Draft prediction
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I'm swinging for the fences and going with star potential, which means only Ivey or Sharpe. Some other nice guys there, but the Kings aren't a playoff team next year and none of those other guys seem like real needle movers. Ivey or Sharpe might not be either but they figure to have the highest chance.
Sharpe declaring has thrown things for a mix (Basically, he was the #1 recruit IIRC if he played college basketball this year) and Murray ascended towards the end of the season while Ivey fell off a bit, which closed the gap in some peoples eyes.
If I had to break into 3 tiers of what close to consensus is:
Chet
Jabari
Paolo
Ivey
Murray
Sharpe
Mathurin
Davis
Griffin
Big tier break
If I had to break into 3 tiers of what close to consensus is:
Chet
Jabari
Paolo
Ivey
Murray
Sharpe
Mathurin
Davis
Griffin
Big tier break
I watched a ton of Purdue games this year because my employee went to school there and we always had it on at work. They played him at the two a good chunk of the year and is for sure a shooting guard. He had moments he dazzled but he makes me nervous. He was a poor defender most of the time, no midrange game and his three point percentage is questionable other than the wide open set shots. Throw in fit with Fox and two poor defenders and I worry
Shooting is what it is. This isn't a finished product and Fox has shown when used right, his shooting comes right up with it. Imagine having two speed demons like Fox and Ivey? If they were Rondo level shooters F that, but they aren't. Ivey also comes from a system built around big passing like Sabonis. The learning curve would be minute.
Eh...
He's not in that Fox/Wall/Morant tier athletically. It's still extremely high level, but I think it's an important distinction when assessing his upside. And while he has some of Ja's finishing/attack moves, he doesn't have the same playmaking/handle like at all. If anything, that's one thing he's going to have to prove that he can be a high level playmaker for others as he is with his scoring. The shot faded as the season went on, but I think it'll still play at the next level.
That said, 6'4 with a 6'10 wingspan and his athleticism is an exciting profile to start with. You just have to have a ton of faith that Brown can coach him through a bunch of defensive mistakes/miscues. It wasn't pretty this year.
He's not in that Fox/Wall/Morant tier athletically. It's still extremely high level, but I think it's an important distinction when assessing his upside. And while he has some of Ja's finishing/attack moves, he doesn't have the same playmaking/handle like at all. If anything, that's one thing he's going to have to prove that he can be a high level playmaker for others as he is with his scoring. The shot faded as the season went on, but I think it'll still play at the next level.
That said, 6'4 with a 6'10 wingspan and his athleticism is an exciting profile to start with. You just have to have a ton of faith that Brown can coach him through a bunch of defensive mistakes/miscues. It wasn't pretty this year.