DRAFT NOTE. Just a reminder that the possibilities get way more definition in less than a week. The Draft Lottery is Sunday May 10 that will give us the Mavs' draft position. (I'm still voting for them to get a top 4 pick!). That day is also the start of the combine, from which the Underwear Olympics will provide reliable measurements. No more questions about true height, length and other athletic traits for each of the possibilities. If we think that Ujiri has a "type," that might also give us some specific names to argue about.
I love these numbers, because the right player traits can hint at a major prospect waiting to be discovered. I recall how some of the numbers on Kawhi were off the charts, for example. Athletic freak from a smaller school. AD was another athletic freak. Both had gifts that translated to the NBA and made them incredible on defense, which is hard to measure.
However, it's incredibly easy to get TOO wowed by such things with certain players. IIRC, I was really impressed one season by the "under the radar" player Josh Okogie, whose measurables were impressive. Looked like a Ujiri specimen. I was hoping the Mavs would be able to get him with their early 2nd-round pick, but MINN scooped him up at 20. They gave him lots of minutes to try to turn those measurement pluses into a key player. But he never really bloomed - can't shoot, and his defense isn't as special as his numbers hint. The guy who the Mavs ended up with was short and not much of a wingspan, and not very fast. I wasn't impressed when the Mavs got him instead of Okogie. But he could play. Brunson. Lesson learned.
I love these numbers, because the right player traits can hint at a major prospect waiting to be discovered. I recall how some of the numbers on Kawhi were off the charts, for example. Athletic freak from a smaller school. AD was another athletic freak. Both had gifts that translated to the NBA and made them incredible on defense, which is hard to measure.
However, it's incredibly easy to get TOO wowed by such things with certain players. IIRC, I was really impressed one season by the "under the radar" player Josh Okogie, whose measurables were impressive. Looked like a Ujiri specimen. I was hoping the Mavs would be able to get him with their early 2nd-round pick, but MINN scooped him up at 20. They gave him lots of minutes to try to turn those measurement pluses into a key player. But he never really bloomed - can't shoot, and his defense isn't as special as his numbers hint. The guy who the Mavs ended up with was short and not much of a wingspan, and not very fast. I wasn't impressed when the Mavs got him instead of Okogie. But he could play. Brunson. Lesson learned.
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