Thorpe: "Davis Might End Up Being the Steal of the Lottery."

[nubreed000]

I disagree with Amir sweating bullets. The Raptors need one more C to set up a young and dominant PF/C rotation. This is why I wish nothing more than for the Raptors to get a JaVale McGee (i.e. young athletic defensive C).

Between injuries and different match ups throughout an NBA season there would be plenty of minutes to go around.

Bargs is 25, Amir is 23, and Davis is 21. Add one more young player <25 and you have a diverse group that can play together and compliment one another for the next 5 years.

I hate to say it as there is already a thread on this somewhere, but a healthy Greg Oden would be great. He would not be able to play huge minutes anyways. 20 minutes a game from a healhty Oden would be awesome. Probably never going to happen. Gambles sometimes do payoff though - Darko in MInny anyone?

Personally I think we need an older centre to guide the young guys along. A no-nonsense kind of guy like Oakley was back in the day, although I can't think of anyone like that in the league right now.

Man, Stern really did a great job pansifying this league.

[Apollo]

a healthy Greg Oden would be great.

There is no such thing. I'd like to see Marreese Speights playing in Toronto.

[mcHAPPY]

Ed is going to be a total stud. Amir should be sweating bullets.

I disagree with Amir sweating bullets. The Raptors need one more C to set up a young and dominant PF/C rotation. This is why I wish nothing more than for the Raptors to get a JaVale McGee (i.e. young athletic defensive C).

Between injuries and different match ups throughout an NBA season there would be plenty of minutes to go around.

Bargs is 25, Amir is 23, and Davis is 21. Add one more young player <25 and you have a diverse group that can play together and compliment one another for the next 5 years.

I hate to say it as there is already a thread on this somewhere, but a healthy Greg Oden would be great. He would not be able to play huge minutes anyways. 20 minutes a game from a healhty Oden would be awesome. Probably never going to happen. Gambles sometimes do payoff though - Darko in MInny anyone?

[Apollo]

Ed is going to be a total stud. Amir should be sweating bullets.

[duncan]

Thorpe is a very good evaluator of talent, and what he didn't hit on is that Davis seems to have a real sense of professionalism and pride in him. He wants to get better as a pro, and he understands what it takes to be a pro.
Davis, DeRozen and Bayless are the untouchables on this team.
Ship everyone else out and bring on the 10-day contracts! (only partly kidding)

[Doc]

Let's hope Thorpe is right with this prediction.

8. Ed Davis, Raptors
Fields may be the steal of the draft, but Davis might end up being the steal of the lottery. His 17-point, 12-rebound, 3-block, 3-steal performance in Dallas on Dec. 28 is one of the gems of this class thus far. I don't care that Dirk Nowitzki didn't play; Toronto was missing lots of regulars, too.

Which brings me to this: Davis has to be playing a lot for this team because he's showing that he might be a strong scorer, rebounder and shot-blocker. Although he might not end up being strong in any of those categories, the idea that he could be strong in any or all three areas is an exciting development for Raptors fans, especially considering Toronto nabbed him late in the lottery. And remember, he's months behind his fellow rookies in terms of his development because of his leg injury.

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