Nick Smith entered the season with top 5 draft potential as the #3 RSCI freshman, with hype as an elite scoring guard with elite touch on his floaters and mid range shots.
Thanks for referencing the contract issues. There's not enough pre-draft focus on long term contract outlook.
The absolute best case for someone like Smith is Bradley Beal, proud owner of the worst contract in the league.
The reality is, scoring is overvalued. Scorers who hurt you on D, and don't make their teammates better (Poole/Herro/LaVine/Hield/MPJ etc) represent the worst value in the league. They always get overpaid; average 20 a game and someone is offering you the max.
The draft doesn't happen in a vacuum, it happens within the context of a salary capped league.
I'm interested in your final take on Sidy Cissoko. Big guard with a really good free throw rate (needs to be adjusted for G league rules), good passing skills and 31% from 3. His PER is deflated from poor defensive rebounding numbers which isn't a red flag imo.
Tough to scout the G league and WS is a poor advanced stat, but he did put up better WS/40 than Scoot.
The bad rebounding numbers a major red flag imo. How many athletic wings rebound like a small guard and end up becoming a defensive stopper in the NBA? It's hard to think of any examples. His measurements were a bit underwhelming too, his size for a SF is meh.
He needs to be a + defensive player because his offense is so meh. It's nice that he can pass a bit, but his shooting and general offensive skills are super fringey.
I remember thinking his defense was good in the Hoop Summit, so I don't want to be out on him entirely...but I haven't had the chance to pay close attention to his GL defense, and the rebounding adds a significant pessimistic skew to his projection. Tempted to say that early 2nd round is about right for him, but I'd need to scout his GL defense more closely to be confident.
The contract argument is a fair one but if we don't take that into account when making boards (after all signing contracts is an absolutely different action that has little to do with drafting) would u agree in more of a vacuum he is somewhat considerably higher than what u imply?
I'm not really counting the contract, getting likely overpaid is just gravy. He still could also get traded for a good return before pay day so it cuts both ways. I really just think he is that terrible.
Thanks for referencing the contract issues. There's not enough pre-draft focus on long term contract outlook.
The absolute best case for someone like Smith is Bradley Beal, proud owner of the worst contract in the league.
The reality is, scoring is overvalued. Scorers who hurt you on D, and don't make their teammates better (Poole/Herro/LaVine/Hield/MPJ etc) represent the worst value in the league. They always get overpaid; average 20 a game and someone is offering you the max.
The draft doesn't happen in a vacuum, it happens within the context of a salary capped league.
What went wrong with Dion ?
Are you going to do a final big board?
I will but not until closer to the draft. Don’t have many strongly different takes at the moment
I'm interested in your final take on Sidy Cissoko. Big guard with a really good free throw rate (needs to be adjusted for G league rules), good passing skills and 31% from 3. His PER is deflated from poor defensive rebounding numbers which isn't a red flag imo.
Tough to scout the G league and WS is a poor advanced stat, but he did put up better WS/40 than Scoot.
The bad rebounding numbers a major red flag imo. How many athletic wings rebound like a small guard and end up becoming a defensive stopper in the NBA? It's hard to think of any examples. His measurements were a bit underwhelming too, his size for a SF is meh.
He needs to be a + defensive player because his offense is so meh. It's nice that he can pass a bit, but his shooting and general offensive skills are super fringey.
I remember thinking his defense was good in the Hoop Summit, so I don't want to be out on him entirely...but I haven't had the chance to pay close attention to his GL defense, and the rebounding adds a significant pessimistic skew to his projection. Tempted to say that early 2nd round is about right for him, but I'd need to scout his GL defense more closely to be confident.
The contract argument is a fair one but if we don't take that into account when making boards (after all signing contracts is an absolutely different action that has little to do with drafting) would u agree in more of a vacuum he is somewhat considerably higher than what u imply?
I'm not really counting the contract, getting likely overpaid is just gravy. He still could also get traded for a good return before pay day so it cuts both ways. I really just think he is that terrible.