I have a gut feeling Julius Randle will be the biggest draft bust this year. Not sure why, just the feeling. We'll see.
He wont be another #1 big men bust, that`s for sure. If I was Philly I`d still take him with their 2nd pick.
I have a gut feeling Julius Randle will be the biggest draft bust this year. Not sure why, just the feeling. We'll see.
Tavares could also be a nice piece to put next to a finesse guy like Jokic if they can't get Capela.
Embiid officially has a stress fracture in his right foot. He's getting surgery on Friday, and will not be doing any additional workouts or attending the draft. Per Woj.
This is an awful injury that has destroyed careers. Hope he recovers fully. It's very interesting how much he'd fall in the draft.
My guess is late lottery. I can't imagine a team like the Suns or Bulls wouldn't take the risk.
A stress fracture revived the Spurs, although that's obviously not normal.
Yeah, the fracture is in the navicular bone, and is what plagued Yao throughout his career. This is a pretty crushing blow to Embiid tbh.
He just might fall all the way to 30.
Stranger things have happened.
The Spurs are one of the few teams who could afford to wait for him to recover.
Poor James Anderson.
As for Embiid my guess is Boston @ 6. His injury may also lead to Philly trading down, the drop off after Wiggins/Parker is huge and doubt they'd be interested in Exum since they already have MCW.
I wouldn't mind taking a chance on Tavares. He has great hustle and mobility for his size, 2 very rare attributes for anyone over 7'2". Add a couple of moves to his offensive arsenal and he could end up being a decent role player.
When was the last time the team took a flier on a guy taller than 7'0"? Spurs even haven't worked him out yet; have been working out guys like Patric Young and Jarnell Stokes.
Would anyone be as kind to post about players the Spurs have worked out? afaik it's been:
Glenn Robinson III
Isaiah Austin
Cleanthony Early
Cameron Bairstow
Bryce Cotton
Cameron Clark
Semaj Christon
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Russ Smith
Ojar Silins
Jarnell Stokes
Patric Young
interviews:
Shabazz Napier
Kyle Anderson
Elfrid Payton
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His present skill-set suggests otherwise. He could drastically improves his handle, extends his shooting range reliably out to the 3pt line, and retain the requisite athleticism after injury to be a legit 3...or he could gain 15lbs. Which do you honestly think is more likely?
Would Spurs have picked Gobert if he hasn't been selected a pick prior to LJC?
Damn. I really, really feel for Embiid. That stress fracture to the foot has destroyed the careers of James Anderson and Rodrigue Beaubois. Both players showed plenty of upside prior to that injury, but now have been relegated to being human victory cigars.
Embiid had hitherto been drawing comparisons to Olajuwon and Duncan. If this injury is as bad as it seems, the NBA may have just lost another great big man (the other being Oden).
i still don't think he goes past #3 tbh..
Yeah that is huge no way would I draft him number one just look at Oden...foot problems almost never go away..
the first two to me seem fairly normal and the third is a prerequisite for him to even come to the nba, so..
Looks like elfrid Payton has shoot up the charts. Chad Ford was on a podcast saying he's Gary Payton 2.0 and flat raving about him, and now DX has him in the lotto at 12
Let's trade 30, 58, and 60 to the Heat for the rights to G/F James Ennis. Then we make him our backup SF. Re-sign Mills and Diaw. Convince Duncan and Manu to come back. Have Daye add about 10-15 lbs of muscle and add 2-3 low post moves to make him more versatile. Probably keep Bonner..........and that gives us 14 players on the roster.
PG - Parker, Mills, Joseph
SG - Green, Manu, Belinelli
SF - Leonard, Ennis, Daye
PF - Duncan, Diaw, Bonner
C - Splitter, Baynes
This isn't a one time everything will be fine injury. I think teams would be more comfortable if he had torn ligaments in his knee in a workout. That pretty much has a 100% recovery rate. This is his 3rd stress fracture in 2 years; foot, back, back. That is catastrophically bad for him. It's what turned Bill Walton from Tim Duncan in college to Greg Oden in the NBA. His career was short, and almost completely injury marred.
Oden has never had foot problems.
That's a cascade effect of the Embiid injury. They have Orlando taking him at 4 now, instead of Exum, and picking up Payton for their PG with their second pick at 12.
jared sullinger's been redflagged by doctors and he was still a first rounder... at worst i think he goes 6th to boston, but most likely #3.
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