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The Injury to Embiid, WCS not declaring, Porzingis leaving the draft, all work in favor of Edy Tavares, whos now the best rim protector in this draft, and will be the biggest player in the NBA next year.

Have i mentioned in a while, Tavares first picked up a basketball in 2010, and at 22 shot 72.2% free throws (one of the selling points on Gobert last year) in the 2nd most competitive league in the world.

Apparently the contract that Tavares signed the other day makes it very easy for him to come to the NBA next year if needed.

I maintain that hes going in the 1st round, probably to a playoff team (im going to laugh really hard about that). I hope for the sake of Alec Burks hes not in the west. 'Edy' is the type of big whos quick and long enough where you really have to fake him out, flying by at top speed or height isnt going to work. He might get dunked on a bunch, but he's capable of contesting everything if thats what you ask of him, I think he shows better feet then Rudy and is more natural of a Pick and Roll player both on offense and hedging it on defense.
 
Bodhi said:
This sounds terrible for Philly. So basically MCW and Thad for #7? Christ, what could #5 get us?
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this is the $1,000,000 question.

Im thinking that if Exum slides, there could be a team that really covets him and we could get a kings ransom.

The trade the really stands out to me as fairly obvious is, #5 for #7 and the Lakers 1st round pick next year, maybe top 2 protected, maybe top 3 protected, maybe unprotected.

The Jazz will still have one of their top players on the board at 7, no doubt, Vonleh will be gone by then. leaving Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart or Julius Randle as the pick, and the possibility of 2 lottery picks next year.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Aaron Gordon the PKM of Jazzfanz?
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That's fair.

Cyrone Torbin said:
Napier in the green room? Kind of surprising.
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Meh.

Cyrone Torbin said:
I really like the colors more than anything else. Jersey design is mediocre outside of that IMO.
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Prefer tie-dyed?

Bodhi said:
This sounds terrible for Philly. So basically MCW and Thad for #7? Christ, what could #5 get us?
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This.

PointGod_AlecBurks said:
Speaking of Vision and Glasses, Isaiah Austin has completely disappeared from DX's mock(after being in the high 30's), and dropped to 60 on NBADARFT.net

Anyone know whatsup with that?
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Way Too Much Upside To Go Undrafted.

PointGod_AlecBurks said:
this is the $1,000,000 question.

Im thinking that if Exum slides, there could be a team that really covets him and we could get a kings ransom.

The trade the really stands out to me as fairly obvious is, #5 for #7 and the Lakers 1st round pick next year, maybe top 2 protected, maybe top 3 protected, maybe unprotected.

The Jazz will still have one of their top players on the board at 7, no doubt, Vonleh will be gone by then. leaving Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart or Julius Randle as the pick, and the possibility of 2 lottery picks next year.
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I like this idea.
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
this is the $1,000,000 question.

Im thinking that if Exum slides, there could be a team that really covets him and we could get a kings ransom.

The trade the really stands out to me as fairly obvious is, #5 for #7 and the Lakers 1st round pick next year, maybe top 2 protected, maybe top 3 protected, maybe unprotected.

The Jazz will still have one of their top players on the board at 7, no doubt, Vonleh will be gone by then. leaving Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart or Julius Randle as the pick, and the possibility of 2 lottery picks next year.
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Lakers owe Phoenix next year's draft pick.
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
Maybe, I dont think Bol's standing reach was 10'6 though. As long as he could control the ball with the tips of his fingers like I can with my regular sized hands, he'd most likely have been able to dunk without leaving the ground, which I dont think he was capable of. Bol's reach as evidenced by that picture was over 10' though, id say probably 10'3" max though

Like Embiid, Bol also claimed to have killed a lion, his story at-least involved a spear.

Walter can come close to dunking without leaving the ground, the first dunk on his DX scouting report is one of the finer examples ive seen of that type of dunk in-game.

