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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Long thread on Noah Penda, tough defensive wing with enough offense to contribute a bit.


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I don't have a super strong opinion on Penda because I've only watched the 5 or 6 Cashiggy videos on him, but from what I've seen I haven't been impressed. I don't think his defense translates to the NBA because I don't think he's athletic enough to keep up with NBA guys.

He's OK, but not in my top 30 currently.
 
Basketball Novice said:
Video is split up into sections:

0:14 Shot Attempts
34:26 Rebounds
55:15 Defense

Back half of the video looks to be all defense. Someone can correct if I missed a section or 2.

His offensive footwork looks good (if a bit awkward on occasion) even if the finish is sometimes suspect. I like the willingness to try some of those moves.
Would like to think that it will look smoother and that he will finish better with more experience.
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Thank you, very much appreciated. I will definitely be skipping the majority of the 20 minutes of rebounds, lol.

I was able to watch a little of the defensive highlights and while I'm very intrigued I have to say it's difficult to get a good read because the level of competition is so low. He definitely sticks out in a good way for being able to move at his size.
 
I think Joan Beringer is probably gone by pick 25 (I think he could have a meteoric rise), but if he’s still on the board then, I’d be happy to trade Sexton to Orlando for that pick.

I will just generally add that Kessler is just a little too basic for my tastes in the longterm. Kinda scared he might crumple in the playoffs and he has got to be at peak value (not ability) right now.
 
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SoberasHotRod said:
Nothing new here on Tre Johnson, but I have to admit, seeing it all together makes me slightly lower on him:


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the stage of the draft where we start to overthink everything. at the end of the day he averaged 20 ppg on 56% TS in the toughest conference in cbb on a team that had nobody else who could score so was the sole focus of every SEC defense he played against.
 
I get the idea behind “don’t overthink it”….but I also don’t think it should really be used as a shield for everything. It doesn’t take much thinking to see flaws with Tre. If you value things besides shooting/scoring, they will be front and center.
 
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