2018 NBA Draft

[Magnum_3_Ball]

Originally Posted by MavzMan

OK, you've got my curiosity. What is your reasoning for taking Trae Young ahead of Bamba when we already have DSJ? Do you consider Bamba to be that much of a project? If we were to draft TY, how does a TY and DSJ work?

I think people make too much of the we already have X, so we can't have Y notion. If Portland thought that way, they never would of drafted CJ McCollum after they already had Damian Lillard. There's proof two 6-3 guards can work together.

It's not ideal, but it can work, and taking a player who works out is always better than taking a player who doesn't even if there's some redundancy.

Imo, Trae Young has one of the highest ceilings of anyone in this draft. I don't see comparisons to Steph as unattainable for him. If I'm going to miss on a guy, I'd rather miss on someone with that type of ceiling because championships are won by teams with top 10 players in the league, not the center for the 3rd string All NBA defensive team.

I also think comparisons to Gobert for Bamba aren't as realistic. Gobert had more of an NBA body from day 1. Bamba is going to need his rookie season just to get to where Gobert's body was his rookie year. And Gobert didn't do much his rookie year, he was still adding muscle & getting accustomed to the NBA.

How is Bamba going to do mentally & emotionally when he comes in as a top 5 draft pick & doesn't experience much success his first 2 years? He might have the maturity to keep grinding away & be just fine. His potential is still multi-year All Star, but there's also the potential that he cracks under that type of pressure. I don't think it's a good sign that in college he already is taking plays off & doesn't box out. I also think his shot needs a major overhaul & if he doesn't have an above average work ethic, then he's not going to develop an NBA jump shot.