I think it's fine to be irrationally confident about a guy, that's part of the fun of following the draft. I think it's silly to act like 3FG% deserves no consideration and that there's no reason to be suspect about a guy's 3 ball when he shot 28%.
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I think it's fine to be irrationally confident about a guy, that's part of the fun of following the draft. I think it's silly to act like 3FG% deserves no consideration and that there's no reason to be suspect about a guy's 3 ball when he shot 28%.
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Yep. Identical for sureThey look identical to me, but I assume their mom can tell them apart. Amen is #1. Ausar is #0
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How about being one of the most vaunted shooting guards ever in the NCAA and then not being able to shoot even just as good as you did in college and flaming out of the NBA?
You nitpicking every single example pulled completely off the top of someone's head is meaningless in the greater scope of the argument. The fact is that becoming an excellent shooter in the NBA after being mediocre in college is not the norm, it is an outlier. As is likely becoming a worse shooter overall. I think most players improve somewhat from college to the NBA....that is most players that actually make a career out of it. The reality is that the majority of those who are drafted or even set foot on an NBA court will not have a real NBA career, so improving your shot in the NBA is what the keepers tend to do. So all those that do not make it, and/or flame out, a good part of it is probably because they could not improve their shooting in the NBA. That and adapting to the speed of the game are probably the 2 biggest differentiators between those who make and those who don't.
If you care to argue the point feel free to do a full regression analysis using 500 NBA players of all strata and 500 players that were drafted but did not make it long-term, say more than 3 years in the NBA, and then see what the results are. Or you can just nitpick as long as it makes you feel better. Either way, have fun.
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Not bad!
seattlejazzfan
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that's kinda funny. two of those are playing against pros, one against the highest level of D1 basketball and the other against HS kids as a 20 year old. i'm not a thompson twin hater, but that just struck me as funny and while i'm not against taking them (after the first three i feel like the entire draft is a crapshoot - honestly, the i don't feel much more confident about the guys who might go 4th or 5th than i do the guys who might go 16th and 17th), they are very risky picks. but i don't know who isn't a significant risk starting at #4 and later.
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Would we be willing, or able, or even should we, trade those 2 picks to move up a spot and back a few spots to get Scoot? Or do we have the wherewithal to even trade to #1 in that scenario? It will be interesting and fun to see what DA can do with the picks we end up with. I am anticipating something happening beyond just picking some dude.
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did i win the horses *** trophy did i did i please mommy
Bawse Dawg
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No one is giving up Wemby.
Every pick has a price. It might just be very high.
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I still think the Thompson twins should count as just one pick. Would we take the pair at 1 over Wemby?
I would, but I think I am in the minority here. We would immediately have great depth of really good talent and would still have a crap ton of cap space to bring in a star.