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of course he'd be cheaper than durant. right now he looks like one of the worst contracts in the NBA, along with his own teammate. philly would have to attach assets to move him right now
Wow, those verticals are impressive. Those guys can sky. Are there any tall Filipino players these days? What would be the average height if you had to guess. I feel height is what might hold back a lot of these guys from making it big (getting drafted to the NBA as a pure Filipino).
I assume there is also some pretty good shooters in the Filipino leagues?
of course he'd be cheaper than durant. right now he looks like one of the worst contracts in the NBA, along with his own teammate. philly would have to attach assets to move him right now
I think they'll consider it. It might not be the best long-term option for them, but short-term it might be better and Morey is a short-term guy.
Dylan Harper was in San Antonio this past week visiting the Spurs. Stop all the nonsense. Cooper Flagg #1, Dylan Harper #2.
76ers you are on the clock
You know I noticed an ass hat habit on here and you are a repeat culprit. Someone posts 100 sentences and you bold the one single sentence and pointedly undermine it. What about the other 99 sentences? You didn’t agree with a single one of those and can’t throw the poster a single bone? Like I do agree with that part…
Look, you annoy me probably at least as much. I’m just really not interested in trading #2, yet you keep proposing new trades to me.
I don’t like to play what if, or deal in hypotheticals, but you also keep proposing those, too.
Here’s my bottom line: I want for SA to pick and keep Harper.
Peace out, player, and have a good day.
Dylan Harper fans should listen to this from Seth Greenberg. He really knows his . Listen to his description of Harper at about the 8 minutes mark. His description of Ace Bailey before that point is actually pretty funny in an I wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole way.
This is the that gets me excited.
Harper and Flagg are in the same tier to me. Level 1 tier from this draft.
Most have Harper in tier two, I don't.
Both will be players you can build around. And you can see by all the interest from other teams they also view Harper as a team building cornerstone.
Spurs now have a player on the frontline and one in the backcourt as their foundation to build around.
absolutely agree
This is why Dallas is going to cause pandemonium when they take Harper #1 next week.
It’s actually better for both teams if they do it, but they’ll be either too dumb or too gun shy of further criticism to pull the trigger.
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Greetings good Sir!
Since I am a Filipino, i will try to see if i can answer these queries.....
Increasingly, there are some tall Filipino players lately, some are featured in the Gilas Pilipinas national team.....
Examples, would be perennial Filipino league (PBA) MVP Junmar Fajardo (6'10)......Japeth Aguilar (6'11") and Kai Sotto (7'3")
Kai Sotto, in particular, since he is still young, has a wish to be drafted in the NBA, which would make him the very first official full blooded Filipino cager to have that honor
Can he do it? I dont know, he seems to be injury-prone, though he is thriving under excellent Coach Tim Cone (an American)
I feel height is what might hold back a lot of these guys from making it big (getting drafted to the NBA as a pure Filipino). >> this is correct good Sir
..............there are some pretty good shooters too, and the skill level is high....but our collective height really prevents us from dominating in Asia....
During the early years of the PBA, we were dominant.....but no longer after the legendary coached NCC national team.....coached by Ron Jacobs
that national team had super shooter Allan Caidic (if Allan was 6'8, he could compete with the best shooters in the NBA)...
by the way, Chip Engelland himself was part of that team, among others......
So there.....
If there are other active Filipinos here, you may correct me for errors, and add, thanks
Salamat po (thank you).
It makes too much sense.
I saw someone on here make a post about how the basketball Gods would mock us by continuing to give us lottery picks only for the BPA to always be a PG lol
Simmons and Russillo talked about the Spurs, #2 and Harper on the latest BS podcast.
Rusillo said no team in the league would trade down from #2 to #3 in this draft.
Both said no to a #2 for #5, Lauri Markeden and “other stuff” trade with Utah.
Both said they would rather #2 than Jaren Jackson and both said they would draft Harper and build everything else around Wemby, Harper and probably Castle
The hype around Harper is wild!!! Been seeing more and more people saying they wouldn’t trade #2 for anything other than Giannis, I can’t wait to see him in a spurs uniform!
I said it in a different thread, but I really feel like Harper is being undervalued by people because this happens to be a class with another insane prospect in Flagg. If this were last year’s class, Harper would be the hands down #1 pick and no one would be talking about all of these different trade scenarios. It would pretty much be a given that whoever has the top pick is selecting Harper and not entertaining trade offers.
The Philippines has a few tall players, but not quite NBA ready.
Discussing Harper around the 28:51 mark..............
Thanks for the post. Very interesting to hear. I hope one day soon to see a full blooded Filipino in the NBA. I have read that Filipinos have a huge passion for basketball. My friend visited there years ago and told me that when he came back.
I figured there'd be some very skilled Filipino players (especially shooters), but I thought height might be holding them back from really making the NBA. Hopefully one of those guys you mentioned can make it, or at least get drafted such as the guy you mentioned - Kai Sotto. Hopefully he can stay healthy and keep improving.
Completely forgot about Chip being in the Philippines. I remember reading something about that years ago. He actually played in the Philippines league didn't he?
Yeah, good to know there is at least a few taller players with potential. I think that would give them a better chance of making it.
From a couple of the videos I saw, Dylan Harper doesn't really seem to know much about his Filipino heritage. Seems like he's completely Americanised on his father's side of the family even with his mom being his primary parent (I guess she's been in the US since a young age too).
He’s a really high level prospect to begin with, and then you factor in the father factor. Sons of NBA players almost never bust, and in fact usually hit their higher outcomes. Just look at Jalen Brunson for one example. Short, no real lift, I think he dunked like once or twice in 3 college years, not very quick, doesn’t generate steals. The reason he fell to the second round is that is normally considered a bust profile. Daddy Rick was probably working with him since age six. Good coaching, not that AAU nonsense.
The Spurs want to make sure about Harper as the 2 pick. It is a cause for concern they felt the need to go to NJ to meet with his family. They know the importance of getting this pick right.
They want to get a positive feel about drafting Harper as they like his talent but they also want the intangibles to line up.
I'm sure they laid out the future plans they see for Harper and they wanted to see how Harper and his family felt about it. Hopefully they put to rest any concerns Harper or his family had about the fit with the Spurs.
It's going to be interesting what we hear from Harper or Harper senior in the next few days about the Spurs drafting Harper.
The Spurs went to NJ to meet with his family? I hadn't heard this. When was this?
Where would Dylan Harper have been selected in the last 15 NBA Drafts?
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