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MCW panned on DX?

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A couple years ago Locke asked Givony in their podcast who the likely all stars would be. Givony's reply? Irving and Biyombo. I don't really trust Givony.
 
jazzfan1971 said:
I think his court awareness is superb. You can see that in the stats from the 7.3 assist and 2.8 steals and it also passes the eye test for me. I think where his problems are coming from are a loose handle and poor decision making. But, I think both of those things can be tightened up a bit in the NBA. I'm not concerned with his passing, I think that will translate very well to the NBA. If he can tighten up his handle and break a few bad habits such as making jump passes, I think his ast/to ratio will be fine.
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I'm always very hesitant to say a guy can fix things like decision making and a loose handle when they are jumping up in competition level to the extent they are. Add to that very poor shooting and a slight build. I see Shaun Livingston.
 
Jazz4ever said:
A couple years ago Locke asked Givony in their podcast who the likely all stars would be. Givony's reply? Irving and Biyombo. I don't really trust Givony.
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I think if you could bat over .500, year in and year out, in the NBA draft you'd likely be the best GM in history. 70% is pure speculation.
 
Bodhi said:
I'm always very hesitant to say a guy can fix things like decision making and a loose handle when they are jumping up in competition level to the extent they are. Add to that very poor shooting and a slight build. I see Shaun Livingston.
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Worse than Shaun, IMO. Personally I think loose handles are VERY hard to correct.


MCW doesn't pass the eye-test for me. He never has
 
People were saying the same thing about Rondo, his offense has improved. I want a lock-down defender at the 1 or 2. If MCW can become a lock-down defender w/ average offense at 6'6, it's a no brainer @ 14.
 
Hax0rs said:
People were saying the same thing about Rondo, his offense has improved. I want a lock-down defender at the 1 or 2. If MCW can become a lock-down defender w/ average offense at 6'6, it's a no brainer @ 14.
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Whats a lockdown PG defender in the NBA? I cant name any.

So, yes, if he could "lockdown" the Paul's, Westbrook's, Parker's, Rose's etc of the world, then......well, yeah. He'd also likely have 2 more wishes left........
 
I agree taht decision making is a pretty hard skill to improve. But, I think just breaking a few bad habits such as jump passing is do-able. And I'd much rather be challenged to improve a players handle than his court awareness.

None of these guys are going to be blue chip prospects at 14. They are all going to have flaws. Some folks will prefer a guy like Shabazz who can score the rock all ready. I prefer a guy like MCW who can all ready play defense and has a very good floor game.

Best case scenario it might be a choice between Maggette or Livingston. Maggette did have a better career, but, without the horrendous injury I would have taken Livingston every time.

But, heck those 2 might not even be that good. Odds are they aren't. Might be more like CJ Miles vs. Jamie Watson.

Ugg.

Shudder.

I guess I'll be thrilled if we get a player as good as Maggette on further reflection.
 
Bodhi said:
Whats a lockdown PG defender in the NBA? I cant name any.

So, yes, if he could "lockdown" the Paul's, Westbrook's, Parker's, Rose's etc of the world, then......well, yeah. He'd also likely have 2 more wishes left........
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There aren't many in todays game. I'd say Rondo and Paul are the only two. My question would be how well he'd do transitioning from running a zone all through college, to man defense. He was a very good defense player in college.
 
If there are two people you should listen to regarding the draft on this site, it's PKM and I. Neither one of us like MCW, never have. That's pretty much all you need to know. He's not that good.
 
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