Derik Queen?

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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    Clingan is slower than Edey as well.

    I don't like DQ as a prospect, but using Edey as a benchmark doesn't hold a lot of weight
     
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    I don't think we should be looking at a guy like Queen to be the Bobby Portis to Clingan's BroLo. I think a guy like Rasheer Fleming makes a lot more sense, at least he does to me. I think he's the perfect small ball 5 for us, stretching the floor on O and extremely switchable 2 through 5 on D. It also seems like, as of right now most people have Queen getting taken higher than Fleming so maybe we could even trade back and get some extra value while also getting the better fit.

    I don't want anyone to freak out because I said, fit. I think for our team and what we need Queen makes no sense because we have to have defensive minded guys in this system that we just signed up for 3 more years of. So I have Fleming higher on my draft board and at the same time getting drafted after Queen.
     
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    I had talked with a few friends of mine that are NBA scouts who said it was going to be one of the weakest drafts ever and shared that here. Were they wrong?
     

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