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Any smart person knows it's way too early to call the final score of the 2017 draft, cmon now.

What you can shake your head about is knowing that they were going to make a push for Hayward and still having Brown and Crowder on ther roster. Tatum was very redunant to what they have and Tatum will be a back up for the first few years of his career
 
What you can shake your head about is knowing that they were going to make a push for Hayward and still having Brown and Crowder on ther roster. Tatum was very redunant to what they have and Tatum will be a back up for the first few years of his career

No, you can't. They are building their team w/ versatile big wing players. That is a thing they are doing on purpose and for a reason. Let's see how it works first before you shake your head.
 
Any smart person knows it's way too early to call the final score of the 2017 draft, cmon now.

It's not giving the draft a final score, but it's obvious what some players can do and what some can't at this stage. It's less an indictment of Tatum than it is how great some of the other players have looked so far. But that said, Tatum so far is a mediocre defender and hasn't been able to beat defenders off the dribble. His turnaround mid-range jumpers are ball-stopping and inefficient plays. He disappears when the ball isn't in his hands. Watch this pick come back and bite Boston vis a vis how good Dennis Smith Jr., Josh Jackson, and the other guys are. Call it a prediction if you must.
 
It's not giving the draft a final score, but it's obvious what some players can do and what some can't at this stage. It's less an indictment of Tatum than it is how great some of the other players have looked so far. But that said, Tatum so far is a mediocre defender and hasn't been able to beat defenders off the dribble. His turnaround mid-range jumpers are ball-stopping and inefficient plays. He disappears when the ball isn't in his hands. Watch this pick come back and bite Boston vis a vis how good Dennis Smith Jr., Josh Jackson, and the other guys are. Call it a prediction if you must.

It's a prediction.
 
Someone is probably going to draft Miles Bridges in the 7 - 10 range this next year and be happy about it.

But as I compare Bridges to Rui Hachimura, I'm tempted to say that Hachimura is right there as a comparable prospect, and he looks like an even more natural shooter/scorer. He just didn't get minutes as a freshman. Am I missing something? Maybe it's what I get for looking at highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-AlECeFn_o
 
....Aaaand here's another forward prospect. Have people been following Kevin Knox (besides PKM)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xQ-Dq_LXkM
 
Love Knox as a prospect.

There are a ton of forwards in this draft ---

  • Bagley
  • Porter
  • Doncic (if he plays at the 3)
  • Miles Bridges
  • Robert Williams
  • Jaren Jackson
  • Kevin Knox
  • Rui Hachimura
  • Emanuel Akot
  • Chemezie Metu
  • Rodions Kurucs
  • Killian Tillie

And I must be forgetting a couple.
 
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Someone is probably going to draft Miles Bridges in the 7 - 10 range this next year and be happy about it.

But as I compare Bridges to Rui Hachimura, I'm tempted to say that Hachimura is right there as a comparable prospect, and he looks like an even more natural shooter/scorer. He just didn't get minutes as a freshman. Am I missing something? Maybe it's what I get for looking at highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-AlECeFn_o

I was really impressed with what rui did in the u19 tournament for Japan. He put up serious numbers and let's be honest who else does Japan have? The other teams just had to stop rui to beat Japan and he still did well.

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Here's some more Kevin Knox in high school. Nice rebound and go at 2:00 and a block and go at 2:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh4LJhkov4s
 
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