Klay Thompson and Draymond Green Y'all

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Klay is in no way shape or form the best SG in the NBA... dude dosent even have serviceable handles..
Jimmy, James Demar> Klay.
 

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dray might be the most improved second round pick ever

i mean

he learned to dribble, shoot, and pass at the nba level. thats kinda unheard of

you hear of guys learning to shoot or dribble but not all 3 phases
Not really. He was good at all those things at every level of basketball. Been watching him since high school and he was the primary ball handler for that Saginaw team. Also been the secondary ballhandler at State and had the offense ran through him his Jr and Sr year. He basically extended his range every year to the point he was a consistent 3 point shooter his Sr year. It's not so much that he developed those skills when he got to the nba, offensively he's using the same skillset he always possessed, it's just that scouts didn't see those skills translating to the nba level with his lack of size and explosiveness. I always thought that whoever got him in the late 1st or early 2nd would be getting a steal if they let him play his Game and utilize his extremely high bball iq. But I had no idea he would succeed on this grand of a scale.

And him being a defensive beast like he is, that shyt cane out of nowhere. He always had the iq to know where to be on d, but lacked the physical ability to always be there. That nba strength and conditioning program is a muthafukka if you dedicate yourself. Believe it was @Basaglia on the Fiyastarter podcast that said during his draft year that somebody was gonna get him as a late pick, get him in a weight program and end up getting a quality player. Thought the same thing at the time and waved my Pistons to bring him home in the 2nd. We were only 2 or 3 picks away from making it happen. Still hoping to do it with Denzel if a quality PF ain't left on the board.
 

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Jimmy Butler wasn't athletic enough according to scouts, he went 30th.

The Scouts all want the same shyt, it seems like they may be changing their tune a lil cause Denzel Valentine is a lottery pick right now as an upperclassmen that isn't an explosive athlete. I think we gotta talk about Tom Izzo's track record, dude takes some non-all Americans and they develop like crazy with him.
With the way the game is evolving with the pace and space offenses, highly skilled basketball players are gonna become much more valuable. Scouts gonna have to adjust the way they evaluate players and adjust they deem as the most valuable assets.
 
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OP is a joke. :mjlol:
Lowkey dude has a horrible track record when it comes to making threads -
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Surprise, surprise, another shytty thread by @No..Money..Mo..Problems - let's take a look at your thread history shall we?

Said Stanford had the worst offense in the history of FBS - they went and dropped 41 points on the 6th ranked team in the nation
Clowned Mariota after a few snaps in preseason - he comes out and has the greatest debut for a QB in recorded history
Said the Thunder should trade Durant - no explanation needed
Called Lillard the best 'young' PG in the league (even said he was 10000x better than Kyrie) - Irving then dropped 50+ on his head - followed by CP, Curry, Westbrook and every other PG shytting on him
Called Rondo a top 10 player in the league in 2015 - no explanation needed
Claimed that Eastern Michigan would beat Georgetown - they didn't
Said the Warriors had no chance of winning a title last season - they did
Said the Hawks had the best offense and defense in the league (called them title contenders) - we all know how that ended
Said the Cowboys would win the Super Bowl last season - ah, no
Claimed Tom Brady was done and that he was no more than a system QB last season - we all know how that ended
Said the Cavs should trade Irving for a top 4 pick (because he's not a winner), and that the Cavs play "so much better" with Dion Waiters - no explanation needed
Called Paul George a scrub - he was arguably a top 5/10 player before his injury
Claimed the Suns would cause an upset in the playoffs - we all know how that ended
Called Pau Gasol "utter trash" - he then went on to have one of his best seasons of his career in Chicago
Said McCollum was already better than Matthews, basically before he even started a game - when Wes went down injured, we all know how that ended
Claimed Romo was the biggest choke artist in the league - no explanation needed
Proposed the question that the 2013 Pacers could break the Bulls 72-10 regular season record - no explanation needed
Said that Marcus Smart should be the #1 pick (CP3-vision and Wade-strength) in the 2014 draft - over the likes of Wiggins, Parker and Embiid - no explanation needed
Contemplated putting 10k on the Nets to win the NBA title in 2014 - no explanation needed

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