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Handlogten's Heros said:
He also had a podcast where he was like "no one is talking about this CBA thing and its so crazy" and he was so, so, so wrong that he had to spend the next pod walking it back and apologizing.

Its fine to have blind spots... its when you talk like the smartest guy in the room about thing you don't understand that I have the hardest time. Its more fun to be bombastic so I get it... but also opens yourself up to criticism.
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I remember last year he was talking about potential trades and just had no clue how they work or salaries or CBA stuff… like at all.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I remember last year he was talking about potential trades and just had no clue how they work or salaries or CBA stuff… like at all.
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I'd say 70% of the posters here have a better handle on that stuff than he does. There are times he needs to bring in someone else... and trades/cba stuff is very much one of those times.
 
If Whitmore somehow dropped to #9 its because there is some kind of unknown red flag. A dude with his profile should be nowhere near #9 in this draft. Not to say I wouldn't be thrilled if we got him there, but there would definitely be a reason that he fell. It will have to be a trade up if he is the level of prospect that he seems to be.

Handlogten's Heros said:
I wonder if an offer of #9, LA pick, Ochai is enough to entice Detroit for #5. Seems like a sweet spot for us as Cam or Amen would likely be there.
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But that is pretty pricey... He would have to become a damn good player to justify that trade.
 
I've always been confused how they measure hand width too. I know length is the where the wrist and hand meet to the tip of the middle finger, but is width just pinky to thumb? Maybe I just have a super long thumb, but if I spread my hand my pinky to thumb is 10" which is the same as dudes who are like 6'8 in the NBA. So does hand width just come down to how long your thumb is?
 
Powshredder said:
Not sure if this has been posted already, but I saw on reddit that Whitmore has pretty small hands relative to his height...
Not sure if this is indicative of anything but just interesting
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I honestly wouldn’t worry about it at all. He gets steals and deflections. Ain’t like he can’t palm the ball.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I honestly wouldn’t worry about it at all. He gets steals and deflections. Ain’t like he can’t palm the ball.
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If your hand is only 8 inches wide I don't think you can palm the ball, at least not with any kind of control. If the measurement is true and not something he just sandbagged by not fully spreading his hand, he probably has to palm it with his wrist on dunks
 
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