Simple question. Once thought to be a high ceiling prospect recent news of a torn acl and drastically shorter than reported wingspan have brought doubts to many.
Would You Draft Topic at 10?
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Step-Back Lauri
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Jazz has to draft for highest potential. With all the picks they own for future,you can take one risk choice with potentially high reward.
Why do they have to draft for potential?
If the Jazz drafted him at 10 I would understand the pick and not be upset.
Outside of trading up for someone like Sheppard or Castle, I think Topic falling to 10 is my current realistic best case scenario.
GG Jazz Cabbage
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Lemme put it this way, if at pick #29 Topic and Kyshawn are there, I'm going with Kyshawn George.
I still have Topic as a player likely to have one of the biggest impacts, if not the biggest impact, in the draft. The ACL is a buzzkill, but if the long-term prognosis is fine then yes I'd take him at 10. He gets compared to Dragic a fair amount. Dragic was a better shooter off the dribble, but Topic is a better driver and playmaker.
I think this is a good thread. It looks like most people are on board so far. Topic has a high bust potential, so if he doesn't work out and we all start complaining we can go back to this thread and remind ourselves that we understood the risk.
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So you had a post about floor and defense/shooting and I think it was smart. I go back and forth because to win a title you are looking at outlier outcomes. But one of the richest, self made guys I know will take profit on real estate deals rather than ride them out for the maximum upside and his platitude is "you'll never go broke taking profits". So I'm like 90% sure a guy like Devin Carter will be a solid third guard in the league that provides defense along with the scoring you normally want... like do you take that bet in this draft or swing for Topic? I'm good either way as the thought process is sound both ways and I like both guys enough.
Holland/Topic/Rob/Carter/Edey are the guys I think I like most at 10. I'd love to either trade up into the mid teens or trade back while realizing profit and take one of the guys from this group.
My main issue with the wingspan report is that his defensive floor and ceiling are extremely low now.
When I watched his defensive highlights I was already super uneasy, but I thought to myself "well he has a 7' wingspan, just treat him like he is Luka, put him off ball and he can probably be decent if he tries because of the length".
When I watched his defensive highlights I was already super uneasy, but I thought to myself "well he has a 7' wingspan, just treat him like he is Luka, put him off ball and he can probably be decent if he tries because of the length".