From a draft site. So he staying in Bay area? Lacob is just cheap and wanted to save moving costs.
"Brandin is one of the better outside shooters in this class and has been a scoring machine since his days at the high school level. After not seeing opportunity at Illinois he transferred to Santa Clara and had a monster sophomore season.
He’s got good size for a combo guard but is more of a below the rim athlete who relies on his skill level, BBIQ and elite shooting touch to get buckets.
The 6-5 lefty projects as a 3pt marksman at the next level and will also be able to play with the ball in his hands and make plays for his teammates.
He’s got an all around game and plays both ends. Shows great awareness on the defensive end. Is a glue-guy type of player who makes those around him better and just knows how to play.
He’s one of the better rebounding guards you’ll see."
We hear they like Quinones, they already have Ty (if they want him), and they draft a guy that probably won't be ready for a while at a position we're fairly deep at.
We need a couple of bigs, and it looks like it's going to have to be a couple of vet mins, or hope that PBJ improves his defense enough to join the rotation.
I don't think he does it in quite the same way, he's not gonna be breaking people down off the dribble or launching from the logo, I also expect to see way more rebounding and a more methodical attack. KOC compared him to a combination of DDV & D'Angelo Russell... hopefully the good qualities from both, not the bad qualities from both 😂
Like, I can totally see Kuminga (or Wiggins, for that matter) feasting on CP3 lobs/drop-offs and I don't know if Rollins would have amounted to anything for us, but... I'm not convinced Paul has anything left in the tank, OR that he'll be a better locker-room/bench presence than Poole. I mean...maybe? He has gotten good reviews from recent young teammates but I would be completely unsurprised if Draymond blew up at him. PROBABLY not to the degree of throwing punches only because Draymond still probably regrets that from last year, but like, I still suspect JP3 has more future success in the NBA than CP3 has left in him. A 2030 first round pick is far off enough to feel immaterial (will civilization even still exist by then, or will it be destroyed by global warming/AI/nuclear war first??) if it's a bit galling to lose real assets for this crazy trade...
Someone compared his numbers to JP from last season and CP3 is still an efficient scorer when called upon, especially from midrange , and he will space the floor from 3 (38%). If he's ok playing the old Iguodala role on offense, but with a pick and roll game, I think it'll be a positive move. The biggest risk with him in injury, but who knows, maybe we get lucky next year and he's able to avoid it.
The draft did Not seem to break well for us on first overview. I knew we werent getting Smith or Whitmore but Jaquez Lively or even Hawkins off the board. Bit of a reach but what else could we do. The borderline settled between that 18th and 19th pick.
Okay, everyone please move to a new thread (damn this is topping 1k comments)...
https://dubnationhq.com/p/brandin-podziemski-drafted-at-19?sd=pf
DRAFT SPOILERS ARE FINE HERE. YOU ARE NOW WARNED.
I'm tracking the draft picks in relation to our Draft Tourney at a live updating Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15wiXQtiOWMWub9QoTZo4vvIeVu-Bz3XMdtR7Xl6RbEE/edit?usp=sharing
This is wonderful!!!
Something about seeing the "Eric Apricot" cursor moving around makes me feel like I'm closer
That's a nice addition to follow along with.
Does this mean the nico mannion and Justinian Jessup era is over???
From a draft site. So he staying in Bay area? Lacob is just cheap and wanted to save moving costs.
"Brandin is one of the better outside shooters in this class and has been a scoring machine since his days at the high school level. After not seeing opportunity at Illinois he transferred to Santa Clara and had a monster sophomore season.
He’s got good size for a combo guard but is more of a below the rim athlete who relies on his skill level, BBIQ and elite shooting touch to get buckets.
The 6-5 lefty projects as a 3pt marksman at the next level and will also be able to play with the ball in his hands and make plays for his teammates.
He’s got an all around game and plays both ends. Shows great awareness on the defensive end. Is a glue-guy type of player who makes those around him better and just knows how to play.
He’s one of the better rebounding guards you’ll see."
That is so Poolesque but with better IQ and defense. He better be ready in a year at Poole's when Paul is gone.
With better IQ and defense, he's not very Poolesque. How does he compare athletically?
I don't remember Poole ever being called a good rebounder either.
We drafted Nico Mannion's big brother
LOL :)
I called him Mike Dunleavy's clone, but this is better.
"He was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball as a senior."
HELLO WISCONSIN! Did Red Forman approve of this pick?
Link to the DNHQ Draft Tourney Vote w/Podz scouting reports:
https://dubnationhq.com/p/dnhq-draft-tourney-jett-howard-1
Sad we didn’t take a big swing on Whitmore or Miller, but it also kinda seems like a vote of confidence in JK, Moses, PBJ, and Gui.
I'm not sure what this pick is.
We hear they like Quinones, they already have Ty (if they want him), and they draft a guy that probably won't be ready for a while at a position we're fairly deep at.
We need a couple of bigs, and it looks like it's going to have to be a couple of vet mins, or hope that PBJ improves his defense enough to join the rotation.
Just reading a little bit about Podz, he seems to fit Poole's mold - scoring machine, combo guard
I don't think he does it in quite the same way, he's not gonna be breaking people down off the dribble or launching from the logo, I also expect to see way more rebounding and a more methodical attack. KOC compared him to a combination of DDV & D'Angelo Russell... hopefully the good qualities from both, not the bad qualities from both 😂
Podz is a Santa Clara guy, right? Looks like he's staying in the Bay Area.
Like, I can totally see Kuminga (or Wiggins, for that matter) feasting on CP3 lobs/drop-offs and I don't know if Rollins would have amounted to anything for us, but... I'm not convinced Paul has anything left in the tank, OR that he'll be a better locker-room/bench presence than Poole. I mean...maybe? He has gotten good reviews from recent young teammates but I would be completely unsurprised if Draymond blew up at him. PROBABLY not to the degree of throwing punches only because Draymond still probably regrets that from last year, but like, I still suspect JP3 has more future success in the NBA than CP3 has left in him. A 2030 first round pick is far off enough to feel immaterial (will civilization even still exist by then, or will it be destroyed by global warming/AI/nuclear war first??) if it's a bit galling to lose real assets for this crazy trade...
oh yeah and the draft is sure happening too.
Someone compared his numbers to JP from last season and CP3 is still an efficient scorer when called upon, especially from midrange , and he will space the floor from 3 (38%). If he's ok playing the old Iguodala role on offense, but with a pick and roll game, I think it'll be a positive move. The biggest risk with him in injury, but who knows, maybe we get lucky next year and he's able to avoid it.
This screamed safe pick. Him and his agent probably promised he'll play his role and won't b*tch
“He will run through a wall for this organization.”
Go dad! Such beautiful words
Podz looks like a tall Jack Harlow.
The draft did Not seem to break well for us on first overview. I knew we werent getting Smith or Whitmore but Jaquez Lively or even Hawkins off the board. Bit of a reach but what else could we do. The borderline settled between that 18th and 19th pick.
Praying that we hear "there has been a trade...."
TLDR - will this kid be good enough to convince Kerr to let him contribute regular season minutes?
no. He's going to have real problems on defense to start out, and maybe for a while.
*sigh*