I don't understand why people want to waste the #4 pick on a bench player. How about swinging for somebody with a little more potential?
Dalton Knecht could replace Champagnie on day 1...and would pretty much guarantee us 10-15 more wins.
If "replacing a starter on day 1" is a determining factor...than there's your #4 pick. Immediate impact.
https://youtu.be/4WhUyjfkp0Q?si=EYfx_niClk22b9mH
Last edited by SouthernFryd; 3 Weeks Ago at 06:33 PM.
That pick plus a shooting point guard. Welcome post season.
You could ask basketball analyst Vitale about that
https://www.espn.ph/mens-college-bas...etball-point-g treeuards-2023-24
I don't know about that. Even adding Wemby didn't add 10-15 more wins. In fact Wemby + a healthy Vassell added zero wins vs last season which means the rest of the team regressed.
not that cut and dry.
wemby's mins restricted, vassell missed games in November.
record would've been better had both been full go from day 1
I agree Knecht could easily replace Champ, but then on what other team would Champ be starting ? Champ was a nice pickup but was a starter mostly due to cir stance or lack of overall team talent. Knecht could replace him no doubt. At #8 Knecht would be a decent pick, at #4 I don't know.
Last edited by jjspur; 3 Weeks Ago at 08:42 AM.
He wasn’t when he was drafted by Phoenix.
Jimmer never passed the ball.
Sheppard has a 42-inch verticle. The same as Dominique Wilkens and one inch more than Julius Erving and Allen Iverson. Let that sink in for a moment.
I like him but dude blatantly cheated tbh
Agree. Realistically, he's probably got an 8'1" standing reach and a 38-39 inch vertical.
Whatever the situation with the standing reach test, it's still the case that Sheppard has hops. Same thing happened with Podziemski last year-- most of the initial scouting reports questioned his athleticism, and then he recorded a 39" vertical... and then made the All NBA Rookie First Team. At this point, you gotta take a lot of the Eye Tests with a grain of salt, as they often amount to nothing more than repeating cliches.
This is going to be repeated until the end of time.
The Sheppard camp with genius level work there.
Podziemski is also 3 inches taller and has a 2.5 inches longer wingspan. Completely different story if you're 6'4'' with a 6'5.5'' wingspan instead of 6'1'' with a 6'3'' wingspan
True, but I'm just talking about athleticism, not size. Lots of pre-draft analyses went with the standard "they lack athleticism" trope on both of them. Also, Podz is playing SG, and Sheppard in his best case scenario would play PG.
It's kinda funny that you're fudging the numbers in both directions to make your point. Podz measured 6'3.75" and you're calling it 6'4", while Sheppard measured 6'1.75" and you're calling it 6'1".
Do yall think his ceiling maybe along the lines of a Brent Barry or nah?
I don't see it, he's a lesser Doug McDermott. 10-15 win improvement from one player would require getting someone like Cooper Flagg in 25 or AJ Dybantsa in 26.
Really warming on Castle. His size, defense and ability to get to the hoop give him a very high two way floor. His two floor is arguably the best in the draft.
Victor didn't even get us 10-15 more wins but Dalton Knecht will.
to be fair I didn‘t look up Sheppard‘s measurements when I posted this, I just went from memory. Y‘all should use the metric system, it’s much easier
to be fair I didn‘t look up Sheppard‘s measurements when I posted this, I just went from memory. Y‘all should use the metric system, it’s much easier
As Churchill said: 'A lie gets halfway around the world before truth puts on its boots.'
Honestly I'm not even mad, wonder if that kinda savvy translates on the court
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