Welcome Nique Clifford
- Thread starter Tetsujin
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Reminds me of Colby Jones. Hopefully he can put it together better than Colby did.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Big difference was Nique’s shot has been more consistent over time than Colby’s ever really was.
Clifford, The Big Purple Dawg
And of course, here's what our resident expert Bajaden had to say...
(Though, yes, Fleming was - and still is - on the board)
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
Didn't our resident expert also predict that we may end up trading up into the first round, *cough* *cough*, with OKC??? I swear I read that somewhere at some point!!!
By multiple positions l, does Baja mean guard and guard? Because according to some, there's NO chance he can possibly be a wing
I think he can guard SF, but I only saw him in three games. He's going to be a good team/help defender for sure.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Ya that’s a really good fun young core especially if you’re planning on finding a franchise player in the top five next year
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
Yup! Found it, and quoted it in the "Mock Draft" thread (but only because I have yet to figure out how the heck to copy posts into another thread so that I can quote it/reply to it in my post).
BuddyBuckets
Prospect
Can we swap them in for the starters?
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
He's a good role player with good shot/play creation abilities. Caveat, definitely have to be cautious of overrating Mountain West players. Outside of PG13 (was WAC then but same basic region producing these wing types) and Kawhi you're likely looking at a role player unless for some reason a team gave him the green light. Considering the cost it's a worthy move. Defensively he's a little more like a Keon than he is a Carter. Carter has that human vacuum ability whereas someone like Clifford kind of uses a little more space between he and his man like Keon does. More of a deflector/pest type than a true lockdown that uses his body although he plays stronger than his frame would suggest.
coolhandluke
Starter
If Bajaden approves, we're good. That Fleming guy looks intriguing too.
Better to listen to guys who actually watch these prospects and do it for a living. I've watched 0 minutes of him in an actual game, but I have yet to see a real bad critic on him as a prospect, outside of age.
When the praise is universal, usually a good sign we got a good one
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
As mentioned, this feels like a Monte pick. I wonder if Phil Jabour is a heavier influence than we might know.
coolhandluke
Starter
Any chance we can package #42 and cash (or future SRP) to move up and get Fleming too? He looks like a great fit for our frontcourt.
BuddyBuckets
Prospect
I'd offer up the Charlotte 26 2nd + Kings 26 2nds + 42 if that's what it took.
Then maybe Monk for PJ?
Keon/Carter
LaVine/Clifford
Keegan/Derozan
PJ/Flemming
Sabonis/JVal
Could be worse?
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Monte things might not have been entirely Monte things. haha. More of an organizational direction. Good, just copy the good teams and trends. That's all they have to do. The trend right now is versatile defensive guards. PG/SG or SG/SF. SF/PF defense is on the backslide. That said the Kings have Keegan already. That's him all the way.
kingsfan_4Life
Bench
Why are some places I'm reading saying that the con is that he's an older player? I just looked up his info on two sites and it said he was only 23? I expected him to be in his low 30s the way they kept talking about his age. In way of comparison, LeBron James is 40 years old for god sakes. What am I missing? Why is 23 old?
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Analysis of the pick comes at 3:25
LoungeLizard
Starter
NBA draft bylaw 3.7a: any player age 22 or older is finished developing and has little to no room for improvement.
Or something like that.
HndsmCelt
Hall of Famer
They just look at the 5th year player label
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
He's definitely a lot more preachy than Monte's "our scouts and analytics team agreed"
