Pelton is *the* most reputable analytics guy, in my opinion.
Kevin Pelton (analytics guru) would have taken Exum #1
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Pelton is *the* most reputable analytics guy, in my opinion.
Pelton is good. He looks at analytics, but he also takes a step back to understand the real story they're telling, if they're telling anything.
obviously his analysis is crap when he thinks exum should be #1. and month ago he had marcus smart at #1.
no way in hell anybody can take exum over wiggins or parker simply because they knew nothing about exum.
jjscap
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Pelton is a cool dude, he is always skeptical when it comes to interpreting stats, drawing conclusions. I like how he once showed mathematically there is no such thing as "hot hand", it's total ********.
Though Dante's case should be nothing about stats, there was virtually no stats to analyze in the first place.
And with so many unknowns, it's almost never +EV to invest on Dante with the 1st pick
That being said, Dante's ceiling is as high as anyone else's. He certainly is a tier-1 player of the '14 Draft, along with Jabari, Wiggins and Embiid. I can understand the Sixers' decision, they like collecting the injured players but I still don't know why the Magic passed on him. LOL
Though Dante's case should be nothing about stats, there was virtually no stats to analyze in the first place.
And with so many unknowns, it's almost never +EV to invest on Dante with the 1st pick
That being said, Dante's ceiling is as high as anyone else's. He certainly is a tier-1 player of the '14 Draft, along with Jabari, Wiggins and Embiid. I can understand the Sixers' decision, they like collecting the injured players but I still don't know why the Magic passed on him. LOL
They needed a PG and PF and probably decided that a combination of Gordon+Payton is better than any combination that Exum and PF they could have gotten at #12. I think it had more to do with the fact that they didn't like any PF for #12.
Stifle Tower
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Yes, very good point. The only PF's projected to be on the board at #12 were Saric and Payne - and maybe McBuckets (a tweener). Saric wasn't coming over and perhaps they just didn't see Payne as lottery value. They probably fell in love with Payton and had Ennis as a backup plan.
Still think it was a mistake. You don't pass up a Tier-1 player for Tier-2.
akirac73
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Some questions are better left unanswered. Like the time I found a hundred dollar bill lying on the ground in an empty parking lot, I never questioned why someone would leave it there...I'm just happy I was able to put it in my pocket.
Jazz4ever
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Lets call a spade a spade. You don't ever make a value based decision like that to pass up tier 1. They thought Exum was tier 2. All we can hope now is they were wrong
orangello
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Lets call a spade a spade. You don't ever make a value based decision like that to pass up tier 1. They thought Exum was tier 2. All we can hope now is they were wrong
I hope that they are wrong. It will be very interesting to see how much Dante improves from SL to the FIBA World Cup then to the NBA. I would think that with that much time working with a team we should see some improvement.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
So that was YOU!
I had just taken out the last of my money from my savings account to buy groceries for my family. Got to the checkout line and was distraught to find that my money was no longer in the pocket of my well-worn and patched jeans. Searched everywhere before returning home to tell a sobbing wife and starving children that there would be no food that night, nor any clean diapers for the baby.
akirac73
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Sorry not me...this was in a Best Buy parking lot.
Why are u wasting time on jazzfanz? Go find some more money for your family!!!