Amen Thompson - 2023 NBA Draft Prospect

[Chinook]

while i disagree with his brandon clarke take...

i dont think his reason for the weird Think Tank regret is your disagreement on draft/development philosophy, i think he's upset at your misrepresentation of the contract extension/MLE thing...

"So in your mind, signing an extension above the MLE is worse than not getting an extension and then signing for less than the MLE? Are you sure you wouldn't like to pick a different hill to die on?"

i think his point is your misrepresentation of his argument is so bad that it should disqualify you from mod-hood. though to be fair, i think his argument was disingenuous since he is only ranking Clarke among those FRP's who did receive extensions, while ignoring the bunch who were so bad that they didnt even get an extension at all.

I didn't misrepresent his argument. He said Clarke had a small contract and then cited only extensions. My comment had nothing to do with Walker. It was that Clarke made more on his extension than free agents will make with the MLE. $52M/4 is above the average NBA salary. That some player like Murray or other guys in Clarke's cohort earned more doesn't justify his take that it was a low-end deal. It wasn't. That he added a non-sequitur about Walker doesn't change anything.

But you're right that he likely did assume I was talking about that. I should've been clear that I was referring to what kind of money the average free agent notably the ones who didn't get extensions - - will be looking at this summer. Clarke got a deal big enough to keep him from testing free agency, which show Memphis values him. His lack of length has affected his play somewhat, but he's not struggling to make an impact.

[rjv]

here comes the draft hype: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-introduce-nba

[The Truth #6]

Those hype stories feel like they are written as advertisements or favors to agents or something.

[rascal]

The Spurs are getting the first pick.

There won't be any uncertainty with their pick.

I can't see any other player on the Spurs but I can see Wembanyama wearing a Spur jersey.

[DPG21920]

[mo7888]

Ausar had a little better measurements....that surprised me...

[SpursGenius]

If he could shoot he would be best player in draft assuming Wemby has injury issues with that body.

[The Truth #6]

If the FO comes down to a choice between Amen and Miller, I imagine they are debating rolling the dice on: Amen's lack of jumper vs Miller's possible character issues. To me, they go with Amen. But we'll see. Lots of other factors they debate that we as fans will never be privy to, I would guess.

[Mr. Body]

To me, other than the character issues and how he didn't show out in the tournament, the big question is Jabari Smith, Jr.

I wasn't a fan of Smith at #3 last draft and the year proved that skepticism warranted. Although he started showing more late in the season, he's sitll a player who needs to be activated by other players and doesn't do much even then. A very high salary cost 3-and-D player. I don't think Miller is much different. If he doesn't hit his shots, what does he do?

EDIT: That was supposed to be in the Brandon Miller thread.

[The Truth #6]

That’s a fair point and makes you think Hendricks is possibly the better alternative.