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Rusillo, three scouts, and Embiid, Parker, Wiggins and Randle

seattlejazzfan said:
I know you like Parker a lot, FOJ, so I appreciate your ability to be objective on this issue.
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Ya i would LOVE to get parker and i think his shot will likely improve but he was not a great shooter at duke.
He was not a poor shooter but i think the perception is that he was/is a knockdown shooter from 3. I dont think he is there yet.

I do believe he will work on his shot and get there though.

I always say that i think he has a shot to be the best stretch four (other than maybe dirk) that we have ever seen, so i obviously believe his shot will get there. (It better or he will never be the guy alot of us think he can be)
 
green said:
Argh. Ok. Whatever.

So, you don't think if Jabari had played on Kansas with Embiid, he shooting percentages wouldn't be higher?
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Parker might not have had a big man, but he was on a team full of very good 3pt shooters and was a match-up problem because he was also the biggest man on the court for Duke most of the time.

Could Wiggins/Smart/Whoever gotten to the rim and scored more in Duke's spread offense?
 
fishonjazz said:
Ya i would LOVE to get parker and i think his shot will likely improve but he was not a great shooter at duke.
He was not a poor shooter but i think the perception is that he was/is a knockdown shooter from 3. I dont think he is there yet.

I do believe he will work on his shot and get there though.

I always say that i think he has a shot to be the best stretch four (other than maybe dirk) that we have ever seen, so i obviously believe his shot will get there. (It better or he will never be the guy alot of us think he can be)
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Lebron and Melo could be considered stretch 4's for the last few years, also Bosh and K-Love. All way better than Parker will ever be.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Lebron and Melo could be considered stretch 4's for the last few years, also Bosh and K-Love. All way better than Parker will ever be.
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I think of lebron and melo as straight up small forwards. (Though lebron plays alot of 4, i dont consider him a stretch 4)

I think parker will be much better than bosh. And i think he will be better than love too
 
Back to my original point. I'm not even saying Wiggins is a better shooter than Parker, but to hear some people talk, it's as if we're talking about he difference between Kyle Korver and Andre Drummond. The numbers over the course of the season say they are very close. The numbers in conference play say Wiggins is better. There might be an argument that Wiggins is a bit better shooter. Perhaps that they are basically the same. Perhaps that Parker is a bit better. But to pretend Parker is this lights out shooter while Wiggins is a bricklayer is just silly.

FWIW, here are the numbers. In Big 12 play, Wiggins shot 37% 3pt. Parker shot 30% from three in ACC play. Marcus Smart, worst shooter in NCAA history, was 28% in league play.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Back to my original point. I'm not even saying Wiggins is a better shooter than Parker, but to hear some people talk, it's as if we're talking about he difference between Kyle Korver and Andre Drummond. The numbers over the course of the season say they are very close. The numbers in conference play say Wiggins is better. There might be an argument that Wiggins is a bit better shooter. Perhaps that they are basically the same. Perhaps that Parker is a bit better. But to pretend Parker is this lights out shooter while Wiggins is a bricklayer is just silly.

FWIW, here are the numbers. In Big 12 play, Wiggins shot 37% 3pt. Parker shot 30% from three in ACC play. Marcus Smart, worst shooter in NCAA history, was 28% in league play.
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Also, imo big 12 > ACC
 
And i still think jabari is the better shooter.

But i have ALWAYS been fine with wiggins outside shot.
 
fishonjazz said:
I think of lebron and melo as straight up small forwards. (Though lebron plays alot of 4, i dont consider him a stretch 4)

I think parker will be much better than bosh. And i think he will be better than love too
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And Burks will be better than Dwayne Wade one day.
 
Fabtrey said:
with 6ft 8 barefoot vonleh. not a good angle.
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bottom line - embiid is an impressive specifimen. 6ft 11 ish, 7ft 5+ wingspan, and only getting better. only concern is his health.
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McDermott looks Vonleh's height here, I'm not sure they measured Doug's height accurately at the combine.
 
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