Exclusive Official 2020 Draft Thread

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  1. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

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    Much like GTjr. I think Pritchard will be a steal in the second round. I doubt anyone would outwork him and you can see he is very smart.
    The Kid from Arizona (name escapes me) is another one that will be good.
     
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    Even though I am a huge beavers fan and hate the ducks more than you can imagine, I have to admit that I respect Pritchard. He really does outwork everyone. He has a winning attitude. Everywhere he does he win. He may not be the best athlete but he sure can play ball. I can see him being a Steve Blake/Jalen Brunson type guard
     
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    Oh I can imagine. Believe me.
     
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    Same here.
     
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    Since y’all are beavers fan what do you think of Wayne tinkle? I personally think we should fire him and go after Brandon Roy or Lamar Hurd even
     
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    He definitely could have done worse. I'm not opposed to a new coach though. Had high hopes for him, but it might be time to move on. As far as replacements that's tough. I don't have an opinion there.
     
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    Tinkle sucks. I would love Brandon Roy as our coach. I doubt he would stay long though.
     
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    Yeah I guess that’s true. Once he would start winning here Washington will probably come calling for him. I would love for us to get a coach who have been in their glory days like Coach Smith and Coach Canham in their respective programs but there really isn’t any we could get in the basketball program. So we will have to look for someone else who has come from a proven winning program.
     
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    I was thinking about Brunson and Pritchard is a tuff kid out there but will be have the quickness to keep up with opponents point guards.
     
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    I don’t know where else to put it but what would your 2020 offseason dream be?
     
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    - 14th pick for Bjelica (TPE) and 35th
    - Ariza and a future lotto protected 1st for Evan Fournier
    - Resign Whiteside

    Lillard / McCollum / Trent / Collins / Nurkic
    Hood / Fournier / Bjelica / Whiteside
     
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    Getting Bjelica and Fournier would be real nice. Fournier would come in as a Evan Turner but with a much better shooting. Bjelica would come in and torch other benches. I thought it was interesting you would start Trent at the 3. That would be interesting to watch.
     
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    My dream would be to trade CJ but since that’s unlikely to happen I will keep this a little more realistic. So our core will be Dame, CJ, Collins, and Nurk. We will need to figure out who will be the starting SF in that lineup. We do have Ariza or even Hood. But they both come with question marks like Ariza is getting old and how good will Hood be when he get back? I guess there is Little, but he would need to make a big improvement but that’s hard to predict. Trade Ariza and this year pick for TJ Warren. He would be a nice young 3D guy for us
    Then of course bring back Whiteside on a 2 year 20 mil deal. Sign Harkless to a 2 year 10 mil deal to back up Collins at the 4. And sign Trey Burke to a one year 2 mil deal. Pick Payton Pritchard in the 2nd round. And Hezonja opt out so he can go back to Europe which would allow us to resign Wenyen on a minimum deal. Sign Marc Gasol to a minimum deal to be our veteran who knows how to win it all

    Lillard/Burke/Pritchard
    CJ/Trent/Simons
    Warren/Hood/Little
    Collins/Harkless/Gabriel
    Nurk/Whiteside/Gasol
     
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    A Blazer fan wants us to pick an Oregon Duck? I'm shocked. Lol
     
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    Onyeka Okongwu Scouting Report

    Strengths
    + Nice blend of power and touch as a finisher
    + Can play over both shoulders and has face-up ability
    + Quick hips and nimble feet. Helps as a pnr finisher and gives him versatility as a pnr defender. Should be switchable.
    + Nice timing as a shot blocker
    + Covers ground and quick off floor on perimeter contests.
    + Quick and explosive off the floor.
    + Uses strength, quick jump and hands to use on O boards
    + Still developing as a passer overall, but flashes some vision in short rolls and out of post doubles.

    Weaknesses
    - Lacks elite size
    - Not consistently physical for his size
    - Poor defensive rebounder. Probably will need to be play another true big beside him at times.
    - Motor doesn't run all the time. Doesn't always run the floor hard both on O or D.
    - Questionable body language after mistakes or if he doesn't get the ball when he thinks he should
    - Relies too much on his touch in traffic. Often rushes attempts instead of using strength to work for better position or draw foul
    - Missing a level of refinement and urgency to his movements. Possible asthetic bias, but do think it could be an issue considering lack of true center size/length.
    - IQ, feel, positioning problems on D show up too often in scramble / emergency help situations.
     
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    Thank you! I like Onyeka as I think he would be a good fit next to Collin or even Nurkic if he developed a 3 point shot. But I wouldn’t trade up to get him though.
    On another note Deni Avdija has been on fire since the games restarted in his country. He has been shooting 10/21 (47%) from 3 point the last 4 game. Now that might just be a fluke but he does have a solid shooting form that is it not unreasonable to think he can’t shoot at least league average. He has an intriguing all around game that I would might trade up for
     
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    I've come around to being very happy if Bey is the pick if we don't trade up or out. Like the two Florida State players, too, and Precious Ochiuwa.

    My only caveat now is this: With Hoody and Trevor coming back, Trent having established himself, and Gabriel still developing, combined with the fact that losing Hassan basically leaves us with two actual bigs ... I just wonder if we're at a point where we need to add to our depth inside. I guess we could do that through other means -- too bad we weren't in a position to keep Skal.
     
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    Just watching a bunch of video of Alexsej Pokusevski. Definitely would be happy if he were our pick.
     

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