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At 52, Pels select Karlo Matkovic

Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:12 pm
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:12 pm
Discuss.
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
5335 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:13 pm to
Obvious draft and stash. Don't have any roster spots so good pick.
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
28363 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:13 pm to
Won't ever see the court at the SKC
Posted by The Boob
Member since Mar 2010
767 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:13 pm to
I was saying the whole time we needed to draft that guy
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115418 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:13 pm to
Lopez confirms it’s a draft and stash.
Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
14859 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:14 pm to
For everyone that says McNamara doesn’t have sources, he named this guy earlier today.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
14737 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:16 pm to
Im waiting to see his espn highlights before I go YouTube-ing reels and scouting breakdowns.
Posted by BallHawk
Orlando
Member since Jul 2011
5727 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:17 pm to
I like it. Prototypical big. Needs to work on his feet defensively and needs to get stronger. Future backup 5. Good size.

Nothing to get excited about but I like the potential.
Posted by PhillyTiger90
Member since Dec 2015
10667 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:19 pm to
May never make it over but at least it’s a big guy. Guards and wings seem to have been addressed
Posted by Gabe Rippen
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2016
557 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:20 pm to
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
14737 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:20 pm to
ESPN only showed 3 Jaxon Hayes-like athletic dunks. Is that all he brings?
Posted by biggdogg
United States
Member since May 2008
1655 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:21 pm to
Dude has skills
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
6551 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:21 pm to
Forget bouncy .. dude looked like Klay Thompson in this video
Posted by The Boob
Member since Mar 2010
767 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:22 pm to
Please disregard my earlier sarcasm

Watched his highlights

This guy fricks
Posted by GynoSandberg
Member since Jan 2006
71960 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:22 pm to
Played on the same team as Jovic. They played Indiana twice last year in an exhibition

Nikola Jovic - 9 PTS (2-10 FG), 12 REB, 5 TO (40 min)

Karlo Matkovic - 19 PTS (9-12 FG), 16 REB, 4 BLK, 2 TO (49 min)

Posted by MikeTheTiger2893
Member since Feb 2009
860 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:22 pm to
Can a draft and stash play in summer league?
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
14737 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:23 pm to
Yes. Didi did in 2019.
Posted by Macintosh504
Leveraging Salaries University
Member since Sep 2011
52528 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:23 pm to
This guy has some promise of joining us at some point in the future. Crazy explosive and athletic. Supposedly showed some good shooting potential during his workouts as well.


He was apparently going to withdraw his name this year and work on trying to be a first rounder next year but was getting a bunch of rave reviews from teams that he decided to stay.
This post was edited on 6/23/22 at 11:24 pm
Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
14859 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:23 pm to
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52. New Orleans Pelicans (from Utah Jazz)
Karlo Matkovic | 6-foot-10, center | 21 years old | Mega Basket
Vecenie’s ranking: 76.
Matkovic is a live athlete at center, a legitimate leaper who finishes above the rim and averaged nearly 12 points and six rebounds for Mega this season. He’s going to have to expand his range, I think, to be able to play in the NBA. But there are some tools here in terms of explosiveness that are intriguing long-term. He’ll likely stay overseas for a couple of years, and maybe if he keeps improving his skill level, he comes over.

Hollinger’s team fit: The rumored promise to keep Matkovic in the draft finally comes to fruition. I like him and think he had a strong case to go higher than some of the other European stash picks. The Pelicans had a crowded roster, so keeping this pick overseas makes sense.

Hollinger would have picked … Matkovic.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
14737 posts
Posted on 6/23/22 at 11:24 pm to
quote:

Karlo Matkovic - 19 PTS (9-12 FG), 16 REB, 4 BLK, 2 TO (49 min)

Wow. 16 REB
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