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Hotttnickkk said:
I meant Oladipo is clutch.

You're questioning Korver/Brewer comparison but endorsing Faried of SG comparison? WTF????
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Cause he flat out CAN'T shoot like Korver. McCollum shoots the same % from 3 as Oladipo, but does it on over 5 attempts, and I wouldn't even say he can shoot like Korver.
 
spycam1 said:
What separates Oladipo from Ronnie Brewer? I haven't seen him play much.
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This has already been addressed pretty well by Ty, but I wanted to emphasize the primary difference between Brewer and Oladipo (besides not having the one of the most comedically busted shots in the NBA [though he's gotten impressive results considering that, but that's not saying much]) is heart. Brewer was soft. His motivation defensively was to play passing lanes and contain his assignment, the latter usually suffering because of the former. Brewer didn't rebound particularly well either. Oladipo just goes after everything. Boards hard, plays physical defense, but is athletic enough to keep his space and still keep with his assignment. The guy just won't be denied most of the time.
 
NUMBERICA said:
This has already been addressed pretty well by Ty, but I wanted to emphasize the primary difference between Brewer and Oladipo (besides not having the one of the most comedically busted shots in the NBA [though he's gotten impressive results considering that, but that's not saying much]) is heart. Brewer was soft. His motivation defensively was to play passing lanes and contain his assignment, the latter usually suffering because of the former. Brewer didn't rebound particularly well either. Oladipo just goes after everything. Boards hard, plays physical defense, but is athletic enough to keep his space and still keep with his assignment. The guy just won't be denied most of the time.
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And that is something that shouldn't be minimized by slapping words like 'intangibles' or 'motor' which tend to get vastly over used. There should be a word for these very rare breeds that doesn't get diluted by improper application. Oladipo has this in a very special way. Not many comps for his level inner fire, hard work, etc... but, again, those words aren't sufficient.
 
The main problem with these Oladipo/Brewer comps is that y'all are comparing Oladipo's college career to Brewer's pro career. Brewer was a much different college player than he was a pro player.
 
Ty the Turd said:
I just want to add too that the one thing that every single championship team is not a dominant center, or a dominant wing, or a dominant defense. It's an alpha male who leads and isn't afraid to grab control of the team and demand greatness of his teammates. Oladipo is exactly that type of guy.
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Porter
 
I was just dreaming of getting poythress and Burke in this draft. poythress would be a swing for the fences type of pick. Burke would just be safe. now if you wanted 2 swing for the fences type the would take McCullum instead of Burke.
 
Xthren said:
I was just dreaming of getting poythress and Burke in this draft. poythress would be a swing for the fences type of pick. Burke would just be safe. now if you wanted 2 swing for the fences type the would take McCullum instead of Burke.
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That's exactly what I'm thinking. One safe pick and one pick that could potentially be GREAT.

Unless we can trade up of course.
 
Xthren said:
I was just dreaming of getting poythress and Burke in this draft. poythress would be a swing for the fences type of pick. Burke would just be safe. now if you wanted 2 swing for the fences type the would take McCullum instead of Burke.
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Meh on Poythress. I think you really have to have heart/desire/IQ to play SF/2nd option wing (highly doubt Poythress would supplant Burks or Hayward as best wing player) for the Jazz because you have to self-motivate yourself to be aggressive given Utah's spread of talent. There will only be so many touches and I think we need a high IQ SF who can play off-ball, like Porter.

Poythress's highest assist total on the year is 2, which seems really weak given how much offensive talent is on that team.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Meh on Poythress. I think you really have to have heart/desire/IQ to play SF/2nd option wing (highly doubt Poythress would supplant Burks or Hayward as best wing player) for the Jazz because you have to self-motivate yourself to be aggressive given Utah's spread of talent. There will only be so many touches and I think we need a high IQ SF who can play off-ball, like Porter.

Poythress's highest assist total on the year is 2, which seems really weak given how much offensive talent is on that team.
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Glen Robinson III then. Great specimen. Definitely motivated to get to the rim. Can shoot it, can dunk it. Already has great relationship with Burke. Not to mention great genes.
 
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