Hansen Yang is at the draft. Might be expecting his name to get called Day 1
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The Canadians have evolved since Bennet/StauskusThis one is a little bit older:
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I was forgetting that Anthony Bennet was Canadian
Basketball Novice
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The skillset is more well rounded but there is no special quality that's going to push him over the top or give him an edge vs. other creator types. Unless you see the well roundedness as a unique quality. I would say his best quality is his vision but the TO rate is sky high as well.
I get it if you think it may not translate as well, but I think Kas deserves some credit for being an elite finisher around the basket. And he’s also extremely efficient in the half court despite being mostly self created. There doesn’t really exist a freshman with his levels of self creation and scoring efficiency.
Basketball Novice
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This is where the numbers and the eye test diverged for me. The numbers say he is extremely efficient in the half court with lots of self creation. What I see is that it looks really difficult for him sometimes. Its disconcerting as things usually line up better for me when I watch guys. Makes me hesitant to buy in. Feels bad to ding him over things that the stats partially disprove but that is where I am currently at with him.
I think that’s fine….I’m choosing to see his IQ as a strength even though the TOV numbers potentially suggesting otherwise. I actually love what I see on film though. He’s extremely crafty for his age and also very physical. It does look like he’s barely holding on a lot, but I like that he’s not afraid to mix it up and challenge the defender in a variety of ways. Definitely not as smooth as Fears, but his finishing was on another planet in terms of effectiveness.
My favorites (no precise order here, but definitely a rough ranking):
Knueppel
Kasparas
CMB
Wolf
Essengue
Coward
Hansen Yang
Gonzalez
Fleming
Saraf
This exercise has taught me that if we can't get Kon at 5, then I'm obviously in favor of trading down and collecting some assets. It would be interesting to see a youth movement with some good connecting pieces. Given where we are at the moment, I'd be excited by a draft outcome of Kasparas + CMB (or Kon + Coward/Gonzalez).
In other words, we might be positioned to get some excellent connecting pieces this year. Sell off Lauri, Collins, Sexton, etc? and lose a bunch of games next year. Try to finish in the top 3 of next year's draft.
Knueppel
Kasparas
CMB
Wolf
Essengue
Coward
Hansen Yang
Gonzalez
Fleming
Saraf
This exercise has taught me that if we can't get Kon at 5, then I'm obviously in favor of trading down and collecting some assets. It would be interesting to see a youth movement with some good connecting pieces. Given where we are at the moment, I'd be excited by a draft outcome of Kasparas + CMB (or Kon + Coward/Gonzalez).
In other words, we might be positioned to get some excellent connecting pieces this year. Sell off Lauri, Collins, Sexton, etc? and lose a bunch of games next year. Try to finish in the top 3 of next year's draft.
seattlejazzfan
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maybe the governor is in the know. i know him and ryan smith are buddies.
Ace's right wing has been given an angle to become a right wing grifter if he wants to expand his brand that way.
jom2003
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Just not following it. How can any organization with a competent scouting department rate Fears a better prospect over Tre? Seems to me that whatever Tre is bad at, Fears is simply worse(finishing at the rim, passing, defense) but without any of Tre's strength(shooting and size for position). Am I missing something here? Ainge needs to go if we draft Fears over Tre. This is Doke type of disaster ready to happen and it cost DL's job as we know.
Basketball Novice
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What are you talking about? The only thing Tre does better is shoot 3s. Fears is better at getting to the rim, drawing fouls, playmaking, rebounding, getting steals, dribbling. He also is a more efficient scorer and also carried a team in the SEC. Tre is subpar at everything except making 3s and having a good combine.
jom2003
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He's going in the first round no doubt. Too much upside to ignore and he'd secure any team that drafted him some lucrative sponsorship in China from day one without even playing.