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If Duval continues to slip away from Duke they could have some problems. I guess Grayson can run the point a little bit though.
 

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I'm rooting for Hamicide but man, I don't want him to get buried. Wish he took the Kemba route.

I hope Isaiah Washington got enough sense to do his time at Minnesota. Bet money Briscoe talked him into this

I wouldn't doubt what you said wit Briscoe, probably mad at himself and led Hami to believe it would happen to him too.

Funny you bring up that Kemba point tho, I could definitely see Isaiah Washington following a similar path.

With Washington tho, I think he's probably a top 3 PG in this class, but it is good he's underrated because he won't rush to the league when he doesn't need to.
 

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@str8up so we ain't gon talk about how OG gonna be in a Heat uniform :sas1:

I'm happy for breh. Watched him go from an unknown 3* guy to, at one point, a potential top 10 pick. I've felt that he was a lottery talent since the end of last year, but with the injury I honestly have my doubts he'll still go that high.

The Heat seem like they're probably the best fit for him too. I don't know the deal with Winslow, but I hope he doesn't stunt Anunoby's development at all.

It's not like OG was going to come in and start right away anyways, he'll probably come off the bench as a small ball 4 for a season or two.

Don't expect a Kawhi type progression either, very rarely will a guy improve his ball-handling that much. So he'll probably be limited in that sense, but his 3pt shot is coming along real well.

What he will be is a mismatch nightmare who will be able to guard any position.
 

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I'm happy for breh. Watched him go from an unknown 3* guy to, at one point, a potential top 10 pick. I've felt that he was a lottery talent since the end of last year, but with the injury I honestly have my doubts he'll still go that high.

The Heat seem like they're probably the best fit for him too. I don't know the deal with Winslow, but I hope he doesn't stunt Anunoby's development at all.

It's not like OG was going to come in and start right away anyways, he'll probably come off the bench as a small ball 4 for a season or two.

Don't expect a Kawhi type progression either, very rarely will a guy improve his ball-handling that much. So he'll probably be limited in that sense, but his 3pt shot is coming along real well.

What he will be is a mismatch nightmare who will be able to guard any position.
I'm not going to put a box on his potential because of what u posted bout him being a 3star I just feel he gon be great in this league
 

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Ford saying that Giles could go top 10 if he gets medically cleared. Also saying that some teams have Fox ranked ahead of Lonzo

Of course, given the source there's a good chance of :duck:
Giles is the 2K17 Henry Ellenson to Ford. He's never let go of his man crush for him


As for Fox vs. Ball, it's not that teams view Fox as better than Ball, but they don't wanna deal with Lavar's fukkery.
 
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I'm not going to put a box on his potential because of what u posted bout him being a 3star I just feel he gon be great in this league

It's all about ball handling pretty much, if he can improve to the point where he can be the secondary ball handler then the rest of the league better take notice.

I really wanted him to stay in Indiana, but I'm happy he's rising back up. It would suck to essentially miss out on Kawhi Leonard twice. :mjcry:
 

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Ford saying that Giles could go top 10 if he gets medically cleared. Also saying that some teams have Fox ranked ahead of Lonzo

Of course, given the source there's a good chance of :duck:

Not saying it couldn't be true but Ford will sometimes hype certain guys because of their agents.
 

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Giles is the 2K17 Harry Ellenson to Ford. He's never let go of his man crush for him


As for Fox vs. Ball, it's not that teams view Fox as better than Ball, but they don't wanna deal with Lavar's fukkery.

If teams think Ball is clearly the superior player he will go before Fox

They aren't gonna take a lesser player because the fathers an ass I don't buy it
 

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Ford saying that Giles could go top 10 if he gets medically cleared. Also saying that some teams have Fox ranked ahead of Lonzo

Of course, given the source there's a good chance of :duck:

It has reversed for me. Throughout most of the season I had Fox ahead of everyone but Fultz. As of right now, I think Ball is firmly in that #2 PG slot (I have Ntilikina there, but Ball will go second).

I'd still rock with Dennis over Fox too, and personally I like Jawun more than Fox but I wouldn't draft it that way.


The Giles thing is ridiculous but it's Ford trying to look smarter than he is. Giles isn't going to be completely cleared, and if by some chance he is then I wouldn't bet against some Thon Maker type shyt to happen.
 
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