Following Potential 2025 Draftees
- Thread starter Elizah Huge
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I think he avoids some contact and also isn't accustomed to finishing over bigger defenders.
He would play the 5 in a Paul Reed sort of way.
He's showing flashes of 3D, playmaking and scoring at the rim. Shane Battier potential, imo.
YoungJefe
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I'd do that in a heart beat
His efficiency metrics would suggest otherwise.
The Jazz Wonderbra
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Is she called Queen Kon?
I have just recently started seriously going through prospects from this draft. I don't know what the likes of Sam Vecenie is talking about when saying past the top 2 this is a normal draft. No it isn't. I like a ton of prospects past the top 2 and I have liked players throughout the whole 1st round range. This draft is in another universe compared to last year, for example, when I struggled to get to 5 players I was excited about. Good draft to have multiple picks in.
I think the 5th best prospect in this draft (who could turn out to be someone like Danny Wolf at #15) could end up being as good as anyone drafted last year.
I think I would take about 7 players in this draft before I would have taken anyone from last year's draft. I liked Castle best last year... I think I probably take Flagg, Harper, Johnson, VJ, Ace, Kon, Fears ...(and still haven't watched Queen and Jakucionis) before Castle
Sam & Bryce on Game Theory Podcast talking about how unplayable Mathurin has been recently because of slow processing, avoidable mistakes, etc. Though they didn't use the term, I think they're talking about how he's not a 16-game player, even though he's done OK on the 82 games (and has a lot of undeniable talent).
How heavy should we think about this in the way we draft? Is it possible to predict (semi-) accurately who's going to be the ones that make too many mistakes to be trusted in the playoffs?
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How heavy should we think about this in the way we draft? Is it possible to predict (semi-) accurately who's going to be the ones that make too many mistakes to be trusted in the playoffs?
(Discussion starts about 19:30 mark)
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You are comparing against a bad draft, Vecine is comparing against an average draft.
I think this draft is very good at 1, normal for 2, weaker than the average draft in the 3-14 range and then, good again in the 15-25 range.
He just needs to mature and get coached up.
Life is deeply circumstantial.
I still think it's better than average, not just better than last year's draft(which is pretty low bar). I like the 3-8 better than most year's 3-8 too... I have to go through some more players to be able to pass judgement on the rest of the lottery.