They had Jalen at 17… not really a glowing endorsement. Mathurin at 10… etc.
I really don’t care if they watch more basketball than us. I don’t really know how to put this correctly but they’re no better than any of us on here.
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I really don’t care if they watch more basketball than us. I don’t really know how to put this correctly but they’re no better than any of us on here.
Because there are other players that fill a greater need, probably higher upside, and we already have Olynyk.
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#20 in his latest mock.
KOC has plenty of misses. I don't use any of these guys to prove my opinion of a player. That’s the thing. If anything liking Flip in the lottery is a bolder take than anything anyone has mentioned because nobody has him even close to that.
Olynyk is on the verge of total body breakdown. I doubt he is rotation worthy past his current contract.
I’m probably splitting hairs, but they’re better than us, but I wouldn’t say the gap is very sizable between these guys and a given board’s resident expert (since a lot of these cats are just lovers of the game).
The biggest difference is plugged in people’s ability to create a mock draft. The talent evaluation, though? IDK.
25th on his board. He's just projecting because of the fit with Bam and that Heat liked Olynyk when he was there.
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They were one of the first iirc... not that they had him the highest. They've had several guys that I heard there first... then went and checked them out... then they rose.
You've been on here telling me if I don't get Flip its because I don't watch him... these folks do more than watch... they study the draft. They may not be better evaluators but they have certainly studied the material.
I really don't care what people's opinions of these guys are... there are a lot of experts... all of their boards look like poop after the results... simply shared the draft and thought it interesting that 5 draft nerds passed on Flip for the entire first round.
For the record, Olynyk is ****ing good and how people can’t separate the game from the box score is kinda wild to me. That kind of spacing, PASSING, and grit on defense at his size is not a common combination of attributes.
If its known that Flip has the chops to play point Center (and really muck up the game for the opposition by being a huge pain in the ***) then my opinion changes on a dime.
If its known that Flip has the chops to play point Center (and really muck up the game for the opposition by being a huge pain in the ***) then my opinion changes on a dime.
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I think as a group here we could put together a better big board than they could. Maybe we should look into doing that. Guys here have had some really nice hits… Cy really liked Kuzma, I think he also was higher on Donovan than others, HH really liked Bane, etc. One big hit like those in the 20’s far outweighs multiple misses.
They had Kessler lower last year than they have Flip this year. It doesn’t mean dick.
maybe better than some posters on here
I've seen some freaky stuff