Quote Originally Posted by poopbox
I actually go the opposite way. I don't understand how Harper, a guy who wasn't good enough to even get his college team a .500 record, is some can't miss prospect. I've watched over 10 hours of film and draft talk about this guy. There is no doubt he is good. But I don't at all view him as he is so good there is no way I am trading for him. On top of that, if he gets drafted by the Spurs, right off the bat he will NOT be able to put his best skill to use, coming off screens and getting to the rim, to it's fullest because our best guard has that as his best trait and our second best guard has it as his second best trait. I don't see any other part of Harpers game that is even nba average outside of him getting to the rim with the ball in his hands. When I watch him do that I think to myself "well we won't see much of that when he is on the floor with Fox cause that is what Fox does. Might not see much of that when he is on the floor with Castle cause that is what Castle does."

I view that as the spurs tripling down on a skillset. So then I say will maybe these other perennial playoff teams are doing that, let me go look at their roster. Outside of 3 point shooting and defense, I don't see one playoff team trying to triple down on a skillset. Celtics have Tatum and Brown to create isolation offense I don't see them trying to go get KD or Dame to be the 3rd person to do it. Knicks has Kat and Brunson I don't see them trying to go get a 3rd guy to do it. I guess maybe you could say the Clippers with Kawhi Norm and Harden but they went home in the first round. And then I say to myself if all these other teams who are the 6th seed or higher for years in a row, make the playoffs for years in a row, and actually win playoffs series aren't doing it, then why is the team with 6 consecutive losing seasons who never make the playoffs and never win anything or even remotely compete for anything doing it?

To me that is the main point. The teams that are good and compete do not have 3 guards who number one skill set is getting to the rim and try to shoe horn them together. But the team who has had exactly 0 success at pretty much anything in 6 years is? Skeptical poopbox is skeptical.
Where have you watched the 10 hours of film on him? Is there full games or something somewhere? I wouldn't think there is 10 hours of highlights.

Also, it doesn't hurt to have guys that can get to the rim and draw defenders in to create for others. Harper seems to be elite at getting to the rim. Most teams don't have that. They don't choose to not have that which is what you're making it sound like. The Spurs would probably like Cooper Flagg more as he fits better, but since that is not at option, it looks like they will take the next best pick. None of the other players are good enough prospects to choose over Harper, so the Spurs will likely take Harper (unless a last minute insane offer comes in that might make them rethink that) and see how it works. I'd much rather the better player that has franchise potential than taking someone that has a lower floor and is a bigger gamble.

The Knicks are a bad example. I am sure they'd love to have another player like Harper to help Brunson. Brunson was worn down, fatigued and f#cked up trying to carry the load by himself at the end of the playoffs for the Knicks.