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Y’all see Miller tonight. Dude is a sniper. Game was fully loaded. I feel like San Antonio will be a good spot to nurture the good citizen out of him.
Y’all see Miller tonight. Dude is a sniper. Game was fully loaded. I feel like San Antonio will be a good spot to nurture the good citizen out of him.
I'd say Miller is cementing himself as #3, though I wouldn't be surprised if he actually goes #2 in the end. That'd be hilarious, given how cursed that pick is.
Did you hear the crowd chanting “Lock him up! Lock him up!”
Yes i think so. Maybe a really good tournament from Smith or someone else can change the thing.
For the moment i have him and smith for this third place ahead of the other guys like George, Black,Wallace... The Thompson are the wild card.
I've consistently had Smith Jr #3 on my board...
IMO, NSJ is a late lottery to end of first round pick any other year. Reminds me a bit of Bones Hyland. Nothing about his game sticks out as a guy that’s truly worthy of a top 10 pick.
If you do a player comparison on TaT between NSJ and Black, it becomes pretty clear who the best 19 YO Arkansas draft prospect is. I do give NSJ a lot of credit for not shutting down, and trying to show out at the end of the season. A lot of players would have been content to enter the draft as a mystery box.
If it's Anthony Black or Keyonte George who are you selecting for SA?
As much as I love Black’s intangibles, I can’t take him seriously with his goofy ass hair. Keyonte’s not very efficient but I believe more in his will to takeover.
Please wemby
Did you even see Sochan’s Bozo the Clown Afro at Baylor? Or Dejounte’s Kid n Play cone when he got here? Or Lonnie’s pineapple? White’s Fauxhawk? Most Spurs FRPs over the last 7 years or so have shown up with some goofy ass hairstyle.
To me he is similar to Johnny Davis. Same build, same ways of getting shots without blowing by people, so they're often tough shots. Of course that's scary because JD has tanked so hard. And that sucks because they both seem like fighters, at least in college.
It's not a player we need, regardless of if NSJ pans out better.
Tis true and honestly I wasn’t being serious.
I like watching Keyonte George play. He has some star qualities that, if he can harness his shot selection and get more efficient, he could be a good get. But he's high usage and if a player with high usage doesn't pan out or struggles to score, what happens if you stick him in a corner or don't give him those touches? His defense is also pretty poor.
My adherence to Anthony Black is probably boring at this point. He's a superior playmaker, possibly the best in this draft. His sense of pace and ability to use angles are superior at his age - older players often never learn this stuff. And he processes the game extremely fast. Yeah, he doesn't always land every pass. He needs tweaking. He's also possibly the best perimeter defender in his draft class. If we have any prayer of slowing down the guards that blow up on us, we need a long, rangy defender who never gives up. He has a 3.1% steal percentage, which highly correlates to success in the NBA (even if those players don't become good defenders, like James Harden, it shows an ability to read the game).
One thing I keep sticking on with Black is that he shoots 5.0 free throws a game. That's almost twice as high as most of the PFs in this class and 1 FTA/game higher than Brandon Miller. His FTA/40 is higher than Paolo Banchero last year. Higher than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at UK (on average usage), but a good bit behind Jaden Ivey and Ja Morant, who were attacking the rim constantly. But it's a very high rate, it seems to me, going into a league where the referees call any contact on the attacking guard's favor. Black doesn't lack strength at all -- he takes contact and gets those fouls, something this Spurs team sucks at doing.
I get that Black doesn't take games over. He did score more with Smith being out, but seems to relish setting people up and keeping an offense ticking more than hunting for his own shots. But it does show that he elevated his looks when needed.
Just FYI, Anthony Black played FIBA U18 ball a year or two ago. He was willing to give up time off, and to be coached.
pushing, another assault? this man must be stopped.
Scoot highlights. Lots of mid range shot making:
Hot take: Malaki Branham would be top 5 in this draft had this been his freshman year.
After watching Spurs vs Mavs, Scoot looks like Kyrie to me on how he could pick his spots, draw defenders and find open players, those mid-range shots, even some handles look like Kyrie, same built. It would be a great pick except Scoot would need shooters to pass to, and maybe bigs to run with.
Hopefully he's a better PG than Kyrie (and he might be) -- Kyrie is far, far better a scorer. Scoot can't shoot very well.
great thoughts, all re: Black vs George
thanks for replies
Best fits at likely availability for the following teams:
SAS - Wemby slots perfectly in the bigs corps in SA and probably best of most likely #1 recipients. Stan and likely Roby gone at PF behind Sochan, himself poss migrating to PG, and behind Zollins is Bassey who looks good and Khem who could poss not be in longterm plans for SA. A PG is also a team need in SA
HOU - a PG/SG like NSJ or Scoot would be ideal, or SG/SF like Ausar maybe. Pretty shallow backcourt behind KPJ/Green and Christopher with TyTy not ready. Wemby would be great but they already have Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr and Eason imo. HOU looks good in the front court already.
CHA - Needs Lamelo help and prob needs a PF to replace Bridges legal woes. NSJ or Scoot would keep Lamelo loyal or Jarace maybe if Bridges can't clear legal issues.
DET - Needs a SF behind Bojan esp if they lose Diallo. B.Miller would be perfect. Wemby would seem wasted with Duren/Stewart and Bagley III even if Noel is gone and they don't have Wiseman (the 23/24 12.1mm is a team option correct?)
ORL - Really getting slim on rotation slots. Can't see what they'll do with two lottery picks lol let alone one but I don't know if I hope CHI lands top 4 and gets one back from ORL either! Could use a SF if Issac is gone and maybe an SG after Suggs to shore up depth? Ausar? NSJ?
None of these teams should care about fit at all but Wembys best fit is Detroit by a mile
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