Udidthizz
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And he just led his team to a championship, so it’s looking good for us.
58th pick - Miye Oni - traded from Warriors
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seattlejazzfan
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best highlight vid i've seen yet of oni
Decent player, hasn't played many meaningful minutes on a winning team tho.
The concerning thing about Oni is that he was terrible his sophomore year.
seattlejazzfan
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yeah, that is a concern and even his senior year - for a guy who is that athletic, long and strong, only shot 44% FGs and only 58% at the rim - which puts him bottom third of SGs in the draft. You'd think he'd be a bit more dominant than that with his measurables in Ivy league.
Jack Strop
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Guess it also depends on vets coming in for the minimum. Also on Dante. If Dante is good as the backup PG, then Donovan gets to play all his minutes at the 2. Royce can then split his time backing up Mitchell AND Ingles. But if Exum can't play or is horrible, Mitchell will need to spend some time as the PG and players other than Royce would need to pick up mins at the wing positions.
Kyoto
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After a game and a half or so (Duke & Memphis), here's what I see:
Good:
- scoring potential: seems to have a bit more than Royce O'Neale (who he'll inevitably be compared with), though, like Royce, success will heavily depend on whether 3-pointers fall
- good court vision and passing: quite impressive at times, seems poised, unselfish
- defensive tools: quick feet when engaged; decent length; occasionally good timing to make big defensive play
- good athleticism: though mostly shows up in space
Less good:
- too casual (led to both turnovers and blow-bys when guarding one-on-one)
- size: though decent size for a two, probably not big enough for a 3 in many situations (looked quite a bit smaller than Reddish or Barrett); not really a tough guy like Royce
- ball-handling: though can probably get by as a two-guard with some development, and can maybe create a little, I doubt it ever develops enough for him to be anything more than a relatively low-usage guy
If you squint hard enough, you can imagine in a couple of years a PG-SG-SF nearly-equal sized trio of Dante, him, and Royce putting hellacious defense on other team's bench units and maybe scraping together just enough offense to get by.
Good:
- scoring potential: seems to have a bit more than Royce O'Neale (who he'll inevitably be compared with), though, like Royce, success will heavily depend on whether 3-pointers fall
- good court vision and passing: quite impressive at times, seems poised, unselfish
- defensive tools: quick feet when engaged; decent length; occasionally good timing to make big defensive play
- good athleticism: though mostly shows up in space
Less good:
- too casual (led to both turnovers and blow-bys when guarding one-on-one)
- size: though decent size for a two, probably not big enough for a 3 in many situations (looked quite a bit smaller than Reddish or Barrett); not really a tough guy like Royce
- ball-handling: though can probably get by as a two-guard with some development, and can maybe create a little, I doubt it ever develops enough for him to be anything more than a relatively low-usage guy
If you squint hard enough, you can imagine in a couple of years a PG-SG-SF nearly-equal sized trio of Dante, him, and Royce putting hellacious defense on other team's bench units and maybe scraping together just enough offense to get by.
checkbookdoc
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I thought this same thing, but maybe he will be disappointed in life and become a jerk (kind of like Hood)!
Oni is a much more talented and natural offensive player than Royce. He should be a 35%+ 3-pt shooter early on, unless he struggles to adjust to the speed of the NBA game. He may be a straight-line driver when he attacks close-outs, but he's also more athletic and explosive going to the rim than Royce is. I see him becoming our back-up 2-guard by the end of his rookie season, replacing Grayson and Alec Burks from last year.
Whether he gets on the floor will depend on his ability to defend 2s and pick up switches.
