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akirac73 said:
I was listening to Colin Cowherd interview someone (can't remember who it was) the other morning, and this person was saying that Jabari Parker's defense is horrifically bad and practically non-existant. I'll admit, I haven't been watching any Duke games this season...so I was somewhat shocked. Is his defensive effort THAT bad? If so, is he really a player that can get us a chip? Carmelo never got close to a championship...he's the first one to come to mind.
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He doesn't have the lateral quickness to stay in front of most perimeter players in the NBA, or even college for that matter. I don't think it's an effort thing, he's just seriously lacking the physical capability to do it. He usually plays the 5 for Duke, but the few times he's guarded someone at the 3 point line, he's gotten burned.

His ceiling as a defender is to be average, imo. He'll never be the defender that Wiggins already is.
 
spycam1 said:
He doesn't have the lateral quickness to stay in front of most perimeter players in the NBA, or even college for that matter. I don't think it's an effort thing, he's just seriously lacking the physical capability to do it. He usually plays the 5 for Duke, but the few times he's guarded someone at the 3 point line, he's gotten burned.

His ceiling as a defender is to be average, imo. He'll never be the defender that Wiggins already is.
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He mostly plays the 4 not the 5..Everyting else you are dead right about
 
akirac73 said:
I was listening to Colin Cowherd interview someone (can't remember who it was) the other morning, and this person was saying that Jabari Parker's defense is horrifically bad and practically non-existant. I'll admit, I haven't been watching any Duke games this season...so I was somewhat shocked. Is his defensive effort THAT bad? If so, is he really a player that can get us a chip? Carmelo never got close to a championship...he's the first one to come to mind.
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mock drafts are comparing exum to burks now. People who say exum can come in and provide impact are FAR FAR FAR off base.

This is no knock on burks either.
 
also. I think it's crazy how wiggins was 1st compared to MJ then to tmac and now he has fallen to like a derozen type. lol.
 
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id be pretty excited if Burton was the 2nd round pick. reportedly has a 40" vertical, if thats the case i wouldn't complain if he was selected with the GSW, though its probably a bit of a reach.

6'1 but with a 6'6" wingspan hes got a quick 1st step and the strength to finish in the lane

TB3 is basically putting up #'s equivalent to a 29year old fat raymond felton... finding a replacement is a knee-jerk reaction and isnt feasible anyway, some insurance at PG would be nice Garrett and JL III get too many minutes
 
the Exum:Burks comparison is played out on this site!!

Exum does some stuff different than Burks, for instance he pulls up his drives in the middle of the lane and makes fancy passes.. he has a post up game and is generally praised as having a very high BBIQ.. Exum's been playing PG his whole life, Burks was on the wing and just started the transition to a ball handler

im not saying there isnt plenty of similarities but their games aren't redundant as many have implied
 
yamers said:
mock drafts are comparing exum to burks now. People who say exum can come in and provide impact are FAR FAR FAR off base.

This is no knock on burks either.
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Exum has the talent to be markedly better than Burks, as a creator and versatile scorer. Not guaranteed that he will be though.
 
Catchall said:
I think there are 4 players in this draft that can really help the Jazz -- Embiid, Parker, Wiggins and Exum. That's it. The rest won't make a big difference, and that includes Randle and Vonleh.
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In that scenario then the jazz, being the jazz will get the fifth pick and all four players will have been drafted. Life as a Jazz fan.
 
Catchall said:
I think there are 4 players in this draft that can really help the Jazz -- Embiid, Parker, Wiggins and Exum. That's it. The rest won't make a big difference, and that includes Randle and Vonleh.
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I think you are wrong. See randle and vonleh as all stars. Not superstars. But the will be special. Calipari has completely botched ow to use randle. He is not a 5 foot in player dope! RAndle can spread the floor but has not had an oppurtunity.
 
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