Not for me, it's not.
Following potential 2014 draftees
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Not for me, it's not.
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Park Bites
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What scares me about vonleh is the same thing that scared me about Paul George, they just seem to coast but look at how George turned out.
I doubt that Vonleh can defend quick wings. I think Vonleh's position is either being a solid PF athlete with good length, size and skills or that matchup nightmare Center who can step out of the paint and stretch the defense. If his reported handles are for real he can really create space under the basket in that role. Think of Al Horford.
Honestly I feel like the 5-9 range this year is way deeper and more skilled than in most years. You maybe don't have this transcendent can't miss talent at #1, but you have 4 guys in the front where you can easily imagine that they have a good development curve and get there. And then there's the 5-9 range which all have significant upside to become very important players on good teams.
Agree -> Read above I'd even say Center may be where he's most useful after adding some muscles.
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Vonleh at Center? LOL.. what??!! How tall is he? 6'9???
I'd say their bodies are similars, their game not yet except that both have a soft touch. I think it's hard to tell what Vonleh's game is going to be in the future.
Wait till he get measured. Read reports he's grown over the last year. Right now I expect him to be somewhere between 6'10 and 6'11 in shoes. That's Dwight Howard, Al Horford size.
We already have our Center with Favors.
Favors is a good screenplay defender. Might be good to have him defend the roll/pop man and have another guy deeper in the paint that also offers versatility on offense. Just saying it's an option.
Yeah a true 7 footer like Embiid might do the job. But what this POR team has taught me is you'd really only need a semi-decent Center to be effective - he doesn't really need to be an All Star or anything like that.
- Who played Center in the Heat teams that won the Chips?
- Mavs? They had Chandler.
First of all the way I look at it there's a decent probability that the Jazz draft 3rd 4th or 5th. In the latter case we got the guys gone who we think have perennial all star upside.
I'd like a Center like Embiid a lot, but we there's another 10 teams that are in (wannabe)contention mode each and every year. And there's more than one way that leads to Rome.
And I think there's a possibility that one of those ways includes both Favors AND Vonleh as a frontcourt starting duo. They offer versatility on defense and Vonleh has the upside to become very good on offense. Favors offensive potential is somewhat shaky, but we'll find out in the next year or two.
But with these two you can do some creative horns sets like the Raptors are doing this year. You have the possibility to take a Favors screen and execute it as pick and roll with a corner shooter on his side. You can go on Vonleh's side which leaves both roll and pop potential. Plus on this side you have Hayward on the wing to slash into the paint as a secondary ballhandler following a handoff if the pop option didn't work, which opens up a lot.
Just saying there's potential. Just look at Enes offense right now and tell me other than offensive boards what can't Vonleh do that Kanter does. And vice versa. I think Vonleh has a whole lot more to offer than Enes at this point.
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Saric displaying some moxy or is it overestimating his own capabilities?
Saric displaying some moxy or is it overestimating his own capabilities?
