Michael Porter Jr
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The Risk Assessment for MPJ:
Ceiling: Kevin Durant (if he is 100% healthy and everything breaks right)
Floor: Greg Oden (if his injury concerns are just beginning)
I think that is way to big of a gap to take someone #2 overall. You need a good and high floor at #2.
We need to take Doncic or Bagley at #2 or trade down.
Ceiling: Kevin Durant (if he is 100% healthy and everything breaks right)
Floor: Greg Oden (if his injury concerns are just beginning)
I think that is way to big of a gap to take someone #2 overall. You need a good and high floor at #2.
We need to take Doncic or Bagley at #2 or trade down.
This really does have Oden written all over it. And the fact that it's a back and not a knee or a wrist is about 10x more concerning. Your whole system is tied to your back, so every part of the body is compensating. Plus from what I understand about the surgery is it's likely a degenerative condition and not a repair. I just don't see him lasting 7 years in the NBA.
I hope I'm wrong. I really do. This is awful for him. But he should be picked where we picked Giles. NOT #2.
I hope I'm wrong. I really do. This is awful for him. But he should be picked where we picked Giles. NOT #2.
Who knows. But if I had to guess, it would be that he is in nowhere near NBA level basketball shape after not playing any major game minutes for 8 or 9 months. Then he starts working out hard to impress the scouts and he overexerted himself.
Regardless, no team wants to evaluate a player to see how one injury is holding up, only to hear that there is another injury too. No bueno.
Regardless, no team wants to evaluate a player to see how one injury is holding up, only to hear that there is another injury too. No bueno.
I would just like to remind everyone our GM wanted to give Wes Matthew a max contract after he snapped his Achilles and at the time said "injuries are part of the game" not differentiating between a sprained ankle and a devastating career-altering (ending) event.
Our GM also had the same back injury as MPJ and I am sure he is thinking "didn't slow me down", never mind that Vlade couldn't jump over a phone book towards the later half of his career.
Our GM also had the same back injury as MPJ and I am sure he is thinking "didn't slow me down", never mind that Vlade couldn't jump over a phone book towards the later half of his career.
If there aren't deafening alarms going off right now in everybody's head, people just aren't paying attention. This is a KID, not some little old lady who wakes up in the morning with aches and pains. As Blob referenced above, they're saying he couldn't get out of bed? Good grief. Do not walk away from him...RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN!
Oh please. 
If we were 7/8 we'd be even more of a mess. Remember all the conjecture/panic about our fears that someone would steal Fox? This fanbase is always gonna be one little step away from the edge. It all started in 2002 and I don't see it ending until we get past the WCF.
If we were 7/8 we'd be even more of a mess. Remember all the conjecture/panic about our fears that someone would steal Fox? This fanbase is always gonna be one little step away from the edge. It all started in 2002 and I don't see it ending until we get past the WCF.
I feel bad for MPJ. He seems like a good kid.
I think whoever drafts him should think about putting him on the shelf for at least a half year or the entire next year and rehab his back, like what Embidd, SImmons, Griffin and Giles did with their injury. Strengthen his core for a whole year and come back fresh and 110% the next year.
If he can establish his health without the pressure of coming back too soon, he could be special, but I don't think the Kings can take that type of risk and time (no 2019 1st round draft pick).
I think whoever drafts him should think about putting him on the shelf for at least a half year or the entire next year and rehab his back, like what Embidd, SImmons, Griffin and Giles did with their injury. Strengthen his core for a whole year and come back fresh and 110% the next year.
If he can establish his health without the pressure of coming back too soon, he could be special, but I don't think the Kings can take that type of risk and time (no 2019 1st round draft pick).
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Who calls off one of the MOST important job interviews of your life (aka workout) because "hip spasms"??? Unbelievable. A spasm is untraceable. Comes and goes. Sorry can't make it to work today, "headache". So splitting. Similar vein as my dog ate my homework. I think a spasm would be convenient reason to back out of a scheduled appointment when in reality your back hurts. Just saying. And "unable to get out of bed? Laying it on a bit thick there, ya think?!??! The sad part is our GM probably fell for it hook line and sinker!