W/e. Point still stands.
Hopefully Gordon can develop all these skills before his athleticism begins to decline.
Ultimate Showdown: Jabari Parker Vs Aaron Gordon
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W/e. Point still stands.
Hopefully Gordon can develop all these skills before his athleticism begins to decline.
Lol at the guys on this site who say they don't want Carmelo (which is the vast majority), but want Jabari.
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da ThRONe
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Nobody is drafted in the top 5 as a finished product anymore. Teams draft for the long haul or potential. So yes while Gordon shot poorly as a franchise you have to project if that's something that's correctable or not. If they all selected finished products there would be a lot less bust. Which is why the league is pushing to make college kids stay longer.
Parker is a rare position because his skill-set is seen as NBA ready while still being a young enough prospect to still improve. However because he is limited athletically at this stage it's a huge question mark just how much better he can get.
This is not to say that Parker is an inferior prospect to Gordon or that Arron has a great chance to be drafted ahead of Jabari. Just saying that when you have a player with the physical gifts as Gordon with all the IQ, hustle, and intagibles I wouldn't be shocked if he turns out to be the better player 5 years from now.
I am well aware of all this and would not be shocked if Gordon was better eventually. But I don't think that will happen, so I'll take Parker.
da ThRONe
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Perfectly fine and I think you are in the majority with that opinion.
What I disagreed with is your stance that it's somehow bad drafting policy to take a player with the assumption that he'll get better. When that's practically what the draft has become.
I don't disagree with that strategy at all. I just think some are underestimating how unpolished of a player he is and are underrating Jabari's potential. If I disagreed with this strategy, I would not have Wiggins and Embiid as my two favorites, and would probably not prefer Exum over Gordon, which I might (I'm not sure yet)
d@!!0n0rcutt
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What wins championships in the NBA?
I agree with Hotnickkk and White Chocolate on this one, if we are building a championship team and what has been quoted over and over again this past season since Dennis Lindsey took over by multiple people who cover this team and by Mr. Lindsey himself, this team needs a defensive identity, so do we draft the player who is really good on the offensive side but even his own college coach wouldn't keep him on the court at the end of games because his defense is a liability so much so Coach K knew to win that they needed defense more than his offense. I promise you, When Aaron Gordon develops his shot enough to where he is hitting corner 3's at 40+% that he will be a better player! It may take a season or two with the NBA training and coaches.
Jabari Parker barring any injury will win Rookie of the Year because the voters love offense. Don't get me wrong I was hoping so much that Jabari would of come to BYU to play and I will even say if the Jazz decided to move up and draft Jabari then I am confident Dennis Lindsey and company know what they are doing that, I will know it was the right decision to draft Jabari. But I just don't see that happening, if they are moving up it's for Andrew Wiggins, the one thing I am afraid of for that is Andrew didn't enforce his will onto any game and doesn't have that 'Alpha Dog' mentality like Aaron Gordon does. Sometimes when watching Kansas last year I would look around on the court to see if Wiggins was still in the game, on multiple occasions. With Aaron Gordon, I knew he was on the court because the dude never stops hustling and is enforcing his will on others.
I will be bold enough to say and one up Hotnickkk, when Aaron Gordon develops his shot enough to where teams respect it then Aaron Gordon will be the best player out of this draft, better than Embiid because his injury history has me scared and better than Wiggins because Andrew won't ever be the top dawg being enough of an enforcer.
I agree with Hotnickkk and White Chocolate on this one, if we are building a championship team and what has been quoted over and over again this past season since Dennis Lindsey took over by multiple people who cover this team and by Mr. Lindsey himself, this team needs a defensive identity, so do we draft the player who is really good on the offensive side but even his own college coach wouldn't keep him on the court at the end of games because his defense is a liability so much so Coach K knew to win that they needed defense more than his offense. I promise you, When Aaron Gordon develops his shot enough to where he is hitting corner 3's at 40+% that he will be a better player! It may take a season or two with the NBA training and coaches.
Jabari Parker barring any injury will win Rookie of the Year because the voters love offense. Don't get me wrong I was hoping so much that Jabari would of come to BYU to play and I will even say if the Jazz decided to move up and draft Jabari then I am confident Dennis Lindsey and company know what they are doing that, I will know it was the right decision to draft Jabari. But I just don't see that happening, if they are moving up it's for Andrew Wiggins, the one thing I am afraid of for that is Andrew didn't enforce his will onto any game and doesn't have that 'Alpha Dog' mentality like Aaron Gordon does. Sometimes when watching Kansas last year I would look around on the court to see if Wiggins was still in the game, on multiple occasions. With Aaron Gordon, I knew he was on the court because the dude never stops hustling and is enforcing his will on others.
I will be bold enough to say and one up Hotnickkk, when Aaron Gordon develops his shot enough to where teams respect it then Aaron Gordon will be the best player out of this draft, better than Embiid because his injury history has me scared and better than Wiggins because Andrew won't ever be the top dawg being enough of an enforcer.
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Yah, I'm still scratching my head over that one too!! LOL..
You must have at least seen some of the highlights though, surely?