The Official SPOILERS 2022 NBA Draft Thread
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I'm certainly happy to have time to contribute during draft season, but I'm only ever able to watch a dozen or so college games every year. There are many here at KF.com who are so much more well-versed on draft prospects than I am.
That said, I do try and watch tape in advance of the draft, usually whole halves of individual games rather than carefully-curated highlight packages. I like to get a sense of at least the lottery prospects, less to understand who the Kings "should" or "shouldn't" pick and more to get some kind of understanding about the future of the league, since some number of those lottery selections are going to be pretty great someday.
Murray just happens to be the guy that stood out to me the most outside of Chet and JSJ (I'm not yet much of a believer in either Banchero or Ivey).
That said, I do try and watch tape in advance of the draft, usually whole halves of individual games rather than carefully-curated highlight packages. I like to get a sense of at least the lottery prospects, less to understand who the Kings "should" or "shouldn't" pick and more to get some kind of understanding about the future of the league, since some number of those lottery selections are going to be pretty great someday.
Murray just happens to be the guy that stood out to me the most outside of Chet and JSJ (I'm not yet much of a believer in either Banchero or Ivey).
I mean, in Monte's defense, if QWERTYLICIOUS himself were the General Manager of THE Sacramento Kings, he, too, would REALLY be annoyed at Matt George's question about a playoff mandate.
Knowing Q, he'd probably go Jim Mora on the guy.
Knowing Q, he'd probably go Jim Mora on the guy.
Me: "There's no playoff mandate, do you think we have a playoff mandate?"
MG: "I think you have a playoff mandate!"
Me: "Do you want to double down on that?"
I think any presser would involve a similar imaginary conversation.
They aren’t. People keep bringing up what DD did a couple seasons ago, but we’re in the present. What does he bring to the team now? The conversation would be different if he were a rookie, but he’s entering his 5th league in the NBA.
Adding onto this, you could put any decent shooter in the starting lineup for the Bucks and they’d probably still win the championship.
I really don’t know where to love for DDV comes from. He’s a straight chucker and shot an overall shot 36% from the field.
He’s not a starting SG in the league. If he were, Milwaukee wouldn’t have given him away for free.
Adding onto this, you could put any decent shooter in the starting lineup for the Bucks and they’d probably still win the championship.
I really don’t know where to love for DDV comes from. He’s a straight chucker and shot an overall shot 36% from the field.
He’s not a starting SG in the league. If he were, Milwaukee wouldn’t have given him away for free.
He has decent shooting percentages from beyond the arc, despite air balling about half of his attempts. He's the best perimeter defender on the team, above average rebounder and he's also an above average passer.
To me, the only real infuriating thing about him is he can't hit layups to save his life. He rushes them like Buddy did and just tries to get the ball up instead of taking a split second to get his hand under control before releasing the ball.
To me, the only real infuriating thing about him is he can't hit layups to save his life. He rushes them like Buddy did and just tries to get the ball up instead of taking a split second to get his hand under control before releasing the ball.
His defense is certainly pesky as he puts a lot of emphasis on that end. However, I just feel like we never know which Donte we’ll get each game. Is it the guy who puts up 3 bricks in a roll and gets a frustration foul on the other end? Or is it the guy who gives us good defense and makes his open 3s?
Watching him at the end of the year, I got the same feeling when we had Casspi. You know he’s going to have a boneheaded play/TO each game, you just don’t know when it’ll happen.
I’d rather have Davis start over DDV.
Watching him at the end of the year, I got the same feeling when we had Casspi. You know he’s going to have a boneheaded play/TO each game, you just don’t know when it’ll happen.
I’d rather have Davis start over DDV.
I think it’s more that Spurs thing they do where they pare a player down to have him do only the things he’s good at and work from there. In Bowen’s case, that was having him focus exclusively on defense and hitting corner threes. Most other franchises would probably have him focus on his iso game for some reason.
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I don't really care which one starts but it's nice having both of them. Davis can get you buckets and DDV can defend. Both guys can do what each other does at varying levels. Neither one is a total slouch at much of anything. Good balance between the two.
I'd hate to lose DDV and be stuck with either a low level FA signing at the 2 or a Barnes trade for one....which would then just open up another hole in the lineup.
I'd hate to lose DDV and be stuck with either a low level FA signing at the 2 or a Barnes trade for one....which would then just open up another hole in the lineup.
