2018 NBA OFFSEASON

given the devaluing of centers, esp. those that can't be two-way players, i find all the big guys at the top of this draft a little anxiety-inducing

yeah, unless they can shoot 3s and switch on screens which makes them immediately draymond

dray..... cant shoot 3s

20-12 is an insane line for college ball which is what ayton put up btw

i mean he literally does shoot 3s tho not well

xp but he's one of the ones who can't play defense right?

ayton shot 34% from college three he cn prob achieve dray levels of marksmanship

ayton shd be able to play D hes huge athletic w good feet, i mean maybe hell never figure it out but hes got the tools

but can he achieve dray levels of...*searches word book*
murksmanship?
barksmanship?

tall order for sure

ayton has pretty good form for a center, i could def see him becoming a good 3 pt shooter for a center. but he's not gonna ever be great from out there & the question for me is whether you can win a title in the current NBA with playing thru a big man in the post

man what about the famous play the pick n roll

of greater concern is being able to guard the perimeter imo

lebrons been a bit off is he actually concussed?

he looked foggy after he took the hit in my professional opinion

also another thing with ayton is that it doesn't seem like he'll ever be a playmaker. i think it's also hard to have a high usage big nowadays who can't pass. the thing w/ draymond is less that he's a shooting threat (teams haven't guarded him for a while) but that he's an incredible passer on the move

oh oops wrong thred lol

idk its possible to learn how to pass, its the last skill a lot of very good players develop

idk i'm dubious. ayton is a complete animal and i'll think he'll be pretty great but i wouldn't take him #1 and i think bamba could be better.

bamba is reaaally raw in all the areas youre concerned abt ayton tho

bamba feels like he was maybe made for an nba of a couple innovation cycles ago, when tyson chandlers roamed

its funny how good marcus smart is at running the pick and roll when u dont really have to guard him

mavs are gonna draft bamba and pretend it's 2009

offensively maybe but defensively he looks like could be the ideal pace and space big

i think ayton could be KAT-ish in being elite on offense pretty early but still lost and bad on defense 3 years in

lol bron started complaining abt a foul call while he was still grabbing onto monroes arm

oops

yeah. take it to the thread where dreams go to die.

let's talk about bron, baby

where is lebron james playing basketball in 2019?

i think ayton could be KAT-ish in being elite on offense pretty early but still lost and bad on defense 3 years in

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 15, 2018 10:31 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So an exact copy of KAT then

ayton is more physically impressive than KAT fwiw

kat weirdly has a bunch of unathletic traits duck footed bad posture does not have a thick jacked frame

same tbh

So an exact copy of KAT then

― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:27 AM (fifty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah that's what i mean

ayton is a physical specimen it's true but his defense at arizona was pretty alarming

yeah but sometimes guys just dont do some things good in college and it turns out to not be a big deal, but then sometimes it is a big deal

college basketball is weird and bad and the coaching is bad

Anybody know much about Bagley? Looks like the Hawks are p high on him

super active has a good scoring knack/general basketball awareness but maybe be lacking in some necessary nba fundamentals unclear which position(s) he can defend

Hmm. Not sure how he’s gonna fit with Collins. The Jackson Jr kid could be a defensive stud, but he’s more of a gamble

feel like hes one of those guys who cld get to the nba and just set it off cause hes a natural baller and everyone will be oh of course, but he cld also be one of those guys who has a lot of talent but never quite clicks idk

def cld be a weird fit next to collins

bagley might still be growing

yeah that's what i mean

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:27 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah I just read it wrong a little bit, got it

ive been down on ayton since the tournament and this article:
https://www.theringer.com/march-madness/2018/3/16/17129698/deandre-ayton-buffalo-defense-ncaa-tournament

haa

• The Kings made that jump only because they lost a "coin flip" (actually a separate drawing) in April with the Bulls. Had that coin flip gone the other way, Chicago owns the four-number combination in question and is picking No. 2. Atlanta similarly won Tuesday night by losing a coin flip with Dallas, which fell to No. 5.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23515949/zach-lowe-2018-nba-draft-lottery-phoenix-suns-sacramento-kings

yeah i had no idea they flipped for number combos!

its all about the combos baby!

what the christ

If the machine in which the balls bounce breaks down, the NBA has a contingency: dump all 14 balls into a basketball with a hole cut out of the top. A league official closes that hole, shakes the basketball, opens it up, and picks out the balls.

they shd just do it that way