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disingenuous statement because Kyrie-lite is Dillingham’s ceiling.
Who peed on your wheaties?
disingenuous statement because Kyrie-lite is Dillingham’s ceiling.
you loser
No. If Sheppard or Castle aren’t there at four we draft Risacher or Sarr, drink wine, and laugh our asses off.
I do not think spurs need a mini guard like that fool in ATL/Young
he’s a much better shooter than young. Much cheaper too, and he’s won’t be the first option on this team. Relax.
He is functionally the smallest player in the league next year. The only way he is a starter is if he is an all-nba caliber player on offense. It would be fun to watch though but it won't move the needle even if he hits.
No, YOU!!!
Yeah Amen bro that was what I said! Certain posters being near tears over nothing though, reminds me to stop nit picking peoples posts, even obvious idiots.
He’s lightning in a bottle, I actually like him a lot, at 8 though.
Umm maybe you assumed I thought highly of Risacher and Sarr? Those guys are even worse prospects than Dillingham, tbh.
Aha, ey I’ll bite!
Here is my top 10 for Spurs, not 10 best overall:
1 Sarr
2 Risacher
3 Castle
4 Sheppard
5 Dilly
6 Topic
7 Knecht
8 Cody
9 Buzelis
10 Holland
I would flip Knecht and Williams if we took Sheppard at 4.
I expect Dilly to fall, Castle + Dilly would be a nice combo. I don’t see Castle or Sheppard dropping to 8. Nor Sarr/Risacher to fall to 4.
what is your top 10?
Of all the prospects, Dillinghams game fits best with Wemby. There's not even a close second. The speed and shooting ability will make that 2 man game amazing to watch. Wemby has said prospects have reached out to him, and if you were in his shoes who would you want the Spurs to draft? Some guy who can't shoot? No thanks.
Do you think it's possible Rob has faked an ankle injury and taken some diuretics to shed weight if the Spurs have given him some sort of a guarantee?
He could drop to 8 then it’s a no brainer.
From a roster standpoint, not sure Castle and Dillingham work at least for next year. Castle wants to play point. Tre is going to play. Dillingham doesn't play at all? Of course playing Castle at SF makes sense to me but not sure how serious Castle is with his statements. Then you'd also have the team completely moving on from Blake which is fine but amplifies the issue of crunch for playing time. Would be interesting to see unfold.
The most logical pick for Houston at 3
They both kinda combo guards. Castle seems more nba ready. But the talk is, none of the prospects are nba ready.
I think it's more about them not being starter material. Most of the top 8ish can get minutes pretty quickly, but that's about all that can be expected for the moment.
If Dillingham purposely tanked his value by heading to the combine underweight, it would be a true coup by his agent. But the more likely reason is he ed up and didn't adequately anticipate the blowback, which does not bode well.
Seeing some ceiling comparisons to Garland but Garland has a larger wingspan and almost 30 lbs on him. Don't know Lou William's wingspan and he looked longer as well but his weight is closer to Dillingham's. So I would say Dillingham's ceiling is closer to Lou William's but even more limited in physical tools. And like Williams, Dillingham's offensive production needs to be high to be a net positive on the floor during the regular season. Playoffs will be a different beast and players like Williams get constantly exposed. Can see the Spurs giving him a shot at #8 but not terribly excited about his long term prospects on a playoff team.
I find it hard to believe the analytics-happy Rockets pass on Sheppard if available.
Yeah I still think the most likely top 3 is Sarr, Risacher, Sheppard in that order. Risacher has an outside shot for the Hawks pick but then the Wiz would take Sarr anyway.
Not only does Sheppard tick the analytics box the Rockets love, they were bottom 10 in 3 point shooting last season so he ticks that box also. He would backup FVV for the next two seasons then theoretically take up the starting role from there.
3 point shooting is even more important for them when you consider Amen Thompson and Sengun are their two best prospects atm and neither can shoot 3’s so you need to surround them with shooting to avoid the multiple non-shooter spacing issues.
For teams needing shooting, Dillingham is a solid shooter as well. Feels like that gets forgotten a bit.
You think people forget that Dillingham can shoot?
That's like his entire selling point.
It's a bit wild how undervalued Dillingham's shooting is. I guess Sheppard takes all the oxygen out of the room - and for good reason, his shooting was incredible. Dillingham's is way up there. Here are the three point shooting percentages of the best shooters in 2023 and 2024:
Jared McCain .414
Gradey .403
Jordan Hawkins .388
Brandon Miller .384
Rob Dillingham .444
All of these are at high volume, around 6-8 threes per 36 minutes.
I understand the Spurs won't take him, but don't understand how another team wouldn't. Looking at you, Detroit. If De'Aaron Fox is perfectly fine at the same size and weight, Dillingham will be fine. Just get that player who can fill up the bucket and provide playmaking.
But, yes, somehow just how good RD is at shooting is ignored. And not just in one category. There's not a category of shooting - step-backs, catch-and-shoot, spot ups, off-the-dribble - where he wasn't elite shooting from deep. On spot-ups, when someone drove and kicked out to him, he hit an absurd 54.5%.
https://x.com/redcooteay/status/1789...352825132?s=46
Fox and Dilly are not the same size. Fox is a couple of inches taller and weighs 20 more pounds. Dilly will put on some weight as his body fills out, but you also don’t want him too big as quickness is one of his biggest assets.
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