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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I'm expecting a team to take GG in the 10-14 range once he interviews and works out for them. If he slides past Sam Presti, Masai Ujiri and David Griffin, it probably means that something went wrong in his pre-draft process.
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I really hope he goes in the 10-14 range... him and Nick Smith going 10-14 means the 16th pick could get real juicy.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I'm expecting a team to take GG in the 10-14 range once he interviews and works out for them. If he slides past Sam Presti, Masai Ujiri and David Griffin, it probably means that something went wrong in his pre-draft process.
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Yeah, starting to think Utah might just take him at 9 then go with Whitehead at 16.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:

View: https://twitter.com/szahn_bball/status/1276134491380158466


Like it's crazy to think that Dariq Whitehead of Duke was dunking like this 3 years ago.
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The shot form looks great. He looked a bit heavy (not in a horrible way) and had the injury issues... He's probably top 5 in the guys that people may have over-reacted about how he performed.

If he's healthy and comes into the combine in great shape I can see him jumping back into the late lotto conversation.
 
I hate watching HS stuff, but I've watched some of Whitehead's stuff and it really feels like all his stuff was just injury related. Looks like the stuff he had should have translated way better. Wish he had a better standout Duke game that I could really hang my hat on.
 
whatthe said:
Maybe, but maybe not. Good development could help him a lot. He has the ingredients to be really good. It just the bad experience in S. Carolina has soured people. Well, Lauri had bad experiences too and just was put in the right place.
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Lauri was a functional player before he became a star. GG has so much development needed just to be a functional NBA player.

I find that if these "high potential" style prospects make it, it's usually by stripping down their game and becoming a role player. The guys who actually pop later in the draft and become stars are usually guys who were overlooked due to their athleticism, age, size etc.
 
KqWIN said:
Lauri was a functional player before he became a star. GG has so much development needed just to be a functional NBA player.

I find that if these "high potential" style prospects make it, it's usually by stripping down their game and becoming a role player. The guys who actually pop later in the draft and become stars are usually guys who were overlooked due to their athleticism, age, size etc.
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Hardy and the development staff in Utah is geared differently. GG path could be different. But granted it could be a glorious failure.
 
whatthe said:
Hardy and the development staff in Utah is geared differently. GG path could be different. But granted it could be a glorious failure.
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I believe in the coaching staff, I just don't believe these traditional "high potential" prospects ever amount to high potential. If you look at the later draft picks that became all stars they are not of the GG archetype. Ironically, the guys who turned into all stars seem to be the guys who aren't drafted high because they are considered role players. The only GG archetypes that make it do so by being role players and stripping out the stuff that made them "high potential" to begin with.
 
KqWIN said:
I believe in the coaching staff, I just don't believe these traditional "high potential" prospects ever amount to high potential. If you look at the later draft picks that became all stars they are not of the GG archetype. Ironically, the guys who turned into all stars seem to be the guys who aren't drafted high because they are considered role players. The only GG archetypes that make it do so by being role players and stripping out the stuff that made them "high potential" to begin with.
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So if we draft GG at 9 he wont be a later pick so he can be a star.
 
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