Bilal Coulibaly is a nice prospect, but it's hard to believe ST is seriously discussing picking him with a top 7 pick....
The stuff around 15:00, the defense stuff, reminds me a lot of clips of Shaeden Sharpe in high school. Just awful on defense. No discipline, ball-watching, swiping, getting out of position. That's rough. He's going to be a total mess on the defensive side.
his D and his shoot are big concerns, if he doesn't improve i have hard time seeing him in the top 3
Precisely. I feel like with him you're getting a solid 2 way at worst. I don't know if there's another player that you can say that about on the top part of this draft which is how I keep gravitating his way. Every player has major question marks.
That and he's 18. And clearly getting better rather rapidly so you just don't know where his ceiling ultimately is.
Surprised you don't remember him, he might be the best dunker to ever live. He could windmill from the FT line, two handed FT line dunks, I saw him do between the legs from the FT line, and he was maybe the most famous player not in the NBA for a lot of the 2000s. It's too bad he never got into an NBA dunk contest until he was past 30 and long past his physical prime. Anyways it's not a very flattering comparison since White was an ungodly athlete, unparalleled even in the NBA, but not much of a basketball player.
I am. But I'm not ST. Mind dismissing him on his stats though rather than superficially looking down on those that like his upside?? Because I guarantee you that I can make the case that he's better than whomever you place him against.
I think he'll definitely go top 5 no matter what. I'd be surprised.
It was an exciting time because, iirc, we badly badly badly needed a wing at the time. I think we needed players, period. Indiana cut him for some strange reason and I remember being pumped to pick him up. Just didn't have anything.
Yeah the whole board was dying for him to be successful here. I wanted him to stick around badly too, no one would have called the Spurs boring with James Flight White on the team if he could have really played at the NBA level. Still had a decent career overseas at least though I think.
Again, show me what The Thompson twins, Whitmore or even Miller have over him? He's not in that convo only because he's not an NCAA, G league or OTE guy and the others have been hyped for 1 year as the , which they didn't prove on the floor. Amen can't shoot for his life and he's suspect in defense, while Bilal is a 37% 3PT shooter this year with great defensive IQ and reading. What objectively makes the former so much more evident than the later in the top 7, expect the fact we've been fed that for months? Just because Amen is physical and we pray he'll develop somehow a shoot in a 3pt era? Well, Bilal is really athletic and already showed he can shoot.
As previously said, some guys picked 15 or under this year may end up as better players than top 7 guys... Bilal may be one of those 15 or under guys.
Last edited by JPB; 05-04-2023 at 08:15 PM.
I think this is the guy, as of now.
That jumper look terrible tho. Not Michael Gilgrest level bad but probably Justise Winslow bad.
I have a feeling this guy will go way higher than he should because of the Jaylen William effect from this past draft.
Well we have seen what this franchise has done with Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker when they had horrendous shooting form coming here, so if they think Thompson has the work ethic of Leonard and Parker I could see them taking the chance. What they did with Sochan in just a couple of months was unreal this year.
One detail not discussed is that he apparently rebuilt his shot going into this second year too with (thus far) poor results.
I like that at least he's willing to do that but it's moot if he's unable to adhere to such a change with the constant troughs likely to come.
IMHO, He's one of the hardest prospects to project in the history of NBA drafts. NBA GMs have their work cut out for themselves this year, more so than an any recent memory.
You mean Michael Kidd-Gilchrist? I forgot all about him. I assume he's not even in the NBA anymore? Washed out already? I think I remember early Kawhi comparisons to Kidd-Gilchrist when Kawhi was first drafted, but just goes to show you, if you can't shoot and have that horrible of a shot, that it can be disastrous for a promising NBA career. Teams will overlook that, but after a while, you're going to wash out if you don't learn to shoot.
Last edited by Ice009; 05-04-2023 at 10:04 PM.
On another note, spurs will have the insight they need about Bilal (game and personality) thanks to Bobo.
Yeah I butchered the name. That was the worst jump shot I’ve ever seen in my life.
Can’t believe dude was picked second.
So.. assuming we end up picking Amen or Scoot, how does each one’s shot compare to pre-Chip TP’s shot? I remember TP’s looking decent, but my eyes could’ve been playing tricks on me, as HD was not a
thing during those years. Once Chip came aboard, his numbers actually got a lot better due to toning down the threes and actually improving his shot.
Last edited by barakz21; 05-04-2023 at 08:57 PM.
Ha! That’s a name I haven’t seen in soooo many years. I remember making sure he was in my rotations playing 2k7. Safe to say he did not work out, IRL and in the video games lol.
Off topic, but you’d think I’d learn my lesson. I did the same exact thing with Malik Hairston on 2k9 or 10 I think.
Scoots is better...Amen's is worse..
Yeah, that's another thing that really got him growing in my mind, the fact he quickly showed so much improvement at 18 this season (19 in july) with solid fundamentals and clearly exposing his potential, contrary to the twins who are 20 (18 months older) and besides their physcial ablilities only showed flaws and shortcomings in a weaker compe ion. You can clearly see Bilal's potential and a real possibility he reaches it. You're not sure of any with the twins.
So yeah, no real tangible elements to affirm they belong more in the top 7 than bilal to me.
This was a meme for a while.
Whoa, that's even worse than I remember. Yowzah!This was a meme for a while.
Last edited by Ice009; 05-05-2023 at 08:56 AM.
Athletic who can facilitate but poor outside shooter. Isn’t that Demar?? Geez
Last edited by John B; 05-04-2023 at 11:45 PM. Reason: C
In today's NBA you must be able to shoot first and ask questions later . Pass.
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