Renaldo Balkman
Banned
I hope to draft him just to hear Boone try to say his name!
Following potential 2013 draftees
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My thoughts are that we should draft him and buyout his contract so he can start training over here right away. He just turned 18 THREE months ago. He's got great game and HUGE potential. He can play all positions from PG-PF apparently. I'd like to see him in a Jazz uniform. In 3 or 4 years I can see him being a Kevin Durant type player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=km632hL-XCo
Hartsock
Banned
He's got a ton of potential, nice J, really athletic, plays smart, I like him a lot. Maybe he will slip to us next year.
Hartsock
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QuinSnydersHair
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DX has him going late in the first round so I'd assume yes, he's eligible. Long, smooth, huge hands, can dribble, dish, rebound, defend and shoot respectfully enough. I can see him putting on a healthy, strong 35 pounds and being a force. If we can't get Porter or Oladipo, this is the small forward I want.
I want Giannis too, but there is no reason to buyout his contract. The contract he is going to sign is going to have a NBA opt-out after every year. The guy needs to spend at least another year in Europe before coming to the NBA.
Jazz4ever
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Hartsock
Banned
Looked like 7 ppg, 5 rpg, 70% ft, 33% from 3 ... not great but no one in europe puts up good #'s
NAOS
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Yup.
And, with the picks we are likely to get out of our impeding cap space, a Euro project stashed overseas isn't a bad idea. Bring him over after 2 more years?
9.3 points 5.0 rebounds 1.4 assists in 20 minutes. 63.7 FG%, 32.4 3P%, 76.5 FT%.
Exactly. If you bring him over now, you are getting (at the very least) 1 year of close to 0 production. If you wait two years, he might be ready to actually contribute for 4 straight years on the cheap. AKA what the Spurs have been doing the past 10 years.
UGLI baby
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I scouted four games of Giannis Adetokunbo to get a better idea of how he scores the ball. The stats show he has a very well rounded scoring game. Here is where his offense comes from:
Spot up 3-pointers: ~29% of total points scored
Free throws: ~17% of total points scored
Low post up moves: ~13% of total points scored
Fast break opportunities: ~13% of total points scored
High post moves: ~11% of total points scored
Mid range spot up jumpers: ~6% of total points scored
Drives: ~4% of total points scored
Offensive put-back's: ~4%
Alley-oop dunks: ~2% of total points scored
Adetokunbo seems to be a really underrated 3-point shooter. It's where he gets the majority of his points from, and in these games he shot 64% (9/14) on spot up 3's. On the season he's shooting 42% on 3.5 attempts per game from 3.
Another area that really stood out was his ability to score out of the high post. 11% of his offense came here, but the more impressive thing was that he shot 71% from the high post (post moves outside of 10 feet is how I measured it). It's a small sample size, but I do believe he has an elite post game for a perimeter player his age.
He aslo scores out of the low post, and gets to the FT line at a great rate like any good scorer should.
The main thing missing from his scoring arsenal is his ability to take his man off the dribble. But, he's better at it than the 4% would suggest, cause sometimes he would drive, then be met by another defender and end up shooting a jump hook out of the low/high post, so I counted the points in those categories.
He scores all over the court, both within the flow of the offense (coming of screens for spot up jumpers etc.) and by creating his own shot. If he ever improves his handle the way he improved his 3-pointer (that was one of the nocks on his game coming out of Nigeria), then watch out.
Spot up 3-pointers: ~29% of total points scored
Free throws: ~17% of total points scored
Low post up moves: ~13% of total points scored
Fast break opportunities: ~13% of total points scored
High post moves: ~11% of total points scored
Mid range spot up jumpers: ~6% of total points scored
Drives: ~4% of total points scored
Offensive put-back's: ~4%
Alley-oop dunks: ~2% of total points scored
Adetokunbo seems to be a really underrated 3-point shooter. It's where he gets the majority of his points from, and in these games he shot 64% (9/14) on spot up 3's. On the season he's shooting 42% on 3.5 attempts per game from 3.
Another area that really stood out was his ability to score out of the high post. 11% of his offense came here, but the more impressive thing was that he shot 71% from the high post (post moves outside of 10 feet is how I measured it). It's a small sample size, but I do believe he has an elite post game for a perimeter player his age.
He aslo scores out of the low post, and gets to the FT line at a great rate like any good scorer should.
The main thing missing from his scoring arsenal is his ability to take his man off the dribble. But, he's better at it than the 4% would suggest, cause sometimes he would drive, then be met by another defender and end up shooting a jump hook out of the low/high post, so I counted the points in those categories.
He scores all over the court, both within the flow of the offense (coming of screens for spot up jumpers etc.) and by creating his own shot. If he ever improves his handle the way he improved his 3-pointer (that was one of the nocks on his game coming out of Nigeria), then watch out.
