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The Thriller said:
Yes yes yes, we all know that Knight is going to be the next Dwill, Rose, Westbrook, Stockton, and Isiah Thomas combined...

But is he really a better prospect than Kanter? Who's the BPA at #3?
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Hate it when people do this .. I just said I would NOT take Knight at #3 .. I have clearly provided my concerns of him as an NBA player .. so why that ^^^?

As Rex said, BPA is subjective, for me it's Kanter and Knight at #4.
 
Hearing and seeing are two very different things and I just have to trust that KOC knows what he is doing right now. I have my own list of favorites and do not otuch players but ultimately I will always be a Jazz fan.
 
For those who aren't on the Knight/Singleton bandwagon we can find some solace in the fact that out of 12 of the bigger draft sites last year inclucing DX, Chad, SI, HoopsReport, NBADraft.net, etc. only one of them had us picking Hayward at #9, (Yahoo, got that one right).
 
We are taking Kanter and then Fredette if he's available. Everything else is a smokescreen. Does anyone remember back the year Pavel Podkolzin was going to come out (but later withdrew) and was projected to go top 5 and all the reports were that we really wanted hm and were looking to trade up? Yeah, well we ended up taking him a year or two later, except we drafted him for Dallas.
 
I dont get the knight hate at all. Is it because it takes away the chance to take the Jimmer? This is a 2 player draft. The consensus is the next two are Kanter and Knight. So what if the Jazz grab him at 3?
 
BOX said:
I dont get the knight hate at all. Is it because it takes away the chance to take the Jimmer? This is a 2 player draft. The consensus is the next two are Kanter and Knight. So what if the Jazz grab him at 3?
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At the risk of bugging you I'll respond. Since you associate me with the "Knight hate" crowd I figure I can speak for them. Initially there's the eyeball test. The kid is clutch and really likable, but never looked like a great floor general. Then there are those articles that highlight Knight's kinda crappy pure pg rating, and the misgivings on him feel supported by some analysis. That's not to say he won't be good. I think he will but I wouldn't want to pick him @ 3. I would take Kanter or trade down and grab either Bismack or Valanciunas.

At 12 there will be one of either Walker or Fredette. I don't see why people should be down on either of these guys. Maybe Knight will become better than these two but as of now I think they're all pretty close to equal value. -- so using the 3rd pick on one when the same value will be there later doesn't make sense to me.
 
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At the risk of bugging you I'll respond. Since you associate me with the "Knight hate" crowd I figure I can speak for them. Initially there's the eyeball test. The kid is clutch and really likable, but never looked like a great floor general. Then there are those articles that highlight Knight's kinda crappy pure pg rating, and the misgivings on him feel supported by some analysis. That's not to say he won't be good. I think he will but I wouldn't want to pick him @ 3. I would take Kanter or trade down and grab either Bismack or Valanciunas.

At 12 there will be one of either Walker or Fredette. I don't see why people should be down on either of these guys. Maybe Knight will become better than these two but as of now I think they're all pretty close to equal value. -- so using the 3rd pick on one when the same value will be there later doesn't make sense to me.
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This. I also don't understand why take Knight when we have Harris whos the same size/position and for all we know same type of player. Does anyone really think Knight is going to be better then Harris? Knight is going to be a above average pg, same as Harris.
 
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