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Re: really wrong about porzingis
« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2015, 08:50:04 AM »

Offline fairweatherfan

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I tend to be wary of skinnier Euro big men

Yeah, and you should be. Dirk and Pau have had awful careers as well.  ;)

Eh they're more like the exception rather than the rule.

Nah, it's a fair point, the bust/ok/excellent rate is probably about the same as any other archetype.  It's just when they bust, they tend to bust hard and leave the league quickly.

Re: really wrong about porzingis
« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2015, 09:09:49 AM »

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  And to think he could have been a Celtic had Charlotte or a few other teams given up their pick on draft night!
Yeah I heard that on Simmons podcast recently... that we would have given up the 6 draft picks to move up to Charlotte's #9 and then moved up from #9 to #4.  Oof. 

But it almost sounds like we would have moved up to #4 to take Winslow.

How so?  The year before Danny was reportedly very high on Porzingis.  Was targeting him with their 17th pick before he dropped out of that draft. I was so high on him then, I would have taken him with our 6th pick, because he was climbing fast.  Got nothing but snickers on this site.

Re: really wrong about porzingis
« Reply #32 on: November 24, 2015, 09:26:08 AM »

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He's had one good game and is shooting .400 from the field on the season. I'm pretty sure Adam Morrison had a similar rookie year, so the jury is still obviously out on this one.
What an odd choice of comparison.

Uh what? The jury is obviously out on all rookies but he's averaging 13 and 9 with 1.5 blocks per game. Sure he's shooting "40%" (43% to be exact) on the season, but he's picked it up even more...over his past 5 games he's shooting 48% from the field and 47% from three.

Saying he has had one good game is just silly, blatant denial. I mean, the dude made history for crying out loud.

Is he the next superstar? Maybe. Is he the next, i dont know, adam morrison or Vin Baker? Maybe. Again, the jury is still out on him and he could go either way, its far too early to tell....But you can't deny the fact that he has had a good start to the season and that he has the potential to be a great player in the league.

Vin Baker was a four time all star and was good, just fell apart a couple years premature.  Probably not the best example of a bust.

Why not? I'm saying he could be the next bust, the next guy who is an all star or falls apart, or the next superstar. I used Morrison as my bust, Baker as that middle guy, and then superstar is just superstar.

Re: really wrong about porzingis
« Reply #33 on: November 24, 2015, 11:27:10 AM »

Offline MikeJelly

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The Kid looks GOOD, Simmons said he would give up out 2016 Nets Pick for him