Following Potential 2018 Draftees

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

 

[SCS]

Would you guys trade Royce O’Neale for #22?

Of course not.

Straight up? No.

Known vs Unknown. We know O'Neale. We know his strengths and weaknesses. We know his value to the team. We know he's a good role player. We also know that he's a good locker room fit and a friend of Donovan. We don't know that any of that would be the case with the player we get at 22. Plus O'Neales contract is a bargain. 1.3 mill next year, 1.6 mill the year after that. It's basically the same price that they'd be paying the player at 22 on a rookie scale, but again we already know what we have with O'Neale.

 

[infection]

LMAO i'm tempted to make the 2025 draftees thread. Joel Embiid, Steph Curry and Nate Robinson talking on IG bout 2006-born Oliver Rioux. Who's 12 and 7' and cordinated and for some reason is playing vs kids his age on 8' hoops. He's Canadian.

Best highlights ever btw. **** had me rolling.

That's worse than those half-assed Kanter high school highlights. That kid should be more dominant than he is. Put some hustle into it or find another league if you're that bored. And take away the horn from whoever the hell kept blowing it.

Canadians SMH

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I thought he was inolved more in PnR in college, but he wasn't and that has turned me off. Great kid and maybe because he is so young he turns it around (if he could add great shooting than that would cure a lot of his weaknesses), but I would take him now only near the end of the 1st.

Wait, shouldn't that first part turn you on? The college game is trash compared to the NBA. College programs are really bad at running PNR. Most college system are just rotating the ball around the perimeter until the other team makes a rotation mistake. So the fact that his biggest strength (ball-handling playmaking) wasnt properly utilized because of how college basketball is played should explain why his numbers were worse than projected coming into the year.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You can really tell his agent wanted to emphasize dunks to show he is a better athlete than he measured.

 

[bigmike]

As a USC alum, I'm not a Metu fan. He's an athlete and has stretch 4 potential, but he's kind of a turd. Seems to have an attitude/entitlement streak, and I don't think he'd mesh well in the locker room.

 

[LoPo]

I wouldn't trade O'Neale for #22, but that's because I'm a fan and I like O'Neale.

However, if the FO wanted to trade O'Neale for #22 because they knew #21 and #22 could be packaged to trade up for somebody better, then I trust the FO.

I don't see any current realistic scenarios worth trading Mitchell, Gobert, Ingles, O'Neale, Rubio or Crowder. There might be a scenario worth trading Bradley.

 

[kabenac]

As a USC alum, I'm not a Metu fan. He's an athlete and has stretch 4 potential, but he's kind of a turd. Seems to have an attitude/entitlement streak, and I don't think he'd mesh well in the locker room.

Fight On!
(2005 here)

 

[TheStormofWar]

Straight up? No.

Known vs Unknown. We know O'Neale. We know his strengths and weaknesses. We know his value to the team. We know he's a good role player. We also know that he's a good locker room fit and a friend of Donovan. We don't know that any of that would be the case with the player we get at 22. Plus O'Neales contract is a bargain. 1.3 mill next year, 1.6 mill the year after that. It's basically the same price that they'd be paying the player at 22 on a rookie scale, but again we already know what we have with O'Neale.

I agree with this. Royce was a pleasant surprise among many last season. For what he gives and any potential improvement (yes, I know he's 25, don't care), #22 isn't worth him. Dude's just a generally good guy to have around.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

As a USC alum, I'm not a Metu fan. He's an athlete and has stretch 4 potential, but he's kind of a turd. Seems to have an attitude/entitlement streak, and I don't think he'd mesh well in the locker room.

I'm not a huge fan either, but he is pretty bouncy/quick off the floor. He's kind of a 4/5 tweener. If I had confidence he could defend the periemter well, I'd be a lot higher on him as a prospect. He is also a ways from being a stretch 4. Barely shot any 3's this past year. Attitude stuff doesnt really bother me that much. It's not like the 52nd pick can hurt a lockerroom.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I wouldn't trade O'Neale for #22, but that's because I'm a fan and I like O'Neale.

However, if the FO wanted to trade O'Neale for #22 because they knew #21 and #22 could be packaged to trade up for somebody better, then I trust the FO.

I don't see any current realistic scenarios worth trading Mitchell, Gobert, Ingles, O'Neale, Rubio or Crowder. There might be a scenario worth trading Bradley.

Wouldn’t it just be easier to trade 21 and O’Neale to whatever team they’re targeting the move up with. Cut out the middleman and go directly to the source.

 

[LoPo]

Wouldn’t it just be easier to trade 21 and O’Neale to whatever team they’re targeting the move up with. Cut out the middleman and go directly to the source.

Possibly, but you never know. #22 was thrown out there as an example (by BD I think), but I could see Chicago wanting O'Neale. And let's just say we are trying to trade up to #15 with Washington. I could see Washington preferring #21 and #22 over #21 and O'Neale because they have already invested so much money into Porter and Beal with Oubre waiting on a new deal.