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Best point guard prospect for Celtics
« on: February 19, 2016, 10:41:35 PM »

Offline KG Living Legend

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 Guess who. Best point guard in the Draft IMHO. Smart player, great  Passing ability, shooting. Can guard multiple positions. He's not usually talked about as the best point guard.
 There is one thing I've been slightly cryptic about because you guys are good at this.
 It's supposed to be tough give a crack at it and I'll give some more clues.

Stevens would be amazing with this guy, those two basketball minds together would be beautiful.

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I hope to God they don't draft another versatile combo guard prospect.
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2016, 10:43:51 PM »

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 This guy is a little different Pho. I don't think you'd be that mad, he provides more versatility.

 He has the Ainge minimum requirement for Wingspan it's at least 6'7". Besides Thomas Avery actually has the shortest wingspan out of Smart, Avery, Hunter, Young, and Rozier.

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Smart is the pg of the future, starter on next contender

IT moves to the bench , where he can get his with the 2nd unit. He doesn't fit in as a starter because he needs the ball to be at his maximum .  Perfect 6th man on our next contender .

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Murray?

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Dejounte Murray

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 No. Not Murray. He's really come on strong, but not him.

 Hint is he's rarely reffered to as a point, unless you were watching college basketball the other night.

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No. Not Murray. He's really come on strong, but not him.

 Hint is he's rarely reffered to as a point, unless you were watching college basketball the other night.

Based upon that clue I'm guessing that you are talking about Denzel Valentine.

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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2016, 12:40:15 AM »

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 Yep. If you watched the last game and generally all Spartan Games. He's got the Ball. He plays point guard in offense, and he's awesome at it.
 He's increased his APG by 3 from last year to 7.3 per game. He's averaging more assists per game than Dunn, and his Turnovers per game is less than Dunns by 1 at 2.7 for Denzel. 3.7 for Dunn.
 Valentine is also a better rebounder 7.7 per game to Dunns 6.1per game. He's a much better shooter here are the numbers

 Denzel .473%fg .446%3p .855%ft .543%efg

 Dunn.   .420%fg.403%3p .673%ft .487%efg

 Obviously Dunns steals are amazing, but I would rather have Valentine with the Dallas pick, then Dunn with the Nets pick. And Valentine what a player and leader, great Defensive awareness and effort.

 At worst he's a versatile player in a ten man rotation that you can depend on to do anything you need. Swiss Army knife does it all. Bill Belichick would love him and take him in the second round and make all the "experts" in the media mad.



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He would get destroyed by point guards in the NBA lol
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He would get destroyed by point guards in the NBA lol
and why is that?
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 Yeah. He's not guarding point guards every night, and on our team there would be no need at all for that. He can guard the two or three and he's a great team defender.
 The point is on offense, If we lose Turner this off season Valentine would be an upgrade to Turner once he gets seasoned in the NBA. Unlike Turner he can shoot it from deep as well as ball handling and passing.
 Stevens could work wonders with this kid. He played the right way too. Tough. Smart. Competitive.

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Marcus Smart will be our PG for the future. Future 1st team all defense and future all star.
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Marcus Smart will be our PG for the future. Future 1st team all defense and future all star.

LOL...Okay there buddy. Can Smart at least win his starting job back? He's approaching year 3 for God's sake.