Porter Jr. or Burke or Oladipo?

Who would you draft or other?

1. Porter
2. Oladipo
3. Burke

I think Porter is the safest choice and the best player available (while also perhaps filing the biggest need) even though he doesn't have Oladipo's upside.

1. Burke
2. Oladipo
3. Porter

Ideally I would love to trade Gordon and draft both Burke and Oladipo. That would be my backcourt of the future.

Christ this is a friggin' hard choice. I like all these dudes. I like Burke's fledgling potential to take and make huge baskets at the end of games. I like Oladipo's ability to make huge plays on both ends of the court and how friggin' athletic he is. And I like Porter's all-aroundness and his size, length, and athleticism.

I'm torn between porter and Burke.

If we keep gordon and sign jennings then I want porter, if we trade gordon for a SF and sign jennings ill take oladipo, if we keep gordon and sign a SF ill take burke

Porter may be the BPA. Either way, they're all the best avaible so I think we would then look at need and take Porter.




Don't sleep on Autin Rivers....

Otto porter is just meh to me. Yes he's decent at a lot of things, but both Burke and Oladipo have the potential to great at some things. I'd take a great offensive player or defensive player over someone who will be so-so at everything.

1. Porter
2. Burke
3. Oladipo

Alot of people are saying Porter is so so. That must be a projection for the NBA because he looked very good at all aspects for Georgetown this season. He carried his team this year, even more than Burke did. Burke had alot more to work with. I do think Burke has more potential, but I think Porter brings everything you want at the SF spot and that is our biggest hole. He is also projected to go higher in every single mock draft i've seen going back to August so there's no doubt he's BPA if they're both there when we pick. I really want Burke though, as well. I think maybe we could work out a trade with some like OKC and try to jump back into the lottery to get Burke assuming he's there when they pick and they don't really need any more lottery players. Maybe take a bad contract from them that wouldn't kill our cap space and get two young we really like and build our team around them, AD, AR, and Ryno. I like Porter and Burke alot so this was tough, but Porter is the pick for me.

Would really like for the coaching staff to get him in the gym and see how well he shoots. He shot effectively well for being the only guy on that team who was worth much for scoring. I just hate seeing Aminu catch the ball at the 3 point line with a wide open shot and him hesitate with his decision making. The funniest is when he pump fakes from like 20 feet from the basket and his defender actually JUMPS! Hahahaha.

ya we need to find a way to sign aminu to a 1 year large deal, overpay for 1 year just incase he can finally put it together.

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Originally Posted by HornetGuru

ya we need to find a way to sign aminu to a 1 year large deal, overpay for 1 year just incase he can finally put it together.

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Um no. lol What over the past 200 games makes you think Aminu is putting anything "shooting" wise together? People need to let go of Aminu becoming a reliable shooter.

I like Aminu, but I'm not giving him a large anything.

1. Burke
2. Oladipo
3. Porter

Gotta go Porter, by a nose. One of those scenarios where there are no bad choices.

I'll be happy with any of them. They all make our team better in different ways.

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Originally Posted by HornetGuru

ya we need to find a way to sign aminu to a 1 year large deal, overpay for 1 year just incase he can finally put it together.

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It would have to be quite large for him to except a one year deal. Other teams will be offering multi-year deals. I hope we resign him. I think somewhere in the 3 mil a season ball park is fair for what he's shown. His shooting hasn't improved too much per say, but the rest of his game and his confidence is leaps and bounds from where it was last year. He hasn't had a whole off season to work on his shooting since he got here, so i'm not giving up hope that it can improve. Do I think he'll ever be Paul George from the arc? Hell no. But can he get more consistant on his mid range game? I see no reason why not. I'd love to have a SF rotation of:
Porter/Aminu/Miller (with Miller also getting minutes at the backup SG spot)

You have a do it all Batum type for a starter, a high energy defensive and rebounding freak as your backup, and a role player who is smart, can play mutliple positions, and can hit threes getting some minutes too. I think our SF problems would be gone if we could draft Porter and resign Aminu.

Burke
Porter
Oladipo

Porter, Burke, Oladipo.

Great question.

I like Porter for his play on offense and defense. The only thing is that I see a lot of SF in next years draft so go best player available and get a temp 3 if not Porter.

Give me Oladipo.

My order of preference would be Burke, Porter Jr, Oladipo. But I honestly would love to have any of those 3.

Dipo
Porter
Trade down for McCollum.

I'm telling you draft Burke this year and we will be an amazing team .

I was for Olidipo but the more I've watched Burke in the tournament the more I think he should be the choice.

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Originally Posted by TPDG22

Give me Oladipo.

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Oladipo!,,,,,,, it's not close,

U Sony pick for need in the NBA, you try and pick all stars and hope for starters.

Watch his highlights on draft express, can finish as well as any guard, shoot the rock, and chooses his shots wisely. Hat the athleticism, to be a

Lock down defender

Looks better than waiters did.

