Oladipo

[Pelicans78]

SAY NO TO BURKE

drafting for need will get you burned everytime!!!!!!!
Rivers was a prime example.
we needed a pg and a back-up sg

there was a somewhat unexpected run on guards with beal, waiters, lilliard and ROSS going before our pick.

at 10, I would have drafted john henson. It was obvious he would be a solid pro..
moe harkless and andrew nicholson too.

we didn't need those positions, but we didn't need rivers either.

I like the dude, but am not a believer. He is going to get hurt fallin all over the place trying to finish. I admire it, cause he cant finish near the rack; but he's going to need to stop and pop in the future. ((BTW how the heck can he not shoot FT's???)
To prove me wrong he will have to come back next year with the 'ball on a string'. Cause he was so far from having the necessary handles on the ball with his left hand especially, (and comfortably viewing the court while dribbling) that developing it in ONE off-season will demonstrate he has what it takes from a professional standpoint.

I agree with you about Henson. At the 10th spot, I liked him along with Terrence Jones, Jeremy Lamb and Meyers Leonard. Would have been happy with any of those guys at the 10th spot over Rivers and I'm not a huge believer in Rivers, but he's still young.

I think Oladipo and Burke are close in my opinion. Not a huge difference in overall talent. Since there is not a huge difference, question is which guy provides more of a need. If Gordon is around, do we need Oladipo long-term? If Gordon is out of the picture, I go with Oladipo over Burke. Otherwise I go with Burke.

[Pelicans78]

Burke scares me as a shooter minded pg. feels like westchuck. Idk maybe not but I don't feel like we need a pg that often falls in love with the pull up 3pt shot.

He's not anything like that to be honest. He can be a distributor and score when needed. His assist rate to turnover rate was impressive this past season.

[AD23forMVP]

I think Burke will be better than Bledsoe long-term mostly because of his offense. Bledsoe is probably better right now due to experience, but I think Burke will be the better pro. Bledsoe is easily better defensively, but questions on running an offense and shooting.

Well I think you have to go back to what this team needs? If you made a list of things this team needs I think you would be able to look at Bledsoe and mark everything off that list. He's exactly what we need. And in terms of shooting, if you look at the numbers among PG's, he's average at the rim, above average in the paint, below average from midrange, and is shooting 40% from 3pt range, though he doesn't take it all that much.

[Shelbywmccarty]

He's not anything like that to be honest. He can be a distributor and score when needed. His assist rate to turnover rate was impressive this past season.

I delete this because I don't think he will. But Westbrook wasn't really tht in college either

And I wanted to keep this more about dipo

[Pelicans78]

I fail to see how this is a red flag. We ask players to go back to school to continue honing their skills and when they do dominate its a red flag that it took him this long to "dominate"? (Not that I agree).

His "dominance" has always been about his defense. Knowing he can be a non-liability of offense was enough to propel him to a lottery pick

Oladipo wasn't dominant on defense until this past season. Its a red flag as far as being a star talent because basically he dominated a level which is severely watered down compared to the NBA game and it took him 3 seasons to do it. How will that translate to the NBA level? How long will it take him to be a consistent contributor? Will his shooting translate to a much longer 3-point shot? Will he be able to defend more gifted NBA players compared to the college game?

[AD23forMVP]

Burke will struggle defensively in the league. Don't think he'll be an efficient offensive player either.

[Shelbywmccarty]

Everyone likes the per stats.

[Pelicans78]

Well I think you have to go back to what this team needs? If you made a list of things this team needs I think you would be able to look at Bledsoe and mark everything off that list. He's exactly what we need. And in terms of shooting, if you look at the numbers among PG's, he's average at the rim, above average in the paint, below average from midrange, and is shooting 40% from 3pt range, though he doesn't take it all that much.

If Gordon is around long-term, than I think Bledsoe will be fine because that will be alot less pressure on him offensively. Now if Gordon is not a long-term option, the team may need to address another position outside the point. I think Oladipo, Burke, and Porter are similar overall, but I think Porter is being underrated on this forum. He's a really good player who can start right away at SF in this league. Personally, I think he's a better overall prospect than Harrison Barnes, but I can be accused of being biased since I wasn't that high on Barnes coming out.

[Pelicans78]

Burke will struggle defensively in the league. Don't think he'll be an efficient offensive player either.

I agree Burke will struggle defensively. People compare him to CP3, but his defense isn't anywhere close. A fair comparison is Lillard. Both are similar. Lillard is a more efficient scorer, Burke is a better passer, and both stink defensively.

