The Official Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Thread

[SuperKemba]

Um when did averaging 11 ppg and getting 90% of those 11ppg in transition & clean up buckets become a "good scorer"?!?!?

Very good ball handler?!?

MKG attacks the basket extremely well in traffic and does a very good job finding spots to score. His off the ball movement is how he gets half his scoring opportunities. MKG was not out there jacking up shots or disrupting the offense yet he was still pretty efficient as a scorer despite not having the best jump shot. MKG knows how to score no matter what the stats may seem to say. Don't get me wrong he is no carmelo anthony but he can get you at least 18 a night in his prime.

[Demon DeaCat]

I'm right there with you guys who are questioning this pick. I don't even get the Gerald Wallace comparisons. True GW couldn't shoot or handle earlier in his career, but he at least had freakish athletic ability. MKG=Dominic McGuire. It's unfathomable to me that we or any team would even consider using the #2 overall pick on such an average player.

[CharlotteHornets]

I'm right there with you guys who are questioning this pick. I don't even get the Gerald Wallace comparisons. True GW couldn't shoot or handle earlier in his career, but he at least had freakish athletic ability. MKG=Dominic McGuire. It's unfathomable to me that we or any team would even consider using the #2 overall pick on such an average player.

Your are insane to compare MKG to McGuire...NBA scouts are not idiots and I saw MKG play 6 games last season...he is an elite-level athlete...and if you don't think he can develop a jumper look at Russell Westbrook who has a similar hitch in his jump shot and shoots the ball on his way down...he turned out pretty good...and don't forget MKG is still 18...he is a kid and his game will develop...with all that said I am not sure he is a right fit for the Cats

[DashGlobal]

Your are insane to compare MKG to McGuire...NBA scouts are not idiots and I saw MKG play 6 games last season...he is an elite-level athlete...and if you don't think he can develop a jumper look at Russell Westbrook who has a similar hitch in his jump shot and shoots the ball on his way down...he turned out pretty good...and don't forget MKG is still 18...he is a kid and his game will develop...with all that said I am not sure he is a right fit for the Cats

Westbrook had a MUCH better looking jumper in college than MKG. I dont think there is anyone to compare than jumper to because it is so dang fuggly!

[Plowright]

MKG is Dominic Mcguire!? Wow now I have seen everything

[Demon DeaCat]

Your are insane to compare MKG to McGuire...NBA scouts are not idiots and I saw MKG play 6 games last season...he is an elite-level athlete...and if you don't think he can develop a jumper look at Russell Westbrook who has a similar hitch in his jump shot and shoots the ball on his way down...he turned out pretty good...and don't forget MKG is still 18...he is a kid and his game will develop...with all that said I am not sure he is a right fit for the Cats

Why is it insane? The same superlatives used to describe Mcguire are the very ones everyone keeps trotting out to hype up MKG- high motor, effort, hustle, good defender. It spells role player, and I can't think of anything more insane than using the second overall pick to draft a role player.

[Mustachio]

Lot of negativity now so I want to clarify my position on MKG. I don't think he's a scrub. I don't think he's a bust. I think hes going to be a good player. I just don't think he is a value pick at #2. He may end up the best SF in this class, very likely in fact. I just don't think he separates himself enough from other available SF's to justify the #2 pick. The drop off to Barnes/Harkless is minimal and those guys can be had later if thats what we want. Thomas Robinson is far and away the best PF outside of Davis, and Drummond offers much more upside than any player outside of Davis. Those two guys just seem more in line with what Cho/Higgins want.

Also I think we all agree that this is not the last year we are looking to draft high. With next years relatively weak class, Shabazz and some other guys are much better prospects at SF. I think thats necessary to keep in mind. Not that they would skip a solid player in this draft in hopes that another works out next year. I just think that already, Shabazz is a better prospect even if he bust at UCLA.

[polarcat]

Lot of negativity now so I want to clarify my position on MKG. I don't think he's a scrub. I don't think he's a bust. I think hes going to be a good player. I just don't think he is a value pick at #2. He may end up the best SF in this class, very likely in fact. I just don't think he separates himself enough from other available SF's to justify the #2 pick. The drop off to Barnes/Harkless is minimal and those guys can be had later if thats what we want. Thomas Robinson is far and away the best PF outside of Davis, and Drummond offers much more upside than any player outside of Davis. Those two guys just seem more in line with what Cho/Higgins want.

^^^ 110% agree. I honestly think as individual workouts go, Robinson will close in more on AD and separate himself more from MKG, Beal & Drummond as we close in on draft night. IMO, if we're looking for a SF, Harkless is the one you want out of this draft. Snag that #10 pick from NO, draft Harkless and let Ariza start until Moe gets up to speed.

[Mustachio]

^^^ 110% agree. I honestly think as individual workouts go, Robinson will close in more on AD and separate himself more from MKG, Beal & Drummond as we close in on draft night. IMO, if we're looking for a SF, Harkless is the one you want out of this draft. Snag that #10 pick from NO, draft Harkless and let Ariza start until Moe gets up to speed.

Like the idea that we get Moe and a guy to bring him along behind. But I'm thinking Moe may be gone by 10 now. Reports that Golden State and Toronto at 7 and 8 like him a lot.

[polarcat]

Like the idea that we get Moe and a guy to bring him along behind. But I'm thinking Moe may be gone by 10 now. Reports that Golden State and Toronto at 7 and 8 like him a lot.

DAMN!! Haha.... been loving this kid for awhile now. Well, if those reports are true, than that should shake someone very talented loose that would've went earlier. I think we all agree that the top-5 is set in stone (though the order is not) - AD, TRob, Beal, MKG, Drummond. 6-10 looks like Barnes, Sullinger, Lillard, Lamb, PJIII, Henson and maybe Waiters and Leonard depending. If Harkless gets put into the 6-10 group, someone like Barnes or Lamb could still be there at 10. My whole thing with Toronto is that they were one of the first ones to speak out and say that their pick was available for trade. They might like Harkless, but maybe they think they can trade down.... IDK.