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Following 2016 potential draftees

spycam1 said:
Interesting.

Who would you take between Skal and Thon?
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Good question they are both projects. I would need to do more research. Leaning towards thon because he might be the home run pick. He could also be a strike out but in a week draft i would take either in the jazz position.
 
FWIW, Ford has Skal at #16 and Thon at #20. One or both could be available when we pick, along with Luwawu, Korkmaz, and Baldwin. There should definitely be some good options available for us in the mid teens.

Lindsey gonna pull off the steal of the draft yet again?
 
I'd have to defer to someone like PGAB who actually watches HS basketball on Thon Maker. Nothing I read about him seems to be overly impressive other than he is long and agile. Doesnt seem to have overly impressed since he blew up on the radar a couple of years ago. I'd really rather not draft a project that extreme with our pick. Rather take a guy who can contribute in a 10 mpg role and has upside, like a Chriss/Kormaz/Baldwin
 
I do remember watching Maker in one of those HS All-Star type games last year and being thoroughly unimpressed.
 
The rule states that you have to be 19 and one year removed from high school. Maker turned 19 in February, but he still attends high school in Canada. He basically would have to convince the NBA that he was a member of the 2015 class and decided to do a post-graduate year. He had the chance to reclassify to the 2015 class and play college ball this year, but he decided to stay another year so he could play with his younger brother on the high school basketball team.

ESPN doesn't have Maker ranked in their 2016 recruting class because he doesn't play high school basketball in the US, but I read an article a few months ago that said he would be ranked #4 behind Giles, Tatum, and Jackson. I would take a chance on him around #15 or #16, why not? A top-5 recruit in the teens I say go for it. He's a legit 7-footer and I'm pretty sure he was the #1 recruit in the country for 2016 when he was playing high school ball in the US back in 2014.
 
King Cy said:
I'd have to defer to someone like PGAB who actually watches HS basketball on Thon Maker. Nothing I read about him seems to be overly impressive other than he is long and agile. Doesnt seem to have overly impressed since he blew up on the radar a couple of years ago. I'd really rather not draft a project that extreme with our pick. Rather take a guy who can contribute in a 10 mpg role and has upside, like a Chriss/Kormaz/Baldwin
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This is a good point, but I'd still take a chance on Maker.
 
^^^ Thon hits a couple threes in that video. If he can do that consistently I would definitely take him over Skal.
 
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