[Shelbywmccarty]

Looks to me like he got a good bit better on defense both between all three seasons

[AD23forMVP]

I'm so so on Porter. Mostly because this forum went through a phase where they were overrating him.

Honestly I'll welcome anyone we pick, but I'm not all that high on anyone in this draft.

I've always liked the idea of adding those guys who have one very good or elite skill that go late in the draft. A Jeff Withey, Doug McDermott, Gorgui Dieng, Allen Crabbe etc. Maybe make a move for Bledsoe and LA's first this year and next somehow. Those are the guys that really lead teams to championships.

[AD23forMVP]

I agree Burke will struggle defensively. People compare him to CP3, but his defense isn't anywhere close. A fair comparison is Lillard. Both are similar. Lillard is a more efficient scorer, Burke is a better passer, and both stink defensively.

I was just thinking the same exact thing. A smaller less athletic Lillard.

[Pelicans78]

Looks to me like he got a good bit better on defense both between all three seasons

That was my point. I said he wasn't an elite defender until his junior year and that he didn't dominate until his junior year.

[AD23forMVP]

Yeah, 97 drtg isn't all that great in college.

[Pelicans78]

I was just thinking the same exact thing. A smaller less athletic Lillard.

Yeah Lillard is alot more athletic and can score a bit better. I think Burke has better skills distributing.

[Shelbywmccarty]

He was still better than Burke his soph year.

Ad only got to 80 drtg in his one year.

I think he is ready to go def in the nba. Heck who knows. Drummond didn't do anything in college and is doing well in nba

[AD23forMVP]

He was still better than Burke his soph year.

Which says something about Burke, doesn't it?

[Pelicans78]

I'm so so on Porter. Mostly because this forum went through a phase where they were overrating him.

Honestly I'll welcome anyone we pick, but I'm not all that high on anyone in this draft.

I've always liked the idea of adding those guys who have one very good or elite skill that go late in the draft. A Jeff Withey, Doug McDermott, Gorgui Dieng, Allen Crabbe etc. Maybe make a move for Bledsoe and LA's first this year and next somehow. Those are the guys that really lead teams to championships.

I'm not high on this class either. Losing Smart was a big blow to this class and a blow to our pick. I liked last year's class better overall.

I wonder what we would have to give up to get the Clippers' to do all that? Give up Gordon?

[AD23forMVP]

Yeah Lillard is alot more athletic and can score a bit better. I think Burke has better skills distributing.

Agreed.

I think Burke will be a fine player, but he will be a player you can pick apart advanced stats wise. Low efficiency, high turnover rating, poor defender.

[da ThRONe]

I agree Burke will struggle defensively. People compare him to CP3, but his defense isn't anywhere close. A fair comparison is Lillard. Both are similar. Lillard is a more efficient scorer, Burke is a better passer, and both stink defensively.

I've seen Burke lock up on defense enough not to worry as much as others. The key will be to have him do so consistently. Same with Paul he was a suspect defender leaving Wake.

[Pelicans78]

He was still better than Burke his soph year.

Ad only got to 80 drtg in his one year.

I think he is ready to go def in the nba. Heck who knows. Drummond didn't do anything in college and is doing well in nba

He was better than Burke defensively his sophomore season, but not overall as a player. Still, Burke and Oladipo are the same age and Oladipo was a little better this season overall. However, if we keep Gordon, than Oladipo isn't much of a need. I have Oladipo barely higher than Burke overall.

[NOLa.]

I really like Crabbe from Cal if we somehow acquire a late first round. I think he can be a solid wing defender from the start and has a baseline of a defensive specialist role player, which is never bad. But he can score to, just don't know if he will effectively score in the NBA.

[AD23forMVP]

I'm not high on this class either. Losing Smart was a big blow to this class and a blow to our pick. I liked last year's class better overall.

I wonder what we would have to give up to get the Clippers' to do all that? Give up Gordon?

Top 5 draft pick and Greivis Vasquez for Eric Bledsoe and picks?

I think some will scoff at that but I don't think they get how much better this team would be with Bledsoe at PG. Especially if Gordon returns to form, which Monty seems confident in.

[da ThRONe]

Agreed.

I think Burke will be a fine player, but he will be a player you can pick apart advanced stats wise. Low efficiency, high turnover rating, poor defender.

That's his strength taking care of the ball. Don't know how you project him to be poor at it at the next level.

[Shelbywmccarty]

Dipo had higher ortg than Burke too this year. Which is what we are ultimately looking at. . Dipo

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