FWIW, most of my posts right now are mostly tongue in cheek since I don't actually believe you can take too much away from summer league.
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Every year I get away excited for SL and every year I'm reminded how bad SL sucks lol.
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My final top 5 ranking was Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Johnson, Edgecombe. Would’ve been extremely happy with any of them tbh.
I personally think all 5 guys have star potential.
I think Tre is definitely a better shooter and possibly a better scorer overall, but the difference between their defense from baseline to best-case scenario is tilted WAY in favor of Ace which is why I still ultimately kept him 3 on my board.
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I would have been happy with either. Kind of crazy that we had to choose. I think you have to go with the length and defensive upside of Ace, especially with the idea of what him and Hendricks together could unlock.
Hendricks just has to pan out.
He's a really fun player. Guys that height who can pass have a huge advantage.
The only thing I don't really buy in to is the shot.
What’s the Google Chrome extension that will turn all of Tremendous Upside’s post text into: “I’m a little bitch. I’m a little bitch”?
If I approach it like high school football where the chaos is the point, Summer League is way more fun.
This. We’ll see how it plays out, but Jazz FO told TJ they had major, major concerns over Tre’s defense. Something I’m watching for to see how the scouts and FO are doing.
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Hard to keep track of how right I've been this draft cycle.
In terms of "best-case" scenario, Ace is probably #2 in this class. I would guess Harper has a higher floor, but I don't see him having a higher ceiling. I'd prob peg the top 5 in terms of "upside" as follows:
1. Flagg
2. Ace
3. VJ
4. Harper
5. Tre
Maluach is probably up there as well, just not sure where.
EDIT: Hansen Yang was a massive oversight here. Way higher ceiling than Maluach / Tre.
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That's an interesting comment to me.
My bias is that most / all rookies will be a disaster defensively. The Sochans / Carter Bryants of the world are a rarity.
Tre is a good athlete, long, and seems to have a great attitude. Regardless of how bad he is now that sounds like a recipe for a capable defender down the road.
If TJ is accurate I'd be curious to know what the FO saw that gave them pause on this.
Pretty easy when you take a victory lap after just one ok summer league game.
Said like someone who had CMB super high.
Wizards have been letting George dribble the air out of the ball in SL. Riley just being a good solider and waiting his turn for usage.
What am I cherry-picking? Wizards have a stacked SL like the Jazz were not every prospect gets the table set for them to do whatever they want like some prospects do when they are the only prospect. He had a lackluster game cuz they got a lot of mouths to feed on the SL team. We saw the same thing with Bailey in Utah.
What are you cherry picking? Dawg, your board name should be "Cherry Picker".
You didnt once say "damn, Will had a rough game". But you will bring it up for Kas. But not when Kas has a good game......but when Will has a good game you will.
You conveniently forget the dudes you liked that stink but make sure any time a dude you made a good comment about once does well, you are the first MF'r to make sure its known that you liked them. Next game stinks? Nah, avoid that.
You are hard to take serious even though you have a really good read for talent because you are cripplingly insecure and unable to be admit when you are wrong or you missed. Again, you are good enough man. People like you, I swear.