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  • Here's about as good of a scouting package on LaRavia as I can find.

    Reminds me a bit of Svi during last preseason where he was showing a really good feel for the game on offense and stroke from deep. The video also highlights Jake's poor defense which I didn't think was that bad. Looks like a pylon the way guys are driving past him. Any word whether the Raps have brought him in for a workout?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z7ME0g8Pm0

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    • Hotshot wrote: View Post
      Laravia is the kind of player the Raptors or even Spurs will pick (Which is usually not the player in anyone's that close radar)

      He can do a little bit of everything & has the right size. Since the draft combine his stock has risen to even as high as projected late first round pick.

      For NBA comparison: A bit of Deni Avdija/Juancho Hernangomez.

      Looks to be a solid bench/role player.
      Looks pretty solid... in a Doug McDermott / poor man's Franz Wagner type of way. Beautiful shooting stroke and could be a great fit around Scottie & Pascal, other than defense.

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      • golden wrote: View Post

        Looks pretty solid... in a Doug McDermott / poor man's Franz Wagner type of way. Beautiful shooting stroke and could be a great fit around Scottie & Pascal, other than defense.
        He reminds me more of Zach Collins actually.
        Mamba Mentality

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        • blackjitsu wrote: View Post
          A close friend of mine is able to consistently "guess" the Raps draft picks. He's been doing it for years, he guessed Malachi. Last year he guessed both Scotty and Banton. He even "guessed" the late 2nd rounder the Raps got a few years back, Dewan Hernandes. Needless to say, when he gives me a tip I listen.

          This weekend he told me he had no clue, but he just DM'ed me. The name that came up might upset some of you guys, he's even hoping he's wrong. The name is Jake Laravia.

          Other names he mentioned:
          Nikola Jovic
          Walker Kessler
          E.J. Liddell
          Patrick Baldwin Jr.
          Ismael Kamagate
          Christian Koloko
          Leonard Miller
          David Roddy
          Kalifa Diop

          I would be okay with Jake Laravia. He's a physical 3/4, who can shoot the ball. Decent passer too. But I don't think he's that athletic. Thoughts? Thoughts on any of these other guys? The only person I would be out on is Baldwin, to be honest.
          So does your friend only get credit for guessing the pick if it's Laravia, or does he get credit if it's any of the 10 guys listed?

          If you get 10 guesses it's not too hard to get the pick right each year.

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          • Primer wrote: View Post

            If you get 10 guesses it's not too hard to get the pick right each year.
            Not in the late first round or 2nd round it aint.

            Dalano Banton name wasn't talked about literally anywhere last season yet he got picked.

            Its a possibly the Raptors pick a name mentioned on draft boards or a player not even hardly mentioned anywhere and because he's got 2 skills they like they may think they can do something with him.

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            • Jake Laravia is like one of those guys where if his shot isn't dropping he becomes a huge liability. Like Svi last year. It's why Duncan Robinson had a hard time getting on the court in the playoffs.

              But if his shot drops he is a huge weapon to have.

              I wouldn't mind him at all. Basically I'm giving Masai carte blanche on this one. And I should be doing that for every draft going forward.

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              • TrueTorontoFan wrote: View Post

                you mean in tampa he was good?


                again he couldn't even crack the rotation dragic literally played what.... 5 games? He played significantly more time than dragic and dragic was on the team till Feb.....

                Maybe there is an argument there for the first 5 games of the season or something like that but in general no.

                He should have been willing to go to the G-league much more earlier on this year because he needed that time. He just was not good until After the trade deadline when FVV got hurt. Nurse deserves some of the blame for not giving him more run in the big leagues but really the person who stole his spot was Dalano. Dalano basically out played him early on in the season.
                With Kyle and Fred sitting for the last 6 weeks of 2021, Malachi's averages-

                12pts
                4 rebs
                4.5 assists

                Rookie of the month (April)

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                • Hey, look who draftnet has the Raptors picking

                  https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/

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                  • Hotshot wrote: View Post

                    Not in the late first round or 2nd round it aint.

                    Dalano Banton name wasn't talked about literally anywhere last season yet he got picked.

                    Its a possibly the Raptors pick a name mentioned on draft boards or a player not even hardly mentioned anywhere and because he's got 2 skills they like they may think they can do something with him.
                    Laravia is predicted to go late first early second so I'd definitely put him in my 10 guesses.

                    I agree Banton was a little out of left field, but not at all if you looked up the top Canadian players in the draft and he was the 3rd best and only one with 2nd round potential (the other 2 were clear 1st round picks).

                    1 guess is incredibly impressive. 10 guesses when there are 60 draft picks and maybe 90 guys in the running to be drafted is far less impressive. Especially when you can eliminate the top guys since you know they won't be there at 33.

                    Guessing Scottie last season was literally a 50/50 guess as it was clear way before the draft it was either Suggs or Scottie, and all the reports were we loved Scottie.

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                    • planetmars wrote: View Post
                      Jake Laravia is like one of those guys where if his shot isn't dropping he becomes a huge liability. Like Svi last year. It's why Duncan Robinson had a hard time getting on the court in the playoffs.

                      But if his shot drops he is a huge weapon to have.

                      I wouldn't mind him at all. Basically I'm giving Masai carte blanche on this one. And I should be doing that for every draft going forward.
                      Duncan Robinson on a 2nd round contract is a steal. Duncan Robinson at $18M per year is a very bad contract. So if this kid is Duncan Robinson and he's there I'm very cool with taking him.

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                      • Primer wrote: View Post

                        Duncan Robinson on a 2nd round contract is a steal. Duncan Robinson at $18M per year is a very bad contract. So if this kid is Duncan Robinson and he's there I'm very cool with taking him.
                        He's not Duncan Robinson, he's not McDermott. He's not a 3pt specialist like those guys. The only similarities they have is they're all white.
                        Mamba Mentality

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                        • The Great One wrote: View Post

                          He's not Duncan Robinson, he's not McDermott. He's not a 3pt specialist like those guys. The only similarities they have is they're all white.
                          He's shot near 40% from 3pt on decent volume over 3 seasons but he's not a 3pt specialist? Or is it that he's got a lot more to his game than just 3pt shots?

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                          • I'll stop after this one...for today...but can you imagine his guy running the break with Scottie and Siakam?! Not to mention the length on defense.

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4wp6iXcnSQ

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                            • Kagemusha wrote: View Post

                              With Kyle and Fred sitting for the last 6 weeks of 2021, Malachi's averages-

                              12pts
                              4 rebs
                              4.5 assists

                              Rookie of the month (April)
                              that's not great considering he had basically free reign.

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                              • The Great One wrote: View Post

                                He's not Duncan Robinson, he's not McDermott. He's not a 3pt specialist like those guys. The only similarities they have is they're all white.
                                Says the guy who compared him to Zach Collins.

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