Following potential 2015 draftees

[ema]

I laugh at Dirk comparisons with Porzingis. His upside at the best possible conditions would be a poor man's Dirk minus the passing.

 

[Park Bites]

I am not huge on comparisons, I prefer games is similar to. there are aspects of porzingis that is similar to dirk. mainly 3 pt shooting.

 

[BTP]

Between the Euroleague play and ACB this year, Porzingis is at 44% on 3PT percentage. Lots of high def game footage on Youtube, but no highlight videos made yet. Here are some plays from a recent game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94KzEsX9WI

14:47 (dunk)
20:06 (block)
20:42 (mid range)
21:15 (oop)
24:32 (3 PT)
27:58 (nice assist)

1 correction. Porzingis team doesn't play EuroLeague. They play in the EuroCup, which is 2nd tier international competition. Still pretty good!

Every big foreign guy who can shoot has been called the next Dirk.

If you're trolling, then stop. If you're not trolling, then wow.

From the little I've seen of him he reminds me a little bit of Serge Ibaka with more offensive potential.
I wouldn't worry so much about Porzingis defense. If he is solid he's better than 80% of the NBA guys on that end.
Power Forward is all about providing more offensive value than your counterpart does in some way(Scoring yourself, helping others get easier shots etc..)
Power Forwards like Ibaka, Gibson are super rare who can provide help side defense roaming in from the perimeter and also keep smaller attackers in front of them after switches.

 

[ema]

I am not huge on comparisons, I prefer games is similar to. there are aspects of porzingis that is similar to dirk. mainly 3 pt shooting.

That's definitely a better approach to it.

 

[stitches]

According to reports Alex Poythress tore his ACL today:

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaa...s-alex-poythress-tears-his-acl-072354890.html

Well, that sucks...

 

[BTP]

According to reports Alex Poythress tore his ACL today:

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaa...s-alex-poythress-tears-his-acl-072354890.html

Well, that sucks...

Well the thing I dislike about these reports is that they never state which other parts of the knee were damaged. An ACL rupture is totally manageable by today's medical standards unless your knee is predisposed for ACL injuries.

The thing that drags rehab and makes you susceptible for reinjuries are other parts that took damage like your meniscus and stuff.

Hope he had a Peterson style clean rupture and wish him a speedy recovery.

 

[Dr. Jones]

According to reports Alex Poythress tore his ACL today:

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaa...s-alex-poythress-tears-his-acl-072354890.html

Well, that sucks...

Well the thing I dislike about these reports is that they never state which other parts of the knee were damaged. An ACL rupture is totally manageable by today's medical standards unless your knee is predisposed for ACL injuries.

The thing that drags rehab and makes you susceptible for reinjuries are other parts that took damage like your meniscus and stuff.

Hope he had a Peterson style clean rupture and wish him a speedy recovery.

Yep.. I am still in denial. Poy is a GREAT defender and it will impact our season. More importantly, he's a damn good kid and I hate that he got hurt.

 

[Hantlers]

Y'all don't need defenders, you need shooters.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Y'all don't need defenders, you need shooters.

Well.. if we can't shoot we can't lose defenders.

 

[Dr. Jones]

 

[Hantlers]

Well.. if we can't shoot we can't lose defenders.

Valid, but you have a ton of defenders. I like Poythress, seems like a good kid, but losing him doesn't hurt that much IMO.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Valid, but you have a ton of defenders. I like Poythress, seems like a good kid, but losing him doesn't hurt that much IMO.

I hope you're right, but I disagree.