re: 2017 NBA Draft - Draft is complete

I just read where Clippers bought ANOTHER pick..

Well, at least Milwaukee made some money.

you say that meteor is coming to vaporize us, but wait until they manage to turn De'Aaron and Jackson into Tyson Chandler and Brandon Knight or something equally stupid.

Fox is going to be a star in this league once he develops his jump-shot completely. Getting Fox you have a premiere point-guard who can defend better than most guards in the league already. He is young, but he will be around a long time in this league. I'd be ecstatic if I were a Kings fan.

As for Giles?? Can he become anything close to what they saw in his Junior year in High School? He is a supposed monster on the boards and athletic freak, but he can't stay healthy. He has the highest ceiling possibly and the absolute lowest floor in the draft. Big unknown there.

Justin Jackson is a safe pick, but I don't like his game personally. Many do.. He isn't super explosive from what I've seen in college and his athleticism is average for a SF. He isn't big whatsoever at 6'8" 200lbs. I'm not high on him at all, but so what, he may become the next Rudy Gay..

I'm curious if Fox can improve his 3P% sort of like Mike Conley did.

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Damn good point there...

Conley was shite shooting threes at Ohio St. I remember vividly as I was high on that team that year with Matta's best freshman class ever at Ohio St.

Fox has a few things he must improve on though without question. He has to improve his 3 point shooting, but also his distribution. He needs to be more like Wall when he was at Kentucky and be a better facilitator and not look to score first. His ability to become a better facilitator; shoot a higher percentage from 3; along with his second to none defensive ability on the ball and off in passing lanes makes him one of the best prospects I have seen in many years at the position.

He would have gone #1 if he had the 3 ball and ability to distribute better. Fultz has all those things already. If Fultz isn't balling out next year I am one of the few who would find that a disappointment and let down. He has all the tools to be a scorer, distributor, and lethal from deep. His defense isn't in the league of Fox. Fox has the highest upside.

Smith from NC State has all the tools too. Best guard class in recent memory.

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along with his second to none defensive ability on the ball

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he has strong iso defense, but his ball screen defense was bad as was his ability to defend shots off the dribble

then we get into how undersized he is. i dont see a top 5 pick in any way

Well, I respectfully disagree. He will gain some weight and the size will more than help with the ball-screens and off the dribble too.

He will do fine.

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Fox has the chance to be really, really good with improved shooting

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but the thing is not that he just has trouble with shooting the ball, he was one of the worst shooters in the country. his percentiles were in the 20s across the board, he passes up open shots, this isnt going to work in the NBA. i just dont know how much someone can improve when the floor is just so low

and he would be far from the first player who "only needed to figure out his shot". there are some who figure it out, but there are a lot who dont. hes a mid lottery, 12ish pick that got vaulted into the top 5 because of the tournament

Do you think the league moving in the direction of GS style offense had anything to do with picking him? Someone that can help counter that by being a good one on one defender? I do agree with you about passing open shots though and sometimes that always attacking mentality can't be lost