I can't take credit for this. Saw this on a NYK fan site and then looked him up. Player's name is Deonte Burton. Very unusual size at 6'5" (in shoes as NBA players are measured), 260 lb and a 7' wingspan.
Pluses:
1 very mentally and physically tough (a trait NYK has desperately lacked)
2 multi-skilled (shooting, handle, passing, defending)
3 uses lefty-ness in Zach Randolph kind of way (you know he's going left, but he gets there any way with varied release points and funky interior moves)
Minus:
1 height/weight
2 not a great athlete by any stretch but not bad either
He will likely be there at 58.
i think especially with top picks os to see how they take to coaching also to see what kind of shape they are in
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sixers have been tanking for how long?
the celtics are set for the future? lets see who they draft first, ainge has not been the best drafter...
relax, breathe
Sixers for one whole entire year before the Knicks.
When has ainge fucked up a top pick? His job is pretty clear cut this year.
if its true that the deal may be bigger to involvr butler it would be the dumbest movr aingr can make, they are not beating cleveland or gs...
and what high pick has ainge had that he kept and the celtics developed? brown right now is an unknown, he always goes for the quick fix...
and sixers have been tanking only 1 year more than the knicks? seriously? knicks 1 amd only tank is kp, sixers have how many top picks?
sixers should be a playoff team by now with all the picks they have had
So Embiid (2014) is their first actual top pick they got from tanking. Then okafor then Simmons. So the Knicks actually started their slide the same year philly started tanking, only the Knicks didn't have their pick I believe that year. It just seems like philly has been longer since they didn't trade their firsts.
Ainge isn't some stellar drafter but I don't think he's a scrub either. He's probably a B- drafter and an A manager.
I think basketball men would say that there is no substitute for seeing players live, with their own eyes. See how a guy moves, how he cuts, little things about mechanics etc. See what he has been doing since March re shooting/body work. See how he take coaching, how competitive he is in practice, and how he takes an elbow in the back.
15 they tanked intentionally after melo goy hurt, they traded away smith and shump for nothing, they tanked