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He does remind me of Durant in terms of his reach and ability to shoot three's. Very-durantesque shooting form. The minute Masai said he wanted a big 3 and someone with shot-blocking potential... I though Capella. No one thought this guyGive me liberty or give me a bran muffin! - Colin Mochrie
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kopite91 wrote: View PostHe does remind me of Durant in terms of his reach and ability to shoot three's. Very-durantesque shooting form. The minute Masai said he wanted a big 3 and someone with shot-blocking potential... I though Capella. No one thought this guy
Im excited for this guy!
Masai knows you need stars to win in this league and he swung for the fences"Both teams played hard my man" - Sheed
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Clearly Masai feels strongly about this kid and he does have a solid track record in the draft. The biggest thing from this is knowing we have a GM whose not running the team to keep his job. I'm pretty sure most GM's in Masai's position wouldn't have the balls to make that pick. Good on Masai on making sure he got his guy even if he probably reached a little.
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Exactly. Picks around the 20s and after are usually run-of-the-mill, rotation guys who'd be lucky to play 7-8 seasons in the NBA. Instead of going for the same old, American college player... this pick was thinking outside the box and taking a gamble on a pick that could be a homerun. Plus Masai is still actively involved in Basketball Without Borders and he's noticed many talents in the past like Greivis and Gorgui Dieng through the BWB program. So i'm sure he's knows this kid better than anyone through the BWB program and strongly feels about him. Question I have is did the kid not do any workouts at all or did one for the Raptors before he was guaranteed by them that they'd draft him.Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin! - Colin Mochrie
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kopite91 wrote: View PostExactly. Picks around the 20s and after are usually run-of-the-mill, rotation guys who'd be lucky to play 7-8 seasons in the NBA. Instead of going for the same old, American college player... this pick was thinking outside the box and taking a gamble on a pick that could be a homerun. Plus Masai is still actively involved in Basketball Without Borders and he's noticed many talents in the past like Greivis and Gorgui Dieng through the BWB program. So i'm sure he's knows this kid better than anyone through the BWB program and strongly feels about him. Question I have is did the kid not do any workouts at all or did one for the Raptors before he was guaranteed by them that they'd draft him.
Guess the Raptors were really high on him and don't see much potential in the other guys in the draft... Their plan was to draft Ennis at 20 and make the Prince trade to grab Caboclo at 22... At the same time the Raptors didn't do the Nappier trade with the HEAT meaning that they probably felt that he would be gone by 26. This could a controversial pick, but I have no problem with Masai taking someone who has potential to be a top 10 player in this year's draft rather than to play safe with it.
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Apollo wrote: View PostSo they swung for the fences at a position in the draft where it is very hard to come away with a stud. I hope he works out.
1) Why does this team , with few young talents and couple of good pieces, need to swing for the fans at this stage of team development?
2) Why couldn't they move down and collect more asset while minimizing their risk for this " Swing for the fence" approach?
I guess summer league will answer some of these questions
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I can't seem to find much info on him. If people thought Dante Exum was mysterious... this dude is even more fictional than chupacabra. I expect him to be in summer league, what happens after that? D-League?Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin! - Colin Mochrie
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Jamshid wrote: View PostThere are 2 questions that need to be asked here:
1) Why does this team , with few young talents and couple of good pieces, need to swing for the fans at this stage of team development?
2) Why couldn't they move down and collect more asset while minimizing their risk for this " Swing for the fence" approach?
I guess summer league will answer some of these questions
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kopite91 wrote: View PostI can't seem to find much info on him. If people thought Dante Exum was mysterious... this dude is even more fictional than chupacabra. I expect him to be in summer league, what happens after that? D-League?
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Jamshid wrote: View PostThere are 2 questions that need to be asked here:
1) Why does this team , with few young talents and couple of good pieces, need to swing for the fans at this stage of team development?
2) Why couldn't they move down and collect more asset while minimizing their risk for this " Swing for the fence" approach?
I guess summer league will answer some of these questions
1. This is the perfect time to roll the dice in the back end of the draft. This team still has a long wait before its a contender even if everything goes right.
2. It's the #20 pick, what assets are you expecting? Cash? 2nd round draft picks? What's the point?
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If you guys think about it , this guy may be a better prospect than Andrew Wiggins. We know he's an athletic phenomenon like Wiggins, but he also has size (7'7 wingspan), something Wiggins doesn't have
Both of these two are extremely raw, but I'm hearing that Bruno is a really good shooter?
If Bruno played in NCAA, where would he have gone? Top 3?
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JordanMariam14 wrote: View PostIf you guys think about it , this guy may be a better prospect than Andrew Wiggins. We know he's an athletic phenomenon like Wiggins, but he also has size (7'7 wingspan), something Wiggins doesn't have
Both of these two are extremely raw, but I'm hearing that Bruno is a really good shooter?
If Bruno played in NCAA, where would he have gone? Top 3?
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