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I really like Tyus Jones and think if he stayed in college he could become one of the best players in the country next year. Unfortunately I don't see him ever being a star in the pros. He's pretty undersized and is really more of a scorer than a pg, and he lacks Russell Westbrook type athleticism to make up for lack of size.

He kind of reminds me of Kemba Walker, with a little better shot and worse athleticism.

He's a pretty great distributor imo. I share the concerns about size, defense and athleticism, but his passing ability and overall offensive smarts are pretty high. Don't agree with 'more of a scorer than a PG' in the Kemba mode. Even last night with all the clutch he had 8 assists. For the season he's averaging 5.4 AST, 1.9 TO, ratio = 2.8.

Think 15-25 is probably about right. I'm hoping he stays in school another year because I'm a duke slappy.

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02-19-2015 , 10:24 PM

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Picking up the convo regarding Jahlil and his Defensive ability. Here is a pic from a subscription site that tracks all plays and breaks them down into individual and situational categories, and compares the player to all other players in D1 college bball. it goes much more in depth, but here is the start of Jahlil's defensive page:

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7th percentile in isolation situations is pretty lol.

Are you drawing the wrong conclusion from the iso stat? 'Post ups' is a separate category, so I'd guess isolations is when he gets isolated on the perimeter... aka when there's a switch/mismatch. No wonder he does poorly in that situation (small sample as well).

I'm also not sure how to take these stats because they're saying he's an excellent PNR defender in a small sample, which doesn't match the eye test. Overall this shows him as a mediocre defender, which is accurate.

It'd be interesting to see the offensive tab.

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02-20-2015 , 01:17 AM

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I just don't see what you're seeing. On offense I see his ceiling as like Ibaka. On defense I'm just unconvinced. He seems like a dumbass to me and WCS is the real defensive phenom there and is probably underrated as a prospect despite his age.

just massively wrong on multiple counts here. you need to watch more TOWNS

offensively he obv has more postup, iso and passing ability than ibaka. i think he's closer to lma than ibaka. hasn't quite shown it but he's coming around recently. 80% of fts at 18yo is a sick sign too for his shooting prognosis. defensively idk but his stats are sick and he's huge + pretty athletic

he seems pretty smart to me in interviews and supposedly had good grades. which is a lol complaint since you love mudiay the dumbass african who's currently riding the pine behind will bynum in china

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02-22-2015 , 01:33 AM

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Karl Towns with 19 pts, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 assists tonight...in 21 minutes played

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02-22-2015 , 01:42 AM

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02-22-2015 , 11:31 AM

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Yeah LMA does seem to be a pretty good comparison. The only thing that LMA has much better is the sick high release. That could be important. Anyway lol at drafting dangelo barksdale or mudiay ahead of this guy. lol de.

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02-22-2015 , 11:33 AM

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1. Okafor
2. Towns
3. WCS

imo

lol smalls and stanley johnson

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02-22-2015 , 11:43 AM

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Not too late to abandon the Klowns bandwaggon bro. Save yourself.

That was fast.

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02-22-2015 , 11:47 AM

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That was fast.

I've always maintained that Towns is an obvious top pick. Taking him over Okafor is still a klown move, which was the context of that post. You're already getting close to Raidsing up Forfeiture too.

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02-22-2015 , 07:47 PM

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i like johnson, seems like a non-crazy artest

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02-22-2015 , 07:52 PM

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don't think i've found anyone that agrees with me, but i actually have Kevon Looney as the 2nd best prospect in the draft. if you watch him closely it becomes clear that his rebounding radius is massive, like any loose ball or missed shot within like 5-6 feet of him is going to end up in his hands a large percentage of the time.

and to go with his legit center length he actually has real wing skills. dude takes the jump ball for the opening tip at a school that can actually recruit bigs while being able to handle the ball like a guard and is shooting 40% from three.

