MIKE LOWERY
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Paolo looking like Bron out there.
2025 NBA Draft Thread
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HOU$TON
formerly convertibleburt
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Yeah tari just what we needed
elpablo21
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Magic fans rn after overreacting to Chet's first game
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Like Eason’s energy.
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if he can't score efficiently,
then you have a big who isn't a great rebounder and doesn't protect the rim.
and history says that's recipe for a bust, Marvin Bagley, Anthony Bennett, Derrick Williams ect.
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Jabari being iced out.
big j 33
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I've been burned by too many of those 4s over the years that I was hesitant on Paolo.. but I want to believe
HOU$TON
formerly convertibleburt
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Yeah TyTy the only one I’ve seen actually make an attempt to get him the ball
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Some pretty high level passing from Paolo this half.
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Were their problems that they couldn't score efficiently or that they couldn't score at all?
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Summer league not the best environment for a non natural hooper like Jabari.
i think he'll look better in real games.
i think he'll look better in real games.
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I think his handle and jumper, along with the passing, is why he wouldn’t fall by the wayside like those guys. Feel like he is a relatively efficient scorer.
Lacking defense is why I thought his overall ceiling was a little lower. He’ll stick around because of his offense though.
HOU$TON
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Don’t want to see nix or Anthony lamb in the 2nd half
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i mean it's basically the same thing,
if you can't score efficiently, eventually they stop passing you the ball.
point is offense first bigs, who can't play c have to really deliver on offense to have a place in the league.
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sure, im not making a prediction, im just saying I could see how he could be a bust.
his floor imo is lower than Chet and Jabari imo.
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Rj Hampton doing all the things he'll have no chance to do in real games.
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Literally none of those guys ever got to that point where they just stopped getting the ball because they weren't "efficient".
Bennett...we found out flat couldn't play from Day One. Passing him the ball was never an option.
Derrick Williams we found out couldn't play very early on as well and that his jump shot @ Zona was a fluke. He too never advanced to the point of even being a 3rd/4th option.
Marvin Bagley is a rim running big who they thought would figure out how to shoot. He certainly didn't come in w/ the pedigree of being a guy who could go and get his own shot.
None of those guys came into the league with a "bag", which was Paolo's selling point from day one. Even if it's not efficient...if Paolo doesn't score more than those guys did out the gate something will have gone horribly wrong.
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Hampton the classic second year player no one came to see, jacking shots tryna save his career,.
let Paolo PG.
let Paolo PG.
HOU$TON
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So nix just isn’t going to pass to Jabari?
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Rockets guards really just trying to get theirs 
Extension of Auburn
Extension of Auburn
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Paolo be looking real julius randlish at times
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1. you are over thinking this and missing the point.
offense first bigs who can't protect the rim really have to deliver on offense, they don't have another role to play if they aren't super effective on offense.
yes derrick williams and anthony Bennett and derrick Williams are not all
the exact same type of offense first big,
but they were all offense first bigs who weren't going to provide defensive value.
2. Poalo's "bag" resulted in a mediocre ts% .550
he couldn't score efficiently in college, and didn't finish well at the rim.
those other 3 guys were all better scorers coming out of the draft.
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Paolo's passing looking pretty legit. Definitely a wrinkle that those bust 4s didn't have. Will allow him to be a hub.
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DHOs exist. Grab and go rebounds exist too.
