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seattlejazzfan said:
I was thinking about a luke kennard comp, which is lazy (white wings from duke), but i also think it's appropriate. i do like Kon better as an overall basketball player - i think he's a better scorer from inside the 3 point line, has better feel as a passer and is a better defender. he's been much better than freshman kennard at Duke, where kennard exploded as a sophomore.

tangent. in checking Kennard's NBA production (12th overall pick after his soph season) to see if a rich man's version would be worth taking as high as 5 or 6, I noticed this:

Kennard's 3pt% per season starting his 4th season in the NBA:
45%
45%
49%
45%
46%

Good hell. that is insane 3pt shooting greatness and consistency.
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I think Kon is closer to Bane than Kennardz at least stylistically
 
Kon is a very fundamentally sound player who plays hard and has size. I don’t see the pop to justify anything top-10. That **** he was doing against Georgia Tech is not anything he will sniff in the NBA.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I think Kon is closer to Bane than Kennardz at least stylistically
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I'm warming up to him... in part because I don't see a lot of guys I consider good upside swings in his draft range and I think he's an nba player. He also struggled with his shooting a bit (well relative to his reputation) early in the season. He's just such a rectangular body. I wonder if he has baby fat that he might game a touch of quickness if he dropped. I think Bane is a better athlete but also likely a bit shorter.

He just has an odd body and we don't see guys that look like that. I think Bane is a really good comp for his ceiling outcomes. Back half of the lotto is a fine place for him in this draft.
 
I'm currently at a point in this draft where I think there are going to be a lot of good players that come from this draft, but I just have no idea who they will be, lol.

There are a lot of really productive young guys with unclear fit in the NBA, extremely young guys with inconsistent production/roles, and foreign guys that are harder to project.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I'm currently at a point in this draft where I think there are going to be a lot of good players that come from this draft, but I just have no idea who they will be, lol.

There are a lot of really productive young guys with unclear fit in the NBA, extremely young guys with inconsistent production/roles, and foreign guys that are harder to project.
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Its kind of a grab bag from like 7/8 to 20 something. I think Jase becomes a big riser but I think someone good falls to the minny pick... would be over the moon if it was him. But like Fears, Traore, Richardson... any could pop. Queen might be Zach Randolph/Sengun or just a fun bench guy. I have no idea on the international guys but the idea of some of them are kinda cool.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
I was thinking about a luke kennard comp, which is lazy (white wings from duke), but i also think it's appropriate. i do like Kon better as an overall basketball player - i think he's a better scorer from inside the 3 point line, has better feel as a passer and is a better defender. he's been much better than freshman kennard at Duke, where kennard exploded as a sophomore.

tangent. in checking Kennard's NBA production (12th overall pick after his soph season) to see if a rich man's version would be worth taking as high as 5 or 6, I noticed this:

Kennard's 3pt% per season starting his 4th season in the NBA:
45%
45%
49%
45%
46%

Good hell. that is insane 3pt shooting greatness and consistency. however, that's pretty much all he does - his 3pt attempt rate has been between about 65% and 80% over that time and has rarely averaged double figure scoring.
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He’s bigger than Kennard, though that comp came to mind for me as well.

Maybe the hope is that he’s like a Temu version of Luka. The knock on him is his defense.
 
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