2014 NBA Draft Thread

[osh kosh bosh]

I can see it.....no matter how good Lavine becomes, OKB will never give him credit. NEVER.

nonsense, I give Eric Bledsoe has turned into a great player, I give him tons of credit after ******** on him at draft time when people were saying he was a lottery pick.

If Zach Lavin becomes Westbrook, thats fine, but I have a process in the way I look at draft prospects, and I'm not going to dismantle it because of the occasional, Bledsoe and Lavine.

I think its an insane risk for Lavine to go in the top 10 or as a lottery pick, I don't really care how high he jumps or how great he looks against pylons.

 

[pmatic]

Zach LaVine = Jeremy Lamb x Terrence Ross

 

[buc em]

Zach LaVine = Jeremy Lamb x Terrence Ross

On point.

 

[captainsneakerhead23]

C'mon OKB that's the coaches son Levine deserved more minutes, especially after his hot start last season

 

[osh kosh bosh]

C'mon OKB that's the coaches son Levine deserved more minutes, especially after his hot start last season

I was being someone what trollish but

Bryce was a more consistent 3 point shooter and a better fit beside Kyle.

If Zach learns to play the most difficult position in basketball and gains 40 pounds, and becomes a more consistent shooter then obviously i'll be wrong, but the draft is about assessing risk, and thats too much risk for me as a lottery pick.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

If a team want's to pick Zach LaVine in the lottery so what don't get why some are so against that

in 2012 Meyers Leonard & Austin Rivers went top 10 & 2011 you had Jimmer Fredette & Alec Burks go top 12

That 2010 Draft draft lottery :x

 

[bigsmilesmgr]

I didn't know player comparisons had to involve vertical leaps.

My bad.... Just don't see any Jamal in him.  Very different in regards to ball handling and athletic ability is what I should have put.  But I'm high on LaVine like many others now are.

Always hard to judge a player that young but if he develops, keeps growing, and learns how to use that athleticism in games, I see him being a potential all star

 

[osh kosh bosh]

If a team want's to pick Zach LaVine in the lottery so what don't get why some are so against that

in 2012 Meyers Leonard & Austin Rivers went top 10 & 2011 you had Jimmer Fredette & Alec Burks go top 12

uhhm...those pasts drafts are irrelevant

 

[Arthur Shelby]

uhhm...those pasts drafts are irrelevant

Cool this year draft players like James Young or Rodney Hood should no question go before Zach LaVine ? or stop him from going top 15

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Cool this year draft players like Jusuf Nurkic , James Young or Rodney Hood should no question go before Zach LaVine ? or stop him from going top 15

imo yes. He's not in my top 20.

Solidly In the the 20-30 range for me.

 

[shoeking2101]

Zach LaVine = Jeremy Lamb x Terrence Ross

I like it

 

[finallyfamous]

I know whose goin 1.

 

[awwsome]

at taking James Young before LaVine.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

I would put Zach Lavin in the James Young class of prospects and neither of them are in my top 20.

 

[dacomeup]

I would put Zach Lavin in the James Young class of prospects and neither of them are in my top 20.

I agree with him and Young being in the same class of prospect. LaVine is benefiting from being less heralded coming out, people thinking that he can play point and a stupid vertical picture circulating through the Internet.

 

[shoeking2101]

I agree with him and Young being in the same class of prospect. LaVine is benefiting from being less heralded coming out, people thinking that he can play point and a stupid vertical picture circulating through the Internet.

He's also benefitting from how much Russ has panned out in the L.

 

[mgrand15]

Those vert numbers are cool but if you can't translate it directly to on-court production, they don't really matter.

 

[shoeking2101]

Those vert numbers are cool but if you can't translate it directly to on-court production, they don't really matter.

For perspective, OJ Mayo tested with a 41 inch vert in the combine coming into the draft.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

let that name rest NT

 

[pmatic]

What good is all that athleticism if you're settling for jumpers? *Shrugs*

 

[shoeking2101]

What good is all that athleticism if you're settling for jumpers? *Shrugs*

It's why these athleticism test are almost pointless. They tell you very little about how effective one will be in an NBA game context, with the exception of maybe measurements.

 

[datznasty]

Those vert numbers are cool but if you can't translate it directly to on-court production, they don't really matter.

For perspective, OJ Mayo tested with a 41 inch vert in the combine coming into the draft.

Luke Jackson tested a higher vert than JR Smith and Andre Iguodala in his class, may have even been the highest in the class iirc

 

[shoeking2101]

Luke Jackson tested a higher vert than JR Smith and Andre Iguodala in his class, may have even been the highest in the class iirc

Exactly! them test results mean so little man.

 

[mgrand15]

Don't forget Durant was the worst athlete in his entire draft

 

[OrangeBlueGarden]

Don't forget Durant was the worst athlete in his entire draft

I watched every Texas game. No he wasn't.