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Originally Posted by DannyOcean_
Dean,
after all these years, how happy are you to see the embiid pick finally pan out? Kid's already at an all star level.
Love to see it. He was amazingly pleasing to watch in NCAA, and I just hope he stays healthy enough to see his upside. He's better than KAT, Brow, Simmons, etc if he doesn't get hurt again.
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Originally Posted by DannyOcean_
Where do you see Grayson Allen, provided he performs at expectations this year? I'm thinking he seems like a ~20-25 kind of player, but you seem like you might be lower than that on him.
I was bearish entering the season bc he can't score against athletic defenses, and now he has been even worse. And the tripping thing doesn't help. Honestly I'd barely even draft him at this point.
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Originally Posted by mcb33f
for smith it's more the overall package of smallness + athleticism isn't that impressive to me. as a starter he'd be one of the smaller pgs in the nba, and imo you need some elite aspect/s to your game to make up for that disadvantage - imo he hasn't shown enough to distinguish himself so far (esp since his stats are fine but nothing sick)
i'm mostly talking in terms of upside - which is the bar he needs to clear to be worth getting picked #2 as dx has him now
completely agree. he's small and not an outlier of athleticism, skill, or smarts. coming off an ACL tear and he has time to get better, but it's insane to have him top 5 with the other studs on board.
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Originally Posted by mcb33f
danny are you sure about the explosiveness thing? jabari was kind of fat in college but he's pretty damn explosive now, i can't think of too many wings who make more powerful moves to the rim (among wings he's 3rd itl for dunks this yr behind giannis and durant)
tatum not more explosive than jabroni. but he is just a little bit better at everything in way that could make the difference between being decent and a star. also he is going to murder with FT's as he makes 90% and gets there a ton.
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Originally Posted by tarheeljks
which mocks are the most reasonable atm? draftexpress, ford and nbadraft.net have fairly different ratings though the first two seem more similar
DX > ESPN >>> nbadraft.net which is a complete joke.
But I'm going to be real: my site is furthest ahead of the curve. Nobody else is even mocking Andrew Jones when I am the only one who knows he is going to be a lotto pick.