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17. Their starting center got injured and got a good amount of run.

 

DraftExpress has Aaron Gordon going #4 overall next year.

The guy just got done absolutely dominating the U-19 tournament, winning the MVP over teammates like Marcus Smart and Jahlil Okafor.

 

Cody.

Zeller.

 

That's my dude.

I love his footwork. So far he has looked great!

Biyombo not so much.

 

Throughout the whole "draft season" I never really had a favorite prospect. Come draft day, though, I was on the Cody Zeller at #10 bandwagon.

McCollum is a fine pick as well.

 

So-so for 17 minutes. Will be interesting to keep an eye on though.

 

Actually I lied. Oladipo was about the only prospect that intrigued me the most throughout the whole thing.

 

Dennis.

Fucking.

Schroeder.

 

How the hell do you say his name?

When I first read about him, in my head, I heard it as "Schr-OH-der," then on draft night he was, "Schr-OO-der," and now during the summer league it's "Schr-AY-der."

Which is it?

 

It probably depends upon which region of Germany you're in. Do you know how to pronounce Louisiana?

 

None of them. "Oar" without the "r" sound is "awe". "Er" without the "r" sound is "[FONT=&quot]ö[/FONT]". Or just watch this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3oxW0AHbk

 

its pronounced RAH-zhahn RAHN-doh

 

I would trade Meyers for Cody in a heartbeat.

 

Who wouldn't?

I would trade Meyers for ANY Zeller. Or even any Plumlee.

 

Here's a question for you:

Are there any players that you'd never heard of before that have impressed you in (a) summer league game(s)?

Here are mine:

Dwight Buycks
Stefhon Hannah
DJ Kennedy
Arinze Onuaku (but to be fair, he was only playing against our pathetic frontline) More.

 

Jumping in late to this pronunciation game, but for the record the reason it's spelled schroeder and not with an umlaut is because it's super annoying to type an umlaut. When you don't type an umlaut over "a" or "u" or "o", you add an "e" after that letter. "oe" in german sounds like err in error without a heavy r sound.

according to this you say the "i" in "sir" I think tha'ts pretty accurate to my education on the subject.

 

Good call. It looked like Robert Sacre was better than him last night. Disappointing for sure.

 

Is it really that surprising that the 24-year old that played at Gonzaga for five years (red shirted his sophomore year after 5 games), three as a starter, has a more mature game than the guy who played two years, one as a starter, at Illinois? Sacre has pretty much reached his full potential. Leonard hasn't. Maybe he never will, but at this point, Leonard has a lot more potential for growth and that's why he was drafted at 11. Olshey realized he was a project that would take at least 3 - 4 years to develop. Let's check back at summer league three years from now, when Leonard is the same age Sacre is now, and see how he's doing. If he's still getting outplayed by the Robert Sacre's of the world, the Leonard haters "win".

BNM

 

1) If he's still playing in summer league from now, there is be a problem.

2) There's an opportunity cost to developing him.

3) It's possible that he turns into a decent center after 4 or 5 years and then we overpay him, which would be horrific.

I'm happy to be patient if he plays 10-12 mpg.
I'm a hater if he plays 18+ mpg.
If we had another backup center/forward he could play just 10-12 mpg - We don't. It'll be interesting to see how LMA likes playing with Thomas Robinson. If he does, then that could be a solution right there.

 

I suspect Leonard and Robinson will get about equal minutes. Leonard will back up Lopez and play some center with Aldridge at the 4. Robinson will back up Aldridge at the 4, but also play beside him when we go small.

BNM