Who’s the Jimmy Butler of this draft?
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Welp, there you go.
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Didn’t think of that.. very interesting..
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There’s not one lol. Wha was the Jimmy of last draft… or the one before that…. Or the one before that?
Who's the Jokic of this draft?
There was a Jimmy Butler in the draft 12 years ago.
Conventional wisdom says that the Jazz can sit at #9 and have their choice of Black, Wallace, George, Bufkin or Hood-Schifino, all of whom could get drafted in the 10 - 15 range. So they should be able to choose their PGOTF. Then at #16, shooters like Whitehead and Sensabaugh, or upside plays like GG and Bilal, would make sense. At 28, they can pick an athletic defensive wing like Cissoko, Rupert or Walsh.
The Jazz don't really need to make moves to have a good draft. They'll just miss out on the top 7 or 8 guys.
The Jazz don't really need to make moves to have a good draft. They'll just miss out on the top 7 or 8 guys.
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Cam Whitmore would need to expand his game quite a bit, but he has the physical profile -- 6'7" / 235 lbs.
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Already mentioned this awhile back, but Cason Wallace plays with the most Jimmy Butler like attitude. There should be a higher value on that than there seems to be.
Yeah, but he's too small to impose his will on drives or shoot over guys.
Attitude? Near complete opposites. Cason is very mild mannered and quiet. Jimmy is a loud mouth **** talker
Jaquez is the most Jimmy like player in the draft.
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Man, I wish the Thompson twins played in a better/more conventional league. I was watching some of their OTE games and it's just impossible to tell how good they really are. They look so quick, and big, and impressive athletically, but everyone around them looks so bad.
On the other hand, they look so out of control and all they do is play on the fast break, and they look bored, but it's really hard to fault them when their competition is so inferior.
I don't think anyone can really properly evaluate them based on OTE (not breaking news). I think you just have to look at their physical profiles and abilities and make best guesses on how that's going to translate against NBA competition. I'm not a huge risk taker, so I would be super scared to draft one of them.
On the other hand, they look so out of control and all they do is play on the fast break, and they look bored, but it's really hard to fault them when their competition is so inferior.
I don't think anyone can really properly evaluate them based on OTE (not breaking news). I think you just have to look at their physical profiles and abilities and make best guesses on how that's going to translate against NBA competition. I'm not a huge risk taker, so I would be super scared to draft one of them.
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I can see the similarities. That's a good one.
Scorers mentality, I like it.
He wasn’t when he came into the league.
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But who was the Jimmy Butler of the draft the year before that?
Why do people got to be so condescending? We all know what people mean by "X player of this draft". It doesn't mean they will have the same quality of career, just who is like that player.
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Lol from the guy who throws out STFU like 5x a day… bruh it’s a damn joke. Just say my name if you want to call me out.
Also Jimmy is really effing unique… there isn’t a player like him in this draft.