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Locke going all-in on Kobe Bufkin. What are your thoughts?

HeatCheck said:
I would prefer they draft someone like Hendricks at 9 and then trade up a few slots from 16 to take a guard such as Bufkin (or JHS or Wallace). All 3 might be on the board at that point.
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definitely. and even better. i should have mentioned that option.
 
I really like Bufkin, but I'll admit you have to kind of imagine some things to see the high upside. He played mostly off ball, so it's not certain he'll be able to be more than just a rotation level combo guard.

His most impressive stats were his rim finishing, which I think he's going to have to get a lot stronger to be as effective in the NBA.

He doesn't really have any weaknesses though, so he seems like a safe bet to be pretty good in the NBA.
 
Bufkin is pretty slight of frame,lacks a Trae Young skill set to ignore it, and so is in need of 900 or more days hitting the bells, to be a Danny Ainge type guard before 16th.
In fact I think it's smoke
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I really like Bufkin, but I'll admit you have to kind of imagine some things to see the high upside. He played mostly off ball, so it's not certain he'll be able to be more than just a rotation level combo guard.

His most impressive stats were his rim finishing, which I think he's going to have to get a lot stronger to be as effective in the NBA.

He doesn't really have any weaknesses though, so he seems like a safe bet to be pretty good in the NBA.
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He had two parts to his season... he played more ball in hand after nepotism... I mean they discovered that the offense was better working through him and Jett took more of a back seat.
 
It's weird that Locke would be this loud and obvious in his support for Bufkin. I'd wonder if it's a smokescreen, but I too am pretty confident in Bufkin being a solid guard in the league. Several years back, Locke was very overt in his support for Trey Lyles, then it turned out that the Jazz drafted Lyles.

Maybe the idea is to throw people off the trail of Bilal Coulibaly?
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
It's weird that Locke would be this loud and obvious in his support for Bufkin. I'd wonder if it's a smokescreen, but I too am pretty confident in Bufkin being a solid guard in the league. Several years back, Locke was very overt in his support for Trey Lyles, then it turned out that the Jazz drafted Lyles.

Maybe the idea is to throw people off the trail of Bilal Coulibaly?
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You think a team would trade up into the top-8 to take Bilal?
 
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