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grindhouse wrote: View PostLet's be honest, there are no 7'0 athletic centers that can play game changing defense coming out of the euro league this year.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Have people not heard of Noguiera? He's Noah 2.0.
Seriously, I'm getting more and more pessimistic about this draft, outside of Irving anyone else would be riding a Raptors bench.-"You can’t run from me. I mean, my heart don’t bleed Kool-Aid."
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grindhouse wrote: View PostI mentioned that because someone brought up enes kanter. He would basically be a PF or undersized center in the NBA and their are better defenders coming out of the NCAA at his size and position. Plus we have Davis I.E there is nothing coming out of euro league for us
Both Davis and Johnson are good shotblockers, so should really be paired with a center that is a better positional defender, which Kanter is.
As for him being undersized, from what I gather he's 6'11 but with a reach of over 7 feet. And he's only 18, so there's a chance he's still growing. I'd say he's plenty big enough.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Raptorsss wrote: View PostHave people not heard of Noguiera? He's Noah 2.0.
Seriously, I'm getting more and more pessimistic about this draft, outside of Irving anyone else would be riding a Raptors bench.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Tim W. wrote: View PostAre you talking about that incredibly raw Brazilian guy who apparently has some "focus" issues? How on earht is he anything like Noah?
Kanter's knees are too much of a problem for the Raptors to gamble a top 5 pick on him.-"You can’t run from me. I mean, my heart don’t bleed Kool-Aid."
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No offense but this is a dumb thread and some research needs to be done before you group all european (or international) players' defence on par with Bargs.
Noah, Batum, and Kirilenko are some of the best defenders out there. Kanter is the biggest banger in the draft. He has knee issues, but that's for the Dr's to figure out. Just look at Blair.
I would be little more worried about Jonas Valanciunas.
Turkey has been producing some solid bigs out there lately. Did you watch the worlds? Asik and Erden are gonna be good. Iilyasova is solid.
You mentioned the Araujo draft. Hell yeah it was terrible. Is it cause he was Brazilian? Come on man! How would you rate Nene, Tiago and Verajao?
You take the best player available. Period.Eh follow my TWITTER!
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Employee wrote: View PostNo offense but this is a dumb thread and some research needs to be done before you group all european (or international) players' defence on par with Bargs.
Noah, Batum, and Kirilenko are some of the best defenders out there. Kanter is the biggest banger in the draft. He has knee issues, but that's for the Dr's to figure out. Just look at Blair.
I would be little more worried about Jonas Valanciunas.
Turkey has been producing some solid bigs out there lately. Did you watch the worlds? Asik and Erden are gonna be good. Iilyasova is solid.
You mentioned the Araujo draft. Hell yeah it was terrible. Is it cause he was Brazilian? Come on man! How would you rate Nene, Tiago and Verajao?
You take the best player available. Period.
we need more honkies.
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Matt52 wrote: View PostActually, the kid is super athletic. Check some youtube video of him. He is RAW as they come but he does some things you can't teach.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Employee wrote: View PostNo offense but this is a dumb thread and some research needs to be done before you group all european (or international) players' defence on par with Bargs.
Noah, Batum, and Kirilenko are some of the best defenders out there. Kanter is the biggest banger in the draft. He has knee issues, but that's for the Dr's to figure out. Just look at Blair.
I would be little more worried about Jonas Valanciunas.
Turkey has been producing some solid bigs out there lately. Did you watch the worlds? Asik and Erden are gonna be good. Iilyasova is solid.
You mentioned the Araujo draft. Hell yeah it was terrible. Is it cause he was Brazilian? Come on man! How would you rate Nene, Tiago and Verajao?
You take the best player available. Period.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
Follow me on Twitter.
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Tim W. wrote: View PostI completely disagree. If Kanter's knees are healthy, he's possibly the player best suited to the Raptors and the player who is the perfect match to both Amir and Davis. Every weakness Davis and Johnson have are strengths for Kanter. He's a brute, strong physical presence who can defend the bigger, stronger post guys. He's a good scorer who can score inside and out. He's a strong defensive rebounder, as opposed to a strong offensive rebounder, as is the case of Johnson and Davis.
Both Davis and Johnson are good shotblockers, so should really be paired with a center that is a better positional defender, which Kanter is.
As for him being undersized, from what I gather he's 6'11 but with a reach of over 7 feet. And he's only 18, so there's a chance he's still growing. I'd say he's plenty big enough.
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