seattlejazzfan
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my black NBA Kon comp - Malik Beasley.
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seattlejazzfan
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it's a guess.
Kas makes up for that with elite passing. Or, at least he has a super-high ceiling as a passer.
seattlejazzfan
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no question about it. i'm a fan of Kas. just has a different, and honestly pretty unique skillset.
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Not sure what you are getting at. I could have put FT% instead and made Kas look better.
When you combine all of their shooting numbers they have similar projections as shooters. Yes, it's a guess, I don't know why that is a problem.
I saw the name "Brooks Barnhizer" on Sam Vecenie's most recent mock and I had to look him up.
Dude has great stocks and seems like he just had a really really down shooting year.
Watched a small bit of him, and he could definitely be a diamond in the rough. Had a foot injury mid-season that kept him out of the G-League Elite Combine. Google search says he has a 6'11 wingspan.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6fdgetJQw
Dude has great stocks and seems like he just had a really really down shooting year.
Watched a small bit of him, and he could definitely be a diamond in the rough. Had a foot injury mid-season that kept him out of the G-League Elite Combine. Google search says he has a 6'11 wingspan.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6fdgetJQw
seattlejazzfan
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i mean i guess one could project Kas's 3pt% at 44% and then maybe we could trade up to 2 to get him.
seattlejazzfan
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i haven't seen grill much - physically, athletically and as a shooter, he reminds me a bit of caruso. any chance he has that kind of defensive potential?
Podz's 3pt% in the NBA so far is 37.8% or 0.05% off the tankathon 3pt projections. If the Tankathon projections for Kas are correct he will be very close to Podz as a shooter, around 37%.
Either you are purposefully being obtuse, or you just don't get it. I'm not really sure which one.
Also I've openly admitted to being bad at comps, but I think people take draft comps too seriously. I'm not saying that Kas will be a clone of Podz, but when I think of him in the NBA, I think he could have a similar role.
seattlejazzfan
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most shooters are in that 37 to 39% range. and most guys who shoot 44% in college are going to come down from that a bit. iow, it just makes sense to project a 40+% guy in college to around 38% as that's where most good shooters land.
the issue is Kas. it seems like a stretch and honestly, kinda funny honestly (hence the 44% comment) to project a 31.8% college 3pt shooter to that 37% range - in fact, why not go a little higher - to say 39% since we're making up numbers. either way, it's a silly discussion because only time will tell.
seattlejazzfan
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for what it's worth, i agree with you here. if Kas is successful, i think they will have play a similar role - i'm just saying it will take a lot of improvement as a shooter to reach podz's level- though as Naos pointed out, he's such a great passer, he probably doesn't ever NEED to reach that level as a shooter.
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The projections are likely based off of thousands of data points that suggest that players with low 3pt percentages, but high ft% and 3pt attempts end up becoming good 3pt shooters in the NBA. You seem to think that 3pt percentages always go down in the NBA vs NCAA, but that isn't the case.
Thee Jazz Fan
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No because black players predominantly play with more athleticism and wiggle. They’re just aren’t very many instances where you can compare a white player to a black player. Regardless.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Can you find even a half decent black comp for Bird, Chris Mullen, and pistol Pete Maravich and Luka Dončić?
Or the pick may legitimately be on the market.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Then give me some white player comps. You might find one or two black comms, but you’ll find dozens of white comps. Why do you think this is?
Thee Jazz Fan
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I guarantee you you can think of plenty of white comps just like that and you may find some black comps, but you’ll have to study that out and think about it for a while while because there aren’t that many
The Spurs have held multiple workouts this week with center prospects projected to go in the late teens or 20s -- Raynaud and Wolf were included. The Spurs currently have the #2 and #14 pick, but it seems they are exploring other ranges of the draft.