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(Yesterday, 09:20 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Looking at the last few drafts we had Aleksej Pokuševski, Jeremy Sochan, Ousmane Dieng, Tidiane Salaun, Cody Williams, Nikola Topic (still have some hope) as big wings/forwards with handles picked in the lottery. Not looking great.
Going back even further we had Scottie Barnes and Jonathan Kuminga. Barnes had a low usage role in college but was super efficient. Kuminga might be the best comparisation. Played for the g-league ignite team. Terrible shooting percentages from all over the floor.
Don't think the big guys with handles rarely bust narrative holds up to reality.
Ament is very young, played in a tough conference, got to the line a lot and his FT % is high which gives some hope for his jump shot. So I'm not sure if all those comparisons are valid. However, the more I have seen these playoffs and some of the horrendous offensive performances, the more I'm coming around to staying away from Ament.
However, my philosophy when it comes to the draft has always been consistent. I'm in the Nellie school of swinging for the fences. Sure you can have misses, but FA is there to play it safe. The Mavs should 100% not be playing it safe with this pick.
Moving outside the top 10-12 consensus guys, what about Cameron Carr if we move a few spots down? Defense seems to be the knock on him but that athleticism with Coop in transition, will give a lot of easy buckets. Plus his 3 pt shot looks promising.