Off Season heading into the draft

Custodianrules2 · Apr 22, 2010

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This is the key. In our position this year we gotta go with the guy with the highest upside. If we do stay in the top 4 the pick is obvious; whoever's left out of Wall, Turner, Favors, and Cousins in that order. I rank Favors over Cousins because of his upside. Cousins out produced him in college and hes more of a pure C of the two but I'm a bit concerned about his poor hops. Dude can barely get above the rim on a wide open dunk. He did well scoring on guys in college and I think he can do alright as a below the rim player in the NBA but I see him struggling somewhat with the athleticism and length in the NBA. I would LOVE to get him, don't get me wrong, I'm just saying I would take the riskier pick of Favors out of the two because he could be lethal on the pick and roll with Curry and hes got a hell of a body.

As for Aminu-Johnson, I'd definitely take Wes Johnson. Age isn't even really a factor for me, Wesley Johnson is way ahead of him IMO and hes a pure 3. Dude has a sick stroke, good all around scoring instincts, solid rebounder, seems ok on defense and pretty good on help defense, and hes a great athlete. I think in the right situation he could put up nearly 20 ppg as a rookie. Could be a really good wing player playing off of another star who can dish the rock. His handles are mediocre which makes it hard for him to create his own shot but he could be a really good secondary scorer.

I'm pretty up and down on Monroe. I like his skills but hes not that explosive and hes sort of a below the rim player. Hes crafty and smooth so I think he'll do fine in the league but hes not that tall and not that strong, like CR2 said hes got no right hand, hes a little soft and not an outstanding rebounder. He could end up being a solid starter maybe like a LaMarcus Aldridge but I could also easily see him being a career backup like Joe Smith. I'm interested to see how he measures up.

Udoh reminds me a lot of Brandon Bass. Hes got some skills on the block, hes pretty athletic, kind of small. Again though, I just don't think he has star potential.

BTW I'd love to land Eric Bledsoe if he slips. If he was on any other team besides Kentucky last year he would have been a star and a likely lotto pick. Kind of a combo guard but if hes there in the second hes just too talented to pass on IMO. Hes got major bust potential but could also make you look brilliant if he pans out on a second round flyer.
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I'm starting to think Favors over Cousins as well. He's good insurance if any of our bigs don't pan out or we lose them. He could probably play 4 and 5. Hopefully, his future is at the 5.

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