The case for Myles Turner

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    With rumors of trading up into the lotto (Batum/23) the only name connected to Portland that is projected to go lotto is Myles Turner -- range: 5-11

    Elite length for a center: 6'11.5" | 7'4" wingspan | 9'4" reach

    3pt range and has potential as a legit shotblocker: 4.7 BPG/PER40 -- right now his skillset is similar to what Raef Lafrentz had in Denver.

    His biggest knock is his athleticism. Outside Wood, NBA weight training will turn Myles into a much different prospect:

    What say you?
     
    Fez Hammersticks, May 23, 2015
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    I say don't trade Batum to move up a few spots in a weak draft.
     
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    Say no to players named Myles/Miles.

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    What about MyLe?
     
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    Yes but people pronounce it My-Lee so he gets a pass.
     
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    you're the only person I've heard say this is a weak draft
     
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    Let me be the second one then to say this is a weak draft. I think the two bigs at the top will be slightly above-average players, and, while I know it's always pretty much a crapshoot once you get past the top dozen in any draft, the guys beyond this lottery make me particularly unenthused.

    That said, if Aldridge would leave and the Blazers would have have to rebuild, Myles Turner is one of the draft picks I could get behind, partially because I think he's a poor man's Aldridge ... that ought to be enough to get at least 33 percent of Blazer fans to be totally against him.
     
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    the lottery is average. After that the draft is really strong... Its really deep so that's no way its weak
     
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    I wouldn't say average lottery, more huge booms or huge bust material. More than normal.
     
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    Thats the reason so many people say its weak. Few really great prospects and even in the lottery your looking at players ceilings being starters not all stars. Outside of Towns/Oakfer and you can make the case for Russell the rest of the draft is really similiar to the 2013 one in the sense that after the top 3 all the prospects fall into tiers were they are all very similiar rated for the next 10 guys and then the same with the 10 after that ect.
     
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    If you are a lottery team , the draft may be weak. If you are a playoff team, the draft is not weak.
    Bottom line is there is not much difference between 10 and 30.
     
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    Agreed. It's not a particularly strong draft class, but it is deep - extending through 30 odd picks . . .
     
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    Some of the players after the top 3 may even be as good as Batum. In a few years.
     
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    Does not fill me with confidence that a huge chunk of the entry on Turner in DraftExpress is about fixing the way he runs so he stops doing damage to himself.

    This guy sounds like a poor man's LaMarcus. With running problems.
     
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    Agreed. Not someone I would pick
     
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    Sounds like Oden. Better measure each leg.
     
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    But think of mike rice talking about Myles kicks it out to Meyers for a three.
     
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    Kevin O'Connor:

     
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