Following potential 2013 draftees

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Pretty cool that he use to skateboard.

 

[The Black Swordsman]

Ok - here's the new Schroeder's interview & practice footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895hxrNZH4I

I like how he said he:

- first and foremost likes to play defense
- wants to be a leader
- likes giving out assists
- speaks English with his teammates (less adjustment to Jazz)

I really can't see him as a chucker (some people have compared him to Jennings?)

I also like how he said he's very close to his family. That's important to me. He loves his family, very likely he'll also love his teammates.

Also like how he said he plays soccer (Steve Nash?).

One of my close friends has played soccer with Steve Nash, it was during the NBA lockout. I have a video on it on facebook.

Also if we don't draft this guy at 14 I will be disapointed

 

[cowhide]

The more I learn about Schroeder the more I like him. CJ or him at 14 would make me happy.

 

[idiot]

Wolters seems like a guy the Jazz would have been stoked to grab with a late 1st rounder during the Stockton or Dwill eras to be a backup. As a starter, I'm just not sold.

Looks about right. Maybe as much as anyone, though, his draft position will depend on the result of NBA/team workouts.

 

[orangello]

The more I learn about Schroeder the more I like him. CJ or him at 14 would make me happy.

Because of Schroe's defense mentality and my questions about CJ's ankle, I'd rather go Schroe.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I like Schro.. but he's behind McCollum for me.

 

[Fishsticks]

I'm with Hack - on both the Burks love and the Withey love. Although I wanna know more about Steven Adams. He's only 19 so not as polished as Withey but could his ceiling be higher? High enough to compensate for spending a couple years developing him? ...might be better to go with Withey. I dunno.

Steven Adams will need another year or two. But will be a good player in the league. I'm ok with a project big in this draft. We can find a rental for a few years as he develops. You take a shoot on talent like his at 21.

 

[Fishsticks]

I don't see any reason to take on a project big. We either need to sign a solid backup vet, or draft an upperclassmen who is ready to contribute.

Orrrrr.....draft a project big with good upside a d sign a back up vet. No one at 21 is ready to contribute.

 

[BENTLEY]

I really don't know who I like better between CJ and Schroeder.

 

[Julie Greengiant]

Schroeder will not be there at 14. Count on it!

 

[BENTLEY]

from comments section of a bleacherreport article on Giannis...

...It's bleacher report, I know, but this guy in the comments section sounds like he's witnessed a fair amount of Giannis in Greece. I thought what he said was interesting.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1627273-giannis-adetokunbo-breaking-down-greek-phenoms-2013-nba-draft-stock

Default-user-icon-comment R T posted 28 minutes ago Contributor I

He plays point guard with the junior team. He plays small forward with the senior team. But he does play as a point guard with the junior team, in the Under-18 competition.

You can see him playing as a point guard in the Under-18 league (not the second division, which is a pro league) at the following places:

https://www.fcmbasketball.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&id=825:adetokoubo-giannis&Itemid=9

https://www.youtube.com/user/EskaBasket/videos

The second link (ESKA - the youth league in Greece) is in Greek, but you are looking for Filathlitikos games. Which in Greek, the name Filathlitikos looks like this --> Φιλαθλητικός

Now, to help you out on the first link, if you open a game video and he is wearing #4, then he is playing in the senior league, in the pro level Greek second division.

But if he is wearing #11, then he is playing in the Under-18 league, and that is where he plays point guard.

Here is a YouTube direct link to a recent game of Adetokoubo in the Under-18 league -->

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C473tR4BjPE

As you can see, he plays as a point guard, when he is playing against his own age group in the Under-18 league.

Now keep in mind that these are the best high school players and teams in Greece. The level of the Greek Under-18 league is said to be comparable to NCAA Division III.

The reason why he plays small forward in the senior team is because that's a fully pro league of grown men. It's not as high as the Greek first division, but it's still decent basketball, where you had Greek second division teams going 3-0 against the D-League all star team a couple years ago. Just to give an idea that the level in Greek A2 league is much higher than people in the US are claiming.

The "low level" they talk about is when he plays in the Under-18 league, which is where most of these clips on him come from anyway. But in his own youth level (he's the age of a high school senior), he does play point guard and he does stand out as one of the best players in the country.

Of course, they are not going to hand the team over to an 18 year old high school kid to play point guard and run the team on the senior men's club. No pro club in the world is going to do that, even in a second tier national league. Especially when that club has a very good point guard like Nikos Gikas, who is one of the best young point guards in Europe, already on the team.

So Adetokoubo can play as a point guard, it's just a matter of him being too young to be given that responsibility at a pro level. But at his own youth age level, he plays as a point guard.

 

[orangello]

I like Schro.. but he's behind McCollum for me.

Fair enough.