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Catchall said:
I like Turner now. I think he could be Jermaine O'Neal with a steady 20-ft. jumper. Potential All Star. He's just getting used to his body. If we get him, other teams are going to be right pissed off.
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I don't see how in the world we get Turner at 12.
 
Catchall said:
I'm more interested in Dennis Lindsey's comments that Locke was passing on, than Locke's own opinions. I still like Oubre personally.
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Oubre seems to fit the 'elite measureables' comment but not sure about the 'desire to be GREAT' part. I don't know him personally so I wouldn't know but him being in and out of KU's lineup all year doesn't bode well.
 
idiot said:
Should link to the DL interview directly then: https://1280thezone.com/index.php/story/read/dj_pk_dennis_lindsey_utah_jazz_general_manager

Parts that are relevant for this discussion seem to be approximately 10:45-16:00
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DL also said the following about RISK:


- Risk - many times risk is negative, but many time the right thing to do for your club is to take the riskiest proposal possible


- But Locke said in his podcast that Kaminsky is the RISKIEST DRAFT PICK


SO DOESN'T THIS MEAN DL COULD POTENTIALLY STILL PICK KAMINSKY???????? DIDN'T LOCKE JUST TRY TO PULL A FAST ONE ON US???????
 
This is a bit old, but have been thinking about it a bit and finally ran the numbers:

A bit was made of Pat Connaughnton's high vertical leap score at the Combine, with some people (me included) having suspicions that he may have held back on the standing reach to make his vertical leap look better (since the latter is calculated based on the former).

Not saying one way or the other whether that was the case, but I was interested to see if others might be put under similar suspicion. So I calculated the ratio of standing reach to wingspan to see if Connaughton's was unusual. (The smaller the number, the greater the suspicion -- though certainly body type plays a huge role -- in any case a low ratio dilutes the value of a large wingspan a bit if both are "true" measures, though this matters more for bigs than smalls).

Connaughton was certainly toward the top of the list with a low reach/wingspan ratio. But he wasn't alone. Here's the top 15 on the list:
1.19 Kelly Oubre
1.20 Brandon Ashley
1.20 Pat Connaughton
1.21 Justin Anderson
1.21 Rondae Hollis Jefferson
1.21 Jordan Mickey
1.22 Chasson Randle
1.22 Stanley Johnson
1.22 Marcus Thorton
1.23 JP Tokoto
1.23 Joseph Young
1.23 Terry Rozier
1.23 Cameron Payne
1.23 Dez Wells
1.23 Andrew Harrison

btw, at the other end of the list is Frank Kaminsky (1.32).
 
ONE LOVE said:
DL also said the following about RISK:


- Risk - many times risk is negative, but many time the right thing to do for your club is to take the riskiest proposal possible


- But Locke said in his podcast that Kaminsky is the RISKIEST DRAFT PICK


SO DOESN'T THIS MEAN DL COULD POTENTIALLY STILL PICK KAMINSKY???????? DIDN'T LOCKE JUST TRY TO PULL A FAST ONE ON US???????
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