I don't think I can justify in my head having Fears that high, but everything else I can see the logic. .
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I don't think I can justify in my head having Fears that high, but everything else I can see the logic. .
I think Fears might be like the Tyrese Maxey of this draft. He's one of the "if he shoots better" guys where a lot of things would come together for him. His FT% suggests it will happen.
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He's incredibly young and playing really well in a tough conference. I dont know how you cant have him high at the moment.
The 3pt% doesnt concern me too much given he's a very good FT shooter and the shot looks fine.
Reminder that VJ Edgecombe measured out at last year's Nike Hoop Summit at 6'3" (w/o shoes), 185 lbs, with a 6'5" wingspan. If that's what he looks like at this year's Combine, then his physical comp would be like a Monta Ellis with a couple more inches of length. I have a hard time seeing him go 3rd if he measures that small and isn't perceived to have true lead-guard skills.
Danny Wolf is now shooting 59.6% from the FT line. It's just really hard to fully buy into him when the shooting is so questionable.
I could be a little lower on him because the live games I've watched have been bad. His highs have been really impressive though, so I get the potential.
Just looking at his game logs though and he's been vey inconsistent. He's shooting 40%fg% and 25% 3pt% in conference play and his team has been horrible. He's also not big or a good defender or an amazing passer or anything else that helps to raise his floor.
Reminder that those were incorrect measurements that they updated Of course we can just wait until the combine, but I find it funny how people so often cite these incorrect numbers. Measurements matter, but sometimes I get the impression that they matter more to winning internet arguments than they do on the court.
The numbers were replaced with measurements in shoes. These initial numbers were not shown to be incorrect.
Shoes, no shoes does not make a difference in the wingspan. Anyways....I don't think it really matters if he's a half inch shorter or taller than expected. I care about how he plays basketball and it's completely different that Ellis. Agonizing over miniscule details is pointless.
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He's a good fit anywhere tbh. Never seen a prospect so well rounded in years.
His analysis was that New Orleans doesnt care about basketball (Saints), Washington sucks, and Charlotte sucks (as franchises). It sounded like cuz white Utah fits well.
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Boogie is the Oracle and the script should trust him.
He's not wrong tho. Like Cooper will flourish likely anywhere but his career could turn out a lot better if he avoids a couple of those places.
Yeah, Utah is historically a good franchise and Danny Ainge is historically good at building teams, so the likliehood of a good winning career is probably highest in Utah vs the other highest % chance teams.
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Although true, their podcast said the Hornet and Wizards never do anything or get anywhere and he'd be wasted there.... Cousins mentioned how much they'd love him here and how the Jazz would turn around
EDIT: there are rumors about Lamelo wanting out of Charlotte as well
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Plus the jazz roster is pretty good already in comparison to the other tankers imo.
YoungJefe
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Jazz fans wanted us to get rid of Donovan because he was a small guard that limited us and couldn't defend.
Just for us to end up with a ton of worse versions of him, lmao.
HadAnEffectHere
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VJ is a 3D PG.
He's extremely small and has to play next to a next ball handler like Luka, but he's nothing like Donovan.
I would expect him to end up as like a league average starting PG if he can play next to a ball handling wing.
Probably can end up roughly as good as Jalen Suggs. You want him to be your 5th best player.
I think he's a pretty bad fit next to Collier and a horrible fit next to Keyonte and Markkanen and Walker and Hendricks and Collins and Sexton, but it's unclear how many of the later guys will be around in the future and there are very few good fits for any combination of players on this roster in the draft beyond Flagg, Harper, and Kasparas.
I do think there's a chance the Jazz go with Kasparas simply because Ace and VJ are just such incredibly bad fits... If the Jazz think Kasparas is close to the same tier.
He's extremely small and has to play next to a next ball handler like Luka, but he's nothing like Donovan.
I would expect him to end up as like a league average starting PG if he can play next to a ball handling wing.
Probably can end up roughly as good as Jalen Suggs. You want him to be your 5th best player.
I think he's a pretty bad fit next to Collier and a horrible fit next to Keyonte and Markkanen and Walker and Hendricks and Collins and Sexton, but it's unclear how many of the later guys will be around in the future and there are very few good fits for any combination of players on this roster in the draft beyond Flagg, Harper, and Kasparas.
I do think there's a chance the Jazz go with Kasparas simply because Ace and VJ are just such incredibly bad fits... If the Jazz think Kasparas is close to the same tier.
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HadAnEffectHere
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The question of fit with the current roster is so tough as it's unclear which if any guys from this roster will be here in even two years.
But outside of Flagg and Harper (who fit great anyway...), there's no high level guy worth ignoring fit for.
Ace and VJ having no ball handling at all is just a really tough fit with Markkanen and Kessler in particular. Ace's ideal role in the NBA is being an exact clone of Markkanen with better lateral quickness.
But outside of Flagg and Harper (who fit great anyway...), there's no high level guy worth ignoring fit for.
Ace and VJ having no ball handling at all is just a really tough fit with Markkanen and Kessler in particular. Ace's ideal role in the NBA is being an exact clone of Markkanen with better lateral quickness.