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2019 Draft, Pick #30 - Kevin Porter Jr., USC

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Well this thread is going about as well as I imagined. Funny how when we look at KPj some people say when playing bad "see what a mess he is" and when he plays great "he's selfish it won't last".... Yet when Garland played bad they say "guys, he's so young, he's gonna have rough games" but when he's good, "look at the potential".

Anyways this isn't an that surprising... The fans reaction, or Kevin's playing.

What is weird to me is just how messed up our organization has seemingly been run this year. It'd be one thing if it was just one story, but basically sidelining Drummond and Porter for months... What quality NBA front office has anything even remotely similar? It just feels messy.

Calling out selfishness in the NBA is a weird concept to me too. We are talking about a league full of some of the most selfish, spoiled people on the planet. You don't have to go far at all to hear crazy tales about the players. Unlike a lot of sports where there are 50 plus people on your team and are wearing masks and hats, the nba rosters are much smaller and everyone is completely exposed. It pretty much is what it is.

And how can you blame cavs fans for being upset losing 2 of the best players we had this year for nothing... Actually worse than nothing as we had to pay a bunch of money to do it too help the Lakers and Rockets...

It's a players league, always was, always should be, and probably not even enough really considering other people profit more than the players on it... But I digress. The point is, maybe a mirror on the front office is worthy.

Not sure why I wrote all this, but happy Monday! Ha.
Pops and Kawhi broke up.

Kyrie and Boston parted ways.

Drummond and KPJ were acquired with a second round pick and the 30th pick. We got nothing and a second round pick when we dispatched them because that’s what they were worth on the market. Marginal investments. Picks that late usually don’t pan out.
 
Don't even look right now at what he's doing to Harden the #2 Nets
 
Yeah he’s really taking the league by storm...
 
Y'all taking a look at the big picture yet or just coming in after a decent game?

Because so far, for the season, he most definitely isn't a star in the making.

The hype was way, way overblown.

He can't shoot a jump shot and he turns the ball over a ton.
 
Y'all taking a look at the big picture yet or just coming in after a decent game?

Because so far, for the season, he most definitely isn't a star in the making.

The hype was way, way overblown.

He can't shoot a jump shot and he turns the ball over a ton.

It was never that. A guy that can handle and score and has some passing ability. Plenty of youthful mistakes but very good footwork and just has all the skills.

He's a guy that just needs reps in my opinion. Playing a lot of minutes on a bad team is a good idea.

All his skills are the things we need on this team. Ball handling and playmaking from a wing.
 
It was never that. A guy that can handle and score and has some passing ability. Plenty of youthful mistakes but very good footwork and just has all the skills.

He's a guy that just needs reps in my opinion. Playing a lot of minutes on a bad team is a good idea.

All his skills are the things we need on this team. Ball handling and playmaking from a wing.

Reps and some decent coaching is really what he needs. He needs to figure out where his spots are in the NBA and a decent coaching staff will help him figure that out.

He was a potential piece of the puzzle for the Cavs that helped with flexibility. He might have ultimately ended up our starting SG or SF or a sixth man. That flexibility would have helped he front office draft BPA and build out the roster.

He might have ultimately helped with putting into focus what type of path the Cavs needed to go with for the future. Right now it's Sexland or wait to see who is BPA and see how they mesh with Sexton or Garland.
 
Watching KP getting a lot of minutes in the Rockets-Clippers game right now...he started and has 14 points and 12 assists in 28 minutes through the end of the third quarter. Inconsistent but showing a lot of skills
 
Watching KP getting a lot of minutes in the Rockets-Clippers game right now...he started and has 14 points and 12 assists in 28 minutes through the end of the third quarter. Inconsistent but showing a lot of skills
Same thing he showed here. The kid’s talent and skills have never been in doubt! The big question is “Has he matured and put silly stupid stuff on the shelf and be able to stay on the floor?”
 
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Sam The Bullshit Whisperer saying what a lot of us said. They should have suspended him/made it some finite punishment. Not just his opinion supposedly. Said sitting these healthy players has not been a good look for Koby.
 
Same thing he showed here. The kid’s talent and skills have never been in doubt! The big question is “Has he matured and put silly stupid stuff on the shelf and be able to stay on the floor?”

Houston was really giving him a lot of freedom to show his stuff and I was like I saw he was good here but didn't realize quite this good. He ended up with 13 assists vs just 3 turnovers, hustled hard, and showed some defensive chops and flexibility/range. Admittedly it was a late-season lost game by a probably tanking team that is in the cellar, an easy setting for a young player to shine, so possibly I'm overly impressed.

I really have been unimpressed with him as a person but for that kind of talent maybe you work with things. We'll see if he self-destructs again.
 

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