2019 NBA Draft Lottery

[Cavatt]

You don't need to be a 40% 3 point shooter to be an elite scorer. Which is what Reddish has the opportunity to blossom into.

Realistically you expect a 36-38% from your stud.

Paul George shot 67% FT's as a freshman. 80% as a sophomore. Shoots the 3 in the NBA around 38% now...

You would really expect a good amount of positive progression from Reddish going into next year in FT% as well as shooting % with how good his form already is.

His shooting isn't a problem IMO. Decision making, and ability to score inside are his biggest issues. As far as shooting, he need better shot selection. He can hit an off the dribble 3 or pull up, but he takes too many high degree of difficulty shots. Maybe that is the result of not having the ball much.

His skill level is really high. He needs to put it together. On a team with spacing, he might thrive.

Reddish was also the best pick and roll initiator in the country and barely got to do it. That's better suited to the NBA than whatever Duke's offense is supposed to be. Tell me why Reddish wasn't running pnr with Zion all the time. Best finisher and best initiator barely played pick and roll?

Get the feeling coach K said "be a spacer" and that was all he told him

 

[avs2000]

While I'm still not totally sold on Sexton, wouldn't Garland basically mean it's an either/or kind of deal? I don't see how they fit together. That said, there is zero way I'd let Sexton's roster presence influence my pick beyond an "all things are equal" point.

You take the best pick available regardless. Sexton had a damn good rookie season and has the ethic to improve. The guy gets little respect here. I dont get it

 

[Triplethreat]

His shooting isn't a problem IMO. Decision making, and ability to score inside are his biggest issues. As far as shooting, he need better shot selection. He can hit an off the dribble 3 or pull up, but he takes too many high degree of difficulty shots. Maybe that is the result of not having the ball much.

His skill level is really high. He needs to put it together. On a team with spacing, he might thrive.

Reddish was also the best pick and roll initiator in the country and barely got to do it. That's better suited to the NBA than whatever Duke's offense is supposed to be. Tell me why Reddish wasn't running pnr with Zion all the time. Best finisher and best initiator barely played pick and roll?

Get the feeling coach K said "be a spacer" and that was all he told him

Agree I think he has the tools to be a multiple x all star player.

Underrated defender as well.

NBA spacing should do wonders for him. He’s going to be that go to type scoring player but I don’t really expect him to be a guy dishing it and facilitating for others.

Very smooth looking game where you can see various different moves being added. Good b-ball IQ as well.

 

[Cavatt]

Agree I think he has the tools to be a multiple x all star player.

Underrated defender as well.

NBA spacing should do wonders for him. He’s going to be that go to type scoring player but I don’t really expect him to be a guy dishing it and facilitating for others.

Very smooth looking game where you can see various different moves being added. Good b-ball IQ as well.

Who had better footwork and ball handling at 6'8" and 7 foot wingspan than him as a one and done? I keep talking myself into him.

 

[weepinwillow]

His shooting isn't a problem IMO. Decision making, and ability to score inside are his biggest issues. As far as shooting, he need better shot selection. He can hit an off the dribble 3 or pull up, but he takes too many high degree of difficulty shots. Maybe that is the result of not having the ball much.

His skill level is really high. He needs to put it together. On a team with spacing, he might thrive.

Reddish was also the best pick and roll initiator in the country and barely got to do it. That's better suited to the NBA than whatever Duke's offense is supposed to be. Tell me why Reddish wasn't running pnr with Zion all the time. Best finisher and best initiator barely played pick and roll?

Get the feeling coach K said "be a spacer" and that was all he told him

Hey, if Reddish is the guy, I'm all for it. I worry about players who get the "lack of motor" or "has work ethic issues" labels. Those aren't things people overcome when you hand them millions of dollars. But if those aren't legit issues with the kid, and it really was just an odd fit "Chris Bosh in Miami" kind of scenario, then let's go.

(added "issues" to work ethic.. having work ethic isn't a negative I believe, unless it's saturday morning and your wife is like "I've done the laundry, the taken care of the kids, made breakfast, why isn't the lawn done?")

 

[weepinwillow]

Can anyone think of an NBA guard that isn’t a good rim finisher AND doesn't draw fouls?

Dion Waiters

 

[Cavatt]

Hey, if Reddish is the guy, I'm all for it. I worry about players who get the "lack of motor" or "has work ethic" labels. Those aren't things people overcome when you hand them millions of dollars. But if those aren't legit issues with the kid, and it really was just an odd fit "Chris Bosh in Miami" kind of scenario, then let's go.

Yeah I am going to defer to the front office. I was really low on Reddish, but I started looking at his handle and his combine measurements came in. Nobody at 6'8" handles the ball that well and sucks. people say Wiggins, but Wiggins has always had a bit of awkward body movement and his handle does not look like a guard like Reddish's does.

