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Cy said:
Russell will probably not be a very good defender, but who cares, we have Gobert and Favors down low. It's not like Steph Curry really plays defense, but he has Bogut and Green down low and Thompson on the wing.

Favors and Gobert are our Green and Bogut, and Exum is our Thompson (defensively speaking).
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I don't think we'll finish low enough to get Russell though. He's solidly top #4 now. Better to not have your hopes up.
 
Here's the thing with athleticism--some of it really matters and some of it doesn't. Having quick hands and good timing/coordination matters, having quick feet and moving well laterally matters, having a quick second jump matters, having endurance and being able to run all day matters....but max vertical, full-court sprint and bench pressing don't matter much. It's actually rare that players ever run at full speed or jump with max vertical, and I have yet to see how bench pressing matters much. Maybe post players should do squats or dead lifts in tests, as that could be relevant, but whatever.
 
From another forum:

E-Balla said:
Also Russell is the most statistically impressive freshman guard in years. Here's the top freshmen guards with over 28% usage ranked by offensive rating over the last 10 years:

Russell - 120.1 ORTG
McCollum - 118.8 ORTG
Curry - 116.9 ORTG
Harden - 115.7 ORTG
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spycam1 said:
Okafor
Towns
Mudiay
Russell
Johnson

I just want one of these guys. We need to lose more.
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Unfortunately you may be right. Like Jazzfanz, DX also seems to be gravitating toward Russell and Johnson. They're now #4 & 5 on its mock draft. We're at #7 in draft position. We're in the middle of a big, easily changeable scrum. Within four games on either side of us are teams from current draft position 4-14 (well, actualy 4-13; nine of the teams are in the East and one would make the playoffs as of today).
 
idiot said:
Unfortunately you may be right. Like Jazzfanz, DX also seems to be gravitating toward Russell and Johnson. They're now #4 & 5 on its mock draft. We're at #7 in draft position. We're in the middle of a big, easily changeable scrum. Within four games on either side of us are teams from current draft position 4-14 (well, actualy 4-13; nine of the teams are in the East and one would make the playoffs as of today).
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DX has been reading JazzFanz. We should just pimp the hell out of the Harrison twins or something.
 
I'm not sure I'd take Mudiay over Russell.

****, we need to get back into the bottom 5. Adding a piece like Russell to our group could put us over the top.
 
I have the same feeling about Booker's shot as I have about Klay's or Curry's... I always feel like it's going in.
 
Jamezz said:
Yeah, I hope we lose all games from here to the end of the season. Worst case scenario, 4th pick :D
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Personally, I'd rather just get the 13th pick instead of another potential star that will help us win a title. We don't wanna develop a losing culture like GS. In fact, I wish we had never tanked for Exum. We're never gonna recover from that.
 
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