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straight up brolic
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Lonzo Ball does not have the look

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It was a bad joke about him being ugly, he's good at ball

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Malik Monk is def going to be a #bucketgetter

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https://twitter.com/secnetwork/status/814650009375436800

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I feel like Josh Hart is this year's guy who is very good at everything, but inexplicably slips to the second round because of minor imperfections and size issues

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aBagorn posted:

Isn't Monk a liability on the defense end? That alone makes me hesitant for the Sixers to draft him.
He's Lou Williams/Jamal Crawford with better athleticism. You don't want him in the top 5, but beyond that he's good value

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am I the only one who thinks that with those bizarre mechanics, Ball's 3pt shot is fools gold when it comes to the NBA level? it's just so loving weird.

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MourningView posted:

I dunno it's hosed up but if it works I guess it works. His percentages weren't that great in high school but his crazy rear end dad had he and his brothers taking pull-ups from like practically half court so who the hell knows. He's skilled enough that he still has a lot of value even if it drops off a bit.
i thought his brothers have normal form iirc and lonzo ball is like the devils son and the worst of them?

e: LaVar named them like pokemon evolutions (Lonzo, LiAngelo, LaMelo), so I'm going to take this as canon.

straight up brolic fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Jan 4, 2017

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along those lines Carte'Are Gordon has committed to the same school that produced basketball legend Jordair Jett

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Fultz and Monk is ideal, but unlikely. I think Philly finishes better than the Suns, Heat, and Nets tbh

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Rick posted:

I dunno, I think even if Simmons is good out of the gate, putting a rookie with no minutes under his belt in charge of ball handling in the middle of the season is a formula to lose more, not less.
I just think that they won't be intentionally losing like the Suns and Heat

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The Knicks need to draft Markkanen and a lovely & gritty eastern European in the second so that there are more members of bench windsprint crew

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The odds of the 6ers picking 4th and 10th seems highest imo. They need another year of tanking but are better than the teams that are actively doing so for one season only, which seems to be the core flaw with multi-year tank plans

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Good passing helps spacing

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lol at the Blazers taking De'Aaron Fox that would be insanely dumb

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Jota posted:

I'm not 100% but at this point of the year I don't think draftexpress does the mock draft based on team needs at all
then it shouldn't be a mock and they should just rank the prospects (I agree)

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Rick posted:

I feel like broken form is usually something most NBA teams can fix if that's the only problem.
UCLA tried to fix his hosed up form this year but he didn't feel comfortable and now is back to shooting like a moron. Generally a red flag unless you're Shawn Marion

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Rick posted:

I'm going to make an effort to assemble a schedule and watch every single US prospect in at least one game if possible. Any must-watch games off the tops of people's heads?
Washington Arizona obv

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Lonzo Ball will be a good litmus test for hosed up jumper theory, insane dad theory (cross sport), the look (doesn't have it), the name tool (has it)

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Saw Jarrett Allen in person today. Really unique prospect but he needs to get so so much stronger to do anything in the league.

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Fultz

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Someone irl was aggressively arguing with me that Ball was better than Fultz because Fultz's TS% was 56.5% which is "below average for an NBA of prospect" (which is not true).

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Paul Zuvella posted:

Slow work day so I'm reading about some of the late-draft international talent and came across this guy:

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/michael-fusek

7'5" and 220lbs. :drat:
lollll that guy is a foot taller than me and fifteen pounds heavier Jesus Christ

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lmao that still

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Fultz is absurd

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Dwyane Wade





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DeimosRising posted:

How can he shoot 42% on 4 and half threes a game, but only shoot 67% from the line? That's either really weird or really troubling inasmuch as it makes me wonder if that long range shooting is repeatable.
shot 65.5% before conference play, shooting 72.3% since conference play started on an almost equal sample. I think it was just jitters or something

Rick posted:

Josh Hart plays really big for 6'5". He has decent form on his shot. He looked good in the break and when he attacked the basket, and had a couple crisp passes but he seemed to absolutely refuse to orchestrate the offense or be involved in any two man basketball which is a problem if he ends up somewhere that wants to play him at point. Strong on the ball defense was interesting to see in a college guard.
he's going to be a really good role player in the NBA

straight up brolic fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Jan 19, 2017

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He's incredibly skilled and does a little bit of everything, but he's kind of stiff and looks vaguely like a smaller Brook lopez.

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MourningView posted:

The thing is he's really really good at everything else, so even if he has to rework his shot you can still get value out of him. He's super athletic and by far the best passer in the draft.
That's why the bigger red flag for me is that he already tried to fix his shot and it didn't take. He'll be really good either way. Seems like Jason Kidd 2.0

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Markkanen was like perfect in that game

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Lonzo Ball's FT form is disgusting

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the look

https://twitter.com/RobDauster/status/824849203578839040

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NickRoweFillea posted:

Jay Bilas just compared it to Furyk's swing lol
that's great lmao

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Josh Jackson looks really good at everything but half court offense.

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Ty1990 posted:

What are Lonzo Ball's weaknesses outside of his insane shooting form?

Everything about him seems good to great outside of the shooting form and his FT%, but those things alone make me really hesitant to like him.
he's struggled, at times, against comparable or better athletes. really bad in the USC game.

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Declan MacManus posted:

At one point Isaiah Austin was considered a potential #1 draft pick, and Andrew Harrison was considered the top PG prospect for 2014 and a probable top 3 pick. There really isn't any way to tell
Every crazy wingspan guy is just one Marfan's diagnosis away from being out of the league.

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Jonathan Isaac seems like a guy that's not good that people will talk themselves into and Dennis Smith Jr. seems like he's the opposite

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Although I'm not sure about Smith's speed. He's being successfully pressed at the college level which I always think is a red flag

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euphronius posted:

What college point guards do well against a double from a strong team.
Not snark .
Fultz does it every game

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Lonzo Ball has started off this game looking Michael Carter Williams with shooting (albeit weird shooting)-esque

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