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By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:23:02 +0000

I don’t think Jennings and LaMelo are the exact same players. But the only difference their height seems to make is in their rebounding numbers. They’re both godawful defenders despite having good counting stats on defense. Jennings also came in with an excellent reputation and a knack for passing, maybe not as good as LaMelo, but similar in that respect.

Both players bring something to the table, but their overconfidence in their ability to score is their doom. Shooting-wise, Jennings shot sub-40% from the field which is where I’m guessing LaMelo will end up.

Rondo had a lot of value on the defensive end, LaMelo doesn’t. Rondo was significantly shorter than LaMelo and didn’t show any propensity to chuck 20 shots a game. I don’t see how that’s a better comparison.

But who knows, maybe I’ll look like an idiot in 5 years.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:09:06 +0000

In reply to Leonam.

Lottery thread up!

Fingers crossed!

http://knickerblogger.net/testing-dolans-razor-the-2020-nba-lottery-thread/

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:03:23 +0000

Early Bird: I’ll translate:

LaMelo is going to put up the same numbers as Brandon Jennings, but with more rebounds.

I’m not sure why you think that. Just their size alone suggests that they are different players. Jennings was also very left-hand dominant and was never a big assists guy.

Even if he never develops his shooting beyond Jennings, he should get more assists, steals and blocks. All he needs to do to separate himself scoring-wise is shoot reasonably well from 2 (Jennings was a career 41% from 2) Considering he’s way taller, longer and more ambidextrous, that shouldn’t be too hard.

But if you’re saying that’s his floor, that’s essentially what we’ve been saying. I still think Jason Williams (who was also much smaller) has the most similar game to LaMelo, stylistically speaking. And he was at pretty much the same level as Jennings. What we agree on is that he’s totally an upside pick at #1, his stats don’t really justify picking him that high.

By: Leonam

Leonam — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:55:25 +0000

A 55 -point game by a rookie wouldn’t be bad in MSG…

Jennings went to a Michael Redd-less Milwaukee team where he imediately became the first scoring option (or second, but Bogut never scored much), which brought to surface the worst of his chucking. Ball wouldn’t find that scenario in NYC, he would have more alternatives. I think he would put his focus on passing, at first. By shooting less, he will be a better player.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:31:23 +0000

Z-man: I don’t get this at all.

I’ll translate:

LaMelo is going to put up the same numbers as Brandon Jennings, but with more rebounds.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:40:20 +0000

I think the Bucks are back

By: JK47

JK47 — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:37:07 +0000

I consulted the Razor.

It said that this year’s weak ass draft is the year we win the #1 pick.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:35:41 +0000

We need shooting, but we can get that with the Clippers and Hornets picks if we win the lottery. We have needed a good playmaker at point guard forever. Is LaMelo that guy? I don’t know, but I think it’ll be fun watching him try to fix our decades-old Achilles heel.

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:30:09 +0000

I’ve never been less nervous for a lottery. This draft is underwhelming and kind of all over the place in terms of where the guys I like are projected to go. Theoretically I should still root for the highest pick possible because of trade down possibilities of course, but we don’t really do smart things like that, so whatever.

By: d-mar

d-mar — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:20:25 +0000

When the Lakers got #4 we had a 50% chance at #1. And then, it seemed like seconds later:

“the 3rd pick in the 2019 NBA Draft goes to…..”

Ah, moments as a Knicks fan I’ll cherish forever…