Nikola Topic

Mickey8 · Post #41 » by **Mickey8** » Sun Oct 1, 2023 11:01 am

Hal14 · Post #42 » by **Hal14** » Wed Oct 4, 2023 7:03 pm

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Shades of Tony Parker.

If you don't have him as a 1st round pick, you're not paying attention.

Mickey8 · Post #43 » by **Mickey8** » Fri Oct 6, 2023 8:15 pm

Another strong game by him today 28 points and 8 assists in another close loss, but he got knocked out by the opponent so he missed last three minutes of the game, his team was leading in the game by the time he had to leave the court.

JimmyPlopper · Post #44 » by **JimmyPlopper** » Fri Oct 6, 2023 9:54 pm

I was tricked by the headline

Mickey8 · Post #45 » by **Mickey8** » Fri Oct 6, 2023 10:24 pm

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GreatWhiteStiff · Post #46 » by **GreatWhiteStiff** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 12:17 am

I love the save at 36 seconds, if that was him.

MemphisX · Post #47 » by **MemphisX** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 12:30 am

Man, he moves so well with the ball.

peZt · Post #48 » by **peZt** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 1:14 am

Yeah he's a top 5 pick

Mickey8 · Post #49 » by **Mickey8** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 1:21 am

GreatWhiteStiff wrote:I love the save at 36 seconds, if that was him.

Yes it was him. He also had 8 assists in the game.

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One of them.

Mickey8 · Post #50 » by **Mickey8** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 1:25 am

peZt wrote:Yeah he's a top 5 pick

Its way too early, the season is long . But I think he's the first round material. He's really good driving the ball to the basket ,a very creative finisher and crafty, similarly to Doncic with the craftiness.

Mickey8 · Post #51 » by **Mickey8** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 2:09 am

FarBeyondDriven wrote:
Hal14 wrote:He's gotta be a top 20 pick at this point.

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Some of the issues he was having in previous games with finishing near the rim and hitting jumpers...he is doing much better in those areas in this game.

Had a couple of sloppy turnovers but overall looks very good this game. And he is very young for this draft class so still lots of development ahead for him.

he's fundamentally sound and skilled but he lacks the athleticism to defend and do this at the NBA level. He's probably a late first round talent. He does look good enough to make it in the league at least.

There are plenty of guards who can't defend in the NBA league, some of them are Top 10 players in the league. You have the historical examples as well. That didn't keep them out of the NBA. Maybe he will able to compensate it with the offense like those players, you never know.

Pokuokic · Post #52 » by **Pokuokic** » Sat Oct 7, 2023 11:26 am

His man to man defense over the first 2 games has been excellent 1 on 1 he's more than good, his size/anticipation allows him to cut of drives easily and he reads the lanes well. Topic makes the other 18 year old Mega players from the past look like bums.

The team badly needs Nemanja Popovic to come back from injury (is he injured?) to play back up PF/C rather than just Jovic/Plavisic having to man the position they should not be losing to Borac that's for sure.

Whoever gets Djurisic in the 2nd round is getting a steal playing more off ball has really helped him he's just not cut out to be a full time PG.

lambchop · Post #53 » by **lambchop** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:37 pm

Mickey8 wrote:
FarBeyondDriven wrote:
Hal14 wrote:He's gotta be a top 20 pick at this point.

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Some of the issues he was having in previous games with finishing near the rim and hitting jumpers...he is doing much better in those areas in this game.

Had a couple of sloppy turnovers but overall looks very good this game. And he is very young for this draft class so still lots of development ahead for him.

he's fundamentally sound and skilled but he lacks the athleticism to defend and do this at the NBA level. He's probably a late first round talent. He does look good enough to make it in the league at least.

There are plenty of guards who can't defend in the NBA league, some of them are Top 10 players in the league. You have the historical examples as well. That didn't keep them out of the NBA. Maybe he will able to compensate it with the offense like those players, you never know.

Yea NBA teams usually would work around this issue by having Topic guard SG which is usually way less of a threat, essentially a Josh Hart level player. At his height he can even defend SFs like Dorian Finney Smith who can't take him off the dribble but also lack the post skills to exploit the slight height advantage they have. Defense becomes a real issue when you're like IT and really can't defend anyone.

Will be interesting to see where he gets picked and if he actually makes the jump to the NBA immediately or decides to stick around another year or so.

Mickey8 · Post #54 » by **Mickey8** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:08 pm

Another strong game by him today 21 points and 10 assists in a win for his team, he could have had more assists in the game if his teammates made the shots.

Mickey8 · Post #55 » by **Mickey8** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:02 pm

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Mickey8 · Post #56 » by **Mickey8** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:38 am

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lambchop · Post #57 » by **lambchop** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:16 am

Crazy how young Mega's team is. Anyway, they play against Partizan on Monday. Will be interesting to see how he plays against that level of competition.

BlazersBroncos · Post #58 » by **BlazersBroncos** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:03 pm

Ya he is pretty clearly working his way into the lotto, if not higher.

Is Bogdan a decent comp? Albeit I feel Topic doesnt have the same juice athletically.

Mickey8 · Post #59 » by **Mickey8** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:45 pm

Topic is more athletic and quicker than Bogdanovic, the comparison is not good because Topic is the natural point guard, Bogdanovic was always SG who could pass some.

EvanZ · Post #60 » by **EvanZ** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:47 pm

I heard his wingspan is 7'...does not look it to me at all.

Seems like Reaves is the obvious comp these days.