2014 NBA Draft Thread

[snipezo]

Embiid beasting and feasting

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Embiid beasting and feasting

 
Too much Clyde Frazier for you lol.

 

[alexgfx]

 
Too much Clyde Frazier for you lol.

your von miller sig is nice..you think you can hook me up with a psd? 

 

[Pugz]

he didnt make it

 

[buzzy]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10320046/kansas-joel-embiid-come-nowhere-become-perhaps-nation-best-freshman
 
 

"I was curious because I want to be great, I want to be the best at my position one day," he said. "I'm trying to learn everything and what other people did. All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice."

 

[Mexi]

Blake was fine

Would be hilarious if embiid and jabari stay

 

[snipezo]

Anthony Davis has been good too.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Blake was fine

Would be hilarious if embiid and jabari stay

 
Blake stayed two years. He's also more referring to centers probably.

 

[Mexi]

Thats why i said blake was fine lol

I dont care if he stays. Might be smart

 

[Hurricane Season]

he didnt make it

Whoever did is a damn fine arteest. 

 

[buzzy]

Ron Arteest

 

[Pugz]

Whoever did is a damn fine arteest. 

the fineest

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Andrew Wiggins had 41 points on Saturday and has begun to reestablish himself as a popular pick to go first overall in the 2014 NBA Draft.

With Joel Embiid's back injury, the odds of Wiggins going first also increase even though he was getting back in the conversation in his own right.

"Even before the injury to Embiid, some scouts and GMs were moving back onto the Wiggins bandwagon," writes Chad Ford. "There is just sooooo much potential there and he's showing signs of understanding it. If he takes over for Kansas the next few weeks, he may be the No. 1 pick even if Embiid gets 100 percent healthy."

Via Chad Ford/ESPN

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Kind of starting watching some of the guys that could enter the draft. I'm going to do big scouting reports on some guys once draft time gets here, but I started with Andrew Wiggins, and here are three points that I took away.

-Athletic as hell, finishes layups above the rim rather than under. What I mean by that is, if you watch a guy like Tyreke Evans he doesn't get that much elevation on his layups and tries to finish them below the rim, where as Wiggins gets a lot of elevation and finishes his layups above the rim.

-He's athletic but does not possess an elite first step. Average, maybe a little above average, but it's the second and especially the third where he gets his separation. Third and fourth steps are probably his best. Extremely long strides.

-His handle is way too lose, needs to bring it more towards his body. Would help with that first step and will be less turnover prone. It's something that is fundamental, but it will lead to a lot of turnovers in the league.

 

[The Young One]

Kind of starting watching some of the guys that could enter the draft. I'm going to do big scouting reports on some guys once draft time gets here, but I started with Andrew Wiggins, and here are three points that I took away.

-Athletic as hell, finishes layups above the rim rather than under. What I mean by that is, if you watch a guy like Tyreke Evans he doesn't get that much elevation on his layups and tries to finish them below the rim, where as Wiggins gets a lot of elevation and finishes his layups above the rim.

-He's athletic but does not possess an elite first step. Average, maybe a little above average, but it's the second and especially the third where he gets his separation. Third and fourth steps are probably his best. Extremely long strides.

-His handle is way too lose, needs to bring it more towards his body. Would help with that first step and will be less turnover prone. It's something that is fundamental, but it will lead to a lot of turnovers in the league.

 
Disagree with you on the first step. His first step is elite at the NBA level right now at 19.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I'll have more on the first step once I post the actual evaluations, I'm done with Wiggins' offensively and am about halfway through defensively, but I found that the quickness of his first step had a number of factors involved in it.

 

[The Young One]

He had a move in the iowa state game where he exploded past the first defender and had laid the ball in before the help could even get there. He's the definition of a freak athlete.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Lets just say his first step is very inconsistent.

 

[The Young One]

We'll agree to disagree. 

 

[jonathanlambert33]

yep, though I'll say calling it elite is highly over selling it.