Whale of a Guy
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RE: Interersting comparison
(01-18-2017 01:36 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote: Maybe Dedric is the new Perry Ellis? He stayed 4 years
Where is he playing now ?
Dont get the rush to turn pro unless you are at least a lottery pick
A 20 year old by himself in Europe ? I guess if you want to be on your own that bad
What about a 50 year old?
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RE: Interersting comparison
(01-17-2017 12:34 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote: He is having a great year, but you can't just look at stats alone when talking about NBA potential. There have been plenty of guys who put up big numbers in college (both in basketball and football) who didn't make it or last in the pros.
Scouts have said that he's too slow and not athletic enough for the league. Maybe he'll surprise everyone, but I tend to agree with that assessment. He's not built to score in the post as a 4 in the NBA. He's not fast enough and doesn't shoot well enough to be a 3.
Dedric's game kind of reminds me of a young Moses Malone .
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Brother Bluto
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RE: Interersting comparison
(01-19-2017 12:59 AM)Whale of a Guy Wrote: (01-18-2017 01:36 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote: Maybe Dedric is the new Perry Ellis? He stayed 4 years
Where is he playing now ?
Dont get the rush to turn pro unless you are at least a lottery pick
A 20 year old by himself in Europe ? I guess if you want to be on your own that bad
What about a 50 year old?
What about the in laws ?
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Whale of a Guy
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RE: Interersting comparison
(01-19-2017 01:09 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote: (01-19-2017 12:59 AM)Whale of a Guy Wrote: (01-18-2017 01:36 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote: Maybe Dedric is the new Perry Ellis? He stayed 4 years
Where is he playing now ?
Dont get the rush to turn pro unless you are at least a lottery pick
A 20 year old by himself in Europe ? I guess if you want to be on your own that bad
What about a 50 year old?
What about the in laws ?
I haven't moved in with them so I'm doing better than others
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RE: Interersting comparison
(01-17-2017 12:54 PM)Penny Lane Wrote: Simmons can play all 5 positions and is a once in 10 year player. Injuries may derail his career-who knows-but he will be a larger taller Jason Kidd if everything goes right for him. Dedric could make the league and be a Mo Speights type player if everything breaks right for him.
Many times with borderline NBA players, it is a matter of getting into the right system with the right coach. Will Barton is a great example of that.
Greek Freak?
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RE: Interersting comparison
(01-17-2017 05:14 PM)Trapper John Wrote: (01-17-2017 01:35 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote: (01-17-2017 01:32 PM)Trapper John Wrote: The NBA needs a better, more organized, more structured D-league. It should mirror the higher levels of MLB. There is no reason that borderline NBA talent should have better opportunities overseas. There is no reason that high level NBA talent should have to choose between getting paid overseas or going to college. And, NBA teams should have an individual farm system to call players up from. The ten day contract system is absurd when you compare it to the DL / call up system of the MLB.
A player like Lawson should be given a chance to earn time on the court by being on the court, not being relegated overseas because of combine measurements. He, to me, is the exact reason that the NBA needs a minor league system.
Never gonna happen until they expand the rosters and pay more than 50K or whatever it is
Players can just make more in Europe
Absolutely agree. But, an NBA team should pay more to players in their farm system (if such a thing really existed). The trade off is holding the rights to a whole team of players while not having them on your active roster, and having the ability to call up a player for a day, a week, etc. without the use of a ten day contract and a decision at the end of the ten days to keep or cut. It would allow you to develop rookie players more slowly and allow you to draft more productively. Right now it seems a draft pick is a boom or bust in a year or two, with the slower developing draft picks usually blossoming on someone else's team. It would also require a deeper draft - not baseball deep - but at least 2 more rounds, giving high schoolers and 4 year college players more chance to get drafted.
Why?
Did you know that the NBDL is the "official minor league" of the NBA?
There is almost zero money/revenue in the NBDL or any type of basketball minor leagues...so why should the NBA be "forced" to pay higher salaries for a league the public does not care about?
Free market with dozens of leagues in Europe pay quite well and many US Players have good and even great careers playing in Europe and some do come back to play in the NBA.
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