Slim Charless wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:Saberestar wrote:Edey will be gone at #22. Teams are talking about him as a lottery selection.
This is a distinct possibility as there just aren't many high-end impact prospects or star-level prospects (if any) in this draft. But there ARE still plenty of high-floor productive and skilled rotation and high-level bench contributors throughout the draft, and those with singular elite talents/skillsets that would actually fit our needs quite well! This is specifically why this draft although devoid of star-level or even high-impact talent is actually perfect for us. Because we already have our stars and don't really need anything beyond solid cost-effective bench-level to rotation-level complimentary contributors with beneficial skillsets. And these prospects offer better impact potential and perceived value escalation beyond their rookie scale values as opposed to low-end mediocre vet min options.
Now this is relevant to the Edey premise because teams will look for " sure thing" productive options with high floors, and Edey has established that over consecutive years in college. And his sheer size will guarantee a level of dominance even outside skill set progression. He's a safe bet in a shallow draft.
Edey seems a little lumbering to me. I think if you play a mobilr big next to him, then he'd be fine. Like Miami with Bam, that's a good pairing that would give opposing frontcourts problems. We don't have a Bam.
For us, Missi, Filipowski or if we can get in the lotto, Clingan would be better fits IMO. Dunn would be awesome as well and could fit right in here.
I hear you! And you're right about best case scenario being a team having a mobile big to play next to him to maximize mismatches. So Say we were to draft Edey for his size and dominance, We could still fairly easily look at the undrafted (under-the-radar ranges for 4's or 4/5s to play next to him that have the attributes you're talking about. In the undrafted ranges the names that immediately pop up to me would be:
Undrafted range
1- Drew Pember. A 6'11 very versatile ultra-athletic polished version of Austin Reeves.
2- Quinton Post. A 7' foot very polished and skilled smooth shooting version of Jock Landale.
3- Maxime Raynaud. A 7'1 fluid and energetic version of Pau Gasol.
4- Nolan Winter. A 6'11 budget version of Kyle Filipowski.
5- Coleman Hawkins. A 6'10 skinny but versatile utility big with average athleticism but a solid motor! more or less a homeless man's version of Sabonis.
6- Nae'Quan Tomilin. A 6'10 hybrid mix of Jaden McDaniels (Wolves) and Naz Reid (Wolves).
7- Dawson Garcia. A very quick mobile high motor bouncy version of Dario Saric without the passing.
8- Kwame Evans. A very mobile and smooth but raw version of Michael Porter Jr. and has a very unique two-way potential though as he's already solid defensively.
9- Ba Ba Miller. A 6'11 extremely long and very versatile version of Jonathan Isaac, But who is still very, very raw.
10- Ousmane N'diaye. A 6'11 very long very versatile but extremely raw and skinny version of young Giannis (ceiling potential).
Or you could look at overseas/FIBA prospects:
- Ruben Prey A 6'11 very physical, high-motor, athletic, and very mobile budget version of version of Maxi Kleber?
- Bogoljub Marković. A 6'11 high energy thicker more aggressive version of Pokuveski.
- Zacharie Perrin. A 6'10 young somewhat raw facsimile of Nik Batum.