to top it all off, he seems really smart as well. since they started keeping track of offensive rebounds, Looney is the only freshman ever with more assists than turnovers to average more than 3 offensive rebounds per game at 3.7 oReb/g and a 1.6 to 1.4 A/TO ratio. the only other player with a positive A/TO ratio to come close is some guy named Anthony Davis who averaged slightly under 3 oReb/g.

last night at the end of the Arizona St. game UCLA was down by 2 and AZ St. got a huge offensive rebound with ~20 seconds left. Looney was the only one the court that recognized the situation and despite having already having 4 fouls and it meaning the end of his night he quickly committed the foul to stop the clock when he realized no one else on his team was going to.

btw UCLA is never going anywhere with Steve Alford as their coach, i don't think there's any way outside of a brain damage causing childhood accident that the son of a non-dumbass coach could ever end up with as low a BBIQ as Bryce has.

comes across kinda odd in this interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDyl-LEFF4

but yeah seems good. probable lottery pick at least. his shooting doesn't really seem that legit

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02-22-2015 , 07:58 PM

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What's Towns' projection as a power forward? Seems like he has a little Ibaka in him but I've only watched a couple games.

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02-22-2015 , 08:47 PM

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What's Towns' projection as a power forward? Seems like he has a little Ibaka in him but I've only watched a couple games.

Not as much of an African.

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02-23-2015 , 04:02 AM

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I think MUDIAY is the next great lead guard. Might have him #1 on my big board.

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02-23-2015 , 04:17 AM

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Mudiay chose SMU over UK, then it turned out his grades weren't even good enough for SMU basketball. I'm sure Mudiay is talented as hell...

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02-23-2015 , 09:55 AM

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So apparently Okafor believes in mermaids, and Towns has an alternate personality called 'Karlito' he talks to.

lol NBA

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02-23-2015 , 10:07 AM

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comes across kinda odd in this interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDyl-LEFF4

but yeah seems good. probable lottery pick at least. his shooting doesn't really seem that legit

thanks hadn't seen that before. despite his countrified accent he seemed to grasp the gist of the questions being asked and have a reasonably intelligent response rather quickly.

i loved the way he was smiling and seemed so enthusiastic to be getting interviewed, i'm still on board 100%.

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What's Towns' projection as a power forward? Seems like he has a little Ibaka in him but I've only watched a couple games.

he's more like a Tim Duncan who had been allowed to practice shooting threes growing up than he is an Ibaka. think a modern combination of Duncan and Al Horford.

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02-23-2015 , 12:24 PM

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So apparently Okafor believes in mermaids, and Towns has an alternate personality called 'Karlito' he talks to.

lol NBA

My six-year old just asked me this weekend if mermaids are real. I've got to have a talk with Okafor and let him know that he can't be improperly influencing my kids like that.

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02-23-2015 , 01:00 PM

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with Towns i'm pretty sure he is just messing around trying to be funny. with the way Okafor's head is shaped and his lack of defensive awareness, i think he might be serious.

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02-23-2015 , 07:30 PM

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yep okafors head shape very concerning to me too, nba teams need to pay phrenology the respect it deserves as a science

looney doesn't seem bad or anything in that interview, prob just a lovable weirdo

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02-23-2015 , 07:57 PM

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Okafor's biggest red flag is that he wears a full t-shirt under his jersey

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02-24-2015 , 05:29 AM

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Okafor's biggest red flag is that he wears a full t-shirt under his jersey

It restricts your shot if you tend to over shoot, and also mimics shirts vs skins on the playground.

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02-24-2015 , 08:55 AM

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It restricts your shot if you tend to over shoot, and also mimics shirts vs skins on the playground.

Yeah could be indicative of a personality of he was too shook/insecurr to be SKINS.

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02-24-2015 , 09:32 AM

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he definitely wears that shirt when he goes swimming

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02-24-2015 , 09:48 AM

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i personally ***** hate sweaty smelly whites who go skins and then insist on like using their sweaty smelly BODY FATS and just goddamn grosses me out and make me not want to live anymore for that one second of disgusting contact

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