Kyle Kuzma and Jordan Bell tonight

I was the biggest Collins supporter of them all. Shall we revisit some old posts?

 

Just saying you repped Olynyk harder. Understandably though because of his long career at Gonzaga.

Zacks ceiling is like Kuzma and Bell combined. Offense and Defense.

 

I was never crazy about the Swanigan pick, but I understood the presumed reasoning behind it. He was a safe pick to take the pressure off Collins to pan out immediately.

 

If only he had the Odenesque 24 PER to go with it.

 

Guys guys. It's early. MCW looked like a perennial All Star after 30 games. CJ looked like a bust for two years. Swanigan could become better than Kuzma in my opinion. Hasn't had the minutes to show what he can do yet. He was awesome in summer league.

 

This. Kuzma in college had about the same impact on games as Layman did for Maryland. They were guys who had skill and size, but played a team game. You never know if that guy has another level to their game or not. It appears that Olshey thought Jake did. That remains to be seen, although so far, his shot is just way too inconsistent. Kuzma on the other hand, had another level. And unless you have a cell phone capture of Olshey's draft we will never know his predraft thoughts on Kuzma. He could have been on a "do not draft" list, or he could have been 1b to Swanigan's 1a. We will never know. And that is why the draft is like gambling. The best talent evaluators will miss sometimes, and the most inept will hit a homerun.

All data regresses toward the mean. Look at the over all draft analysis and Olshey has done a damned good job.

 

Exactly. Smart fans realize this, others continue to bitch and whine about every player ever missed.

 

I love that YOU are calling people out for for this

 

Dude, why the fuck don't you realize this for other stuff at the start of the season? Everyone was screaming "small sample size" after you did shit like call the Magic legit and a playoff team.

Summer League doesn't mean shit. Summer League he was bigger or the same size as everyone so he could still get shots off around the rim. At the NBA rim, he's too small/unathletic. He gets blocked so much. Zach Randolph was always extremely overrated as a big that usually shot less than 50% from 2pt, and that's the pipedream scenario for Swanigan. I thought it was a horrible pick at the time, bought into him because I love his overall attitude and effort, but he's not going to be a good NBA player.

 

I was right on Mitchell and Tatum. I didn't want Mitchell until a couple weeks before the draft but the more I watched and studied him the more I believed that his athleticism, wingspan, strength, combined with so-so yet develop-able skills were going to make him a very good player. Liked Collins as well. Said Tatum was going to be the best player from this draft and I stand by this statement. If he played for a trash team, he'd be getting 20ppg on 45/45/80. Since he plays for BOS he's getting 14ppg on 50/50/80.

 

Seriously? Awesome in Summer League? Remember Qyntel Woods? Swanigan is a good story but he has very little explosion and lacks almost any perimeter quickness. Those two things aren't likely to get better anytime soon. It doesn't mean he can't learn to play like Zach Randolph but those players are very few and far between.

 

Z-Bo always had a knack for deceptively out-quicking players. That's not something he had to develop once in the league to find a niche. Swanigan's ceiling is a small fraction of Z-Bo's sustained level of play. He can, however, be a much better teammate than Z-Bo was the first half of his career, and that's pretty important for a bench player.

 

Dude. He hasn't played enough minutes to make these judgements.

 

Dame has seen Swanigan play more than you have and he was impressed and said he will be good in NBA.

 

I saw Swanigan play great in home opener against New Orleans' big front line. He's for real. Stats:

5 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and a monster block

 

In all fairness do yo really think dame would say anything else regardless of what he believes? Dame has been known to support his teammates regardless.
I would expect him to say hat about every player on his team throughout his career. He knows how important confidence can be to taking your game to the next level.

 

Dame was asked who he was impressed with. He said Swanigan. Didn't say anything about Collins in that interview.

 

And which of the two looks like they need more mentally positive support?

 

You answered your own question. Dame tends to get it wrong when it comes to talent evaluation. He bet on the losing horse of the two there, as evidenced by who is in the regular rotation and who is in the G-league...which is made even worse by it supposedly being just the opposite based on who was ready to contribute at the start of the year.