Risacher is a good athlete. Just go watch games. Again , don't overreact to testing done when he had no prep time coming off a long season
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seattlejazzfan
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i've watched games. he's a decent athlete. 6'10" dudes don't have trouble getting on top of the rim regardless of how unathletic they are. but the length numbers don't lie. guys with poor wingspans struggle.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Holy cow Batman!!! I didn’t even know this guy existed!!! Is he in play at #10? I like what I saw in that video.
Possible he did but Utah is floating rumors he sucked. It’s possible, right?
Not enough. I’d want Cam and 4 unprotected picks. Only way I’d trade Lauri.
Four more Green Room invitees: Kel'el Ware, Bub Carrington, Tristan Da Silva and DaRon Holmes
That brings the number invitees to 25.
That brings the number invitees to 25.
Not going to make a big deal of it, but Bill Reilly on his radio program today spent time with Don McLean (trainer for CAA agency) talking about Reed Sheppard, Cody Williams and Kel'el Ware. He ended the segment saying that he thought the Jazz would make trades.
My eyes are strictly what my assessment is based on (which is the point of criticism, actually). I haven’t done a deep dive in him, he just jumps off the screen as taking too much time to load up on whatever he does whenever I watch (which is admittedly not much), which still allows for good top-end speed and leaping (which is not actually functional athleticism).
Cam (a potential star but at least a powerful microwave scorer with defensive potential) and three picks (one being top-3) is actually more or less on par with Gobert and Mitchell. It’s not bad but I somehow feel like it’s not enough. I guess I’ve convinced myself that OKC might send an insane package that might beat this.
To thread together some things @Saint Cy of JFC has talked about, Walter seems like he has some of the magic combination of attributes that might make him a Donovan Mitchell type pick (rep as an athletic hustle player with good scoring chops but just wasn’t that effective/efficient in college which might keep the trade stock lower than maybe it should be).
SoberasHotRod
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I'm pretty sure Lauri has a negative wingspan to his height in shoes, but even more than Risacher. Risacher is basically even, it's not really a concern.
The way I see it wingspan helps you see potential for perimeter defense and 6'8"+ is fine. Risacher was a good defender, so I'm not really concerned.
SoberasHotRod
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I wouldn't describe Walter as an athletic hustle player. He's athletic, but not a freak. He played almost exclusively on the perimeter taking spot ups.
He's a guy I really wanted to like, but couldn't get there. I think he has a good floor since he can shoot and defend, but not a huge ceiling.
If anyone is Mitchell in this draft it's Carter.
Walter is potentially Jordan Hawkins with a betterbody
Walter is potentially Jordan Hawkins with a betterbody
One thing in his favor is that he can got to the line at a high rate. It's one of the things I saw in Keyonte as well. You'd love it if they got to the basket more, but high 3Pr and high FTr is a pretty good combo. I definitely think Walter is more in the role player mode, however.
Walter was someone who was higher than consensus on the stat/analytics based rankings done by Kevin Pelton. He was 6th overall.
YESSSS!!! Bub Carrington in the HOUSEEEEE!!!
The more I think about it, the more I'm liking the Holland fit to our team (if he's available at #10).
His best attributes is slashing and finishing at the rim which we currently lack.
His weakeness is 3 point shooting but we have Keyonte and Lauri to make up for that.
Also if he's picked at #10 he'll forever have that chip on his shoulder to outplay his draft position.
I have a feeling he'll be ours come draft night.
His best attributes is slashing and finishing at the rim which we currently lack.
His weakeness is 3 point shooting but we have Keyonte and Lauri to make up for that.
Also if he's picked at #10 he'll forever have that chip on his shoulder to outplay his draft position.
I have a feeling he'll be ours come draft night.
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I feel like we're overthinking Holland the way everyone overthought
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I see the appeal and don't hate it, but I expect others will be available that I personally would pick over him.