Maneesh
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You cant change the rules yourself even if you think you can!
Following 2016 potential draftees
- Thread starter Dr. Jones
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You cant change the rules yourself even if you think you can!
Game6Conley
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Another batch of interesting updates on DX's mock 3 days after the last revision.
-Brandon Ingram's up to #2
- Wade Baldwin's now up to 18, as I detailed on the last page, he's clearly a later bloomer and trending upward. I agree with the top-20 ranking right now. I kinda think he's a better, longer armed version of Melo Trimble, if he continues to shoot like this (and I like his chances to do so).
- Taurean Prince back to his preseason range at #25, great showcase game for him vs Vandy yesterday.
- They have Kris Dunn at #5 over Jamal Murray, I think its too early for that. Murray's been showing flashes.
-Damian Jones over Zimmerman is dumb.
- Finally they've given up on Jake Layman in the 1st round, that was dumb. Same for Chianu Onuaku
- Damion Lee in the 2nd round! He's legit, I thought he'd be in the 2nd round pre-season. Far from a one trick pony.
- 5 players that are 23 already in the 2nd round, Damion Lee, A.J. Hammons, Mike Gjbinije, Kyle Wiltjer and Gary Payton III.
-Brandon Ingram's up to #2
- Wade Baldwin's now up to 18, as I detailed on the last page, he's clearly a later bloomer and trending upward. I agree with the top-20 ranking right now. I kinda think he's a better, longer armed version of Melo Trimble, if he continues to shoot like this (and I like his chances to do so).
- Taurean Prince back to his preseason range at #25, great showcase game for him vs Vandy yesterday.
- They have Kris Dunn at #5 over Jamal Murray, I think its too early for that. Murray's been showing flashes.
-Damian Jones over Zimmerman is dumb.
- Finally they've given up on Jake Layman in the 1st round, that was dumb. Same for Chianu Onuaku
- Damion Lee in the 2nd round! He's legit, I thought he'd be in the 2nd round pre-season. Far from a one trick pony.
- 5 players that are 23 already in the 2nd round, Damion Lee, A.J. Hammons, Mike Gjbinije, Kyle Wiltjer and Gary Payton III.
ncoloradojazz
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If combined Happ and Finke into one player. Wow that be really good either way I think they both play in the league for a long time. Happ the overall better prospect at this time but Finke could always improve better. Never knows how it goes. Finke also has a little brother who is a top 25 player. 6 foot 6 guard. Finke was a guard until his late growth spurth. Believe he was 6foot6 as a junior in Hs. So he could possibly still be growing. Happ a great dna background but so does Finke who father played football and basketball for the illini and is now head coach at a local school. So Finke could be aa monster.
ncoloradojazz
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Id take Nunn over Murray
Nunn going be a Russ type player. He can fill up the stats
Nunn going be a Russ type player. He can fill up the stats
Game6Conley
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This plywood looking floor at the Pearl Harbor Classic is pretty funny looking. Terrible glare. Oklahoma looked great though, and Nova picked the wrong night to go 4/32 from 3.
Dillon Brooks & Chris Boucher are balling once again. Boucher's 2/3 from 3, with 9 boards, 2 blocks, 2 steals ¾'s thru the game.
Swanigan with a nice stat line. Their bigs can really pass it.
Handful of great games on the schedule tomorrow!! #6 Maryland is favored by a whopping 1 point vs Unranked UConn.
Dillon Brooks & Chris Boucher are balling once again. Boucher's 2/3 from 3, with 9 boards, 2 blocks, 2 steals ¾'s thru the game.
Swanigan with a nice stat line. Their bigs can really pass it.
Handful of great games on the schedule tomorrow!! #6 Maryland is favored by a whopping 1 point vs Unranked UConn.
Guys...
Am I the only one around here underwhelmed by the 2016 crop of draftees so far? Simmons is good but can't say he'll be GREAT without a jump shot. Jamaal Murry isn't fantastic athletically. Brandon Ingram isn't a good shooter. Scal doesn't look intimidating to me. Dragan - no outside shot, can he play in the NBA? Kris Dunn is shooting 24% from 3pt line...
And that's your top 5-6.
Good thing we're gonna make the playoffs this year I think...
Am I the only one around here underwhelmed by the 2016 crop of draftees so far? Simmons is good but can't say he'll be GREAT without a jump shot. Jamaal Murry isn't fantastic athletically. Brandon Ingram isn't a good shooter. Scal doesn't look intimidating to me. Dragan - no outside shot, can he play in the NBA? Kris Dunn is shooting 24% from 3pt line...
And that's your top 5-6.
Good thing we're gonna make the playoffs this year I think...
Game6Conley
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If you think Ingram can't shoot, wait til you see Jaylen Brown(#6 in DX's mock)! He can't seem to keep himself out of foul trouble so far either.
As a Jazz fan, I like this crop, it's good enough to where they'll have plenty of chances to find a sleeper somewhere in the teens, and possibly in the 2nd round. There's some players who appear to still be in the early stages of their rise (Wade Baldwin IV, Patrick McCaw) It's definitely too early to call at this point. Pretty sure these mock sites still didn't have D'Angelo Russell listed at this point last year.
Skal used to be even skinnier, he's still adding good weight, and he's still breaking bad habits. He's shown plenty of progress improving his body in the last year, so it'd certainly be unwise to judge him over this small sample size. He's got the talent, there's no debating that.
TBH - Skal's a perfect fit next to a big like Derrick Favors.
Game6Conley
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I guess this is some sort of fused message? Dunn over Murray? but you wanna hype Kendrick Nunn as well?? Kendrick looks like an interesting player, it's easy to see why these 6'3"ish combo guard types get overlooked. Nunn was very impressive in the Illini victory I watched on replay yesterday, they can upset some teams if he plays like that. He's shooting a great % from 3 on 8 attempts per game..
Malcolm Hill on Illinios has a chance to get drafted in the 2nd round this or next year too. An NBA team will certainly take a flier on him.
The douche is an Illini fan. So, yeah... Nunn.
Game6Conley
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Illini fans know their teams well, at least the ones I've met in NY. It's respectable.
Nunn is certainly worthy of mention here, His Jumper is the reason why, he fits the profile of a winner too.. A good player comparison is probably a better Willie Warren..
He's only played in 4 games but the Western Carolina game where he dropped 27 was quite the showing, I'd say a clear sign of things to come.
I wouldn't mind if Utah used a 2nd round pick on him, there's certainly upside if he fits in. Small-ball lineups getting more burn is conducive to these(undersized SG)combo guard types getting advantageous minutes. They drafted Olivier Hanlan last year, there's similarities to their games.
Kendrick is from Simeon HS(Derrick Rose and Jabari Parker) Their always loaded, It's good to be the top dog in the middle of a recruiting hot-spot, he won the State title every year in HS. Nunn also played for Team USA in the summers of 2011 and 2012 winning gold medals in Mexico and Lithuania with the U16 and U17 teams.