Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
The single most confusing part of this entire draft to me is how much some people love Rui. I don't like Reddish, but I can at least see why some people do: he's got the size, his shooting looks good in the gym and in workouts, he has the perfect defensive build for a lengthy modern wing, etc. He's not there, but there's at least the potential, physically and in isolation.
Rui just baffles me. He may be the worst passer in this draft. He has negative feel for the game, just absolutely nothing at all. His defense is abominable. People brag about how he runs the floor like a gazelle, and that's true, but he also reads the game like a gazelle, and interprets defenses like a gazelle. Two of the things I look for above anything else in prospects are IQ and feel, and he just has absolutely none of either.
But some people absolutely love him. Confusing.