iowamcnabb
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He’s also hard to evaluate defensively because he plays the whole game and I can be see he paces himself.
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And check out #3 on the list...
Joshyjosh31
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I’m not touching ament in the top 8
That play at :13 is ridiculous. Like Zion and Rodman rolled into one. Dude would be a near perfect fit on the Kings.
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Tetsujin
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I get that but at the same time a lot of his layup attempts are only happening on possessions where he otherwise cannot dunk the ball (which happens very infrequently because the man can dunk from essentially anywhere within the three point line) or where he tries doing a Moses Malone self-assist thing. His FT% would at least suggest that there’s a solid shooting stroke in him.
There's just no comparison between where Caleb Wilson is right now and where Peyton Watson was after one year of college. Night and day.
I don't know why his rim% is so low, but layups will come. Nobody ought to downgrade Wilson on rim%, and if they do:
A) Better not be us
B) All the better for us
There's still a lot of season left but as things stand right now it looks there are going to be 4-5 teams picking at the top of the draft this year who are all going to feel like they've gotten their franchise player. Most draft years there are 0-2 players who I would put in that category. And I think there's an argument to be made for 4 of those guys being the pick at #1.
I'm not saying that we should be tanking... but if that hypothetically were something that this organization might be considering as part of a full roster re-set than this would he a good year to do it.
I'm not saying that we should be tanking... but if that hypothetically were something that this organization might be considering as part of a full roster re-set than this would he a good year to do it.
SacTownKid
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Yep, don't see it either.
SacTownKid
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He not only looks like Terrence Jones he kind of plays like him too. Maybe he's what teams hoped Jones would be. Definitely quicker but still has some strength and power to his game.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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Don't be surprised if Keon is not part of our rebuilding effort(s).
SacTownKid
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Yeah works on paper, but the problem is the Kings have to stop doing this. They'll just slot Wilson into role player status, or any young guy for that matter, and crush his development like they do with almost every single player they draft. The Kings have to actually do this the right way for once. You need development time and cap space. Rookie contracts are the grease that makes building a team work.
Tetsujin
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Wilson would probably excel in a five out system where he could just use his elite downhill speed and footwork against NBA spacing to just get to the rim at will. Guy might be the best downhill forward to come out of college since Zion. Domas would honestly just get in his way haha. Defensively though, I could absolutely see it.
My god. Imagine the defensive upside of
Carter
Keon
Keegan
Caleb
with Domas cleaning the glass.
That'd probably be the biggest defensive turn-around in a single season in NBA history
I know. I've largely tuned out this season. When and if they make the mistake of giving away Keon to get rid of terrible contracts I'll likely tune out even more.
The reality is even worse than this. I don't think they think Keon is any good.
This group might need another playmaker on the floor for stretches though. I would probably still put Clifford and Ellis as the starting guard duo and put Devin Carter in that Ben Gordon* role where he sees only bench minutes in the first half but he's playing the full 4th quarter. Carter is flexible enough that he can play either guard position on offense or defense so you put Clifford in with him in the 4th if you're trying to close the gap and want another shotmaker on the floor then sub Clifford out for Ellis when you want to build a wall to protect a lead.
*For those who don't remember (because this is practically ancient history at this point) -- Ben Gordon was a scoring guard on the Chicago Bulls who won Sixth Man of the Year in his rookie season and was "Mr. Fourth Quarter" long before De'Aaaron Fox earned himself that same nickname. In Carter's case he'd be out there for defense more than offense but I think the same principal applies here. Carter has similar "change of pace" potential in that he also plays the game with reckless abandon and by saving him for the fourth we could catch opponents off guard by mixing up our strategy in crunch time while also allowing him to rev his engine up higher by limiting the bulk of his minutes to the most critical stretch of the game.
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Joshyjosh31
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If we’re picking in the top 3 I think this would matter
Joshyjosh31
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I’m taking brown over wilson every day of the week
I think that counts as a self-created dunk
Brown plays negative defense
Part of that *should* come along with added strength & weight. After his growth spurt he still looks underdeveloped physically.
Joshyjosh31
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Yes but we need an offensive hub I don’t like what I see from Wilson in that regard. If we could land Melo and kuminga at the deadline then I’d have Wilson over him
I don't think we can sit around here and hate on LaVine and DeRozan for not playing defense and then lust after another guard who can't play defense.
