The Official 2018 NBA Draft Talk Thread 6/21

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Mikal Bridges will be the best player in this draft. The new T-Mac :wow:

He's my favorite in this class but he won't ever be a star with his ball handling skills. I don't think he'll be able to improve enough, but I hope I'm wrong.

Will probably end up a Robert Covington type at his worst.
 

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Oh, you must have been accused of being white before.:jbhmm:

No need to go down that rabbit hole champ.

I don't play those games on this site. I don't really care. I was just making an observation that what you said is something I've only saw white people say. It's interesting, because Doncic is obviously going to struggle athletically in the NBA. I just see white people take that so personal and they fight tooth and nail against it.

Nah I posted that in a thread that was just asking people to prove you black. But flipside I just don’t like the lazy stuff around draft. Seen it with Steph after we watching him dominate college. Seen it with Kyrie dudes wanting to take Derrick Williams over him. We always want these athletes instead of basketball players.
 

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He's my favorite in this class but he won't ever be a star with his ball handling skills. I don't think he'll be able to improve enough, but I hope I'm wrong.

Will probably end up a Robert Covington type at his worst.
His handles arent great but his shot is money. I think once he puts on the sophomore 20 lbs, he will be a monster in the league. He'll be 6'7" 230, and a SG

Plus he might have the goat league mom :whoo: 40 years old, like fine wine :banderas:
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my eyes twitch every time i see someone talking about brandon roy not being a great athlete

same thing with joe johnson. those guys played below the rim by choice

You right about that in a way. If they were more athletic they would play a little bit more high pace. But both played below the rim because they didn’t need to. They had exceptional skill. Joe Johnson on the Hawks wasn’t nearly as athletic as him on the Suns though.
 

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Doncic looks like he will end up a solid role player.

He won’t get away with those weak ass Iso moves vs NBA nikkas.
It's always fun to me seeing a lot of the white NBA media loving to hype up international players. Hearing people talk about Doncic being a can't miss star and how crazy teams will be to pass him up as been blowing my mind. Don't get me wrong dude is definitely skilled as fukk and I've loved the passing he's displayed but his lack of an explosive first step and lack of quickness really worries me with him. I've seen Harden comps but the thing is Harden is a killer one on one and has great handles which forces defenses to bend to try and cut off his drives. Without being a threat one on one it's much harder to open up the passing game which will minimize Doncic's effectiveness IMO. He can obviously hit the weight room and add some explosiveness and turn into a beast but I totally disagree with the analysis that he's ready to step in and be a star from day one.
 

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I've seen Harden comps but the thing is Harden is a killer one on one and has great handles which forces defenses to bend to try and cut off his drives. Without being a threat one on one it's much harder to open up the passing game which will minimize Doncic's effectiveness IMO.

Switching on to smaller or slower players and elite shooting will create the same dynamic...

Yall make this way too hard.

Harden has a good handle but its his shooting, bull strength, and body control that make him really special for not having tons of burst.
 
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