Kendall Marshall - Our next PG Hope
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Another thing we must realize is that those top teams who dont have a top PG have another elite perimeter player. We don't have one of those. There are also none in the draft (at least I don't think there are). Right now the players who the majority of the fans think are going to be our top players of the future (Kanter and Favors) are big men. Big men need someone to get them the ball in the right spots. I think it would be in our teams best interest to get a PG who can pass well.
I'll be honest, I don't give a damn about what a coach who hasn't been to a Final Four yet has to think about basketball philosophies.
Did you forget Memphis went to the Championship game?
Hantlers
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Way over your head.
Hate
And it just doesn't feel like the Utah Jazz without a passing PG.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Cyrone Torbin again.
I tried.
Gyp Rosetti
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This page is rife with homoerotica.
Weezur
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Bump.
Anybody with ESPN Insider?
Check this out:
Draft Blog: A PG cracks the Lottery on our Big Board + Jeff Withey, Draymond Green, Alex Young, more https://insider.espn.go.com/nba/blog/_/name/nba_draft/id/7597450/nba-draft-weber-states-damian-lillard-working-way-lottery(insider)
Excerpt:
We're nearing the end of the college basketball regular season. By now, most NBA scouts have a very good handle on the top prospects and are moving feverishly to complete their evaluations before the conference tournaments and NCAA tournament begin.
This week we talk to a number of NBA scouts about five players who are making moves on our Big Board.
Stock Check
We've profiled Weber State guard Damian Lillard twice this season, once as a sleeper and again when looking at the top point guard prospects in the country. Lillard has been a little hard to get a read on because, frankly, a lot of the top decision-makers just didn't know much about him.
Over the course of the past month, that's changed. A number of NBA GMs and head scouts have now either seen Lillard in person or have done extensive scouting work on Synergy. The result?
The GMs and scouts I spoke with were virtually unanimous that Lillard is a potential lottery pick in this year's draft. Teams always have loved Lillard's scoring ability. It's been the other areas of his game that have given them pause.
Lillard has improved in virtually every aspect of his game. He's now a much more consistent threat from behind the arc (he's shooting 45 percent from 3 this season). His turnovers have decreased despite his high usage rate, and he's proved to be a capable floor general when he isn't carrying the team's scoring load.
He's second to Kentucky's Anthony Davis in PER and is the second-leading scorer in college basketball.
In a draft devoid of elite point guard prospects, more and more teams are talking themselves into Lillard. His closest competition is Washington's Tony Wroten Jr. But Lillard's steadiness, maturity and his jump shot make him a better bet right now. We've had Lillard in the mid- to late-first round most of the year, but after an extensive round of calls this week, we're putting him in the lottery for the first time.
Anybody with ESPN Insider?
Check this out:
Draft Blog: A PG cracks the Lottery on our Big Board + Jeff Withey, Draymond Green, Alex Young, more https://insider.espn.go.com/nba/blog/_/name/nba_draft/id/7597450/nba-draft-weber-states-damian-lillard-working-way-lottery(insider)
Excerpt:
We're nearing the end of the college basketball regular season. By now, most NBA scouts have a very good handle on the top prospects and are moving feverishly to complete their evaluations before the conference tournaments and NCAA tournament begin.
This week we talk to a number of NBA scouts about five players who are making moves on our Big Board.
Stock Check
We've profiled Weber State guard Damian Lillard twice this season, once as a sleeper and again when looking at the top point guard prospects in the country. Lillard has been a little hard to get a read on because, frankly, a lot of the top decision-makers just didn't know much about him.
Over the course of the past month, that's changed. A number of NBA GMs and head scouts have now either seen Lillard in person or have done extensive scouting work on Synergy. The result?
The GMs and scouts I spoke with were virtually unanimous that Lillard is a potential lottery pick in this year's draft. Teams always have loved Lillard's scoring ability. It's been the other areas of his game that have given them pause.
Lillard has improved in virtually every aspect of his game. He's now a much more consistent threat from behind the arc (he's shooting 45 percent from 3 this season). His turnovers have decreased despite his high usage rate, and he's proved to be a capable floor general when he isn't carrying the team's scoring load.
He's second to Kentucky's Anthony Davis in PER and is the second-leading scorer in college basketball.
In a draft devoid of elite point guard prospects, more and more teams are talking themselves into Lillard. His closest competition is Washington's Tony Wroten Jr. But Lillard's steadiness, maturity and his jump shot make him a better bet right now. We've had Lillard in the mid- to late-first round most of the year, but after an extensive round of calls this week, we're putting him in the lottery for the first time.
How athletic is Lillard? Is he super quick?
spycam1
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Here are some highlights from him in high school. It should give you a basic idea about his athleticism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZyNHKdumzY
orangello
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt? Where are you on this whole debate? Marshall than Rivers and now Lillard? How does your wife feel about your flip flopping?
People's opinion do change though.. even I'm warming up to the idea of Rivers..
It's very apparent that we just don't have a "go to guy" in the last 2 min. of the game. Someone you can just give the ball to and create something out of nothing.
Harris? Not reliable / can't shoot.
Watson? Can't score.
Hayward? Defer too much.
Jefferson? Not clutch.
Millsap? Undersized.
Bell? Can't drive.
Someone like Rivers/Lillard might actually be quite useful to us.
orangello
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I'm seriously impressed. There are a lot of posers here that use the anonymity of the internet to hide. It takes a big person to admit when they have been convinced that their thinking might be different now.
Lillard averages nearly the same amount of assist that Jeremy Lin did in college.
Hantlers
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I would be perfectly content with Rivers or Lillard, not both of them though. I had some questions with Lillard because even though there's no denying his talent, the last big time prospect out of the Big Sky Conference (Rodney Stuckey) didn't do as well as expected. However, if the scouts are saying they think he's that good, I'll trust them more than him. If anything this helps us, will drop another good player to us at the least.