The 2015 NBA Draft Thread: Draft Day Is Here

[bostoiah]

Wiggins? That dude was so hype. Ben Simmons don't got near the same hype wiggins did few years ago

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Damn at the word count in that post 

 

[nick.]

that's what GR8 does

copied one of his posts from the Knicks thread into MS Word one time & it was like 2.5 pages

 

[JAYxSF415]

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[NickFolarin]

The skillset of AD, the hype of LeBron, NBA superstar...... 

Simmons is Michael Jordan, and NT just cracked the case 

 

[jpzx]

Take it however.

Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball 7m
In 2009, Steph had a 42.1% eFG on jumpers off the dribble. D’Angelo Russell had a 51.6%. WHAT.

Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball 3m
Steph Curry had a 46.2% eFG on jumpers his last year at Davidson. Russel had a 53.4% efG on jumpers last year.

Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball 1m
Curry shot 37.5% eFG out of the pick and roll his last year at Davidson. Russell had a 53.9% out of pick and roll last year.

 

[User 15002]

Take it however.

Super misleading. Russel had other highly rated players around him. Anyone playing Davidson had a good idea who was shooting the ball.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Super misleading. Russel had other highly rated players around him. Anyone playing Davidson had a good idea who was shooting the ball.

Other highly rated players? Like who?

 

[jadaqwest]

Lamarcus coming to NY book it, i wish i could embed tweets

Bruh please if he does leave Portland he's coming back home to Dallas but trailblazers ain't letting him roll out like that Knicks need to look at Millsap,R.jackson or T.Harris that's about all they ll come out with.....

 

[essential1]

Scratch Tobias off that list. Even if he wanted to be in NY. NY should stay far away because he's an awful fit with Melo.

 

[User 15002]

Other highly rated players? Like who?

osu had several 4 star players on that team that got significant minutes. Curry was not so blessed. Russell wasn't playing with afterthought scrubs.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Classic case of why ratings sometimes don't matter coming out of high school

They certainly weren't scrubs but they certainly weren't the Fab Five either

Defenses keyed on Russell tough

 

[jpzx]

One of Steph's teammates his final year, Jason Richards, was the NCAA D-I season assists leader. Steph helps that - that's not all him obviously.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Pretty sure Richards wasn't there for Steph's final year.

 

[jpzx]

Meant that to read 'in his final year' - Richard's final year, my fault.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Knicks need Mudiay.

IMO, y'all draft WCS, assuming KAT, JO and DRuss are gone.

 

[al3xis]

osu had several 4 star players on that team that got significant minutes. Curry was not so blessed. Russell wasn't playing with afterthought scrubs.

none of them had any offensive ability. Loving was/is a good shooter but Scott, Thompson, Tate and the bigs were never an offensive threat.

 

[jpzx]

@IAmDPick: If Barcelona suffer sweep in finals, Mario Hezonja has a U.S. visa prepared to attended the NBA draft, I'm told.

 

[shoeking2102]

Take it however.

 

Would be lying if I didn't say those numbers aren't impressive considering the age difference between the two. (Freshman vs Junior)

 

[jpzx]

@franfraschilla: Good stuff on D'Angelo Russell & Triangle O. Not my favorite O, but he fits perfectly--if Knicks put more around him. http://t.co/uvUEUqv0Ls

 

[pmatic]

Highest ORatings for freshman guards the last 10 years:
1. Russell 118.0 (29.4 USG)
2. Curry 116.9 (28.5 USG)
3. Harden 115.7 (28.3 USG)

 

[Quincy McCall]

Stanley runnin' point in high school





First time I seent it

 

[johnnyredstorm]

i just dont see russell becoming a star at the next level like many do.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

i just dont see russell becoming a star at the next level like many do.

Evan Turner 2.0?



Don't think he will be a bust, though.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

he'll be a capable player, but idk, a lot of these plays he makes that look great are against soft defenses that make me question whether his impact would be the same against the best players in the world.