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Breaking News : Enes Kanter number 1 on NBADRAFT.NET yeaa hooooo :):):)

Seems kinda funny that on the exact same page here on jazzfanz you see 2 threads.

The first, KANTER HASN'T HELPED HIMSELF AVOIDING WORKOUTS...

And the second, ENES KANTER NUMBER 1 ON NBADRAFT.NET

Soooooo were people expecting him to go zero?

You do realize that there are many people who use the interwebs, right? It is possible that two of those different people had two different opinions.
 

Obviously hindsight is 20/20, but if those players had reached their vaunted potential they would have been much closer to their NBA comparisons in those links.

All that really tells me is DO NOT draft on potential. Bimbo, for example, should only be picked if he is legitimately the BPA, not just because he has so much potential.
 
You do realize that there are many people who use the interwebs, right? It is possible that two of those different people had two different opinions.
Whaaaattttt? You mean this site isn't a conclusive news source? I'm just hanging around here collecting neg reps from Franklin for no reason? This news sucks.
 
I think if Kanter went number 1, Minnesota would take Irving and open the bidding war for them. Too many teams will try to get him to mitigate the loss in value of everyone knowing 'Sota will trade him. That would leave Williams to the Jazz.

Cleveland would REALLY have to consider Kanter as a can't miss, because there's a good chance Kanter will be available at #4, anyway.

Or they just think there is very little difference between Irving and Knight. You generally value bigs much higher. They'll still probably get one of the top-2 PG's. Only risk would be Irving goes #2 and then the JAzz take Knight, That would leave them with Kanter/Williams. That's not a bad scenario. Take Irving and then the draft could go (as expected) Williams #2 and Kanter #3, leaving Knight as the BPA at #4, but the Cavs would have already selected Irving.

So is Kanter/Williams or Kanter/Knight better than Irving/Vesely (or Valanciunas)? If I were the Cavs GM and Irving didn't completely blow me away in workouts, I might consider taking Kanter #1 (and I'm not a huge fan of Enes).
 
Or they just think there is very little difference between Irving and Knight. You generally value bigs much higher. They'll still probably get one of the top-2 PG's. Only risk would be Irving goes #2 and then the JAzz take Knight, That would leave them with Kanter/Williams. That's not a bad scenario. Take Irving and then the draft could go (as expected) Williams #2 and Kanter #3, leaving Knight as the BPA at #4, but the Cavs would have already selected Irving.

So is Kanter/Williams or Kanter/Knight better than Irving/Vesely (or Valanciunas)? If I were the Cavs GM and Irving didn't completely blow me away in workouts, I might consider taking Kanter #1 (and I'm not a huge fan of Enes).

Kanter did workout against T Thompson and one of the Morris'. Perhaps he destroyed them and made Cleveland rethink their #1. Doubt it. Probably mostly just the website doing something "controversial" to drive traffic.
 
Obviously hindsight is 20/20, but if those players had reached their vaunted potential they would have been much closer to their NBA comparisons in those links.

All that really tells me is DO NOT draft on potential. Bimbo, for example, should only be picked if he is legitimately the BPA, not just because he has so much potential.
Right, because he's just potential and hasn't shown that he can actually play more than a guy that some people think is the #1 pick.
 
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