Marvin Bagley III
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If Bagley is the pick (and it definitely looks like he is) and Giles looks good in summer league, I wonder what the over/under on trading WCS is? A month? Six months?
If there's a downside to picking Bagley it is that we'll see lots more high post action with two bigs from Joerger and no reason to evolve the offense to more of a motion, pace & space concept.
I honestly think Vlade would have to drastically remake the roster to force Joerger to adapt. Instead I fear we'll see the Sacramento version of Grit & Grind when really this team should be pushing the pace.
If there's a downside to picking Bagley it is that we'll see lots more high post action with two bigs from Joerger and no reason to evolve the offense to more of a motion, pace & space concept.
I honestly think Vlade would have to drastically remake the roster to force Joerger to adapt. Instead I fear we'll see the Sacramento version of Grit & Grind when really this team should be pushing the pace.
Do Giles and Bagley really pair well together? All I hear about is offense with these guys. Who is going to play d? And who is our starting SF?
I'm going to be forced to drink the kool aid until November if Bagley is the guy but I just don't see the basketball rationale.
Unless everything about Giles is a lie. Then I'll never trust this FO again.
I'm going to be forced to drink the kool aid until November if Bagley is the guy but I just don't see the basketball rationale.
Unless everything about Giles is a lie. Then I'll never trust this FO again.
Assuming Giles is really something close to what he's been billed to be they are both mobile enough to play together, but who the heck knows? Bagley has some things he really needs to work on to be successful in the NBA in my opinion but by all accounts he's a hard worker with a really high ceiling so I'd be confident he would improve in the areas he needed to.
That's an excellent subject for fan poll.
If they picked Doncic I honestly think there would be issues between Fox and Doncic. Doncic absolutely needs the ball in his hands to be effective. Fox, on the other hand, would not be interested in being secondary when it comes to playmaking. I just can't see that working.
If they picked Doncic I honestly think there would be issues between Fox and Doncic. Doncic absolutely needs the ball in his hands to be effective. Fox, on the other hand, would not be interested in being secondary when it comes to playmaking. I just can't see that working.
There are rationales for taking Bagley instead of Doncic. Doing so because Fox needs to be the primary playmaker is not one that makes any sense to me.
As a starter Fox averaged 4.3 assists. He's not a primary playmaker, at least not yet.
Chris Paul never averaged less than 7.8 assists in any year in his career (topping out at 11.6 apg) and he was able to share a backcourt with James Harden. You take the best player available. Saying that you shouldn't take Doncic because Fox won't want to share the ball is as bad a position as taking Doncic over Bagley simply because the Kings need a small forward. You take the guy you think is best and worry about fit later.
Agreed.
As a starter Fox averaged 4.3 assists. He's not a primary playmaker, at least not yet.
Chris Paul never averaged less than 7.8 assists in any year in his career (topping out at 11.6 apg) and he was able to share a backcourt with James Harden. You take the best player available. Saying that you shouldn't take Doncic because Fox won't want to share the ball is as bad a position as taking Doncic over Bagley simply because the Kings need a small forward. You take the guy you think is best and worry about fit later.
Agreed.
Giles' high school tape leads you to believe he's all offense but his play at Duke was more defensive orientated and many of the comments from the players and guys that have seen him practice have me believing his defense is ahead of his offense at this point.
Still a mystery but it's going to take someone developing a good shot for it to work. Bagley's shot is probably ahead of Giles' at this point.
Still a mystery but it's going to take someone developing a good shot for it to work. Bagley's shot is probably ahead of Giles' at this point.
Woj, after agreeing to not announce picks, announced how the first six picks are "shaping up". Marc Spears has said the team has decided on Bagley. A few others. Again, doesn't mean it's true but that's where all the signs are pointing to the point that Damien Barling and Jason Ross were on 1140 talking about it as if Bagley was definitely the pick.
Well it sure sounds like Grant and Doug are selling the fans on Bagley. Maybe they know and maybe they don't, but it's not a coincidence that they are all in on Marvin Bagley III right now. Either they've gotten word that he's the pick or they are reading the tea leaves like everyone else and are pretty sure he's the guy.
Either way, they are really pushing Bagley to the point that Grant is pushing Pollard as a draft savant and that Bagley will be great because Scott likes him.
Either way, they are really pushing Bagley to the point that Grant is pushing Pollard as a draft savant and that Bagley will be great because Scott likes him.
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