I love CMB, but not for our roster. He's an awful shooter. And whether we continue to build around Amen and Sengun or we send Sengun off for Giannis, who also can't shoot, we really can't afford to play another awful shooter with either of them.
Yeah but Amen-Tari-CMB lineups only have to score like 20 points to win. We’re gonna need to restock forward too. Someone has to usurp the villain’s throne.
Just listened to Egor Demin on The Ringer's NBA Draft podcast. Seems like a thoughtful young man. That said, I don't have him in my (current) top-10. He's a mid-first rounder to me.
yup, act like amen has known any other coach. get all in your feelings because your favorite players who don't contribute to winning basketball right now aren't getting any run.
I don't disagree with that assessment ... But of the players around the 10 spot, I really don't see a fit with this team. I've seen mocks that have the Rockets picking any of the following - Khaman Maluach, Collin Murray-Boyles, Noa Essengue, Derik Queen, Asa Newell & Carter Bryant at the 10 spot .... thing is, all of them play one of the Forward spots which is the Rockets deepest position or would be behind your lone allstar at the C spot. The next couple guys are Jace Richardson & Egor .... I don't see why you couldn't take him at 10 or maybe drop back a few spots and risk someone else taking him.
I like this pick!. Never heard of him until this post. Just saw his highlights and dayum. Dude is highly talented with flair.
I've been a Egor fan way before this thread. I think he's not being discussed in Top 10 because of his shooting stats, but I believe that's a mistake. Recruited out of Russia by the Real Madrid Academy. He led one of their junior teams to a championship, while learning both English and Spanish in school. I cite this as an example of his maturity at a very young age. He played for a former NBA assistant at BYU and was recruited by him specifically to run his offense. Demin maybe a unicorn because of his combination of size, court vision, passing skills, and ability to finish. His shot looks fine and the 27% 3P may have been an anomaly for his career. At #10 and given our current team, I'd love to add a backcourt weapon like him and believe he'd fit well with guys like Sengun, Amen, Jabari, Reed, etc.
He would immediately throw the best lob to Amen, make the best kick-out passes to Jabari, and his size in the backcourt would be complementary to Reed. His shooting will improve, but he will struggle with agility.
My friend you could not be more wrong. Egor is a special player at 6’9” and a point guard with phenomenal passing. These guys don’t come along but once a decade. Upside is Magic Johnson.
Good or bad draft don't care, I just hope we trade this pick for a higher value future pick. Keep our bullets/assets for when we need them. A rookie is not going to do anything for us. Look at our core, no one really matters till their 3rd season. Amen Thompson is a future superstar and he was taking 10 shots a game in his second season when on a competitive team. Reed Sheppard and Cam Whitmore couldn't find minutes and then you guys will again start whining about "you need minutes to develop". There are no minutes for people making necessary rookie mistakes for development. Trade the pick for a future pick. I bet Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, Boston would all love to have our pick. Find out which one is giving up the best future pick and don't think twice.
I don't think there's a GM in the league that'll give you an unprotected pick for this 10th pick. I doubt there;s a GM who would give you a top 4 protected pick. Maybe a top 8 protected pick .... but that's just a gamble on whether it conveys or not in any given year. I would be content with a player being chosen and essentially red shirted if it came to that and not at all be disappointed. We know this is a tough roster to crack the lineup on. This team doesn't have a go to star and you aren't getting one via trade without giving up a ton of assets and taking on a big salary. If I'm Stone, I do my homework on these guys and If I believe that one of them can develop into a star, I'm picking him and not looking back. The team as constructed is still super young, even if they are ahead of schedule you can afford to give a young player time to find his way on this roster .... and in the mean time, figure out who's who among the rest of them - none of which are close to finished players. this team is 2-3 and maybe 4 years away from it's potential.
I tend to think we should package Brooks/10 and maybe another first rounder to see what sort of rotational upgrade we can get. Brooks Was pretty solid on offense this year because he made shots. But he is a bad creator And even with the shot making, I just think he’s a negative to the offense overall. Jabari and Tari can shoot reasonably close to that percentage on three pointers and are both better defenders.
Ant Edwards shot 40% & 29% from 3 in college. Kawhi was a 25% 3pt shooter. I dont like trusting bad shooters to be "converted" into decent shooters. But it helps to scout the player's shooting form to see if improvement can be had
I disagree with you, there’s no reason a team that’s looking to rebuild now won’t give up a top 5 or 6 protected in the distant future. Further, in the second apron era decent role players on rookie contracts have a higher value than ever for teams facing depth issues. That’s why I think Boston will be very interested in developing a #10 pick after dumping a veteran role player. They are likely looking at next year as a development year. Finally a #10 pick in one draft might be worse than a #12 pick in another draft. You’re looking for roughly equal trade value, there’s no real life reason a team can’t get that. There are no significant minutes on this team unless it’s someone who is going to be a scoring leader of this team. Redshirting someone is horrible asset management, it just means you won’t know if they’re a hit or a miss for a whole year. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re delaying development of a sure-fire pick. We need ammo for other things, whether a star or an elite role player or upgrading players. We already have two unknowns on this roster in Sheppard and Whitmore. It’s really a waste and mentally the team needs to mature further. Would rather have a former champion being our 15th man than draft a player right now. We were the second seed and have clear deficiencies. I’ve been pro standing pat for the whole rebuild but adding another rookie is a waste of time. Upgrade any player/pick with the pick, we need to get more top-heavy now.
