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Following 2016 potential draftees

#bern said:
6'11 wingspan, already a good defender, 1.25 pps off of catch and shoot opportunities...work him off ball at first, and he'll develop his other skills at the same time. Klay Thompson could hardly do more than shoot coming in, it's not unheard of for guys to significantly improve their handle.
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Baldwin's shot is nowhere near Klay level(even from college). I have my doubts that he will translate it to anywhere near 40%. The analytics projections I've seen have him at ~35% in the league, which is alright but not great. Also... I've said that before and I keep saying it - it is incredibly dangerous to assume that the guy you draft will have the development curve of a outlier and Klay is the ultimate outlier - this type of improvement has almost never happened.
 
stitches said:
Baldwin's shot is nowhere near Klay level(even from college). I have my doubts that he will translate it to anywhere near 40%. The analytics projections I've seen have him at ~35% in the league, which is alright but not great. Also... I've said that before and I keep saying it - it is incredibly dangerous to assume that the guy you draft will have the development curve of a outlier and Klay is the ultimate outlier - this type of improvement has almost never happened.
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give Baldwin an early-Kawhi role. Off-ball. Catch-and-shoot. Projections on him are hard (for me) to interpret because how are they anticipating his opportunities? As a PG with a steady diet of off-the-dribble, etc?
 
#bern said:
6'11 wingspan, already a good defender, 1.25 pps off of catch and shoot opportunities...work him off ball at first, and he'll develop his other skills at the same time. Klay Thompson could hardly do more than shoot coming in, it's not unheard of for guys to significantly improve their handle.
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He isn't that good of defender, mostly average.

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Listening to David Locke, he seems to suggest that Sabonis is rated higher than Poeltl by Toronto at #9. Locke seems to suggest that Dejounte Murray is a serious possibility at #10 with Milwaukee, that they would take Murray over Poeltl.

The players he mentions in play at #12 are Korkmaz, Richardson, Poeltl, Baldwin, Davis and Zizic. No mention of Skal, though maybe he thinks Skal will go #11 to Orlando.
 
He has a lot of defensive potential, but he doesn't have the best fundamentals or instincts

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Here's some boilerplate language on Baldwin: I think he's a rotation player and borderline starter who needs to play primarily off the ball like Danny Green, Patrick Beverly or George Hill, basically a 3D guard. The question is whether he'll be a good enough shooter if he has to shoot off the bounce, if he'll be able to get to the rim and finish, and if his slightly diva attitude makes it likely for him to accept that role.
 
Catchall said:
Listening to David Locke, he seems to suggest that Sabonis is rated higher than Poeltl by Toronto at #9. Locke seems to suggest that Dejounte Murray is a serious possibility at #10 with Milwaukee, that they would take Murray over Poeltl.

The players he mentions in play at #12 are Korkmaz, Richardson, Poeltl, Baldwin, Davis and Zizic. No mention of Skal, though maybe he thinks Skal will go #11 to Orlando.
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Well, if all that's true, then I guess Poeltl could fall to us.

Would anyone NOT be okay with picking Poeltl at 12?

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Handlogten's Heros said:
Also getting just a solid rotation player on a rookie contract will go a long way to helping us with our upcoming cap crunch.
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Upcoming cap crunch? Nah, we should have signed matthews, carroll, or Danny green to a huge contract last summer and next summer we should give Hayward the 5 year super max.
Then we will just max favors, gobert, exum, hood, and lyles when their contracts are up.

Cap crunch? No such thing under the new salary cap that is coming. Hell, we need to worry more about just getting to the salary floor.

 
Catchall said:
Listening to David Locke, he seems to suggest that Sabonis is rated higher than Poeltl by Toronto at #9. Locke seems to suggest that Dejounte Murray is a serious possibility at #10 with Milwaukee, that they would take Murray over Poeltl.

The players he mentions in play at #12 are Korkmaz, Richardson, Poeltl, Baldwin, Davis and Zizic. No mention of Skal, though maybe he thinks Skal will go #11 to Orlando.
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No mention of thon?
 
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