hard all the time on both ends of the floor, that i'm okay to bet on overcoming those weaknesses.

and i'm convinced the small sample FT% is an aberration. he went 5-5 yesterday and it just looked normal - there was nothing surprising about it - like it was just expected with his mechanics and soft touch.
 
One complaint I have about conversations around the draft is the idea that FT% is some infallible predictor of shooting success in the NBA. There is a correlation between NCAA ft% and NBA 3pt%, but it's far from something I would bet on. According to the below link it only has an r value of 51% and has some more details that I think are interesting and important to understand when having these conversations.


View: https://medium.com/@scricca1/so-can-ncaa-free-throws-really-predict-nba-3-point-shooting-ability-21cee782859e
 
One complaint I have about conversations around the draft is the idea that FT% is some infallible predictor of shooting success in the NBA. There is a correlation between NCAA ft% and NBA 3pt%, but it's far from something I would bet on. According to the below link it only has an r value of 51% and has some more details that I think are interesting and important to understand when having these conversations.


View: https://medium.com/@scricca1/so-can-ncaa-free-throws-really-predict-nba-3-point-shooting-ability-21cee782859e


It's not infallible, but is important enough to always consider IMO.
 
Demin is 19/74 (26%) away from the rim and shooting 68% from the line. Abysmal shooting so far.

Very good at the rim (80%), but he ran up the score against mid majors.
His shot has betrayed him. Not to add to the form debate but the form does look good and when I have watched they aren't bad misses... usually online but just short or just long. I think its more promising than like Giddy and he seems more athletic. He had a couple great lefty finishes last game. It looks like he will end up end of the lotto maybe now and I'd be happy to make that bet there. Right now if things don't change convincingly I think I am likely writing him off for consideration for our best pick (unless we sink to like 8th).

We will see. I want him to be good cuz of the stuff he has that is so fun, but I'm not trying to make fetch happen.
 
Depending on the pre-draft process, these are guys I'd be looking for with the Minnesota pick (14 - 20 range):
  • Liam McNeeley
  • Collin Murray-Boyles
  • Carter Bryant
Maybe I could be talked into Derik Queen or Ian Jackson.

With the Cavs' pick, I'd be looking for:
  • Danny Wolf
  • Drake Powell
  • stash Michael Ruzic
 
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Ok i have spent some time watching Kevin Love UCLA highlights and wow Danny Wolf reminds me of love so much. Wolf might be a little more athletic but both were good passers, decent defenders in the paint. Again not a perfect comparison as Love looked chunky in college.

I could say Wolf has the ceiling of Love and that is pretty impressive. Go ahead flame away on the comparisons. I still like it.
 
His shot has betrayed him. Not to add to the form debate but the form does look good and when I have watched they aren't bad misses... usually online but just short or just long. I think its more promising than like Giddy and he seems more athletic. He had a couple great lefty finishes last game. It looks like he will end up end of the lotto maybe now and I'd be happy to make that bet there. Right now if things don't change convincingly I think I am likely writing him off for consideration for our best pick (unless we sink to like 8th).

We will see. I want him to be good cuz of the stuff he has that is so fun, but I'm not trying to make fetch happen.
I was thinking the same thing. Form is ok but his misses are bad. They are straight just either short or long. I think adding some muscles to his legs would help him considerably.
 
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