Walker is 6th on my big board. Right behind Ausar and in front of GG.
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If you believe in stocks%, he is pretty insane in that.
I just love the potential lineup versatility with Walker. I think the dude is going to be a beast. He's not the greatest fit with the base starting lineup, but he's a great fit for crafting versatile lineups that can thrive in the playoffs.
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not a lot but that's not uncommon for OADs. but i definitely understand the sentiment. it's the reason i've felt he was overrated most of the season - granted he was being talked about as a top 5 pick by many most of the season. but for many freshmen at power schools, you are looking at things they might be able to do well at the nba level/upside rather than their stats, because college basketball is really hard to put up numbers for freshmen in general.
you could ask your same question about Cam Whitmore, Keyonte George, Anthony Black, GG Jackson, Cason Wallace, Jett Howard, Nick Smith, etc - and have a difficult time coming up with many good answers.
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some of those passes and vision were pretty elite. if you watched him in games, that is clearly a strength of his despite the assist numbers. if he can improve his ball handling and scoring to where he's a threat to hurt teams individually, his ability to find people and deliver the ball could become a major strength to where he's averaging 5+ assists per game
man we are in lock step on almost all of this.
I love Walker Kessler, but there will be times where we want a different matchup/look in the playoffs and go smaller. Jarace is an outstanding frontcourt fit with Lauri. Jarace is a 16 game player who will play 40 minutes a night in the playoffs and have his coach wishing he could play 48.
I really like Jarace overall but in the same way I really like Wallace. Both have super high floors IMO but neither will be go to scorers ever, IMO.
They will both be players every team wants and needs because they do most everything well, outside of being ELITE defensively. I think Jarace will fill a boxscore but rarely lead a team in scoring any given night.
The reality is I think we are in a fantastic spot currently at 9. We should conceivably be in a great position to land a fantastic player that might fall a bit or worst case get a 15 year pro in Cason Wallace.
They will both be players every team wants and needs because they do most everything well, outside of being ELITE defensively. I think Jarace will fill a boxscore but rarely lead a team in scoring any given night.
The reality is I think we are in a fantastic spot currently at 9. We should conceivably be in a great position to land a fantastic player that might fall a bit or worst case get a 15 year pro in Cason Wallace.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-tTV3B2wFw
Dude had an insane full court bounce pass that isnt in this video for w/e reason.
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I think the shot has to work for Walker to be awesome. I think it can but the certainty of Hendricks shot had him above Walker for me. At 9 it’s an easy yes… and hope the shot works.
I think that is also a better trade asset than the other two. I’m sure Indiana takes one of Walker or Henny… Wiz are the biggest pivot/question. magic are super secretive and I could see them doing something weird… it could get wild though and we don’t need to move up at all.