He gets steals and blocks as well. There are some things to like. I think Bilein is changing my mind on Reddish, because footwork, defense and ball handling all translate. I could easily see him turn into Tatum.

 

[weepinwillow]

Yeah I am going to defer to the front office. I was really low on Reddish, but I started looking at his handle and his combine measurements came in. Nobody at 6'8" handles the ball that well and sucks. people say Wiggins, but Wiggins has always had a bit of awkward body movement and his handle doe snot look like a guard like Reddish's does.

He gets steals and blocks as well. There are some things to like. I think Bilein is changing my mind on Reddish, because footwork, defense and ball handling all translate. I could easily see him turn into Tatum.

I will defer, but if he flames out because he doesn't want it, while Hunter excels because he does, I am definitely posting an I Told You So post. If the reverse happens, I will pretend I never wrote any of this.

(edit: I bolded Wiggins as the name of the guy who clearly doesn't want it, despite having the talent to have it)

 

[Cavatt]

I will defer, but if he flames out because he doesn't want it, while Hunter excels because he does, I am definitely posting an I Told You So post. If the reverse happens, I will pretend I never wrote any of this.

(edit: I bolded Wiggins as the name of the guy who clearly doesn't want it, despite having the talent to have it)

If Hunter was 19 or 20 i would be all in. He is already 21.

He might be the guy that gets us to the playoffs next year too. That could be good or bad. I think he is a 15 year NBA player, but can he be really good. I am not sure. He would certainly help the defense.

I like Hunter a lot. I do think we should get a high upside guy. If we get hunter at 5, gotta really swing or move up and swing on that second pick.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Key for me is defense. No one on the current roster at either guard/SF positions are great defenders.

Nwaba?

 

[weepinwillow]

If Hunter was 19 or 20 i would be all in. He is already 21.

He might be the guy that gets us to the playoffs next year too. That could be good or bad. I think he is a 15 year NBA player, but can he be really good. I am not sure. He would certainly help the defense.

I like Hunter a lot. I do think we should get a high upside guy. If we get hunter at 5, gotta really swing or move up and swing on that second pick.

You know who was 21 and wasn't oozing "upside" was Klay Thompson.

I don't know what upside actually is other than a young athlete learning how to play basketball better/smarter. Hunter already knows how to play, now he has to learn how to expand on that. I mean, he was knocking down huge shots in a National Title Game, and people are like: He's so boring, Culver would be more exciting because he might figure out how to knock those kinds of shots down some day.

To follow that, everything we hear about Beilien is that he will put a system in place that plays to guys strengths, and then develop them as players. That to me sounds like a great fit for Hunter.

I like someone like Jordan Nwora with that later pick or Kevin Porter Jr. maybe?

 

[weepinwillow]

Nwaba?

OK: nobody you actually want getting more than 8 minutes of garbage time...

 

[Triplethreat]

You know who was 21 and wasn't oozing "upside" was Klay Thompson.

I don't know what upside actually is other than a young athlete learning how to play basketball better/smarter. Hunter already knows how to play, now he has to learn how to expand on that. I mean, he was knocking down huge shots in a National Title Game, and people are like: He's so boring, Culver would be more exciting because he might figure out how to knock those kinds of shots down some day.

To follow that, everything we hear about Beilien is that he will put a system in place that plays to guys strengths, and then develop them as players. That to me sounds like a great fit for Hunter.

I like someone like Jordan Nwora with that later pick or Kevin Porter Jr. maybe?

Yikes.....

What please no on Hunter. His shot takes so long to load... he just doesn’t have that next level smoothness about him.

 

[weepinwillow]

Sexton had a damn good rookie season and has the ethic to improve. The guy gets little respect here. I dont get it

I made a point to tip my hat to Sexton a while ago for shoring up some of his issues. I still don't know how he fits on a playoff team until he starts seeing the floor a ton better. Talk about a real tough trait to pick up.

 

[Douglar]

I made a point to tip my hat to Sexton a while ago for shoring up some of his issues. I still don't know how he fits on a playoff team until he starts seeing the floor a ton better. Talk about a real tough trait to pick up.

I agree. Sexton picked things up by the end of the year. He stopped looking gawd-awful. He event started to look good in some areas. But that does not mean that he looked like a complete basketball player by any means. His court vision on both ends of the floor is way below where you want. That's a tough thing to correct through the power of hard work. Not saying he can't do it. Just saying I wouldn't be a large sum on money on it. Or even a medium sum.

Cavs could probably help Sexton by drafting someone with a good BBIQ and court vision. Working out against a guy like that might help Sexton more than going up against Jordan Crawford.