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Following Potential 2018 Draftees

Xthren said:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21972366/matur-maker-skip-college-enter-nba-draft

Matur Maker, the younger brother of Thon Maker, will skip college and enter the 2018 NBA draft, his guardian told ESPN on Friday.

Thon Maker did the same in 2016, bypassing the college route and getting selected 10th by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Matur Maker just turned 20 years old, according to his guardian Ed Smith, and he is a year removed from his high school graduating class, making him eligible for the NBA draft. Maker is currently doing a postgraduate year at Mississauga Prep in Ontario, Canada.

Maker and Smith had discussed going to college in the past, but Smith said Maker likely would not have qualified.

"You are allotted a certain window to get all of your coursework done, and it took him longer," Smith told ESPN.

Maker, a 6-foot-10 power forward, has a 7-foot-3 wingspan. He is averaging 25.5 points and 11.3 rebounds so far this season for Mississauga. Maker also averaged 26 points and 7 rebounds playing for Asia Pacific at the Adidas Nations event in August.
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There is not even pretense about the second Maker's age I see. They put it right there in his name. Matur. :D
 


S/o to Markus Howard for dropping 40 in the second half last week, but after Trae Young there's 2 diminutive guards above the rest and it's first and foremost Jalen Brunson and then the sleeper pick is Tremont Waters... Jazz would be ecstatic to get this kid in the 2nd.. He's pure offense.
 
If u want a real offensive oriented backup PG int he 2nd rd. Jerome Robinson at BC could be the one. he's 6'5".. He's 2nd rd quality. I mentioned him a few times last year for sure.

I'll take him over the kid the Nuggets use with the Gobert pick swap anyday..

The more I think about it, he could go flying up the boards (to the 30's) he was borderline 2nd rd grade last year tbh and there appears to be a nice new layer of polish.

If u swapped Jerome Robinson with this bum Peter Jackson Cartwright, who i'm sick and tired of watching and is one of my least favorite players in years, on Arizona, Arizona would be a million times better... Zona should probably start Rawle at PG and put Randolph at SG (Randolph is a 1st rd talent and one of the best SG's in the land --- talent wise) but thats another story..
 
Jazz4ever said:
He's shooting up some draft boards. NBADraft now has us taking him at 11. Seems like a very complete player. Can shoot, pass, and over 2 steals a game.
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Buy your stock now... There's been a huge bump, but the momentum has just begun... He's about to run victory laps.. Frank Ntilikina has laid the blueprint.

The real big $$$$ question, and lemme just tell ya right away this is one of the reasons why he's gonna continue to pass the eye test with flying colors is; just how shifty is he with the ball??? He looks good to me, I really like his handle and overall PG instincts.................... Cuz like a lot of the other 'questions' he's gonna auto-pilot straight thru the entire draft process, there's not like some fatal flaw being hidden here, he's just this raw project prospect with excellent tools.

I have long spoke of this exact prototype NBA build, I call it the Latrell Spreewell build, but basically, it's a swingman, and these dudes are now swingman sized PG's it's that simple, thats a trend Exum's a part of it ez.
 
Catchall said:
I need to watch Ayton more. From what I've seen, he looks like a slightly clumsier version of Patrick Ewing. He'll score and get fouled. When he's fully engaged he's a beast on both sides. I don't think he's the rim protector that Gobert is, or that he's a very deft roll-man, but it depends on what you want from your C.
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He is a colossus with a deft shooting touch. That is the best way I can put it, when he's 25 Rudy will have a very tough time moving him an inch, he's that strong..
 
Xthren said:
His biggest problem is he is not very athletic.
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The test for Troy Brown will be whether he can take defenders off the dribble and score in isolation. It was a big revelation about Harrison Barnes when he couldn't take guys off the dribble or get by defenders in general. I think Troy Brown is a bit quicker and shiftier than Barnes. But even if he struggles with his off-the-dribble game, he's enough of a triple-threat player to create a look for himself or a teammate. It's not like Hayward was great off the dribble or very explosive either.
 
Xthren said:
I am not opposed to brown but I do worry about his abilty to get his shot off at the NBA LVL. His game reminds me a lot of Joe Ingles
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Ew, no way. He's much more nimble and explosive than that. Check him out some more.

Look at the move he makes starting 15 secs in here...



If I had to come up with a comp just for Brown's athleticism, I would say he's safely as athletic as Allan Houston from the Knicks (assuming people still remember who that is). Allan Houston had no trouble getting his shot off and was a 20 ppg scorer, prior to having injury issues.
 
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If you want a wing who is athletic, shifty and explosive, then you might like Hamidou Diallo. The problem with Diallo is that he takes a fair number of off-balance mid-range looks. He's a bit like a younger Alec Burks in that respect.
 
Catchall said:
If you want a wing who is athletic, shifty and explosive, then you might like Hamidou Diallo. The problem with Diallo is that he takes a fair number of off-balance mid-range looks. He's a bit like a younger Alec Burks in that respect.
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That last sentence let's us all know how interested we should be.
 
Luka Doncic slipping to 6th in some mocks.

why? i think his lateral quickness is turning some scouts off. He gets blown by quite a bit on defense. Those are also less explosive players than he's going to see in the NBA.
 
yamers said:
Luka Doncic slipping to 6th in some mocks.

why? i think his lateral quickness is turning some scouts off. He gets blown by quite a bit on defense. Those are also less explosive players than he's going to see in the NBA.
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Great. Jazz are going to fall to 6th by the end of the Tank, so that works perfectly. Mitchell, Doncic and Gobert would be a helluva big 3 to build around. Give the Jazz two strait rookie of the year studs and then sit back and watch the show.
 
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