Fultz showed he’s great at driving to the basket, he passed well with a low turnover rate and played much better defense than many thought he would. If he can get his shot back he’s going to be a terrific, maybe elite, player and it’s too soon for anyone to know whether that will or won’t happen.

Has the longest active regular season triple double streak in the NBA.

JFLNYC wrote:Fultz showed he’s great at driving to the basket, he passed well with a low turnover rate and played much better defense than many thought he would. If he can get his shot back he’s going to be a terrific, maybe elite, player and it’s too soon for anyone to know whether that will or won’t happen.

Clever to say great at getting the basket instead of finishing. He was 55% within 5ft which is...not great. Don’t ask about beyond 5ft. He wasn’t elite in college either which was a knock on him. I think he was @ 62% at the rim. I think the odds are against him but his was such an unprecedented situation and a great deal of it is between the ears - to say either way is pure folly. There were some glimpses late that were very promising. That said you definitely include him in a trade for Kawhi

Ugh. I wasn't ready for that run to end. This sucks.

laf837 wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Fultz showed he’s great at driving to the basket, he passed well with a low turnover rate and played much better defense than many thought he would. If he can get his shot back he’s going to be a terrific, maybe elite, player and it’s too soon for anyone to know whether that will or won’t happen.

Clever to say great at getting the basket instead of finishing. He was 55% within 5ft which is...not great. Don’t ask about beyond 5ft. He wasn’t elite in college either which was a knock on him. I think he was @ 62% at the rim. I think the odds are against him but his was such an unprecedented situation and a great deal of it is between the ears - to say either way is pure folly. There were some glimpses late that were very promising. That said you definitely include him in a trade for Kawhi

it's clever not to mention how 55.6% stacks up against other sub 6"5 guards that are point guards/combo guards. what percentage did guys like walker, mccollum, evans, waiters, fox, jackson.... shoot at from?

btw... i think lonzo ball shot like 72% from less than 5 in college, little better system, little bit better supporting cast. correct me if i am wrong, i don't think that translated quite that well, may have been off a percentage or two.

do agree though, he's not going to hold up a leonard deal and i think he will turn it around too.

FWIW I wasn’t trying to be clever by pointing out Fultz is good at getting to the rim but not mentioning his shooting % from within 5 feet. If it’s not as high as some would like it’s fair to point out he was a rookie and it was a small sample size.

JFLNYC wrote:FWIW I wasn’t trying to be clever by pointing out Fultz is good at getting to the rim but not mentioning his shooting % from within 5 feet. If it’s not as high as some would like it’s fair to point out he was a rookie and it was a small sample size.

It was a knock coming out of school for him. Really his biggest flaw for most people, he could get to the rim but wasn't a great finisher. I wish that was still our biggest worry with him.

are there CBA reasons why it wouldn't make financial sense for Kawhi to immediately sign an extension with a team that trades for him, even if if he liked the direction of the team? I feel like with other impending free agents, that has dampened trade talks, but I may be misremembering

I knew people were getting married at the Ricky but didn’t realize that meant their extended families would be here jesus christ

Houshphandzadeh wrote:are there CBA reasons why it wouldn't make financial sense for Kawhi to immediately sign an extension with a team that trades for him, even if if he liked the direction of the team? I feel like with other impending free agents, that has dampened trade talks, but I may be misremembering

Yeah I think they've disincentivized extend and trades.

MoBettle wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:are there CBA reasons why it wouldn't make financial sense for Kawhi to immediately sign an extension with a team that trades for him, even if if he liked the direction of the team? I feel like with other impending free agents, that has dampened trade talks, but I may be misremembering

Yeah I think they've disincentivized extend and trades.

Right. You can only extend somebody three years upon trading for them, with smaller raises, and if you don't extend and trade, you can't extend them beyond the limits of the extend-and-trade for six months.

Now, that's not to say you couldn't agree to something in principle and then sign it the first day you're allowed to, similar to what the Sixers did with Covington.

My feelings toward the Celtics rn are such that given the better odds of it being 2 or 3 than 1, I almost want the pick to stay where it is.

the Celtics are loaded but I think I'd rather them get 2 or 3 and we get a shot at a lot better pick next year (plus a little more cap wiggle room but I guess that's pretty trivial)

ESPN says the team needs are SG and bench depth

Celtics have a shitload of picks next yr too

It was kinda huge for us that pels were p good this year and didnt fire their GM because if pels had shit year they would have enough to get Davis this off szn. But bless u dell demps

What's the negatives on Bridges (Nova)? Feel like he's better than the other Bridges but everyone here seems to want the Spartan.

Official Collar statement:

"Probability suggested this is where we would end up tonight, both keeping the pick and selecting at No. 10. Given the depth of the draft pool, we expect to be in a position to add another talented young piece to our developing core."

CalvinBall wrote:What's the negatives on Bridges (Nova)? Feel like he's better than the other Bridges but everyone here seems to want the Spartan.

Older/closer to ceiling player and I dont think anyone sees star potential in him. Ceiling of dependable role player but he plays a role that we need so that should suit us at 10. It's not like you are likely to find a starter at 10 in a given draft, especially on a good team

BigEd76 wrote:Official Collar statement:

"Probability suggested this is where we would end up tonight, both keeping the pick and selecting at No. 10. Given the depth of the draft pool, we expect to be in a position to add another talented young piece to our developing core."

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joe table wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:What's the negatives on Bridges (Nova)? Feel like he's better than the other Bridges but everyone here seems to want the Spartan.

Older/closer to ceiling player and I dont think anyone sees star potential in him. Ceiling of dependable role player but he plays a role that we need so that should suit us at 10. It's not like you are likely to find a starter at 10 in a given draft, especially on a good team

I think it's a bit more appealing he is a finished product. He can shoot really well from the outside. Think he's exactly what the sixers need at forward.