My realistic expectation/ceiling of Fultz is McCollum...
2016/2017 highlights of McCollum below... lots of similarities imo. From physical tools, skillset...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bybxsHWV40
McCollum is closer to his floor than ceiling. You're disregarding Fultz's elite ball-handling and defensive potential (of which CJ has none). Would you like him more if he was slotted for the 2nd round?
I think he doesn't like players like Fultz, that's all
Because I compare Fultz to McCollum (realistic ceiling imo) vs comparing him to Kyrie or Harden.... this means i don't like Fultz??
sorry i will compare Fultz to Kobe next time...geez
Realistic only in your opinion when most people are comparing him to DLillard and Kyrie with better D at least, also with you saying the top 5 are close to him when most people agree that he's head and shoulders above the rest save Ball if his dad ever shuts up...geez...
how is this believable ... with the way he played defense last season?
his D wasn't bad though. It's not perfect, but it's not awful either.
How many Washington games have you actually watched in full? They primarily played a zone under coach Romar.
You're over criticising him or seriously 'nit picking'.
Length, IQ, athlete, size, determination= the ingredients to a good defender. He has all those things.
He's 18 years old and hasn't really ever been taught how to defend. Stevens has made all these players great defenders. Look what he's turned KO, Rozier, Brown into as defenders.
We have one of the greatest player development coaches in the NBA who taught young guys like Fultz how to play defense and think about the game differently. It's how he got his Butler teams to the final four twice in a row.
Yes he's very raw, but he is obviously a hard worker with the right attitude.
He also has the physical tools to be an above average defender.
Remember he's 18 and raw. He's over a year younger than Josh Jackson. At 18 years old his coach Romar at Washington obviously didn't give a S*&$^ about defense, and didn't really care much about defense.
Just remember that he won't get playing time for Brad Stevens if he's a defensive liability. He basically has no choice but to spend his entire rookie season learning how to defend in the NBA. It will be a shock/crash course but you have to consider his work ethic/IQ when looking at potential. Brown was certainly not a great defender in college or at the start of the year. But he's worked his ass off and it's gotten him time on the court in some of our most important games and he's defended like an NBA veteran.
Can't really see why he can't become a PG version of Kawahi Leonard. He has the freakish size/length for the position. The mid range game, the outside game, and he rebounds very very well for his position.
Look at his physical tools vs most NBA point guards and wings and even small forwards.
His wingspan is bigger than Paul George's wingspan lol- even slightly bigger than Dwayne Wade who is known as one of the longest shooting guards in NBA history.
Think about the point guards in the NBA finals right now. Surely you could see him being a better defender than Kyrie or Steph? And if he's scoring 25ppg in his prime per game while playing better D than those two mediocre defenders, we have a superstar on our hands.
Here's a good article for you:
Why Markelle Fultz isn’t a defensive liabilityhttp://www.celticsblog.com/2017/6/5/15736110/why-markelle-fultz-isnt-a-defensive-liability-boston-celtics-nba-draft