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I would love to see Cade play SF for the Cavs in a lineup like Garland, Okoro, Cade, Love, Porzingis
They'd give up 150 points per game.
By halftime.
I would love to see Cade play SF for the Cavs in a lineup like Garland, Okoro, Cade, Love, Porzingis
No probs, as long as they score at least 151 in that same timeframeThey'd give up 150 points per game.
By halftime.
Yeah probably but don't tell him that https://www.essentiallysports.com/n...aft-lottery-selection-oklahoma-state-cowboys/Cade is a SF, not a PG
I think he will be drafted to be an on ball dominant player though, no matter what he gets labelled as defensively. So in theory, he will be the point guard or forward to most rosters he is on. I think his first step is good,but not great. So often I see complaints of it is being called bad, by nba standards, yet it's scouted from college games, that are ignoring the double teams because is not that bad.With the way the NBA's going I definitely understand why more wings are trying to develop point guard skills. But as Cade found out, that's not an easy thing to do at the college level, let alone at the NBA level.
I think he will be drafted to be an on ball dominant player though, no matter what he gets labelled as defensively. So in theory, he will be the point guard or forward to most rosters he is on. I think his first step is good,but not great. So often I see complaints of it is being called bad, by nba standards, yet it's scouted from college games, that are ignoring the double teams because is not that bad.
I can see him going first overall, and being the main ball handler, on half the teams in the lottery. Possibly, but less likely including CLE.But only because of the current roster construction, which should not stop taking the bpa, especially one that can play multiple positions , if that is what he is now.
tbh I think that is where the league is headed. Okoro looked pretty damn good on ball too. I bet Jalen green will in that role, same as KPJ does. Because they are not that good off ball, and elite on it.I dunno, is Anthony Edwards a point guard? He was ball-dominant and had some decent games in the assist column, but he's clearly in a bucket-getter role. I think Cade will be in a similar kind of role, though I can imagine his team experimenting with him at PG from time to time.
This by-position format for big boards is fun; here's mine:
PG: Giddey/Suggs/Springer/Cooper/McBride
SG: Green/Mitchell/Jacquez/Cazalon/Grimes
SF: Barnes/Wagner/Cunningham/Moody/Kuminga
PF: Garuba/Prkacin/Johnson/Robinson-Earl/Liddell
C: Sengun/Mobley/Jackson/Garza/Sharpe
Do you have Giddey over Suggs as a point guard, prospect or both?
Interesting you have Barnes as a SF (I do, too, but see many list him as a PF).
Where would you rank Mobley as a PF?
This by-position format for big boards is fun; here's mine:
PG: Giddey/Suggs/Springer/Cooper/McBride
SG: Green/Mitchell/Jacquez/Cazalon/Grimes
SF: Barnes/Wagner/Cunningham/Moody/Kuminga
PF: Garuba/Prkacin/Johnson/Robinson-Earl/Liddell
C: Sengun/Mobley/Jackson/Garza/Sharpe
Yes, Giddey! I somehow managed to forget about him.
Prospects I like:
PG: Cade, Suggs, Butler, Giddey
SG: Green, Moody, Duarte
SF: Wagner, Kispert, Kuminga, (Jalen Johnson)
PF: Barnes, Petrusev, Kai Jones, (Garuba)
C : Mobley, Sengun, Garza (why is he so low on so many draft boards?!!)
If we get a top-4 pick, there will be some roster shake-up. Koby will have his job cut out.
With the way the NBA's going I definitely understand why more wings are trying to develop point guard skills. But as Cade found out, that's not an easy thing to do at the college level, let alone at the NBA level.
Cavs could certainly do worse than Cunningham and his versatility. However , I don't think there is much chance he stays as the secondary ball handler. Not very long anyway, if they do take him in the top three, which appears to be the locked in window to get him.I think you hope Cade is just really good grease.
Is he Luka? I mean, no.......but if he's a guy who can morph in and out of roles rather seamlessly, he's potentially a player that significantly raises the floor of a team but still has long term upside as a developmental on ball player.
A lot of people get caught up in the debate of what Cade is.....not here but the media at large....and then tend to insist he is a PG, when his skills and also the way you would want to use him at the NBA level are just in contradiction to that.
I'll be curious to see what his NBA destiny is........but I honestly think a team like the Cavs would be a great landing spot for him. Where he immediately provides value off the ball as a shooter and on the ball as a secondary playmaker.....where he doesn't carry the burden of the PG label nor land on a team that wants him to be a PG. Genuinely think he could flourish here, especially alongside Garland. So, he'll probably end up in Detroit, rotting away on that roster.