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10 minutes ago, beekay414 said:

No, but he still attacks unlike Jabari and uses his length to finish. If he had the blow by ability of a Durant, he wouldn't be behind Scoot. Age doesn't matter. Play style matters more than age. Jabari could've been 16 last year and I wouldn't have cared. Why? He was too damn passive. That's not something that's easily coached out. LIS last year and I stand by it now, he's going to be Marvin Williams v2.0. He doesn't have that "it" factor that Miller possesses. 

100% agreed that age doesn't matter aside from him possibly being more physically developed. he's playing almost this whole year at 20 and jabari played last year at 18. and i wasn't a jabari guy either. i don't even know if it's worth it to compare them because jabari's shot profile was such a strange outlier and he plays so ******* stiff

i just don't know how high the ceiling actually is if he's already struggling to create real space and he isn't able to finish over people in crowded lanes. maybe i'm just thinking about this through pistons lenses but i'd rather not have to ask is cade still going to be the worst athlete on the floor if you draft a guy. obviously his shooting would be a great asset though

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4 minutes ago, catcheryea said:

100% agreed that age doesn't matter aside from him possibly being more physically developed. he's playing almost this whole year at 20 and jabari played last year at 18. and i wasn't a jabari guy either. i don't even know if it's worth it to compare them because jabari's shot profile was such a strange outlier and he plays so ******* stiff

i just don't know how high the ceiling actually is if he's already struggling to create real space and he isn't able to finish over people in crowded lanes. maybe i'm just thinking about this through pistons lenses but i'd rather not have to ask is cade still going to be the worst athlete on the floor if you draft a guy. obviously his shooting would be a great asset though

I honestly don't worry about that aspect of his offensive profile. His shooting is the factor and his aggressiveness is the key. As someone that watches Khris Middleton on a nightly basis, I'm not sure athleticism is all that important on offense as IQ and skillset. 

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35 minutes ago, beekay414 said:

No, but he still attacks unlike Jabari and uses his length to finish. If he had the blow by ability of a Durant, he wouldn't be behind Scoot. Age doesn't matter. Play style matters more than age. Jabari could've been 16 last year and I wouldn't have cared. Why? He was too damn passive. That's not something that's easily coached out. LIS last year and I stand by it now, he's going to be Marvin Williams v2.0. He doesn't have that "it" factor that Miller possesses. 

This take gonna be hilarious 2 years from now when the Rockets have better coaching than they have currently.  

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1 minute ago, Texansfan713 said:

This take gonna be hilarious 2 years from now when the Rockets have better coaching than they have currently.  

Has nothing to do with the Rockets or their coaching. His profile and play style screams Marvin Williams. I said it all throughout the process last year. Similar skillset, profile and demeanor. 

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On 2/3/2023 at 9:52 PM, catcheryea said:

there are some numbers out there of their non-dunk finishing stats and they're... not good

how often do you get to use there, their, and they're in the same sentence

seen some random person on Youtube did a mock draft video about his finishing stats.

-On 40 attempted layups he has made 16 of them.  Thats good for 40 percent on layups.  That's not good.

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Looking at the current crop of non-lottery underclassmen and, I'm sorry but I'm 100% taking one of Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jalen Wilson or Jaime Jaquez over any of them. There's no real reason any one of those three should drop out of the 1st round.

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On 2/10/2023 at 9:18 AM, Texansfan713 said:

Nick Smith returning for Arkansas.  Hopefully his play the remaining regular season and tournament games cements him as a top 5 pick. 

He'll have to go nuclear to be a top 5 pick, he hasn't been great so far this year.

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