Im not sure exactly of Walters handsize his hands compared to his face seem to be in Giannis type of proportion . I'd guess a legitimate 11" in length, and 12'½" from pinkie to thumb, Chad Ford quoted an Exec who said he had the biggest hands he ever saw.
The diameter of the ball is 9", I've seen pictures where it appears the length of Walters hand is engulfing that by an inch on each side.

If you actually look at him grip the ball, his wrist is several inches away from the ball.

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There was a great pic of him about to block a shot that really showed his hand dwarfing the ball, im drunk and cant find that pic, so this will have to do

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those pictures look ridiculous. 11 inch in length? could be more. i don't know anything about this kid. is this the french kid you posted while back? don't remember.

probably the biggest hands hold the basketball i've ever seen is this
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Lakers have reportedly entered the Minny/GS trade talks, offering the #7 for Klay. Minnesota is apparently hesitant to take Klay because he'll be due a HUGE contract in 2 years.

However, the W's front office is still delusional in thinking they can somehow get Love AND keep Klay. I expect Minnesota will eventually have to find another trading partner.
 
BIG BOARD UPDATE

1) Wuggins
2) Jabari
3) Exum
4) Commissioner Gordon
5) Vonleh
6) Stauskas
7) Smart
8) Randle
9) Embiid
10) Saric
 
Fabtrey said:
those pictures look ridiculous. 11 inch in length? could be more. i don't know anything about this kid. is this the french kid you posted while back? don't remember.

probably the biggest hands hold the basketball i've ever seen is this
sunmingming_hands.jpg
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Those are pics of, Walter Samuel Tavares Da Veiga or 'Edy'

I know those hands, Sun Mingming?

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I bet there are numerous trade scenarios DL has been faced with. At 5 our pick is at the beginning of that 2nd tier of talent and people want in.

They also see we can take a bad contract and we have the 23rd pick also. DL is going to be a busy man.

If DL does this right we're going to be a better team with upgraded players.
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
The Injury to Embiid, WCS not declaring, Porzingis leaving the draft, all work in favor of Edy Tavares, whos now the best rim protector in this draft, and will be the biggest player in the NBA next year.

Have i mentioned in a while, Tavares first picked up a basketball in 2010, and at 22 shot 72.2% free throws (one of the selling points on Gobert last year) in the 2nd most competitive league in the world.

Apparently the contract that Tavares signed the other day makes it very easy for him to come to the NBA next year if needed.

I maintain that hes going in the 1st round, probably to a playoff team (im going to laugh really hard about that). I hope for the sake of Alec Burks hes not in the west. 'Edy' is the type of big whos quick and long enough where you really have to fake him out, flying by at top speed or height isnt going to work. He might get dunked on a bunch, but he's capable of contesting everything if thats what you ask of him, I think he shows better feet then Rudy and is more natural of a Pick and Roll player both on offense and hedging it on defense.
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An excellent defensive prospect no doubt, think Rudy is the better overall prospect though. Showed he had some nice spins and up and unders last year which I didn't see in the Tavares highlights. If you start watching it 2:00 there are some good examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKGVsi7MyFk
 
Doublea said:
Dang, If Gobert would have gotten more minutes last season, it would have been a lot more fun.
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I was thinking the same thing. I really like the kid and was impressed with him nearly every time he was on the court. There's no reason why he shouldn't have played more in a season like last year.
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
this is the $1,000,000 question.

Im thinking that if Exum slides, there could be a team that really covets him and we could get a kings ransom.

The trade the really stands out to me as fairly obvious is, #5 for #7 and the Lakers 1st round pick next year, maybe top 2 protected, maybe top 3 protected, maybe unprotected.

The Jazz will still have one of their top players on the board at 7, no doubt, Vonleh will be gone by then. leaving Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart or Julius Randle as the pick, and the possibility of 2 lottery picks next year.
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watch the jazz draft McDermott at 7
 
NCJazz said:
One guy trying to raise his value is Bogdanovic. Scored over 30 in 3 of 4 Serbian league final games.
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if we go with Gordon to fill the SF position this guy is definitely worth a look at 23....



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