You don’t have to apologize about Siakam. 2019-20 to 2023-24 in 5yr span AVERAGED 23 PPG 8 RBG 5 APG 1.6 stocks 49/34/77 If Cooper Flagg offensively gets to that and then defense is prime Kirilenko (2.1 BPG & 1.4 SPG) that’s a damn good player! 23 8 5 3.5 stocks That’s an All NBA player & Top15 player! I also see some prime Utah Gordon Hayward (best player & All Star on 50+ win Jazz who averaged 24.1 PPG, 6.1 RBG, 3.4 APG in playoffs getting to 2nd round playing 11 games) & prime Tom Chambers (1985-90 averaged 23, 7, 3 made two 2nd team all NBA & b2b yrs finished 8/9 in MVP). If Flagg is prime AK 47 defensively & prime Siakam (who made 2 all nba teams too), Hayward & Chambers on offensive that’s a VERY good player especially since he’s showing that at 16/17 yrs old! Would love my Pacers to get either one. Wanted Banchero & Wemby bad! We’ve never had a #1 pick in NBA! 🤬 PS Kasparas Jakucionis at Illinois has impressed me so far. As a freshman 18yr old he’s AVERAGING 16 6 6 1.4 spg 47/42/84 10.2 BPM
The process would have worked last time if they simply drafted well. Could/should of had Porzingis or Booker (2015 draft) Jaylen Brown (2016 draft) Tatum (2017 draft) SGA or Mikal Bridges (2018 draft) Ben Simmons at #1 was the only one that I understood at the time too (Okafor too to lesser extent).
You don’t have to apologize about Siakam.
2019-20 to 2023-24 in 5yr span AVERAGED
23 PPG
8 RBG
5 APG
1.6 stocks
49/34/77
If Cooper Flagg offensively gets to that and then defense is prime Kirilenko (2.1 BPG & 1.4 SPG) that’s a damn good player!
23
8
5
3.5 stocks
That’s an All NBA player & Top15 player!
I also see some prime Utah Gordon Hayward (best player & All Star on 50+ win Jazz who averaged 24.1 PPG, 6.1 RBG, 3.4 APG in playoffs getting to 2nd round playing 11 games)
&
prime Tom Chambers (1985-90 averaged 23, 7, 3 made two 2nd team all NBA & b2b yrs finished 8/9 in MVP).
If Flagg is prime AK 47 defensively & prime Siakam (who made 2 all nba teams too), Hayward & Chambers on offensive that’s a VERY good player especially since he’s showing that at 16/17 yrs old!
Would love my Pacers to get either one. Wanted Banchero & Wemby bad! We’ve never had a #1 pick in NBA! 🤬
PS Kasparas Jakucionis at Illinois has impressed me so far. As a freshman 18yr old he’s AVERAGING
16
6
6
1.4 spg
47/42/84
10.2 BPM
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Yes!! I am glad we are back to the process!! This is how you get better. Don’t let Adam silver mess it up again!!
The process would have worked last time if they simply drafted well.
Could/should of had
Porzingis or Booker (2015 draft)
Jaylen Brown (2016 draft)
Tatum (2017 draft)
SGA or Mikal Bridges (2018 draft)
Ben Simmons at #1 was the only one that I understood at the time too (Okafor too to lesser extent).