Didn’t get to watch much of the game yesterday but holy hell that block by Mitch on Bates-Diop

Been away for a few days. Thanks for posting this block, Frank. Ridiculous.

and so that brings us to langford… the reason why bpm probably doesn’t like him is that he’s 70% at the line and a third of his shots come from 3p land and he doesn’t make any of them…. but what makes him a great prospect is that he has a pretty wide skillset…. scores well in 2p territory.. with good volume… grabs boards with ok def stats… and passes the ball well… that’s pretty much the basis for a strong nba player…. and the parts where you need to focus on….

Good news: Langford is one of 9 freshman guards since 2009 to post a 53% 2PT% on 8+ 2PA

Bad news: the other eight are Zeek Woodley, Terry Taylor, Alec Burks, Marcus Evans, Dimencio Vaughn, Josh Jackson, Jahad Thomas, and Jaylen Franklin

Seriously though, you make a good point and there are certainly worse outcomes in this draft than Langford. I still think it would be disappointing to draft a guy you have to hope turns into a shooter and defender after being the worst team in the NBA, though.

P.J. Washington seems a bit slept on compared to the hype most UK guys get.

He’s bad on both sides despite the occasional eye catching play.

I am still bullish on DSJ — he’s extremely inconsistent both in terms of results and off-ball effort, but you see not just eye-catching plays but entire games where he really puts it together. That game against San Antonio a couple weeks ago was legit one of the best Knick PG games in many years – 19/13 with 0 turnovers is not a fluke (in fact there have only been 55 such games in the last 10 seasons). what’s more is that there have only been TWO such games in NBA history by a player younger than 22 – DSJ and Chris Paul.

(side note – just a little less than a year ago Lebron put up a 35 and 17 game with zero turnovers — what a freaking monster)

Didn’t get to watch much of the game yesterday but holy hell that block by Mitch on Bates-Diop – I mean, the athleticism and the awareness to come off his man on that basket cut. I mean Enes Kanter (or for that matter any Knicks center since Tyson) wouldn’t even have been facing the correct direction!