re: Watching college prospects thread

Meeks his senior year put up 24 ppg on 50/40/90 with 8 3 point attempts per game.

That's exactly Meeks! Heild is more athletic and more consistent and better shooter but that's Meeks thought. That's who I think he will be a better version of Jodie Meeks. A good score only guard that will give you 16-18ppg in his prime.

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This is Meek draft review

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You forgot the comparison. Let me help you out.

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NBA Comparison: Tony Delk/Juan Carlos Navarro

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I like reading weaknesses more than strengths. here's Meeks:

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Weaknesses: Standing at 6'4'' Meeks lacks size and length for the SG position in the NBA ... Rhythm shooter-if he gets out of rhythm or disrupted he will struggle to make shots ... Has to improve his shot selection; he can force some shots and be inconsistent ... Meeks has to become more aggressive and attack the basket more ... His ball-handling ability is limited and he commits too many turnovers; gets in trouble by dribbling into the traffic (3.0 to and .59 a/t ratio). Defensively his lateral quickness has to improve and become much better help defender in order to compete at the next level ... Converting points around the rim under pressure can be an issue for him ...

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All Meeks was, was a shooter. That's it. Redick was a better overall scorer than Meeks. He did nothign to work on his scoring outside of 3's. Redick and Heild worked their arse off to become more than just a 3 point shooter.

Also, here's Hields comparison:

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NBA Comparison: CJ McCollum/James Harden

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Notice it's not Tony Delk

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Weaknesses: Buddy’s main knock will be his height for an NBA shooting guard, and although he’s improved his handle significantly in order to become more of a combo guard, he’s still not more of an undersized 2 ... Buddy handles the ball a lot, and carries a great offensive burden for the Sooners, as a result he can be turnover prone at times (10 TO’s vs Oklahoma State) ... Buddy has clearly worked to improve his game off the dribble, and now takes less than 50% of his shots from deep, in favor of driving to the hoop to keep defenders guessing ... In reality, this is a player who has clearly worked very hard at not just what he does well, but his flaws, and as a result, he’s become a very complete player, that’s hard to nitpick outside of some physical differences between the size of NCAA players and those in the NBA ..

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Still the only knock on him is size, which i think is dumb considering his wingspan. If James Harden isn't undersized, than neither is Hield.

Simmons
Ingram
Hield
Dunn
in that order. imo.

To get off the Heild talk


What are thoughts on Domantas Sabonis? Would be interesting next to AD

pwned Poetl in the head to head showing, too

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His game is just like Meeks

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just like him!

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Heild is a better version of him

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Heild has better length

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he's more consistent,

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a slightly better defender

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better at finishing at the rim.

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To get off the Heild talk What are thoughts on Domantas Sabonis? Would be interesting next to AD pwned Poetl in the head to head showing, too

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I liked him in that game, but he's a trade back kind of guy imo, maybe we win #3 and trade our two seconds and trade back with the nuggets for 7,16,18 then try and grab him with one of those teen picks. That's my ideal scenario at least.

What do y'all think of Prince from Baylor as a possible later first, trade up and grab guy? Great size and has a good stroke.

If we're picking around 6 and Hield is there it's hard to pass up IMO. I've said it before on here, I'm a big fan of his personality for this team. Leader and trash talker with a relentless gym rat mentality. Sounds like a player every team could use.

I'm with ATL on the Luwawu front, if we're picking after 7-8 and Murray, Hield and Dunn are off the board he's my pick. His defense is NBA ready and the other stuff we can afford a couple years to develop. If this was year 3 of AD's extension I would say don't take the project but we still have time to make a couple mistakes and he's a high ceiling type of mistake that's ok to take.

And imo, if all those guys are gone when we pick, go with Denzel Valentine, IMO he will have a 10+ year NBA career as the new Ginobli or OKC harden as a teams lead ball handler off the bench and closing 2 guard.

This is a weird comparison I realize, but Sabonis reminds me a ton of Zach Randolph. Its not always pretty but he just brutes his way forward and has a real touch around the goal. It's pretty in its ugliness.

Would love to see us get Sabonis in the second

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Would love to see us get Sabonis in the second

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Draft Express has him at 18
NBADraft.net has him at 12
Tankathon has him at 21

It doesn't seem likely that he'll be around in the 2nd.

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Maybe a healthy Allan Houston is a good comparison

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Kerry Kittles?

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What are thoughts on Domantas Sabonis? Would be interesting next to AD

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Did well against Poetl has me questioning Poetel. Sabonis seems to have the athleticism of his dad. Not sure I could get a piece of paper under his feet during his shot. Unatheltic big men with poor length who rely on post scoring and defending just don't do it for me.