Bawse Dawg
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God, imagine if a team had taken Scoot over Miller?
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Hornets fans booed loud at the Miller pick in their draft party.
Remember when Melochill was telling everyone everyday about how bad he was going to be?
It's really funny going back and searching "Miller" in this thread. Melo was more excited about hyping up Baba Miller than Brandon Miller
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Thee Jazz Fan
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just think, we could’ve had him if we would’ve started the offseason fully committed to the tank.
Thee Jazz Fan
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On the flip side we would’ve had to witness Melochill’s epic tantrum for months that we picked Miller over others he thought was better
I didn't say he'd be bad. I said he'd be a complementary scorer who couldn't be trusted to beat NBA wings off the dribble. I said he could be a bigger Khris Middleton and compared him to Otto Porter Jr. and Michael Porter Jr.
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So far you missed really bad. His off the dribble game has been pretty special at times and damn does he look explosive. Way more explosive than I even imagined he could be. He is definitely giving off prime Paul George vibes right now which could be pretty dynamic if Lamelo can actually stay healthy.
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FWIW, this is what a young Otto Porter looked like...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogl2b_0e86E&t=86s
Middleton is a great player but he wasn't pushing him as that type of player. He was pushing him as most likely a far inferior player to him. We all miss bad on some players though. Everyone one of us probably has at least 10 stinkers that we were really high on that ending up busting or seriously under performing.
Porter was definitely solid for a few years. I'm getting superstar vibes from Miller and I certainly didn't see that coming so I missed on him as well. He is showing a level of explosiveness that I just didn't think he had which is allowing him to do so many more things offensively.
I'm adding Tristan Vukcevic to this thread. He's now had 4 pretty good games in a row. Last night he had 11pts, 9reb, 4ast, 3blks. His most impressive stat is he has had a positive +/- in every game he has played in on the Wizards, and his 3pt shot hasn't started falling yet.
He's not an especially fluid athlete, but I think he's functional. He's looks really long and seems to have pretty good touch. I'll be keeping tabs on him.
He's not an especially fluid athlete, but I think he's functional. He's looks really long and seems to have pretty good touch. I'll be keeping tabs on him.