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Handlogten's Heros said:
It really wasn’t… they lost by 1 after leading almost the whole game. If we are good enough to beat them even at a weakened state… we are likely not falling to the range where we have any sort of good odds.

We just aren’t ****** enough and are apparently too proud to resort to levels of tankiness to get where we need to.
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I thought you’d be fine with our young guys leading us to wins.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
Not being KD doesn’t mean someone sucks.

30% for a 7’5” 19 year old is still fine, whether or not he plays the four or five.
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Let's not start moving the goalposts here. Wemby is supposed to be one of the best prospects ever, if not THE best. Instant franchise changer, instant star, true generational talent. Normal rules do not apply to him. After all, this is what we've been told all season. I mean... if he's just another very tall kid who doesn't really have an NBA position and who may one day become a respectable outside shooter... what are we even doing? Feels like I'm taking crazy pills.

30% from the perimeter sucks. Particularly in Europe. The shot itself is shorter, defenders closing you out are slower and smaller and less aggressive. When you add the fact that at 7'5'', pretty much every shot by Wemby is wide open... yikes.

In the NBA, nobody's bothering to guard him on the perimeter if he's shooting 30%.
 
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Tremendous Upside said:
Let's not start moving the goalposts here. Wemby is supposed to be one of the best prospects ever, if not THE best. Instant franchise changer, instant star, true generational talent. Normal rules do not apply to him. After all, this is what we've been told all season. I mean... if he's just another very tall kid who doesn't really have an NBA position and who may one day become a respectable outside shooter... what are we even doing? Feels like I'm taking crazy pills.

30% from the perimeter sucks. Particularly in Europe. The shot itself is shorter, defenders closing you out are slower and smaller and less aggressive. When you add the fact that at 7'5'', pretty much every shot by Wemby is wide open... yikes.

In the NBA, nobody's bothering to guard him on the perimeter if he's shootinfg 30%.
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Yall got to crown this dude the new board contrarian. I have nothing on him.
 
Kansas state has to have the smallest back court in the NCAA. Sills is listed as 6'2" but looks shorter.
 
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Bawse Dawg said:
30% is not that bad. Especially for a 7’5” 19 year old.
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So people don’t really talk about this much but the longer your arms are, the more unwieldy they are with fine motor function. The fact that Kevin Durant shoots like he does is a marvel, and the fact that Wemby is as good as he is as young as he is very promising. He also doesn’t just shoot spot-up/standstill shots, he is doing advanced stuff.
 
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Chargers Jazz Angels said:
Wow marquise nowell is fun to watch to bad he is 5'8". Reminds me of watching jameer nelson.
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I thought the exact same thing. Reminds me exactly of what Jameer Nelson looked like at St Joe’s. Sort of refreshing honestly to see a PG run a team and get good shots for his teammates as opposed to today’s positionless 3 ball chucking game.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
Everything is fixed if they just do the Conley, Vando, etc. deal before the year even starts. Lauri, Kessler, Ochai, led wins are much easier to swallow. It’s that dumb *** hot streak we had to start the season that is the problem. Those games should have been young inexperienced guys cutting their teeth in the league. We could have started 3-15 or something. We’d have top 5 odds locked up. And watching those guys grow and get better and be competitive at this point in the season would have just been fun.
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I agree that playing the young guys should have been the plan all along but we would still be too good.
Lauri has been even better after the Conley trade. Kessler too. I think Ochai was ready to go from day one but Hardy just didn't trust him.
I think if we start the season playing Sexton, Ochai, Clarkson, Kessler, KO, and Lauri the most minutes then we would still be too good.
 
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