At the risk of stating the obvious, you can only draft the players that are available in that draft. The Cavs weren't making a choice between Okoro and Eason, or even Okoro and P. Williams. You can say the Cavs should've taken Vassel instead, but that was the only other wing option and he lasted until late in the lottery.So?
How does a player who's better at everything who also has much better size gets drafted 17th in a weaker draft and Okoro who had no tangible skills or size gets drafted 5th in a perceived stronger draft?
Both are considered to be close as far as archetype go..it just happens that one is much better at what he's supposed to bring -- one was liked by the GM and the other was clearly not. How does that happen? It shouldn't.
i cant figure out how Koby operates.
Maybe Eason purposefully botched his workout so he wouldn't be drafted by the Cavs?
Ah, okay.I think the reports are that Eason had bad workouts with alot of teams. He also didn't interview well at the combine.
You owned Koby, again.Watching the Rockets games is not helping.
Eason comfortably taking and making 3’s in summer league is vomit inducing. He looks like a potentially average 3 point shooter out of the gate. He also is just an extremely strong, physical guy. He was rag dolling that poor dude trying to guard him.
REB / AST / STL / BLK combined in summer league:
13, 16, 17, 13, 14
Guys. Mentally prepared yourself for him to be a lot better than you’d like him to be.
Edit: I also just noticed the stats finally updated. He led Summer League in rebounding, as a 3. Yikes.
Ah, okay.
So much for that theory.
He is from the Seattle area, just like KPJ, so maybe he tanked his way to play for Houston to play with KPJ.
Are you kidding on paper that was a weak ass draft after the first 3 picks,….Even worse now we have seen it after 3 years,….We should see how this draft pans out, but Eason could have easily went top 10 in that draft.So?
How does a player who's better at everything who also has much better size gets drafted 17th in a weaker draft and Okoro who had no tangible skills or size gets drafted 5th in a perceived stronger draft?
Both are considered to be close as far as archetype go..it just happens that one is much better at what he's supposed to bring -- one was liked by the GM and the other was clearly not. How does that happen? It shouldn't.
i cant figure out how Koby operates.
So 25 mpg, positive VORP and BPM by the 41st game of his 2nd season. We'll only be looking at the stats from his 2nd season, not his career stats, and he has to have played in 120 games.
Deal @The Human Q-Tip
Pics or it didn't happen.If you are looking for a reason to keep watching... #14 is the first cute ref I've ever seen in a basketball game at any level.
Way too cute for this line of work. @RonG we need you to confirm.
Finding guys who can shoot and play defense well enough to stay on the floor is the key. The Heat are paying Duncan $20M per, for four more seasons, and he got zero run in the playoffs because teams targeted him on defense and Spo yanked him right out of the game. Yeah, we could trade Cedi and filler for him, but no that would not be a good idea. Monk is a turnstile on defense as well and I wasn't aware that Snell was still in the NBA.You can find shooting attached to bad players if you need it so desperately. There are always guys like Malik Monk or Tony Snell out there in FA or you could trade Cedi and a 2nd for Duncan Robinson. The lack of shooting in the Cavs lineup is an issue but I would put at least part of that on coaching. We have guys like Cedi and theoretically Windler glued to the bench because JBB doesn't want to play them and even when he does they just go stand in the corner instead of running curls or DHOs. Having shooters only matters if your offensive scheme doesn't reduce them to Amon Ones and Donyell Marshall in 2007.
I also expect to see improved shooting from our young guys. They are not sitting idle this summer and posting tons of open gym workout vids (looking at you ben simmons). Okoro and Mobley I expect to show more range and provide more spacing next year. Getting Collin back helps too.
Average to below average vets should never be a reason to not take a high upside player. If your young guy looks like he is the real deal, you send those guys packing and open up time to develop your young gun. If your vets are above average, you spend development time on your young guy and bring up to full speed in year 2 or 3. Portland has been doing the later for years and consistently churn out solid guys (Simons, CJ, even Nas Little). There are options, but Cedi Osman and Caris LeVert should not prevent you from taking a guy you think has even a 10% chance of becoming a difference maker or ceiling raiser.
I would have gone a different direction than Och at 14, but its not a terrible pick or anything. I have said this before, and I stand by it. The larger trend of recent moves is what worries me more than any specific trade. Between the way the other draft picks were used and the LeVert deal and honestly the JBB extension, I am worried we are losing sight of the big picture while chasing tiny goals. When you are optimizing your objective function, you don't want to get stuck in a local minima and I think we are focusing too much on that instead of the global trend.
You owned Koby, again.
"That would be really dope," Eason said when speaking to the media about joining the Rockets via Zoom Monday afternoon. "I've known Kevin [Porter Jr.] since high school, and I think it would be really cool if we all got to play together. Having an opportunity to go to a team where you have some familiar faces would be special."