The hype train for Hield on this forum is out of control. If you take a step back, you'll realize that his only above-average skill is shooting. He's an average athlete, below average size, average handles, average defense, average playmaking, below average decisionmaking, etc. It's just that as a college senior, he's above average in all those categories compared with his competition, so he dominates. In the NBA, he's probably a good role player. He might still be a top-10 prospect, but that's just because this draft has a crappy top 10.
These are all the same things they said about Curry coming out of Davidson.
So you're saying this guy is Steph Curry? Besides Curry played a lot of pick and roll in college, his handles were better in college than this guy. Second, you can't use Curry as an example. It's a once and a lifetime player. There have been more players like Hield, who have not panned out because it turned out they were just in an advanced stage in college.
I feel it's a good example because he proved (once again) that you can't have these forgone conclusions about players coming out of the draft.
How many superior athletes get drafted early with the notion of, once he adds the jumper... Only to be relegated to a role player when the shots don't fall? MKG, Parker, JYoung etc etc
Me, I'd rather have the guy who can shoot straight away. If you can't drain the 3 these days, it's really hard to break through.
Then, outside the top 5 you get guys like Devin Booker, Klay Thompson, Curry who all have higher ceilings due to their shooting prowess.
Besides, this Celtics team isn't in any kind of position to be developing 19 yr olds with shaky skill sets. Give me the more proven player with the knockdown jumper. That's a player Brad can use.
