If you like fire, then draft Randle or Smart.
Following potential 2014 draftees
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green
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PG - 48 mins a night
SG - 48 mins a night
SF - 15 mins a night
Some simple third grade math gets you 111 mins a night for Burke, Smart, Hayward, Burks. That evens out to 28 mins per player. IDEAL. Toss in some night with foul trouble, matchups, off nights, whatever.
Or, hell, give Hayward 20 mins a night at SF instead of 15. Essentially 30 mins a night for each one. Problem solved. That still leaves 28 mins a night for another SF to come in and produce.
HOLY ****. IT WORKS.
Yeah, what about Burks.....unreal.
spycam1
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Gordon has fire, too. But paired with elite athleticism. And at a position of need.
fgcamel
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feel good about yourself?
green
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Today I'm leaning toward...
I think Rusillo said it best:
"If you want to like Gordon, you will watch his tape and be in love. If you don't want to like Gordon, you will watch his tape and come away hating him more."
His ceiling is so high, but his floor is pretty dang low as well. It will be interesting to see if he gets in a situation where he can develop and if he wants to develop.
Gordon's success might depend more on where he ends up than anything.
green
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What about Burks?
spycam1
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This should not be in question. At all.
Go watch his interviews at the combine. The dude is a perfectionist.
Game6Conley
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I dont make much of it either tbh, years ago i probably would have though. that move vs Noel does show the great touch hes has around the rim
I remember saying things like Bosh was a bigtime winner in HS during that draft and probably put too much weight into it ( i was 15)
and was guilty as anyone for thinking higher of Archie Goodwin because of consecutive state titles.
Kyle Anderson also managed to be terribly underwhelming freshman season after going 65-0 in his last 2 years of HS. I know the NBA scouts watch everything but i do wonder how much weight some of this HS stuff holds.
green
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I agree to a point. I would counter with this argument:
It's easy to be a perfectionist and a gym rat when you're poor and better than everyone else. It gets a lot harder when you have money in the bank and you are getting your *** kicked every night.
When the Pistons beat the crap out of Jordan, he got stronger and became the greatest player of all time. What happens if the Pistons never beat Jordan up? What happens if they did beat him up, and he didn't get stronger? Then we don't have Michael Jordan.
Most players don't react the way Michael did. Most players get their butts kicked, go on vacation, and come back the same player that lost to the Pistons the year before.
IF Gordon can get his butt kicked, work harder and come back better, then he is very, very rare.
Worked with thousands of athletes at every level and never seen that. Athletes who work their *** off in the Gym and are highly motivated in their workouts are always players with heart when they play. They might not be good but if someone is motivated enough to work their *** off in the gym then putting their heart on the field or court every play is the easy part.
