It won't matter, Sengun will put him in a blender like everybody else. Centers these days don't know how to guard a real post player. If Alpi continues to show 3pt acumen it's a long night for anybody who guards him tbh.
I mean we already know where this is going - uber elite athlete with a drinking problem paired with phenomenally large and skilled big man - welcome to Stevie Franchise and Yao Ming 2.0. Like I said - we already know where this goes. Cut to Ja looking like he aged 10 years in 3 years and someone yanking a chain off his neck at a club.
The idea is positional flexibility - they aren't necessarily elite at any one thing(although Sarr looks really good defensively to me) but the hope is they can grow to defend 3+ positions and can hit shots well enough at 3 levels that you can't leave them open which in turn makes them useful players on playoff teams because they can play in a number of offensive styles and defensive schemes - OR useful to playing with other stars because they can adapt to the needs of the team to help supplement your higher ceiling players. Those types of players are NOT a dime a dozen - it's why guys like Batum and Tobias Harris have 16 years of playoff experience between them(and made an obscene amount of money). I agree these aren't the most exciting picks but in a weak draft this was effectively playing the "long game" on these player's development and hoping you get a REAL star in the draft while you wait for those guys to develop.
Can’t say I didn’t tell you all this would happen. Edey 23 points 10 rebounds last night and now the clear favorite by double anyone else via Vegas odds for Rookie of the Year. Wish the Rockets brass would read Clutch City.
Yeah, I may have gotten it way wrong on him. I love college basketball…like love it like it’s family to me…and I feel like I’ve seen a bunch of Edey-like dudes not matter much in the league. I know you were on him early…if this holds up I was most certainly wrong and you were right!
While I get what you are saying I also don't agree with it cuz like I said Rim running bigs are a dime a dozen, instead of drafting the guy training him and hoping he pans out just pay the 8-15M it would take to get a guy like that. For example Rox paid 12M for Steven Adams and now you have Clingan if he panned out. Edey to me was the special guy being 7'4 and extremely mobile for his size as per the draft combine. The same "immobile" tag was also labeled to Sengun and we saw how that turned out.
First off, I don't think Clingan and Sarr are remotely the same thing. I think Sarr has some semblance of one day being able to guard 4-5 positions and potentially could score on 3 levels(although likely never a go to scorer). Drafting a guy like Sarr makes sense because a guy who is positionally flexible both offensively and defensively is versatile enough to fit next to anyone and let's be clear - this was a weak draft. This is more about the Wizards admitting Sarr can be a high level role player next to the star they will hopefully draft in the future. He's not just a rim running big. I agree with you thought that if Sarr(or Clingan if you think he has similar potential - I was never that high on him) ends up being too limited on the offensive end or unable to guard 4+ positions, then the cost of a positional defensive specialists or a "rim running big" is significantly lower but really that's about more limited players being cheaper because of those limitations....but you never drafted Sarr that high hoping for the one thing he does well - that was always about the hope he eventually does a lot of things well enough to be an NBA starter. As for Edey - college "extremely mobile for their size" and NBA "extremely mobile for their size" are two entirely different things. He's going to get some buckets if you are willing to dump the ball into the post over and over again like Perdue did and he may even look dominant in the right matchups but against really good teams, his size isn't going to be able to make up for how much he gets exploited defensively because of his slowness and poor reads or the loss of playing uptempo when Ja freaking Morant is on your team....but yeah in the 2nd unit at Memphis he is going to put up 10 pts real quick when Houston tries to run out Tate at center because Adams is out, Landale needs a rest and Sengun is in foul trouble. I certainly don't think he is the game changer you think he is - but hey, it's a fun thought experiment.
Tell your wife that you were man enough to admit you were wrong and that may be a first on this entire site. She’ll love you more for it . How nice it would have been to have 7’4 Edey (Ming Jr.) at center to take on that punk Wembleyana for the next ten years.
Don’t know about never. You’d have to trade one if Edey developed into a star. But a nice problem to have. But Edey has big time potential. But what’s done is done
