Love this pick based on what little I've seen. Who cares if he's an undersized 2-guard if he can guard point guards. James Harden is the de facto PG anyway. Somebody to throw at the Westbrook-type PGs & small-ish SGs.
From DraftExpress:http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Nick-Johnson-Updated-Scouting-Report-4457/ I'm tempering expectations, and its weird to be excited about a 2nd round pick, but I like this pick.
Great defender and a good shooter from distance? I like it, could get some minutes at the 2. We all know morey disregards position size. And I'm fine with this pick although I wanted kj mcDaniels. Anyone have measurements and/or saber metrics (?)and combine results?
Nick Johnson interview here: http://www.denverstiffs.com/2014/6/14/5809298/2014-nba-draft-getting-to-know-nuggets-prospect-nick-johnson-arizona
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Why would we take an undersized SG when we need a PG? Jordan Clarkson, 6-4, of Missouri was there for the taking. I would not have been ecstatic had they taken him in the first round (guaranteed contract) but not taking him in the second is another Morey sin.
He'll be like Rose or Westbrook, very athletic but too short to be a SG in the NBA so he'll have to pretend to be a PG.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Congrats to Nick Jonhson. Time to clamp down this year. Congrats. Welcome to houston. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rednation?src=hash">#Rednation</a></p>— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) <a href="https://twitter.com/patbev21/statuses/482365936213561344">June 27, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
when I saw his draft picture on TV, I thought to myself are they trolling us with a pic of Kevin Martin... lol