Cavatt
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Yeah, I think that's a reasonable position. Could go either way on it depending on what exactly the protections are, and I also go back and forth on whether or not RJ is actually a much better prospect than Culver. But definitely feels less scary to drop from 2 to 3 in this draft than it does to drop from 3 to 4.
Yeah I could see Culver being 85% of RJs offensive upside and way way better on defense. Either would be good as a supplementary playmaker to Collin. Both fit really well in a sort of decentralized offense with Love, Collin, and Cedi.
Maybe Culver ends up being better, but I don't think so. I think on a team with good 3 point shooters, RJ gets to the rack at will and racks up assists kicking it out to Collin and Love.
I also have changed my mind on Collin and his assist ability. Those last few games of the year teams were more serious about stopping him. A couple of teams like the spurs were able to, and Collin made the right passes. I think he has better vision than people give him credit for. He needs the game to slow down a bit. As he learned where his guys were over the course of the year he started finding them better especially the corner 3 on the drive and to the wing just like he should.
He is not a CP3 level vision guy, but like you said about Curry, who I don't believe is either, I think he can be a better decision maker and know where his guys are. I think Delly is helping him with that and that can be learned from watching tape.
It's different from Clarkson where, "He just feels it he has no idea what he is gonna do".