Jason Thompson
- Thread starter Tarindel
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i dont think he is THAT bad.. lack of playing time, new coach, i dont want to give up on a guy till he reaches is 4th or 5th year..
2 years ago he had that mini block fest against the clippers
so defensively its there.. the point guard conversion is the problem, but with guys like Hawes, thompson, garcia known to have good passing skills.. i dont see it as much of a problem
2 years ago he had that mini block fest against the clippers
so defensively its there.. the point guard conversion is the problem, but with guys like Hawes, thompson, garcia known to have good passing skills.. i dont see it as much of a problem
I actually think this is one of the more positive reactions about a pick i've seen on the boards. Go back a year and you'll see what a negative response looks like
thats the problem... we dont know the beaurocracy and procedure going on between gms in drafts.. sure it sounds easy to do to trade down and up but the question is... are there there right kind of partners for such trades...and if we will be giving too much and taking less... so little time btwn minutes to do some sort of deals so i think petrie being stoic and not dealing things is sort of a way to check what we have then settle it on july onwards to october
Dime, it sounds like you've seen this guy play. What I want to know is: Can he defend a power forward in the NBA? Can he come from the weak side to block a shot in the NBA? Can he guard the post? Can he guard anybody that takes the ball outside to score? If he can, then you have allayed my concerns.
As an admittedly critical fan, I'm really happy with this pick.
I did not like the prospects at #12, especially with all the "desirables" not having fallen. I liked Jason Thompson as a late-first rounder, and felt like he would have been a good pickup for us then.
But we all know Geoff is incapable of draft day trades...haha...and I like the testicular fortitude displayed by surprising with this pick, reminds me of the the Peja surprise.
Read his stats on DraftExpress, he does everything we want...except defend. But I like it nonetheless...most importantly, he's big, not unatheletic, has range, can rebound, and is NOT SELFISH. That last one's a biggie. Hopefully he can withstand the huge jump in competition, as I'm really high on the guy.
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I did not like the prospects at #12, especially with all the "desirables" not having fallen. I liked Jason Thompson as a late-first rounder, and felt like he would have been a good pickup for us then.
But we all know Geoff is incapable of draft day trades...haha...and I like the testicular fortitude displayed by surprising with this pick, reminds me of the the Peja surprise.
Read his stats on DraftExpress, he does everything we want...except defend. But I like it nonetheless...most importantly, he's big, not unatheletic, has range, can rebound, and is NOT SELFISH. That last one's a biggie. Hopefully he can withstand the huge jump in competition, as I'm really high on the guy.
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The scouting is that he put up good rebounding/shotblocking numbers in a minor conference (so the wil it translate question), has reasonable quickness guarding perimeter guys (and his late late growth spurt means he grew up playing the perimeter and so should have some comfort there), but may struggle to guard the post against NBAers.
Will be interested to see him in summer league. Hope they televise it again.
the only thing i like about this is that he is a senior and it gives us a really young front court at 20 and 21 years old. So thats cool. Portland's front court will dominate us like no tomorrow, but its unfair cuz they actually are trying to make moves rather than the Kings good old approach of "wait and see what happens".
I'm fine with the pick. Would have LOVED to have Bayless fall to us, but once again we were one pick too late. I've been advocating Thompson for a while, and while in most cases that was through getting another later 1st or trading down, I thought Geoff could pull another surprise here. And he did. Here's hoping Jason Thompson is the Kevin Martin of big men, whatever that means.
You guys act like we were going to be able to select a future HOF with the 12th pick! Please, tell me who YOU would have picked at the 12 that is better than Thompson? The guy put up incredible numbers , albiet in a weak conference...but I somehow remember how a particular SG of ours had the same criticism.
I hear some people wanting Jordan, or Lopez or ( insert any other stiff here). Are you kidding me? Some of you are too much in love with guys that can only dunk. Have you not been watching the NBA? You also needs skills, to become a good NBA player. And I think this kid has skills...and still more room to grow - he's still young!
I hear some people wanting Jordan, or Lopez or ( insert any other stiff here). Are you kidding me? Some of you are too much in love with guys that can only dunk. Have you not been watching the NBA? You also needs skills, to become a good NBA player. And I think this kid has skills...and still more room to grow - he's still young!
That's a good point about guarding the perimeter. He'll probably be a pretty good player for a #12. Unfortunately, though, we had #12 in the draft. I just really wanted to surround Hawes with some big-league athletes. Doesn't look like that is meant to be...Man, this is going is going to take forever until we get better.
