2013 Draft Thread

[Plowright]

I like te sound of plunkee. He has legit size, rebounds the ball well and has a more efficient offence than any of our bigs do. But I see a few are down on him, just wanting to know what people think of him who have seen him play.

[Chef]

I say you need to read some of the posts I've put up recently

i saw the blurb from two posts ago, any more detail you could offer? who does he remind you of? how would he and kemba (most important) work together as starters? is he ball dominant, a motion type guy or something in between?

[Chef]

I like te sound of plunkee. He has legit size, rebounds the ball well and has a more efficient offence than any of our bigs do. But I see a few are down on him, just wanting to know what people think of him who have seen him play.

i have seen him live at summer pro-am's and on tv in season for the past 3 years. he largely disappears when the competition gets better. he busts out 20/15's against the little sister's of the poor than settles into a 8/6 guy for the season. this is the first season he has kept it up this long. he is uber athletic but his offense isn't great.

my comp: a more athletic version of chris humphries.

[SWedd523]

I like te sound of plunkee. He has legit size, rebounds the ball well and has a more efficient offence than any of our bigs do. But I see a few are down on him, just wanting to know what people think of him who have seen him play.

I've been watching Plunkee (lol) for his entire career at Duke and have probably seen 50 or so of his games so far. He's really improved from his Freshman year where he was just a great athlete to a guy capable (and so far proving it) of being a 20/10 player on the college level. I can't say I'm a fan though because there's just something about him that I don't like. Maybe it's the Duke taint, but I don't have faith that he can be the dependable 20+ post scorer we need.

i saw the blurb from two posts ago, any more detail you could offer? who does he remind you of? how would he and kemba (most important) work together as starters? is he ball dominant, a motion type guy or something in between?

I've see a couple of sites call him a young Ray Allen with his athleticism and sweet jumper. I personally wouldn't go that far because I hesitate comparing guys to all-time greats but I've seen enough to know he can be a really special player someday. He plays similarly to Brad Beal but I'll say he's been a bit more... noticeable*. Probably slightly taller/longer than Beal and seems to be a little better in-game leaper as well. I think if he can continue to play at this level when he gets into conference play and March Madness (remember that's when Beal really stepped up) then I won't hesitate saying he's a better prospect. And you should know I was almost as high on Beal as I was on Lamb last year



*Beal is the type of guy who sort of blends into a team and does his work without being a look-at-me guy. Doesn't do a ton of spectacular things but after the game you look at the box score and you see he had 15/5/5 and played great defense.

[Chef]

I've been watching Plunkee (lol) for his entire career at Duke and have probably seen 50 or so of his games so far. He's really improved from his Freshman year where he was just a great athlete to a guy capable (and so far proving it) of being a 20/10 player on the college level. I can't say I'm a fan though because there's just something about him that I don't like. Maybe it's the Duke taint, but I don't have faith that he can be the dependable 20+ post scorer we need.


I've see a couple of sites call him a young Ray Allen with his athleticism and sweet jumper. I personally wouldn't go that far because I hesitate comparing guys to all-time greats but I've seen enough to know he can be a really special player someday. He plays similarly to Brad Beal but I'll say he's been a bit more... noticeable*. Probably slightly taller/longer than Beal and seems to be a little better in-game leaper as well. I think if he can continue to play at this level when he gets into conference play and March Madness (remember that's when Beal really stepped up) then I won't hesitate saying he's a better prospect. And you should know I was almost as high on Beal as I was on Lamb last year



*Beal is the type of guy who sort of blends into a team and does his work without being a look-at-me guy. Doesn't do a ton of spectacular things but after the game you look at the box score and you see he had 15/5/5 and played great defense.

my main concern is that the cats need a guy who does stand out and at the end of the game you say he had 25/4/7.

but, having a guy that you described is not a bad problem at all.

[SWedd523]

Well he does comparatively stand out more than Beal so there isn't a worry there.


I haven't seen a guy in a long time I know can be an elite scorer because 25+ ppg is becoming a rarity these days. If Kemba continues to hover around the 20 mark then we really don't need an elite scorer for fear of reducing Kemba's effectiveness. McLemore has the potential to light the scoreboard up though and I could see him being a lead scorer if need be.

To that, I believe he'd be a pretty good match for Kemba and MKG because he's shown (especially in his last game) to have a nice floor game for a wing. He's not the secondary PG type of guy but he made a number of plays both on and off the ball. We know Kemba is ball dominant, so having a guy that can hit from set pieces while also allowing Kemba to not have to go 150% all night would be nice

[polarcat]

This draft is hard for me because I'm a BPA kinda guy. However, if the most dynamic player is a 2, I'm nervous. We have so much need for an elite PF with Hendo and Taylor projecting out at the 2, that it would be hard for me to take a SG. Sucks because Shabazz and McLemore are pretty nasty. I guess maybe we package Hendo and something else and get our PF via trade. Then taking a guy like McLemore would be cool. We need to get our "Durant", "Rose", "Carmelo" by next season via draft or trade.

For me right now, my top 5 for us:

Polythress
Len
Bennett
CJL
Mitchell

[Chef]

Well he does comparatively stand out more than Beal so there isn't a worry there.


I haven't seen a guy in a long time I know can be an elite scorer because 25+ ppg is becoming a rarity these days. If Kemba continues to hover around the 20 mark then we really don't need an elite scorer for fear of reducing Kemba's effectiveness. McLemore has the potential to light the scoreboard up though and I could see him being a lead scorer if need be.

To that, I believe he'd be a pretty good match for Kemba and MKG because he's shown (especially in his last game) to have a nice floor game for a wing. He's not the secondary PG type of guy but he made a number of plays both on and off the ball. We know Kemba is ball dominant, so having a guy that can hit from set pieces while also allowing Kemba to not have to go 150% all night would be nice

then he may be my #2 behind len. but len is going to have show the same game as he did against kentucky as to be the norm not the exception.

[SWedd523]

then he may be my #2 behind len. but len is going to have show the same game as he did against kentucky as to be the norm not the exception.

Mark me down as cautious of Len. Is he huge? Yes. Is he productive? You bet. But I just think the NBA is transitioning away from the plodders we used to see to the high activity/athleticism guys who are taking the league over these days

[Plowright]

Thing is, unless we get say top 5 I don't think we're getting a 15-20 ppg post player. He'll, even if we get the number 1 pick I'm not sure we would. But if we were going in the 5-10 range would plumlee be a bad pick for us?