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KqWIN said:
Your mention of Sullinger made me thing, does Ainge have a higher tolerance for medical red flag guys?

Suillinger
Timelord
Langford
Nesmith

I believe all of these guys had some injury concerns in their evaluation.
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Good pull... Forgot about Timelord.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Not really... I think when you draft a guy you hope he can earn a back end of the rotation spot. So you are hoping they are able to compete for that spot. Whitehead likely won't be viewed like that given he will be playing catch up and the priority will be getting him healthy and acclimated to the NBA versus getting him some evaluation time.

He is young but he wouldn't have been viewed like a Bilal level project... especially since he has at least one nba skill that could allow him to get some court time. It just adds a few steps to his process now and I would adjust expectations accordingly.

Like some team may have been expecting he could have an AJ Griffin like rookie year... I'd say that is off the table at this point.
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I'm sure NBA teams would love for that to be the case, but I doubt many of them actually think that unless they are strategically going after upperclassmen thought to be NBA ready.

There's plenty of teams between Utah's 9th pick and Utah's 28th pick who have multiple picks this draft, tons of picks over years, or arent the kind of teams who are in need of a rookie to be a rotation player in the first few months.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I'm sure NBA teams would love for that to be the case, but I doubt many of them actually think that unless they are strategically going after upperclassmen thought to be NBA ready.

There's plenty of teams between Utah's 9th pick and Utah's 28th pick who have multiple picks this draft, tons of picks over years, or arent the kind of teams who are in need of a rookie to be a rotation player in the first few months.
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It isn't just about being a rotation player this year. Its that the evaluation of where that player is should be delayed. His first step in his NBA evaluation won't be "can this kid play". It will be let's get this kid healthy, then in game shape, then let's see what he can do. If he physically isn't ready 2 months into the season then practice time has evaporated and he'd have to be pretty special to contribute at that point. Even the projects like Bilal can get on court and potentially "pop". The redshirt comment is really how I think you'd just push back how you evaluate the kid by a year. 1 setback and he might not log even garbage time.

I think he would have gotten looks starting at 12ish without any kind of red flag... likely goes somewhere between 16-23. I think with this news he is likely 7-10 spots further down on the list. Miami at #18 might be the earliest I could see someone picking him. If we get different follow up news I will change my guess one way or another.
 
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Presented without context. Barring the massive 3pt rate difference and FT%, kind of similar.
 

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Sounds like Bilal won't be able to workout for NBA teams. Teams will have to draft him based off his role player potential because he doesn't really show the advanced skills most teams desire out of lottery prospects on the main team.
 
I just have a bit of a hype cap on Bilal because I don't see the ball handling/creation upside but everything else is pretty promising.
 
KqWIN said:
Your mention of Sullinger made me thing, does Ainge have a higher tolerance for medical red flag guys?

Suillinger
Timelord
Langford
Nesmith

I believe all of these guys had some injury concerns in their evaluation.
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Jared Butler went from late Lotto to second round.
 
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