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2014 NBA Draft Thread
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@heatherespn: .@JabariParker just told us he thinks he will be the #2 pick #nbadraft
He really doesn't want to go to CLE
between this and tanking his workout...Waiters have it all. Yamming on dudes with no regard for human life.
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Afflalo >> Waiters....the only good thing I seen Waiters do is cross up Hardaway Jr in the rookie sophomore game
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So he's an undoubtedly better offensive player and then you factor in defense where Waiters is terrible and its not even close? I'm following correctly?
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Some of you man, 
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The former Syracuse standout has had something of a square-peg-in-round-hole existence in Cleveland. If he's the answer to an NBA question, it's not one the Cavs are currently asking.
Cleveland could use a floor spacer alongside All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, someone comfortable with working off the ball and capable of doing damage in the process.
Waiters, a career 34.2 percent three-point shooter, needs touches to be effective. He was the NBA's 30th-ranked scorer as a pick-and-roll ball-handler (0.68 points per possession), via Synergy Sports (subscription required), while ranking 277th as a spot-up shooter (1.05).
His best work comes inside the paint, an area he can probe with regularity thanks to his combination of speed, strength and athleticism. He's still learning how to consistently finish among the tall trees inside the restricted area, but getting to that point doesn't seem to be a problem.
Well, it doesn't seem to be a problem for Waiters, that is. For the Cavaliers, Waiters' dribble penetrations limit the number of attacks available to Irving. Unless, of course, Waiters is banished to the second team, as he was in 46 of the 70 games he played this past season.
However, that setup forces one of Cleveland's best two players off the floor. The Cavs need the Irving-Waiters pairing to pan out, or they need to break it apart.
According to a source close to Waiters, via Fox Sports' Sam Amico, it sounds as if the franchise might soon opt for the latter:
“Interesting note to Dion Waiters talk: Source close to Waiters tells @FOXSportsOH that Waiters thinks he or Kyrie Irving will be traded.
— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) June 24, 2014”
If this is a Waiters-or-Irving call, then it shouldn't be much of a debate.
No offense to Waiters, but Irving is a two-time All-Star with an All-Star Game MVP award already to his credit. Despite having an additional year of NBA service on his resume, Irving is also a couple months younger than Waiters.
Cleveland could use a floor spacer alongside All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, someone comfortable with working off the ball and capable of doing damage in the process.
Waiters, a career 34.2 percent three-point shooter, needs touches to be effective. He was the NBA's 30th-ranked scorer as a pick-and-roll ball-handler (0.68 points per possession), via Synergy Sports (subscription required), while ranking 277th as a spot-up shooter (1.05).
His best work comes inside the paint, an area he can probe with regularity thanks to his combination of speed, strength and athleticism. He's still learning how to consistently finish among the tall trees inside the restricted area, but getting to that point doesn't seem to be a problem.
Well, it doesn't seem to be a problem for Waiters, that is. For the Cavaliers, Waiters' dribble penetrations limit the number of attacks available to Irving. Unless, of course, Waiters is banished to the second team, as he was in 46 of the 70 games he played this past season.
However, that setup forces one of Cleveland's best two players off the floor. The Cavs need the Irving-Waiters pairing to pan out, or they need to break it apart.
According to a source close to Waiters, via Fox Sports' Sam Amico, it sounds as if the franchise might soon opt for the latter:
“Interesting note to Dion Waiters talk: Source close to Waiters tells @FOXSportsOH that Waiters thinks he or Kyrie Irving will be traded.
— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) June 24, 2014”
If this is a Waiters-or-Irving call, then it shouldn't be much of a debate.
No offense to Waiters, but Irving is a two-time All-Star with an All-Star Game MVP award already to his credit. Despite having an additional year of NBA service on his resume, Irving is also a couple months younger than Waiters.
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Ford saying the Heat are targeting Shabazz Napier.
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This seems insane.
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Napier going #1 now
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The world has come around to my line of thinking with him being better than Ennis
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Was it OKB who said dude wouldn't be a first round pick?
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Yes, and posted Ennis as being a top 10 pick all year
no I didn't have ennis as a top 10 pick all year.
but no II don't think Bazz is a first round talent.
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Riley panicking.
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you are not aloneThe world has come around to my line of thinking with him being better than Ennis
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Shedding salary...
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I would hope he is, 4 years older.....Compare them at the same stage
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how you going to post evidence arguing against yourself??
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I don't really see the difference between Bazz and Russ Smith.
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see this i what im talking bout...you havent seen the kid play so why say this?
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Julius F. Wrek
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he played at the u19 and u17, I watched him about as much as I've watched him a fair amount.
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His size, strengths and weaknesses are all similar to MCW last year. So if MCW can succeed, there's a possibility that Exum can as well
