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Flagg is just now toying with compe ion. The kid is ridiculously good.
If Maluach is there with the ATL pick you take him regardless. I'm even considering to draft him with the Spurs pick, depending on who gets drafted before him
Flagg is just now toying with compe ion. The kid is ridiculously good.
Maluch best value to us is more likely who he pushes down to us.
Kon showing his foot speed on defense aswell. Also love his hustle and compe iveness and motor which are things a lot of people take for granted and think don’t matter until you watch guys like Assell go through the motions on the court.
I think Flagg is close to triple-double the way he’s playing
Forgot to mention ridiculous half court, only two games back of ATL with 12-16 all within a game of each other! ATL could still end up a decent back door lottery ticket we weren’t counting on lately.
Edit: Giddey that was to lift CHI over LAL
Good gawd, Flagg is like a 6'9" Jerry West.
I'm liking Kon. His defensive angles and weak side positioning are just about perfect. His feel is super, too.
We'll see if the NBA lottery is rigged. No way can they afford to let Cooper Flagg go to Charlotte.
Caleb Love is single-handedly keeping Arizona in the game. Damn I’d take this kid as my back PG anytime.
Knueppel would be a fine pick at 8. Love could be worth a flyer in the 2nd based on this display.
Carter Bryant waking up
Can’t wait for Cooper Flagg to be tossing that lob to Wemby
its not like he's some excellent positional/technical defender who is just too physically limited to make a difference. he's just a bad defender, and his athleticism does nothing to mask it
yeah i have not been shy about my doubts with Kon but he continues playing very well
I'm warming more and more to the idea of Kon. Adding him to our group of role players would more than double the collective basketball IQ
Well, I didn’t need more games to tell me Kon is the real deal but I guess others are following suit now. He plays suffocating defense in a non-cheap way, not gambling for steals and almost always being in good position while hopping to correct positioning quickly when he gets beaten. It’s like Derrick White in a way. Folks thought Derrick was nothing special athletically and rated him low on that scale. I believe he’s shorter than Kon and I trust him to defend any player between 1-3.
Boris Diaw was a +++ Defender. He could also pass off the dribble like a guard.
Just looked at the lottery order. Unfortunately, I think the Sixers will take Kon before us so I’m already setting my expectations low (meaning I don’t think he’ll be within our reach).
The Bulls won tonight and putting the Spurs at 8th. With a tough schedule ahead, I expect Spurs to stay there. Kon is still at play at 8th, with Queen rising with his 25 points performance. But I’d pick Sorber with the better defense at ATL pick and Kon at 8th. Caleb Love if available at 2nd round.
Spurs 31W:
Celtics, Warriors, Magic, @ Nuggets, Cavaliers, @ Trailblazers, @ Clippers, @ Warriors, @ Suns , Raptors
Absolute best (worst) case scenario is 4 wins, shouldn't be more than 2 realistically. Got to make sure we lose against subpar Magic and Trailblazers.
Trailblazers 32W:
@ Knicks, @ Hawks, @ Raptors, @ Bulls, Spurs, @ Jazz, Warriors, Lakers
They'll probably get at least one win against either Raptors or Jazz, hopefully both games. With a solid tank effort in our game, Spurs should keep that 8th spot.
Bulls should be out of the picture as have a better h2h record than the Spurs and play Raptors, Hornets, Wizards and Sixers.
Heat has an even easier schedule with two games against Wizards and Sixers each, they also play the Hornets and have a game against the Bulls.
8th best odds equal to 26.2% chance for a top4 pick and 92.9% chance to not drop below 9th. Also pretty much guarantees a top10 pick with 99.6% odds.
Didn't he play as the low man defender 90% of the time in that game.
How's Knueppel different from Sheppard if we're talking their potential to translate their game to the NBA?
As in Sheppard's IQ was also amazing, shooting was effortless, but he's struggling due to lack of athleticism.
Obviously Knueppel has way better size, but is he more athletic compared to NBA wings than Sheppard is compared to NBA guards?
That would be my biggest concern. Because as good of a shooter as someone is one college level, it all goes away in the NBA if they're not quick/strong enough to create separation.
Folks are quick to write off Reed as if they didn’t go through the Mitch Johnson Experience with him playing around with Stephon’s minutes. Castle struggled heavily when his minutes and role was being toyed with by Mitch. So that’s what you’re seeing with Reed. And also guards take longer to cook. People were quick to write off Scoot too and he’s showing life in some ways in his second year.
Kon is no worse than a lot of NBA players with his athleticism, it’s just being magnified right now because it doesn’t pop off the screen like other prospects do. Once he’s in the NBA for a couple years and displays how well he is on defense, a lot of this talk about how he’s unathletic will go away. Like I said, people shat on White here for a while about his athleticism and you don’t hear a peep now.
Lastly, the difference between Kon and Reed is that Kon is actually eye poppingly (and praised for) good at defense. He’s covering guys with his excellent footwork and smarts that you only see from guys like Dort, White, and Caruso… in other words, like the best defenders in the NBA.
In that case I hope he doesn’t get drafted by NOLA.
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