joe table wrote:Meant Danny Green in the above post. Although I hate his face. I guess Klay Thompson also fits that category, can guard 2s and 3s
Klay's primary attribute is that he can shoot. Not sure he is anything special defensively
joe table wrote:Meant Danny Green in the above post. Although I hate his face. I guess Klay Thompson also fits that category, can guard 2s and 3s
joe table wrote:Archie Goodwin is probably the most intriguing plausible target for me. 18 years old, 6'4 with a 6'10 wingspan, great athlete. Inconsistent but still productive on a pretty dysfunctional KY team. Should have potential to guard both 1s and 2s, and seems to have more upside in terms of age/tools than most of the other guys we'd be looking at. Pair him with Jrue and you have a pretty intriguing two-way backcourt
May 15 Update: Everyone still wants to love Goodwin, but every time they go to the tape it's brutal. Goodwin is going to show well athletically, but what he really has to prove is that he's in the process of fixing a very broken jump shot.
It's pretty hard to hurt your stock in a camp like this. But there was some negativity around the poor shooting performances by Archie Goodwin, B.J. Young and Vander Blue. All three players really struggled to look the part of "shooting" guards in the drills Thursday.
joe table wrote:But if the idea is that they knew he had bad shooting mechanics from watching games and then he showed those bad shooting mechanics in drills, doesn't really seem too bad.
They probably weren't the main topic of conversation during the NBA predraft combine last week in the Windy City, but the 76ers' situation certainly was at the forefront of a lot of talk. With the hiring of Sam Hinkie as president of basketball operations and general manager, more questions seemed to have come about than answers.
"Who is making the basketball decisions right now?" asked one league executive.
When told it was Hinkie, known for his analytics expertise, he replied: "Don't they have a basketball guy helping out in some ways?"