Jabari Smith entering the draft

[cole256 17,042]

19 minutes ago, NWALA Tiger said:

To me, Smiths game translates to the NBA more quickly than Holmgren. But I'm a little biased 😁

I think everyone is looking at him and thinking Kevin Durant. That can be good or bad I think. He's a scoring power house though

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,656]

1 hour ago, NWALA Tiger said:

To me, Smiths game translates to the NBA more quickly than Holmgren. But I'm a little biased 😁

Chet is definitely the ceiling pick. The weird thing is the high floor pick is Banchero. Jabari is the inbetween guy. He’s always had the most nba translatable skill in his outside shooting as compared to the other 3, and I think that’s helped in the “needs” evaluation for Orlando 

They also don’t need him to be a ball handler, which I’m sure helped in ignoring that weakness. He should be a day 1 top 6-7 guy for them, and it’s only that low because they as of right now, have like 3-4 guys who could feasibly get minutes at his position 

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,656]

I also think it’s borderline impossible for him to not go #1 unless Orlando has an 11th hour change of heart. They apparently have a tight lipped org, so it is possible that the information these agencies have been relying on for mocks isn’t entirely correct 

[Dunndone414 469]

Betting odds have dramatically shifted in the last 48 hours. Paolo is now the favorite to go #1. Avoiding Orlando isn’t a bad outcome, OKC would be a better landing spot. 

[augolf1716 21,102]

16 minutes ago, Dunndone414 said:

Betting odds have dramatically shifted in the last 48 hours. Paolo is now the favorite to go #1. Avoiding Orlando isn’t a bad outcome, OKC would be a better landing spot. 

That hurts Dunn 

[Maverick.AU 13,279]

33 minutes ago, Dunndone414 said:

Betting odds have dramatically shifted in the last 48 hours. Paolo is now the favorite to go #1. Avoiding Orlando isn’t a bad outcome, OKC would be a better landing spot. 

Anything can happen, but 

 

[aubearcat 2,136]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34135612/nba-draft-order-increasingly-firm-jabari-smith-chet-holmgren-paolo-banchero-1-2-3-sources-say

[Dunndone414 469]

Trust Woj. Seeing some commentary about weird stuff happening last night with betting markets. 

[abw0004 10,110]

On 6/19/2022 at 9:21 PM, cole256 said:

I think everyone is looking at him and thinking Kevin Durant. That can be good or bad I think. He's a scoring power house though

We just need to teach him to stay off of Twitter and not to create a burner account...

[abw0004 10,110]

1 hour ago, Dunndone414 said:

Betting odds have dramatically shifted in the last 48 hours. Paolo is now the favorite to go #1. Avoiding Orlando isn’t a bad outcome, OKC would be a better landing spot. 

As an OKC Fan, I would love to see him play for us.

[Dunndone414 469]

3 minutes ago, Dunndone414 said:

Trust Woj. Seeing some commentary about weird stuff happening last night with betting markets. 

[Dunndone414 469]

1 hour ago, augolf1716 said:

That hurts Dunn 

No offense to our central Florida friends.

 

You still have a lot of great things down there! Disney, memories of Penny Hardaway, humidity…

[augolf1716 21,102]

14 minutes ago, Dunndone414 said:

No offense to our central Florida friends.

 

You still have a lot of great things down there! Disney, memories of Penny Hardaway, humidity…

You left out Shaq, Dwight, and Tracy McGrady  

but we do have some of the best golf courses in the world thank god

[AUBwins 10,074]

On 6/19/2022 at 7:56 PM, cole256 said:

That and they'd like for him to be a stronger rebounder and better play maker but all of that will get better with strength and experience

To your point, how much longer would Holmgren have to develop to get said strength?  The dude is a stick. 

Edited June 23, 2022 by AUBwins

[DAG 33,964]

I feel like Jabari’s game is built for today’s NBA. Just don’t see how he doesn’t go #1

[aubearcat 2,136]

 

[cole256 17,042]

3 hours ago, AUBwins said:

To your point, how much longer would Holmgren have to develop to get said strength?  The dude is a stick. 

Chet has a terrific skill set. Everyone is going to literally test him physically. If he shows he has some fight, he'll get every opportunity to be a star

[Dunndone414 469]

 

[aubearcat 2,136]

That sucks. I wanted Jabari to go first so bad. 

[WFE12 9,191]

They couldn’t let us have this… I know it’s nitpicking since he’s still going high but cmon man..

[WFE12 9,191]

Jabari looking pissed

[yngwie1995 2,229]

Crazy. Gotta think this fires him up. Houston is getting a steal (assuming they pick him).

[mustache eagle 2,397]

Me thinks Orlando will feel the jabari smith wrath in the future.  If Orlando was doing a rope a dope, does that mean they were lying to jabari?

[JDUBB4AU 5,110]

This is bull s*** . JS is the best player by far. This is trash , but huge congrats . 

[abw0004 10,110]