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Kawhi Leonard is moving up on the Big Board!!

If the guy can develop a legit shot I like him but not many players develop a shot in the NBA who didn't shoot well in college. To big of risk for me at #6. At 12, absolutely.
 
gomretat said:
If the guy can develop a legit shot I like him but not many players develop a shot in the NBA who didn't shoot well in college. To big of risk for me at #6. At 12, absolutely.
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I will go ahead and disagree with that statement. There are a ton of players who have greatly improved their stroke coming out of college. Dwayne Wade is just one of the many examples. Our very own Millsap.
 
this **** darft gets more exciting if you think about improving defensively. Biyombo, Leonard, and Singleton have the tools to be legit NBA defenders (none more so than Bismack). Maybe we get an offensive beast with next year's pick(s)?

(BTW, the only player mentioned here that I'd take at 6 is Biyombo.)
 
Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
I will go ahead and disagree with that statement. There are a ton of players who have greatly improved their stroke coming out of college. Dwayne Wade is just one of the many examples.
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The process usually takes years, not 2 months. If I'm drafting Leonard, it's going to be on the assumption he'll never shoot the ball much better than he already has 168 times in games in the Mountain Conference. I'll be drafting him based on what he can be if never learns to shoot. Which means I'm not drafting him at 6.
 
billyshelby said:
The process usually takes years, not 2 months. If I'm drafting Leonard, it's going to be on the assumption he'll never shoot the ball much better than he already has 168 times in games in the Mountain Conference. I'll be drafting him based on what he can be if never learns to shoot. Which means I'm not drafting him at 6.
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Way to express my same sentiments. I only saw him play twice (against BYU both times), but neither time impressed me much. At least if I recall correctly he didn't have much of an impact on the games at all. I'm willing to suppose that maybe I caught him on off games... but a #6 pick should have been a heck of a player in COLLEGE BALL, not just in WORKOUTS.
 
colton said:
Way to express my same sentiments. I only saw him play twice (against BYU both times), but neither time impressed me much. At least if I recall correctly he didn't have much of an impact on the games at all. I'm willing to suppose that maybe I caught him on off games... but a #6 pick should have been a heck of a player in COLLEGE BALL, not just in WORKOUTS.
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One of those games he had the flu.
 
billyshelby said:
The process usually takes years, not 2 months. If I'm drafting Leonard, it's going to be on the assumption he'll never shoot the ball much better than he already has 168 times in games in the Mountain Conference. I'll be drafting him based on what he can be if never learns to shoot. Which means I'm not drafting him at 6.
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Turning from a bad shooter into a good shooter can take only a couple of months. A small fix can be all it takes. Feet positioning, release point, elbow mechanics, etc. Wouldn't be surprised if he found a shooting coach that fixed him.

Never really watched Leonard, so I don't know what his shooting stroke was like in college, and obviously I haven't seen the workouts, so there's no comparison, but if he continues to shoot well up to the draft, he'll definitely be picked in the top 8.
 
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