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Following 2016 potential draftees

Ben Simmons is overrated. I would take Brandon Ingram and would consider Jaylen Brown over him. Just don't get a good feeling, he seems more like a Harrison Barnes to me rather than an Andrew Wiggins type of prospect. Buddy Hield is a bad *** and is my favorite player in this draft. Should be a top-10 pick and I think they will go deep in the tournament. You need a great player to rely on who can carry your team.
 
White Chocolate's 2016 Big Board

1. Brandon Ingram
2. Ben Simmons
3. Jaylen Brown
4. Jamal Murray
5. Dragan Bender
6. Buddy Hield
7. Kris Dunn
8. Henry Ellenson
9. Ivan Rabb
10. Jakob Poeltl
 
Dr. Jones said:
Big bulky throw back center that plays for Maryland.
Good... but I worry about his pedestrian athleticism.
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Shouldn't we start saying minivan athleticism? Pedestrians don't appear to have an athleticism problem and they are much less boring.

just sayin
 
Dr. Jones said:
USA Today just released their cbb All-American teams.

Tyler Ulis - 1st team
Jamal Murray - 2nd team
Ben Simmons - 3rd team

^my agenda? Simmons has shown he's a self-absorbed ***. Not going to class, doesn't carry the required 2.0 GPA to qualify for the Wooden award, and sour grapes bad-mouthing Tyler Ulis, to reporters, after a blowout loss.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2016/03/07/usa-today-sports-all-america-teams-college-basketball/81411504/
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Those types never win in the NBA
 
Stifle Tower said:
By trading who?
Jazz have their own pick, GS' and a lottery-protected pick from OKC. IF Durant leaves MAYBE OKC falls to 7th/8th (we hope). So let's say Utah and OKC are both 4th-6th seeds. GS will be 1-2. Picks in the range of 18, 22 and 30. That MIGHT get Utah to 12th or so, I just don't see many teams willing to give up a top-10 pick for late 1st's. DL got extra assets, but not very good ones. Certainly not the caliber of what Boston has in their war chest.
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2018 is the earliest that the OKC pick goes to Utah since they missed the playoffs last year.
 
White Chocolate said:
Ben Simmons is overrated. I would take Brandon Ingram and would consider Jaylen Brown over him. Just don't get a good feeling, he seems more like a Harrison Barnes to me rather than an Andrew Wiggins type of prospect. Buddy Hield is a bad *** and is my favorite player in this draft. Should be a top-10 pick and I think they will go deep in the tournament. You need a great player to rely on who can carry your team.
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Ben Simmons is overrated? LMAO
 
Dr. Jones said:
USA Today just released their cbb All-American teams.

Tyler Ulis - 1st team
Jamal Murray - 2nd team
Ben Simmons - 3rd team

^my agenda? Simmons has shown he's a self-absorbed ***. Not going to class, doesn't carry the required 2.0 GPA to qualify for the Wooden award, and sour grapes bad-mouthing Tyler Ulis, to reporters, after a blowout loss.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2016/03/07/usa-today-sports-all-america-teams-college-basketball/81411504/
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Simmons just recognizes the Mississippi Steph Curry is better than Ulis.
 
Personality concerns aside I think Simmons is the top prospect in the draft pretty easily, his court-vision is special for a dude his size. I think of him as a rich man's Odom. (Ingram is a bankrupt Durant).
 
All Simmons needs is a shot, and that's easy to develop. He made an awful choice going to play for LSU, but overrated? How many guys do you see that play like him? Dude is incredible. He's my #1, but Ingram is a pretty good #2.
 
cowhide said:
Seems a little harsh, most 19 years say stupid stuff and are immature.
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A guy on the internet expressing an opinion about a super-hyped kid's display of lack of class isn't harsh. I'm sure he'll be fine.

The things being said about him by others (Jay Bilas, Jay Williams, et al), publicly is a more "harsh" (and deserved) than my post.

So there.
 
White Chocolate said:
He can still change my mind during the NCAA Tournament. Ohh.. about that.. awkward.
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I just don't get what you're saying...like, in what way is he overrated? Are you saying he's not that good, that he's going to bust, that he's just not as good as Ingram, that has good but not a star? I just want more clarification, por favor.
 
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