Nikola Mirotic
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Our window is around Gobert. Mitchell has accelerated himself to having already arrived in Gobert's window. Time to roll with it. We wouldn't trade Kanter for a Harden for FOMO on Kanter, wouldn't trade AK for Ginobili for FOMO on AK, won't trade a draft pick for Mirotic for FOMO on guy who may be as good as Mirotic...
elan_prodigy
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Please explain.
How does an 18 game stretch of hot shooting who is an UFA in a year equate to a "sure thing"?
Career 36% from 3..
elan_prodigy
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Lol. And what if that lottery pick (our last one) turns into a top 5 pick?
Mirotic has been *** for years, puts together 18 game stretch while playing in spite and people wanna drop a top 10 pick on him?? You crae.
It's a 20 game stretch. He puts up an insane number of threes. This isn't a guy putting up 3-4 threes per game, this is a guy putting up a career 7.6 threes per 36. If a lot of the "better shooters" who are putting up half as many attempts were to increase their volume, they'd drop their numbers quite a bit. 36% ain't high, but if you were to look at career numbers of Love, Dirk, Memo, etc., they're all in that 36-38% range. His four years in Europe he averaged 39.7% on 539 attempts. In the olympics he was 44.7% on 38 attempts. Yeah, 36% as a career doesn't look amazing, but I believe 40% or more is more in line with what he will shoot from here on out. Go look at other shooters and their first years in the league, particularly other shooting bigs. I think the evidence favors him being a 40% shooter rather than a 34% guy.
It's the consistency that's so impressive. Pretty rare that a player has a hot streak like his. He has to be considered the reason the Bulls are winning, so it's not just empty stats. Pair him with a player destined for greatness like Donovan and I think the odds are good that he'll continue to perform. His game lends itself to long-term success.
I'm not saying drop a top ten pick. People are saying he's not worth a first rounder! Top 15 protection on the pick gets the deal done. For hell's sake, their trying to pry first rounders away from playoff teams.
Who in this draft fits as well as Mirotic, even top 10? And will they be ready during our window?
elan_prodigy
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Who knows? But DM makes me beleive anything is possible. Im not ruling any of them from having an immediate impact.
And if they do thats another star player we have on a rookie deal.
In looking at Mirotic's stats his career 36% shouldn't be read into too much. There has been a lot of turmoil over the last three years with the Bulls, and Mirotic has been relegated from his starting position a few times in order to gauge other talent. He's consistently come back to put up eye-catching numbers. He was second to Wiggins in rookie of the year voting. He has been basically injury free for the last four years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Mirotić
LoPo
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Mirotic is a great fit. Somebody propose the ideas that make it happen.
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