There's a freshman or sophmore at Temple that I saw play off the bench who looks like he's going to be a player...Damien Moore...6'11 210lbs...he stood out in a game I watched him play in.
Towns, Russell, Porzingas, and Booker all had immediate impacts and they were young. This years draft class has just been shit. The upcoming draft is best in years. You'll have immediate impact players. Fultz would be a starter for most teams. Ball's a wildcard. Jackson would be an above average NBA player already in all aspects except for shooting (which isn't necessarily a big weakness) Isaac needs strength, but I think he's better than Ingram. Tatum would probably start for us at SF as a 3rd ball handler/scorer as he can also spot up and shoot Markkanen would be our starting PF as a shooting big who can go inside and play some defense You'll also have more guys 10-30 making immediate impacts than most years.
Paul George trade assesment: Woj http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-pacers-assessing-trade-market-for-paul-george-180740295.html
What do you mean, what happened to them? Last year alone, there was Karl-Anthony Towns, Kristaps Porzingas and Nikola Jokic, all very good players as rookies. Some draft classes have immediate impact guys, some don't. It's hard to project ahead of time--no one expected Porzingas and Jokic to be immediate high-level contributors.
Dead silent on George. The only guy I know that has even modest ties to the Pacers hasn't heard anything.
Chicago and Boston seem to be in the Paul George conversation...Chicago has Butler to trade..Boston has Thomas and a ton of assets to trade..
I have not seen all these guys play, but the ones I have........ Markkanen went 1-5 against oregon in 27 minutes with 3 rebounds. When I think impact I am thinking helping a team make the playoffs. He has a ways to go. I said the same thing last year about Jakob Poeltl.....and I was dead on right. Fultz will not be a starter for a playoff team his rookie year.....but he will eventually be good.
I have watch Markkanen 5 PAC 12 games and I really don't see him as starter when he comes in the league. Why because he is soft and for being 7'0" he not good rebounder and yes he can shoot a little bit from the 3. But against California he score only 4 point and not many boards. I question how good on the defense end too. He not rim protector so might not even pan out in league.
