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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:12 pm Post subject:
70sdude wrote:
The lack of quality drafting and PP Management for several years was apparent. The coaching in Minnesota over several seasons now has a cumulative effect of having stalled the development of the remaining young players.
The culture there is lacking direction. Adelman resisted developing young guys. Saunders was ill off and on for some time, and has since died. The coaching staff and front office are wholly unsettled there, qualitatively and quantitatively.
Wiggins seems one of the extreme cases of having suffered a setback from the club's loss of direction, but then again he is a pure scorer (20 ppg) even now. He was a raw player coming into the draft. I hope that club finds its way over time.
That might be a good landing spot for Luke. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:20 pm Post subject:
Thanks for the stats GT, interesting that Okafor and Russell's post up PPP are very similar. Great stat for DLO. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:23 pm Post subject:
wolfpaclaker wrote:
I don't think it's anywhere near the 2003 draft, but it's maybe the deepest draft we've seen in years. You could see more all-stars in this draft than any in recent years. However the 2003 draft had franchise players, multiple guys who won as a the man. I don't think this draft has that Lebron or Wade (prime) level alpha #1 player. And forget that, come on, just having a Lebron in a draft makes it way more special.
So yes extremely deep, maybe will contend for the draft with most all-stars, but disagree it rivals 2003.
I think we're saying the same thing in different ways. cant elaborate too much at the moment. But I think the median talent in this years draft is higher than 2003. But if you calculated how dominant the 2003 stars are. Maybe the 2003 class has higher mean talent. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
The NBA bigman era is about to get a whole new meaning. Cousins, Anthony Davis, Towns, the Unicorn, Jah. These guys will be here a while and they're not going to let the guards get all the attention. We may not have a dominant low post scorer, but right now I'm just waiting/hoping one of the guys I mentioned get paired up with a young perimeter player all-star guad in prime. Get some damn balance in this league .... too much talk centered around the 3 ball, re-creating the splash brothers (which is unrealistic to recreate).
BTW I like Drummond a ton - since his rookie year talked him up - he doesn't belong in that list, because his offense is very very limited, but he's also a major impact player, unfortunately too much of a role player on offense IMO. Likely a 3rd option on a championship caliber team.
Class of '15, On Court/Off Court (per 100 possessions)
Kristaps Porzingis..........+7.5
Justise Winslow.............+5.5
D'Angelo Russell............+3.1
Willie Cauley-Stein.........+3.0
Karl-Anthony Towns.......+1.1
Mario Hezonja................-0.5
Frank Kaminsky..............-0.5
Emmanuel Mudiay...........-0.6
Larry Nance....................-1.2
Trey Lyles.......................-3.2
Devin Booker..................-4.1
Stanley Johnson..............-5.0
Myles Turner...................-6.5
Cameron Payne.............-10.6
Jahlil Okafor..................-11.6
I want to say you're on a crusade to cut down the Oak tree...but seems he's doing it himself. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
I want to say you're on a crusade to cut down the Oak tree...but seems he's doing it himself.
Okafor wasn't the reason that I posted that, but I do think it says something that the 76ers (who Okafor fans will tell you have garbage talent outside of him) are a whopping 11.6 PP100 better when he's not on the court.
I want to say you're on a crusade to cut down the Oak tree...but seems he's doing it himself.
Okafor wasn't the reason that I posted that, but I do think it says something that the 76ers (who Okafor fans will tell you have garbage talent outside of him) are a whopping 11.6 PP100 better when he's not on the court.
Yeah. If Embiid ever comes back healthy, it should be interesting to see who stays/goes. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:12 am Post subject:
kikanga wrote:
wolfpaclaker wrote:
I don't think it's anywhere near the 2003 draft, but it's maybe the deepest draft we've seen in years. You could see more all-stars in this draft than any in recent years. However the 2003 draft had franchise players, multiple guys who won as a the man. I don't think this draft has that Lebron or Wade (prime) level alpha #1 player. And forget that, come on, just having a Lebron in a draft makes it way more special.
So yes extremely deep, maybe will contend for the draft with most all-stars, but disagree it rivals 2003.
I think we're saying the same thing in different ways. cant elaborate too much at the moment. But I think the median talent in this years draft is higher than 2003. But if you calculated how dominant the 2003 stars are. Maybe the 2003 class has higher mean talent.
What about Towns? He's already averaging 17 and 10. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
I hope he decides to put something together for DLo, especially on defense.
Regarding Mudiay, it's interesting that he's a worse shooting, worse rebounding, more turnover prone Jason Kidd. That really inspires confidence. The author didn't note how poorly Mudiay has shot around the rim in comparison to rookie Kidd, which is the most concerning issue for me when assessing a big, strong, supposedly athletic PG.
If there's a 50/40/90 club for good shooters, what do we call the sub-35% FG, sub-30% 3PT, & sub-60% FT club? The Brickhouse? My man Mudiay is threatening that with 34.0 FG%, 27.2 3PT%, & 61.6 FT%.
Only 3 guys in the <35/30/60 club. Heck, only 8 guys in the <35/30/70 club. Mudiay's shooting 42.3% from the free throw line in February, so there's a chance.
If there's a 50/40/90 club for good shooters, what do we call the sub-35% FG, sub-30% 3PT, & sub-60% FT club? The Brickhouse? My man Mudiay is threatening that with 34.0 FG%, 27.2 3PT%, & 61.6 FT%.
Only 3 guys in the <35/30/60 club. Heck, only 8 guys in the <35/30/70 club. Mudiay's shooting 42.3% from the free throw line in February, so there's a chance.
He's the opposite of everything good about Westbrook thus far. His singular selling point pre-draft was his abiliy to get to attack the rim and finish. 38% in the paint. Makes Randle look like prime Shaq.
Oak was on the table in discussions to going to Boston in a trade before deadline. I think that would've been a good destination for him considering his defensive deficiencies would be masked well with what Stevens has that team accomplishing.
Funny how oaks big numbers are usually meaningless because they're getting destroyed. But props for dropping 30 while being down 25. _________________ Music is my medicine
Oak had a great game. 31 points. He looks unstoppable. Some nice dribbling out there. _________________ A banana is killed every time a terrible thread or post is made. Save the bananas. Stop creating terrible posts!
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