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Most Sure Fire Prospect NOT Cade, Mobley, Green or Suggs?

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  1. Aruba77

    Aruba77 Member

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    Who do you think the 5th best player in the draft is, assuming Cade, Mobley, Green and Suggs are in the top 4?
     
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    Barnes or Davion
     
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    I like Davion Mitchell. He reminds me of a Marcus Smart but with a more reliable 3 point shot. He should have a pretty long career if his defense remains stellar in the NBA.
     
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  5. ThatBoyNick

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    Barnes is far from sure fire but I’d his potential might be the highest
     
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    Damn, I guess after the combine showings....no love for Kaminga?
     
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    Such a high variance player. Would have been nice to get the measurements of Kuminga but it seems he had a good combine otherwise (at least from the Magic's writer POV). Looks like he worked on some shot mechanics per the article:

    Orlando Magic NBA Draft: Watching Jonathan Kuminga and standouts at the Combine
     
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    I really love Moses Moody but #5 is probably pretty early even thought I think if you do a redraft in a few years it will look like the right pick.

    Jalen Green and Moody or Mobley and Moody would be awesome.
     
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    Kuminga. And tbh, i have him over Suggs.

    might end up as the best player out of this draft - might end up overseas in 3 years. Potential is there, who knows if he can fulfill it. My guess is yes but he’s risky.
     
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    Kuminga has already proven himself against almost-NBA-level talent with the G-League Ignite. I think he's the safest #5 bet.
     
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    Kuminga’s Gleague performance was trash.
    38/24/62 shooting splits
     
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    No he will not end up the best player in this draft!
     
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    Moody, Wagner and Kispert will be solid role players at worst. Wouldn’t mind trading up for any of them.

    The Mitchell hype is weird.
     
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    Davion Mitchell. He has elite change of speed and very strong defensively. Really smart and very good in college. Could easily see him becoming an above average starter maybe even an all star. He's a little underrated because of his age imo.
     
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    Scottie Barnes for me - easily
     
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    He certainly has the body and a certain level of skill to be promising. My problem with Kuminga is simple. In the NBA what kind of player is he? Does he know what kind of player he is? I'm not so sure. Is he a defensive player? Could be, but his performance this year would indicate he's pretty far from that. Is he a shot creator? Probably not. Is he a 3 and D wing? Not with his inconsistent shooting. Is he an oversized playmaker? Doubtful. What exactly is his role in the NBA?
     
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    Alperen Sengun. How many these guys is the nba going to keep misjudging just because they don’t fit the nba’s athletic mold? At 18 years old this kid is a prodigy on the court. The youngest mvp in Europe’s second best domestic league (where have we heard that before?) 30 PER vs grown professionals, meanwhile the top 5 prospects are all older than this kid and put up lesser numbers vs other kids that will go on to become accountants or gym teachers. At 18 he has more advanced post moves than 95% of dudes in the nba. They question his defense, but with a high steal rate and the second highest blocks in his league, he is adequate on that end using his intelligence and anticipation as opposed to athleticism. Guy is a genius on the basketball court in the same class as Luka.
     
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    I’m all for high-iq players.
     
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    So what you’re saying is you don’t want any hard-core dumb ass Ballers
     
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