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I hope only if they fall to like 7, or take him with the Toronto pick if it conveys. Don't like drafting a guy too scared to play Euroleague.
If Topic sucks in his return, the narrative will be that he’s just rusty. If he plays well, it’ll be “He came back to silence the haters.” Win-win for him tbh.
I hope only if they fall to like 7, or take him with the Toronto pick if it conveys. Don't like drafting a guy too scared to play Euroleague.
He can't silence by going to the scrub league while avoiding Euroleague after looking trash there for a game and a half.
I'm shocked to learn that a bunch of North Macedonian goat farmers aren't the pinnacle of basketball excellence.
Blech, he probably is near the top of the Spurs board though for his size, just like Primo's scrub ass.
The Savior tbh.
I guess it's all perspective because I think his ABA team could probably beat 99% of College teams
Fom my understanding, teams that play both Euroleague and ABA don't play their best players in ABA most of the time.
Topic's team would most likely be able to have 100% winrate in ABA if they tried.
Him playing there for the strongest team doesn't mean much.
Only a handful of best Euroleague players are good for the NBA and it's ruleset, ABA league is way below.
I understand Topic is just 18, but I've copy/pasted that same post over and over again about no European point guards other than Rubio and Doncic making it in the NBA over the past 15 years. None.
While it's true that FIBA rules make it difficult to score and require players to have higher bball IQ, those rules also help mask lack of athleticism.
Topic isn't a bad defender because he's young, he's a bad defender because he's disgustingly slow-footed and can't stay in front of anyone.
If he's bad under FIBA ruleset, he'd easily be the worst defender in the NBA.
And he can't shoot. Not even his midrange is reliable, as already mentioned.
He could become a solid NBA point guard, but there's absolutely no way he ever becomes a star player.
What's the point of drafting him with a top5 pick then? To wait three years before he becomes a servicable starter?
There's just way too many variables that would have to allign for him to be worth the pick.
Athleticism will never be there, he'd have to improve both his defense and his shot.
Even though I don't think guards with no range have a place in modern NBA, I'd rather gamble on one of those athletic freaks to develop a shot.
People in here are ting on Trae ing Young, but want a player who won't ever be any better defensively and has maybe 5% chance to come close to Trae's offensive output.
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I'm not high on him either. Rather take Castle in the Spurs range of pick.
Yep, It wouldn't even be a surprise if the Spurs reach for Topic if they win the first pick worrying he won't be there for them at 7 with the Toronto pick.
Agreed, at least I know Castle gives a . Topic shutting it down for three months until he can statpad in a weak league is such a horrible look.
Kind of strange Topic is suddenly good to play when reports had him supposedly being back weeks ago.
He may play now just to show he isn't injured and good to go for the draft.
ive been warming to holland tbh, but would feel much more comfortable taking him if we got the raptors pick as well so we could also add one of the sharpshooters
Ron Holland's quote is hilarious.
The 'almost' must be referring to the Ignite, where he and his prodigious teammates inep ude are partly responsible for the NBA shuttering the program altogether.
In on Jakobe Walter for the second pick from TOR if it conveys.
if hes a good shooter then why dont he shoot good
All Moneyball references are winners in my book
Season is over. The draft has already been talked to death. Sigh?
Oof. This truth just punched me in the chest. I want Rob Thrillingham and Cody Williams, personally. Safe picks, that will produce sooner, rather than later, rather than never.
100% agree. I want proven commodities not mystery box players. This is like Shaedon Sharpe all over again.
Love the Moneyball references and such a good meme with apt parallels imo
Was wild to see Ja'Kobe on Pelton's list top ten. What good is all the potential for Walter if it largely goes untapped? This is like Keyonte all over again. George's numbers show a lot of time and work are necessary imo but it's early still and I like Keyonte hope he does well but concerning numbers shooting, orchestrating the offense and defensively apparently. Gotta figure that's also what's in store for whomever goes with Walter this year.
Haven’t watched a ton of Ja’kobe walters but seems at a short glance he could be this years Victor Oladipo
Pelton probably likes Walter because he's young, gets up a huge volume of 3s with a good FT%, and gets to the line at an excellent rate. He shoots a ton of his 3s off movement too so it's not like he's got an easy shot diet. Not a whole lot of freshmen in recent memory that can do all that, so there is an argument that he has the potential to be a great offensive weapon down the road.
Personally, I'm not a fan. Average SG sized, hasn't shown any passing chops, horrible defensive metrics. Really limited value if you're trying to pick him high
I would be shocked if topic ever turns out to be a star. Jose Calderon is likely his ceiling. Based on the few highlights I’ve seen.
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