The point is that even if he was great physically, he needs to be better at basketball. I don’t think Riley’s frame is preventing him from being better than he is.
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The point is that even if he was great physically, he needs to be better at basketball. I don’t think Riley’s frame is preventing him from being better than he is.
He's one of the most complete players in the draft offensively. He was better than Kasparas the last half of the season.
If the bar is very low, yes. I think if Riley was actually very good at something, we’d see things like his shooting as a weakness. It seems like he’s more complete because nothing stands out about his game.
I think what makes him boring (boring isn’t necessarily bad) is that he’s average/below average at most things but isn’t great at anything. Unless you’re a synergy iso percentile truther.
I’m kinda automatically out on anyone that hasn’t demonstrated any of the following at the college level:
-above average defense
-exceptional shooting (has to be efficient or at least good at difficult shots)
-activity stats
-some weirdo outlier with a singular/magic combination of attributes
Riley looks to fit the bill to me but I should do more research.
If CMB is available at #21, I think that's a no-brainer.
Not if any of Yang, Riley, or Fleming are available
I still want upside.
He does everything else. Obviously some shooting improvement needs to take place, but you can say that about a bunch of prospects. CMB’s FG% and FT% were better than Flip’s at Duke.
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If Cody doesn’t get his act together, you can say that about most guys.
Yesssss.. thanks for reminding maybe I’ll do it after the Finals with a week before the draft.
I’m leaning Cedric Coward at the moment for mine.
Ronnie Brewer with a 3 point shot? Sign me up!
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Led his team in pts, rebs, steals, and blocks… almost got assists too. In the SEC (wink). He’s plenty good to get away with it.
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If you're worse than Cody, you geniunely might be the worst player in the NBA
I should probably start watching more film on guys for 21, but I’m not sure that watching hours and hours of film + studying the guys 3-9 really enriched my opinion that much. There just so many guys that are meh…don’t want to put in the hours it would take to truly distinguish them from each other.
Most interested in seeing who @Saint Cy of JFC does a complete 180 on in the next week tbh.
Most interested in seeing who @Saint Cy of JFC does a complete 180 on in the next week tbh.
The Jazz Wonderbra
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Tag this. Lets come back to it. Is Will Riley the next Jalen Hood Schifino? I cant remember how that worked out. Didn't we get him?
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Nor could Millsap but he learned. CMB shares a ton of on court mannerisms with Manslap coming out of college. Fun to watch! I would be ecstatic to pick CMB up at 21.