Magicman28

Absolutely

He shouldn’t have a chip on his shoulder because of “haters”. He should have one because his game needs a lot of work. He shot poorly, admittedly lazy on defense, and showed he turns the ball over against g-league competition. That’s not your critics fault. That’s on you.

A 18 year old being locked in as a top 5 pick in the NBA draft. No one is hating on you. They don’t know you.

Cool story bro. Trying to find reasons to take him at 5 is becoming more and more difficult

I first thought that but I saw other videos and he can get up on a snap but I do agree it’s not Green or Keon like. Not really concern about that though. He’s very athletic. Nothing like Keon but it’s solid enough. I like everything else he does. Just not sold on Kuminga yet.

Yeah moving up is going to be extremely difficult but I hope we can.

He might not be explosive like Jalen Green but he’s got the hops. I really wish we could find a way to get Keon Johnson. It’s difficult with our desperate need for offense but I love other aspects of his game.

That seems very inaccurate or maybe wrong choice of words.

Maybe not Lebron like but he’s pretty athletic overall. That’s why I don’t like the Draymond comparisons.

Hire him!!!

Are you saying pick him at 5?

I’m still Barnes over Kuminga right now. Barnes has more skill IMO.

I still want us to trade up for Green. I’m not feeling Kuminga. I rather take Barnes or even Bouknight if we stay at 5.

Go look at Bouknight’s pro day. That shot...

I don’t know how to gauge this. Like is the average in this particular drill 50%?

Yup. His contract is only guaranteed for 2 years. Take the 2 and go.

Damn. I didn’t know he was getting 21m a year. Houston did that?

I don’t know. I like Barnes a lot more than Kuminga.

Yeah I didn’t see SGA coming. Totally overlooked him. I just saw Luka and Trae and said “gotta get one those guys.”

I wanted Luke or Trae. I saw a video of Bamba and thought ok maybe. That draft still pisses me off. This one just adds to it because of the same situation picking on the outside.

It’s the other offensive attributes. Kuminga’s offensive awareness is less refined. For what he does, think he’s a guy who you draft at 8 not 5. I want Green. Cade was my number 1 but that ain’t happening.

Fixed What’s his wing span tho?

Offensive awareness. Overall basketball IQ. He’s a run and jump athlete. Not much of basketball player there right now. Whoever drafts him has to take 2-3 years just to teach him how to play...basketball. Look, we literally have no one outside of maybe Cole who can get you some kind of offense. Fultz will be out for a while and even he has question marks on his offense. There’s no way we can continue on this path of getting Bamba like players and teach them how to play. Honestly I don’t think Weltman believes we can either which is why he was visibly frustrated.

No. Not the same. All rookies have things they got to learn. What I’m saying is Kuminga still doesn’t quite know how to play the game. Those guys you mentioned may have had to learn the NBA a little but “feel for the game” I mean the actual game of basketball. Kuminga is raw. Real raw. You’re probably talking about 3-4 years away from even knowing if he’s a rotation guy raw.

His form needs some rebuilding to it but it’s not the shot that ultimately concerns me. It’s his iq, his awareness, his feel, that concerns me.