Derik Queen - the new Alperen/Boogie

Zygote Jokic

 

Zach Randolph type of player

 

The white Jokic.

 

dam we drafted the wrong player

 

Everybody knew he was a great offensive player, but there were big questions about his D & rebounding...how's he looked on that end of the court?

 

He better be good, they sacrificed a top 4 pick for him in a very deep class.

 

He is bad on D. Also there were even questions about his offense cuz he wasnt very efficient and had horrible scores in the combine.

I think he is very good just like most of the rookies in this class.

 

He is worth it as he is someone they can build around in the post Zion era. Just like Sengun he can be the offensive hub that makes him more valuable than just a two way wing player.

 

He was one of the guys on my short list if we actually made the pick

He's looking good so far

 

The best part about Queen is that PHX didn't take him at 10. Instead the first C picked in the 2025 draft has played 59 minutes total, and is shooting 38.5% from the field.

 

I'm sorry that stat is a joke - all you gotta do is watch for 5 minutes to see that Derik Queen is much better than Jeremiah Fears who looks like a G League player

Tanking/bad team on /off numbers are pretty misleading for rookies for various reasons - rotation ales changing and the better ones get punished bc they have to start