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by Noah_Magaro_George
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I see you went w the Kentucky measurements to try and sell the Dillingham pick, lol. He measured 6’1 and 164 pounds at the combine
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I’m not sure about taking Dillingham over Castle at 4. I think the odds Rob falls to 8 is much greater than Castle in real life
I’ve become one of Dillingham’s biggest haters, so I’m not a fan of this.
Dillingham has no business getting Top 5 buzz imo. That defense is *horrid*, the worst defensive prospect I’ve seen get lottery buzz in a long time. Considering our perimeter defense is already pretty bad, I’d avoid Dillingham (and Topic who is almost as bad defensively) until there just are no other options. And no, the need at PG is not an excuse here. There will be other, much better options at PG in the future, I’m not wasting a Top 8 pick on a guy that will be a massive liability in the playoffs.
I’m cool with the Castle pick, but intel right now says he’s gone before 8.
Awful take, Noah. The Spurs are not going to take Dillingham at 4, and probably not even at 8.
Dillingham even admits he didn’t understand defensive gameplanning and didn’t put in effort on defense, so thinking that Pop would want him is just an awful take. He’s undersized, has shown very low IQ defensively, quits on plays and just zones out leaving his man to move and get an open look. He’s the exact opposite of basically every draft pick the Spurs have ever made under Pop.
Plus picking him at 4 makes no sense, because Detroit, Charlotte, and Portland aren’t taking him. It is very likely at this point with bad interviews, no workouts, and his poor measureables that he drops to the 10-15 or lower range.
Being just 164 lbs and being an admittedly low-effort defender makes him the single most exploitable player in the entire NBA. The Nuggets will have 5 starters with at least 50 lbs of weight advantage over him. The Mavs will have four players with 60lbs plus Kyrie at 30lbs.
Who is the last NBA player like him to start in the Finals? I’ll give you a hint, no one in the last decade.
The NBA in general is better now than ever at identifying liabilities in a player’s game and exploiting them until the player is not playable. Rob will be the most exploitable player in the entire NBA, and that is not something we would want to take on, especially not for a top 5 pick.
He’s a guy you take to make a bad team more exciting, not a player to take if you want to build a championship team, because championship teams are not starting exploitable players like him.
Castle and Dillingham are the perfect draft however it happens.
I’d go castle and knecht.
I’m so far out on Rob picking him at 4 would make me seriously question if the front office knows what it’s doing. Fucking Oakland hunted him on defense to great success; I can’t imagine him being a positive player in the playoffs. Even if you think his floor is a bench sparkplug, how valuable is that role really? All it ever got Lou Will was a few sixth man awards and first round playoff exits.
My real draft hot take is that we shouldn’t feel compelled to pick a guard in this draft just because and go BPA even if that results in us taking two forwards/wings (the exception being Clingan).
Appreciate the content but I do not agree with Dillingham. You’re not alone among Spurs fans in being high on him, but I don’t agree. Being physically unable to be at least a marginal contributor on defense, I can understand. Not being interested in learning the scheme and putting in the effort, not so much. That’s not just a defense thing, that’s a work ethic and teammate thing.
Offensively, I have doubts about his ability to get to the rim and/or get his shot off against quality NBA defenders with his size.
Castle at 8 is fine, but I would take him at 4. I think he overall will be a better fit for the Spurs and provide a multi faceted impact on the team. I do not believe he will be on the board at 8 anyhow.
I’d go Castle at 4 and either Knecht or Salaun at 8, depending on what direction they want to go (win now or swing for the fences) But that’s just me, I don’t get paid to give my dumbass opinions.
I’d like this draft a lot better if we had taken Reed instead of Dilly at 4.