Next 3
Smart/mclemore, Noel gone (my next 3)
1 Rudy gobert

2 Anthony Bennet (spread floor, d, muscle>porter w no shot)

2 dj Calhoun (everybody! Everybody, needs a guard that can fill it from deep so they don't sag in the lane) he is Steph curry


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Originally Posted by Miss_318

I was for Olidipo but the more I've watched Burke in the tournament the more I think he should be the choice.

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Burke is small and won't excel in half court type games without bein lethat from 3, or superman

Trey Burkes, has the clutch gene, he makes some amazing passes can shoot the three ball and practically leading his team to a NCAA championship by himself...
Why the heck wouldn't you pick this guy.. yes we got Vasquez but he doesnt have the impact yet to lead a team to victories like CP3 did, and i see just that in Burkes.

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Originally Posted by fullcourtpress

Burke is small and won't excel in half court type games without bein lethat from 3, or superman

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Chris Paul?

I think the pelicans give Rivers a chance at PG since that is why you drafted him. My top 3 starts with Smart because he can play the 2 as well. McLemore which could guard the 3 if necessary, then Porter. Olidipo would be next then trade down for a late pick and next year one.

I love this thread for discussion's sake, but it's kind of moot because we won't have our choice between all three. Perhaps two. Maybe only one of them are left by 6-8.

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Originally Posted by fullcourtpress

Burke is small and won't excel in half court type games without bein lethat from 3, or superman

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Wrong.

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Originally Posted by fullcourtpress

Burke is small and won't excel in half court type games without bein lethat from 3, or superman

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Isiah Thomas, J.J. Barea, and Jameer Nelson all are shorter than Burke and all manage to get there production. IMO none of them have his talent level.

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

Isiah Thomas, J.J. Barea, and Jameer Nelson all are shorter than Burke and all manage to get there production. IMO none of them have his talent level.

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Yeah those guys are niche type players. I think Burke can be the real deal. Anyone know his wingspan ? That'd settle my fears.

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Originally Posted by BallSoHard

Yeah those guys are niche type players. I think Burke can be the real deal. Anyone know his wingspan ? That'd settle my fears.

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Draftexpress has his measurements as 6'0 tall in shoes with a 6'5 wingspan.

I figured he was under 6' without shoes. The 6'5" wingspan makes me feel better.

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

Isiah Thomas, J.J. Barea, and Jameer Nelson all are shorter than Burke and all manage to get there production. IMO none of them have his talent level.

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And their teams...suck?

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Originally Posted by fullcourtpress

And their teams...suck?

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We suck and we have Anthony Davis therefore he sucks right? That's asinine logic. Being on a bad team doesn't make you a bad player.

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And their teams...suck?

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J.J. Barea has a championship ring and Jameer Nelson has been to the Finals. So....

Barrea had a pretty big piece in the championship run too.

I like Burke. I think he will make it in the NBA and have a nice career. We would be lucky to have him. His height isn't an issue to me. His speed might be, but contrary to what that guy on 24/7 says, Burke should be on our radar or our front office should be fired for overlooking the best pg in NCAA.

Burke, but Muhammad before Porter or Oladipo

Dipo all the way

I've watched every game of Michigan on the ncaa tourney and liked pretty much Burke. He's got a nice shoting stroke and range, good handles, pass and court vision.
At some point, Burke reminds me of George Hill. Mainly cause of his body building I guess.

I would go with Burke.

Ps: i think this year is the first time I have ever watched more than 1 college game.

porter
burke
ola

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Originally Posted by AD23

Burke, but Muhammad before Porter or Oladipo

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:eek:

1. Porter (won't be there)
2. Dipo (probably won't be there)
3. Burke :coolg:

porter
bazz
burke
oladipo

I think VO gives you more versatility in what you want to do going forward. If you want to keep Gordon, fine run VO at the 3. He is combo player. Because of his long arms and defensive ability you can play him there. Well you dont want to keep Gordon? Trade him and play VO at the 2. I really think that Granger is gettable. Send Gordon to Indy. Run Rivers at the one OR much better, make it three team deal and send Lopez and Aminu to LAC for Bledsoe and somebody else (I dont know Ryan Hollins?). Sign Al Jefferson

Bledsoe, Rivers, Roberts
VO, Rivers
Granger,Miller
Davis, Ryno, Smith
Jefferson, Hollins

Has Shabazz fallen that far? He is a scoring wing, the best in the draft, and we need scoring from the wing. Like Davis he was the top recruit in the country last year and though now he is deemed a "below the rim" player, last year he won the dunk contest for McDonald's All-Americans (just saying, he's got some hops). I'm not saying I'd take him above Porter, but if we are sitting there at six, seven or eight, I think he'd merit some strong consideration. I'd be happy to live with a vasquez/gordon/bazz backcourt until the trading deadline and see what we've got. You could also move bazz to two-guard if you deal Gordon.

I won't be mad if they take Bazz but he's gonna have to convince me that he's worth the pick. I'll warm up to him I'm sure but I'll be skeptical.

And I don't really want to be married to his dad either, ugh.