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holy shit, TIL that people actually watch summer league and get upset that it's awful.
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Lol we suck.The name's Bond, James Bond.Comment
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Could someone remind me why we picked Daniels? He isn't a young prospect, isn't NBA ready, isn't a specialist. What was Ujiri's reasoning for making the pick???"Both teams played hard my man" - SheedComment
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I wondered the same thing at the time, especially with Grant among others still available. My guess is that he was the BPA who would play in Europe. I imagine the interviews they had included that question, because Masai didn't want to use a roster spot on the pick.MACK11 wrote: View PostIf we knew half as much about coaching an NBA team as we think, we"d know twice as much as we do.Comment
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Ok Daniels had one bad game. Last game he had 16. Give him a break. Spencer Dinwiddie who went after him had a ACL tear and he wasn't athletic to begin with. Jerami Grant has no shot. He's a project. I like Glenn Robinson but he is 6'5 without shoes small forward. He's undersized. Nick Johnson is undersized as well.MACK11 wrote: View Post
DeAndre Daniels is 6' 7.25 with no shoes. 7'2 wingspan. So decent size and length, decent athleticism. Last year he shot 41.7 % from three in college. Has some defensive potential
Only one thing matters: We The Champs.Comment
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Yea Daniels stinks but he was the BPAComment
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Decent size? he's 6'7 and he's a PF.MixxAOR wrote: View PostOk Daniels had one bad game. Last game he had 16. Give him a break. Spencer Dinwiddie who went after him had a ACL tear and he wasn't athletic to begin with. Jerami Grant has no shot. He's a project. I like Glenn Robinson but he is 6'5 without shoes small forward. He's undersized. Nick Johnson is undersized as well.
DeAndre Daniels is 6' 7.25 with no shoes. 7'2 wingspan. So decent size and length, decent athleticism. Last year he shot 41.7 % from three in college. Has some defensive potential
And no he's not the BPA at 37, GRIII was. Grant was also still on the board who i believe was also ranked higher than Daniels.
Anyway, not sure if this guy will ever play for the Raps. But whatever, this team just don't have any luck when it comes to 2nd round picks.Mamba MentalityComment
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Daniels looks the part of a NBA small forward. He has excellent size (right around 6-9 in shoes), with a long 7-foot wingspan, big hands, a frame that should fill out nicely in time, and above average athleticism.
Daniels' biggest strength as a NBA prospect, besides his excellent size and length, likely revolves around his perimeter shooting ability. He improved greatly in this area from his first two years in college, where he made just 33 of 128 attempts (28%) from beyond the arc to start off his career, knocking down an outstanding 42% of his 3-pointers (50/120) as a junior.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/...-Daniels-6256/Daniels played a variety of roles and positions for UConn this season, seeing time at small forward, power forward and even at center in small doses depending on the matchup, something that's possible thanks to his superior size and length. Although his defense was very inconsistent for most of the season, he showed great potential down the stretch when he was fully engaged and dialed in, showing the ability the lock down perimeter players and big men alike with his long reach and solid footwork. He shows nice timing as a shot-blocker, allowing him to average a solid 2+ blocks per-40 minutes in each of his three seasons at UConn, sometimes recovering nicely to make a play at the rim even after getting beat off the dribble.
Last edited by MixxAOR; Thu Jul 17, 2014, 05:17 AM.Only one thing matters: We The Champs.Comment
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You left out this part.
Like I said, Masai's plan seems to have been stashing his 2nd rounder overseas and he drafted maybe not the best player available, but the best player who would cooperate with that plan.Adding strength will be a major priority for Daniels, as he doesn't deal very well with contact on either end of the floor. He didn't put on much weight in his three years of college seemingly, being listed at 195 pounds by UConn this year after weighing 193 pounds four years ago at the NBPA Top-100 Camp.
Daniels is not a great ball-handler, showing a very high, loose dribble that mostly relegates him to being a straight-line driver, something he was able to do semi-effectively at the college level by being used as a mismatch threat from the elbows with his very long strides. When asked to create from further away, Daniels struggles, rarely getting all the way to the rim due to his average first step, lack of strength and tendency to shy away from contact. He converted just 49% of his half-court attempts inside the paint this season, a fairly poor rate, and got to the free throw line just 3.3 times per-40 minutes, the fifth worst rate of all college prospects in our Top-100 rankings.
Only generating 17 assists in 1100 minutes (one ever 65 minutes) this season, Daniels also ranks not only as one of the worst passers in this draft (dead last in our Top-100), but also historically as well. Daniels simply doesn't see the court at all once he puts the ball on the floor, as he regularly dribbles into double teams and struggles to make even basic passes to teammates. With his 3.6% assist percentage and .6 assists averaged per-40 minutes, he will be the worst passing small forward to get drafted since Al Thornton in 2007.]If we knew half as much about coaching an NBA team as we think, we"d know twice as much as we do.Comment
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The name's Bond, James Bond.Comment
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Forget the Ross/Ppat omissions... Who in their right minds plays Chuck Hayes at PF?007 wrote: View PostThe Baltic Beast is unstoppable!Comment
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And who guarded the opposing teams PF? (I admit I might have jumped the gun, however I hate the idea of a slow footed Hayes chasing PFs)DanH wrote: View PostThe Baltic Beast is unstoppable!Comment
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Hard to say. I'd imagine it was Hayes. It was probably against a slower, bigger frontcourt.enlightenment wrote: View PostComment
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