[Pick #11] A case for Meyers Leonard

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Meyers Leonard - Soph.
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    No convincing needed for me. I saw him earlier this year and was amazed at how athletic he is. For a guy 7 foot tall he moves fluidly, no big white stiff. As a coach though, I watched his foot work the most and am convinced he'll be a very good NBA center. Not an All-Star, but far better than Spencer Hawes who we may be looking at in free agency.
     
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    I like Leonard. I wouldn't be unhappy taking a chance on him late-lotto or somewhere in the teens.
     
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  4. Fez Hammersticks

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    Haynes thinks he's a lock to go top-9.

    If you really want him maybe try to move up from #11 to #8.
     
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    If he has any kind of motor and competitiveness, I wouldn't think he'd be a "bust" if picked in the teens (or even at 11). The 11th pick doesn't have to be an all star to have a successful career.
     
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    I've read more than one scouting report saying he has a high motor.

    With the right coaching and PG maybe he could develop into a Joakim Noah type of C.
     
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    Drummond
     
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    We already have Thabeet.
     
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    I respect you man, but Leonard is nothing like Thabeet.
     
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    I didn't know anything about Leonard two weeks ago. And the whole Drummond thing has me confused -- is he the next Bynum or the next Kwame Brown? Does he have a motor? Does he have the competitive streak of say, Shaq? If not, Drummond is the one who is more likely to be the bust.

    If those who are paid to know determine Drummond lacks the motor and drive that makes players winners, while the less physically dominant Leonard does, then I'd rather have Leonard at 11 than Drummond at 6. (Notice those are 'ifs'.)

    Why I think Leonard would be a good gamble at 11 (or say 12-16 if we could swing it) in two words: Joel Przybilla. If we were to draft Leonard, I would hire Joel either as a player or coach to teach him the Joel Way of the Warrior. He's already got the athleticism to play offense. Joel could turn him into a man.
     
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    Drummond won't be there at 11. He may not even be there at 6. In which case, the question would be, do we gamble on Leonard at 11?
     
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    FWIW, the Warriors have been said to have liked Leonard for quite a while now, and I've read it from multiple local writers who "hear" this. Why does that matter? Jerry West loved Klay Thompson last year and everyone knew it wayyyy ahead of the draft. He seems to give a lot of info to Rusty Simmons, a local beat writer, and seems to not give a shit that much that he's leaking the info.

    Doesn't really mean anything, but if West does give the guy his blessing then its something to think about.

    As far as his mentality, apparently hes pretty competitive. There are questions as to whether he lacks confidence at times, but he also gets very intense in games, scowling at people a la KG, Bogut, Perkins, etc. The crying thing obviously brings up memories of Adam Morrison in college. I think he could be the good kind of crazy. And as for his work ethic, just look at the improvement from freshman to sophomore year. He went from barely playing to being a very nice contributor, making the kind of improvement that college people typically look for from Fr. to So. year.
     
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    Hedging your bets. You'll soon say that you like every single guy in this draft, so 3 years from now, you can link back to that, and not all the others, to try to show how smart you are. Come on now.
     
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    You respect me??? You must be a slow learner.

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    Golden State is drafting Terrance Jones, not this cracker!
     
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    While Przybilla has failed to turn Aldridge into a man, I noticed that Thabeet lost his oncourt smile when Joel got signed. Joel's seriousness rubs off onto most players.
     
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    Just throwing out options. If we don't trade up the pick at #11 has a lot of players on that same tier -- Leonard/Marshall/Rivers/Jones/etc.
     
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    Seems like a decent enough gamble at 11 ... tough to say if any of these center prospects are going to work out. History says no -- and not just the Blazer's general curse with drafting centers.
     
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    When I see things mentioned about a big man like:

    mechanical, raw offensive game, tentative\soft....I move right along...this guy is 6 fouls and a screen every once in awhile...


    POR would be lucky if he resembled anything close to Kelvin Cato...
     
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