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ebrian wrote: View PostI'd pick Kemba Walker over Kyrie Irving.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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ebrian wrote: View PostI hope you're just playing devil's advocate here, because I don't really want to waste any time pulling out examples of the contrary. Although granted it wouldn't take very long.
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I think Walker will have a bigger impact earlier than Knight, but I feel once all is said and done Knight will have the better career. I love the shooting Knight brings and his poise at such a young age, he may not be the highlight type player, but he gets it done.
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Knight final answer
ebrian wrote:That's true, but this thread is about Brandon Knight vs Kemba Walker. And how do they compare?“The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.” - Martin Luther King
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Tim W. wrote: View PostI think it's a valid point, and not simply playing devil's advocate. EVery scout and NBA person think Irving is the better prospect. And if you actually want to talk about stats, Irving had better advanced stats than Walker...
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...ard-Crop-3759/
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...ard-Crop-3749/your pal,
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Tim W. wrote: View PostI think it's a valid point, and not simply playing devil's advocate. EVery scout and NBA person think Irving is the better prospect. And if you actually want to talk about stats, Irving had better advanced stats than Walker...
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...ard-Crop-3759/
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...ard-Crop-3749/
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Look, I don't disagree that Knight could develop into a pretty decent defender and passer. Could. But Kemba is already better now, and he did it while playing the point guard position. Might Knight have a higher ceiling? It's possible, I'm no crystal ball. But how many draft picks reach their ceiling?
A lot of people thought Bayless might become a very good point guard, even though he played SG in college. I believe if I recall his 'ceiling' was Gilbert Arenas or Monta Ellis. He's no where remotely close to this. Fortunately he was a 12th pick so it's not as big a deal that he never panned out.
If you want to draft purely on hopeful potential, that's the gamble you make. But this is a weak draft class where there may only be a handful of guys who will become starters. We were supposed to have the #2 pick, instead we dropped to 5th and I'll be damned if we squander an opportunity to draft someone who we already know is better at this time. If I'm picking 10th in a weak draft like this then by all means draft on potential. Take Bizmack if you want to.
I'd be glad to be proven wrong on this, btw. But as it stands this is what makes the most sense to me.your pal,
ebrian
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