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Originally Posted by Heroball
Mcbeef,
Do you see Love as a reasonable comp for Markannen?
sort of - i think he can be better obviously but if he ends up being a valuable bomber who basically blows on d then nobody would be surprised. i like him so much because his upside seems better than that - mostly offensively
i'm experiencing cognitive dissonance re: his d because there's some contradictory info - he's seemingly pretty athletic, and arizona's d was still really good when he was on the floor, but getting zero stocks/boards and generally playing soft is a very bad look - and he's already going to be 20 so it's not like he has as strong of a 'needs to mature' excuse
either way, when i rank him third i'm pricing in some ok chance that he harnesses his decent mobility and turns into a passable nba defender and not some unplayable sieve. i wouldn't be surprised if i change my mind on him though