Rudy Gobert

[Cavatt]

Two things, then I’ll shut up. First, aside from Shaq, Lebrin and a few others, the draft is a complete crap shoot. No one can say this is a strong draft or a weak draft. Wiseman or Ball or Hayes have the potential to be HOFers.

You can’t look at a draft in hindsight. If drafts were so obvious, there would be no Andre Bargnanis, Anthony Bennetts or Darko Milicices

And Lillard and Curry would never fall to 6th and 7th.


Second, someone has to get through to Drummond. s whole discussion makes one thing obvious. Drummond needs to play like a poor man’s Rudy Gobert, not a poor man’s Joel Embiid. He could be so valuable just rebounding, blocking shots, setting picks, rolling to the basket, scoring on offensive rebounds and put backs, and passing out of the post.

Instead, he’s wasting his talents trying to handle the ball and shooting 3s.

Everyone else can see it. Why can’t Drummond?

AI agree with you, but they did not restrain him in Detroit and when he started putting up monster numbers his second year he was treated like a superstar. I just always think that if Drummond played like TT, he would be a top 3-5 Center in the league, and nobody would want to play against him. He just gets easily frustrated and his defensive play is secondary to his offense when it should be the opposite.

His lack of discipline is something I couldn't see as easily when he would play the Cavs in Detroit.

 

[cabs]

Gobert instantly turns a 25 win team into a 45 win team because he is so good at defense, would be interesting to see how Utah go without him.

 

[Cavatt]

Gobert instantly turns a 25 win team into a 45 win team because he is so good at defense, would be interesting to see how Utah go without him.

Thinking about the way Gobert fits makes you realize what they were thinking with Drummond. We have a great stretch 4 and our guards need a rim protector and great screen man.