Porter - Burke - Oladipo?

Throw a rock.

Which is a lot like a pass. So draft Burke.

If it was in my hands I would probably go with Burke.

Burke.... Make it Happen

Porter reminds me quite a lot of t. Prince. Their shoting mechanics are very similar, they both shot pretty good %, can rebound, defend, both are long but not very athletic.

Which is not bad.

Burke. Like some have mentioned I feel he has the greatest upside while still being the most proven college players. The league is becoming more and more about the primary ball handler and it's become PNR heavy two aspects of the game Burke has accelled at UM.

After Trey I'd say Oladipo then Porter. I agree Porter is the safer pick between the two. My personal philosophy while drafting is swing for the fences. Strike outs in the NBA draft are only slightly more harmful than singles and doubles. However Home runs can redefine a frachicse.

Again I'm holding out hope that we can use any combo of Gordon/Vasquez/Lopez to secure another top pick to get Burke and Oladipo to man our backcourt for years to come.

Just draft Burke.

Victor Oladipo #HandsDown

Porter.

The Burke craze is out of control.

Porter. Better player and fills a need, lookythere!

Porter is my guy. Both ends, active hands, reliable and consistent...Otto Porter have it all.

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Porter.

The Burke craze is out of control.

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Resistance is futile.

Of this list:
I would want Porter.
I think we would get Oladipo b/c Burke and Porter would be off the board.

But in reality

The pick will prolly end up being Muhammad if we are not picking in the top 3.

I would pick Oladipo mainly for the purpose of improving our defense. The Pelicans have a very poor defense and no true lock down wing defender. Adding him gives us a guy that can come in and be an above average defender and hopefully develop into a great defender. He can be the D and 3 guy this team desperately needs. My second choice would be Porter because i believe its easy to upgrade SF this year through the draft rather than FA. I wouldn't draft burke because i think we can get a better PG like Bledsoe or Jennings through FA or a trade.

holes at both, but Rivers at least poses a possible solution at PG. no solution on SF on this roster at all

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It's hard to pass on Burke if he is available. He is a true PG !

I like Porter a lot because he could complement well our line up, bring some shooting at the 3 spot, some D, and may turn into a defensive nightmare a la Aminu ! He is really a Monty-type of player !

Dipo is very good defensive player with high motor and impressive athleticism. But what worries me a bit is his offense. He has poor ball handling to drive properly at the next level IMO. He goes almost always drives right, and his drives are straight lines. He has a good shooting form, but he is not really a shooter.
I know he is another Monty-type of player, but I don't want to draft a smaller Aminu.

If we can't get Porter, we should look at Shabazz. I know he is a poor ball handle but at least he is known for his spot-up shooting. He brings toughness, athleticism and versatility. Plus he plays off the ball so he could complement very well Rivers and EG. I trust Monty enough to teach him to play hard on O and D !

So my order will be : Burke> Porter > Bazz > Oladipo

Porter without question. He's also the youngest of the three by quite a bit of a margin. I also think SF is the biggest need on this team. Maybe I have more faith in Rivers and Gordon than most on this board.

And am I the only one around here who thinks Cody Zeller is a better prospect than Trey Burke? I think Burke is a good player, but I don't think he's an elite prospect. The league is littered with good PGs, many of whom were drafted in the mid to late first round. However, the league is lacking talent at PF/C. I think Zeller could easily be an 18/8 player in this league. I know the team has Ryan Anderson there as well, but you can never have enough good bigs in this league.

Besides... many people wanted this team to move up and draft Andre Drummond last year despite knowing we had Ryan Anderson and were going to draft Davis.

Best player available. Think of history! (The passing of lillard, Jordan, etc.)


We get the frickin best player on the board!

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Best player available. Think of history! (The passing of lillard, Jordan, etc.)


We get the frickin best player on the board!

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ok well out of those 3 which one do u think is the best...?

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Porter without question. He's also the youngest of the three by quite a bit of a margin. I also think SF is the biggest need on this team. Maybe I have more faith in Rivers and Gordon than most on this board.

And am I the only one around here who thinks Cody Zeller is a better prospect than Trey Burke? I think Burke is a good player, but I don't think he's an elite prospect. The league is littered with good PGs, many of whom were drafted in the mid to late first round. However, the league is lacking talent at PF/C. I think Zeller could easily be an 18/8 player in this league. I know the team has Ryan Anderson there as well, but you can never have enough good bigs in this league.

Besides... many people wanted this team to move up and draft Andre Drummond last year despite knowing we had Ryan Anderson and were going to draft Davis.

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Drummond and Zeller not even close. Drummond is a much better prospect both then and definitely now. Not to mention Drummond is a true center while Zeller is more like to be a PF or a stretch center at best. He will get killed in the post.

drummond is a true center 100% zeller is not, we need a drummond type center next to AD. a banger, someone tough, not soft. And statistically zeller got worse this year than last year, thats not a good sign, could already have reached his ceiling

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Drummond and Zeller not even close. Drummond is a much better prospect both then and definitely now. Not to mention Drummond is a true center while Zeller is more like to be a PF or a stretch center at best. He will get killed in the post.

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Anthony Davis is a Center and will play Center most likely by his third season. Zeller would be a PF here in the likes of David West.

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drummond is a true center 100% zeller is not, we need a drummond type center next to AD. a banger, someone tough, not soft. And statistically zeller got worse this year than last year, thats not a good sign, could already have reached his ceiling

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No one needs a Drummond type of Center. Davis will be the best Center in the league within 5 years. Zeller is also a better player than Drummond. Prospect? Maybe not. But Drummond has major flaws that he will most likely never be able to correct. His free throw issues stand out the most. Hack a Drummond will be the norm considering he can't even make 40% of his free throws, let alone 50, which is typically what you consider successful if you employ the Hack-a-Player strategy.

Cody Zeller would most likely have been drafted higher than Drummond last year had he declared. His only real flaw is that he doesn't have a long wingspan, so he will probably never be a great defender.

ur assuming davis will be a center, it isnt guaranteed. and if that is the case id rather anthony bennett than rivers, sure people can say he is bad on D but people said the same about rivers, in the nba with a good coach and next to people like davis he would be fine, plus he is an absolute force.

Only way Davis isn't a Center is if they get a bigger guy next to him, like Lopez. But I don't think it's out of the question to think that Lopez was brought in, especially on his non-guaranteed contract, to just fill in that spot until Davis puts on that 15 pounds of muscle the team has planned for Davis to add over the next two off-seasons. Plus, at his talent, Davis's value to the team goes through the roof as a Center. There are a lot more players in the league that can do what he does as a PF compared to guys that play Center. It's just like if Ryan Anderson was a SF. His value would drop like a rock. There are plenty of good 3 point shooting SFs.

Davis already shares the floor a lot with Anderson anyway. And there are very few "bangers" at center in the league anymore. There are much more stretch bigs and bigs that can run the floor. Zeller can run the floor with anyone, as can Davis.

Again, I wouldn't take Cody over Porter, McLemore, or Noel. And I'd like to see just how short his wingspan is. But I'm not as sold on Burke as a lot of people here are. He's not Chris Paul like some here have tried to compare him to. Chris Paul played with nobodies at Wake Forest and had a work ethic and will to win unlike almost any player you would see. Trey Burke played with 3 others who likely could be lottery picks. He'll be a very good NBA player, but his value as a PG prospect over the next PG prospect is likely not anywhere close to the value a good PF/C prospect could give you over the next prospect at that position.

It's a toss up between Burke or Porter! I would take either one!