Official Utah/Minnesota/Philadelphia Pick Watch

[Elizah Huge]

You want to draft Dunn at #9?

The current Dunn but 10 years younger and gets to start his career playing for Will Hardy and not Jim Boylen? Sign me the **** up.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The current Dunn but 10 years younger and gets to start his career playing for Will Hardy and not Jim Boylen? Sign me the **** up.

Kris Dunn also stayed in college for 4 years. Wallace will be three years younger and already has a workable jumpshot.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jrue Holiday is 6’4” and 6’7” wingspan. Probably the best all around defender. You're telling me 1” is gonna make that big of a difference.

Jrue is a good defender. I wouldn't say he's the best all around defender. The Pelicans teams he was on weren't good defensive teams. Playing on the Bucks who have two DPOY candidates behind him helps. That said, if you really think Wallace projects to be like Jrue then sure, draft him.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Jrue Holiday was one and done and scorched the nets for 8.5 points per game and 30% from 3. But he was somehow considered big and with a good feel for the game so he was drafted on the cusp of the lottery.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

ONLY A COUPLE INCHES? YOUR ENTIRE POINT HINGES ON A COUPLE INCHES DETERMINING THE ABSOLUTE CEILING OF A PLAYER.

You can just stop. So can I, so I am now.

My argument hinges on Cason's limited skill level combined with his limited physical profile, which don't project him to be an elite-level player.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jrue Holiday was one and done and scorched the nets for 8.5 points per game and 30% from 3. But he was somehow considered big and with a good feel for the game so he was drafted on the cusp of the lottery.

I'd be perfectly comfortable taking Cason Wallace at #16, similar to Jrue (who went #17) and similar to Terry Rozier (who went #16). I'm just saying he's not a compelling top-10 pick and apparently that's enough to trigger some of you.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Jrue Holiday was one and done and scorched the nets for 8.5 points per game and 30% from 3. But he was somehow considered big and with a good feel for the game so he was drafted on the cusp of the lottery.

If you wanna trip, you should do a bit of a dive between Wallace and Jrue's freshman seasons. In some ways they are eerily similar, but in just about every indicator Wallace is better.

Cason Wallace College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Cason Wallace - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Jrue Holiday College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Jrue Holiday - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Okay, getting late over hear. We can continue yelling at each other tomorrow...

 

[default]

You want to draft Dunn at #9?

Maybe not but someone already did at 5 I think

 

[NUMBERICA]

I'd be perfectly comfortable taking Cason Wallace at #16, similar to Jrue (who went #17) and similar to Terry Rozier (who went #16). I'm just saying he's not a compelling top-10 pick and apparently that's enough to trigger some of you.

You're just being bull-headedly ignorant and those combined qualities drive me up the wall.

And to be clear, your point is that 6' 4" is small (???) and that players are now incapable of playing 1st tier defense at that size (or whatever squishy definition that is convenient to your argument). The point of everyone else is that that is obviously not the case.

 

[kcgar]

Jrue is a good defender. I wouldn't say he's the best all around defender. The Pelicans teams he was on weren't good defensive teams. Playing on the Bucks who have two DPOY candidates behind him helps. That said, if you really think Wallace projects to be like Jrue then sure, draft him.

View: https://youtu.be/-CzZZ-ohpFQ

 

[NUMBERICA]

View: https://youtu.be/-CzZZ-ohpFQ

Wallace and Holiday's steal and block rates are almost identical as freshman (Kentucky also had a harder schedule).