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KqWIN said:
Ace Bailey highlights….almost entirely difficult jumpers. But they go in??? Crazy.


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Dylan Harper. Also a tough shot merchant. Looks huge.


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Definitely my favorite player in this draft. We need a wing with elite size and athleticism that can create his own shot. Worst case scenario I think he is Rudy Gay and best case he is Tmac.
 
I'm cautiously optimistic about Egor Demin at first glance. He's got a handle, a bit of a first step, some shift, end-to-end speed, good elevation at the rim, and some feel and shooting touch. I like him more than I liked Buzelis, and I think he might be better than Franz Wagner too. I'm interested to see if he can become a bit more bouncy and explosive.

These are a few flashes...


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It looks like we'll be following college basketball just as much as Jazz basketball. It's going to be interesting to see if any of the other guys can unseat Flagg as #1.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I'm cautiously optimistic about Egor Demin at first glance. He's got a handle, a bit of a first step, some shift, end-to-end speed, good elevation at the rim, and some feel and shooting touch. I like him more than I liked Buzelis, and I think he might be better than Franz Wagner too. I'm interested to see if he can become a bit more bouncy and explosive.

These are a few flashes...


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NBA comp?
 
YoungJefe said:
NBA comp?
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We need to see how well he shoots and how he adjusts to more athletic competition. I don't have a comp for him right now. If he shoots, then maybe he's like a bigger version of Bogdan Bogdanovic? If he's athletic enough, but doesn't quite shoot, can he be like Jalen Johnson? If he can do both--like a Jalen Johnson who can shoot--then he's likely an All Star-level talent. That's too optimistic at this stage, but he shows some nice flashes: he's long, fluid, has feel off the dribble, plays fast, runs the floor, passes at full speed, finishes on the rim, etc. He does things off the dribble that Risacher and Buzelis never quite showed, and he's more athletic than Josh Giddey.
 
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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
We need to see how well he shoots and how he adjusts to more athletic competition. I don't have a comp for him right now. If he shoots, then maybe he's like a bigger version of Bogdan Bogdanovic? If he's athletic enough, but doesn't quite shoot, can he be like Jalen Johnson? If he can do both--like a Jalen Johnson who can shoot--then he's likely an All Star-level talent. That's too optimistic at this stage, but he shows some nice flashes: he's long, fluid, has feel off the dribble, plays fast, runs the floor, passes at full speed, finishes on the rim, etc. He does things off the dribble that Risacher and Buzelis never quite showed, and he's more athletic than Josh Giddey.
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Sounds like the way you talked about Cody.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Sounds like the way you talked about Cody.
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No, I would have described Cody as a long wing who can beat guards and score in different ways off the dribble. Cody can run some plays, but he's not a full-time initiator. In a perfect world, Cody becomes someone who can score in isolation. I compared Cody to guys like post-injury Josh Howard and Latrell Sprewell, with a small chance of developing as a scorer like SGA.
 
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