re: Watching college prospects thread

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How are they alike? Can you go in depth

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This is Meek draft review

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Versatile and athletic player with great scoring ability (he is averaging 28 ppg on 17 shots/pg which is efficient) ... He is a one of the best spot-up shooters in the league 1.52 pps, .415 3p% ... Knows how to use screens and reads defenders well to get open for shots ... possesses nice body strength for the SG position ... Has a nice release and good form on his jump-shot and his range is well behind NBA 3pt (he lands in the same spot where he took off and he is always square to the rim with his shoulders) ... Meeks knows how to get open and has many options; cuts hard to the basket because he knows that he is guarded well or double teamed ... Has great elevation on his shot and when his feet are set he doesn't miss ... Meeks can create his own shots and score in so many ways because of his tremendous speed: off the dribble, step-back that he loves to use to create space for his shot or the pump-fake and dribble drive ... Meeks started scoring more off backdoor cuts because defenders were denying him ... If he hits his first few shots and starts feeling good and gets very comfortable, offensively he is hard to stop ... Jodie is not just a stand still shooter; his speed and quickness are underrated ... Moves very well without the ball. Likes to pull up for 3pt in transition. Meeks will find a way to be factor in every game even if his shots are not falling in ... Very good free-throw shooter .89 ft% ... Passes the ball fairly well. He warms up before games with purpose going full speed ... He almost tripled his scoring average going from 8.8 ppg last year to 25 ppg this year so far ... Defensively he does a good job at getting into the passing lanes. A prolific scorer, He has seven 30+ games so far.

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Luwawu went from a 25% 3pt shooter to a 35% and improved his shot creation. He also has been playing point this season.

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And averaging more turnovers then assists. But a 21 year old Euro baller shooting under 40% overall isnt exactly blowing my socks off.

He is a project guy. You have to recognize this right? He is the type of guy we are hoping will come on by the time Davis's next contract is up. I like him, but he is the sort of guy I would love with a second first rounder then my only shot.

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And averaging more turnovers then assists. But a 21 year old Euro baller shooting under 40% overall isnt exactly blowing my socks off.

He is a project guy. You have to recognize this right? He is the type of guy we are hoping will come on by the time Davis's next contract is up. I like him, but he is the sort of guy I would love with a second first rounder then my only shot.

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Yes he is a project but he's worth the risk. He has the tools to be an all round star player in this league. I think he at least pans out in to a 3&D guy. He poses great athleticism, has a good shooting form, and good passing instincts. He's exactly what you want in a typical wing player today.

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Now Hield is getting Jimmer comparisons. Laughable

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Why exactly is this laughable?

I don't get this excitement over Heild. We've seen this story a million times of dominant senior college guard who can score at will come to the NBA and be no more than role players.

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That's right because drafting NBA ready players and passing over guys who need to develop always work out.

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That's the problem with the Win Now strategy, once you start down that path it's hard to change direction. One positive aspect of drafting Hield is it greatly reduces the odds of resigning Gordon.

Resign Gordon for $15 and draft Luwawu
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Draft Hield and sign RFA Otto Porter Jr. for $15 in 2017

I like the 2nd option better. Hopefully we can come up with better options to choose from than that, but we aren't even sure Demps is getting fired yet so you never know.

It has already been said we're not re-signing Gordon. I would go after Batum or Bazemore draft Luwawu then in 2017 if Asik is still trash waive him, trade Dante and Alexis for seconds, and release Tyreke rights to create more cap space.people have bashed the win now approach all year and now they want a win now pick. That is the exact move we need to get away from. Build through the draft and sign the talent.

It's official, you're delusional. 2nd round pick for AA or Cunningham?

The difference between the "win now" draft and your guy is we're getting a potential commodity that has a role we know we can use from day 1 and can make a leap by year 3. His floor is a decent shooter who won't be a liability on the defensive end but won't be a shut down guy.

your guy may take 5 years to develop and his floor is what Cunningham and gee are, decent defenders who can't knock down shots consistently. A sub 40 shooter with mid 30s 3pt shot and bad ft shooting isn't someone who's telling me he's going to be batum. He's closer to sefolosha than batum

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It has already been said we're not re-signing Gordon.

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I must have missed that quote. Demps has been trying to move on from him for a while, so I think it's unlikely, but Demps also has a history of making the best move available at the time going all the way back to the vetoed Lakers trade. If Demps returns then Gordon and Ryno returning wouldn't be a shocking turn of events.

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people have bashed the win now approach all year and now they want a win now pick.

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I do find that funny. There's been lots of talk and agreement lately about how draft picks are where you take your chances because the cost of a mistake is lowest, but even with that pretty prevalent view there are a lot of people that seem pretty ready to trade higher ceilings for higher floors. Maybe I've just lost track of who's said what, but Dunn is about the only high risk high reward guy people seem interested in. Although like I said, I think there'd be more interest in Luwawu at 12.