Brother was torching the lakers that one game

Dante Calabria was gonna be my pick but he never made it to the NBA

I loved watching him play tbh, those kind of dudes who can do every single thing but shoot lol

Jabari Parker

I wonder if there’s some sort of correlation between how cool a person’s name/nickname is and their propensity to bust lmao.

Killian Hayes and Dragan Bender are A-tier names with incredible nickname potential but they were wasted on total busts. Jahlil Okafor just sounds like a bruising big you know (tbf I think he would have been successful as a big in any other era except this one)

I was an OG justice winslow truther

Justice was a great player. A very unique game. But the injuries piled up

nah for real tho

Justise Winslow was definitley one of the best NBA names in the last 20 years. Such a good name it got a shoutout from a pre Nazi Kanye.

I still thank god that the Heat and Hornets both turned down Ainge’s offer to trade up for him. He was apparently offering 4 1st rounders to both teams just to move up and take Winslow. Danny was completely enamored with Winslow.

I know there was never any official confirmation which picks were offered, but I wouldn’t be surprised if either one or both of the Nets picks were on the table.

Both will end there careers in Portland

Heat fans had me convinced him and JRich were future all stars

He wins slowly, so there you go

Being named after a dribble move and then becoming really good at that dribble move is so prophetic

/s

this is the one. also has an all-time move named after him.

Pablo Prigioni aka Priggy Smalls

Fab Melo

Joel Spankzilla

bro was one year older than everyone the entire time lmao. could’ve been something if he could shoot

He should join up with Al Horford and start a law firm, Hawford & Henderson. Maybe get Benedict Mathurin in there too.

I watched him play for the nets back in 77 idk what you’re talking about. Afro as high as the ceiling like gerald from hey arnold

Plus a heisman winner and somehow won an Oscar.

Side note I like how you said “1100 men” which makes me wonder what side scoot Henderson was fighting on 😑

Early MLB player typa name

Famously a teammate of Tungsten Arm O’Doyle

100% a golf name

Fits many other sports better

Scoot Henderson, do-it-all utility infielder

Skeeter is like a lacrosse name at best

Wow he has a middle name “Leroy” too 🤣

A long time ago I worked for Dell, we had a VP in RoundRock who went by Dick Hunter. He had a monthly newsletter named “Direct from Dick”. It certainly used to make us laugh.

The Hornets.. 5 years for $209 million

He’s good but the shooting has got to turn around

I’ve only watched a few Hornets games last season, but Brandon looked good. Maybe this season he’s struggling because of a lack of a good point guard?

They are both not even top 10 in the class anymore

In his 4th year I think you could have reasonably had him 3rd behind Luka and Trae

I’ve been watching Miller since high school. Saw him a bunch in person during his college year too. He’s really been at his best when his coaching staff challenges him to be a 2 way player. Feel like the Hornets as a whole just haven’t really demanded that of him and the team. He’s got that dog in him when push comes to shove. Really hope that clicks for him because he has the talent to be All NBA.

Agreed outside of obviously Wemby

I was thinking Keyonte and Amen were both above Miller. Maybe could make a case for Ausar as well

I’m not even upset we didn’t get the first pic in 2023 because I know in my heart of hearts Wemby’s leg would’ve snapped in half the first time he suited up for the Blazers.

Mixed bag for sure. Top 10 picks from 2000 - today:

Great

Dame, LaMarcus Aldridge (especially because the draft pick traded for him was Tyrus Thomas), Brandon Roy (same as LA but traded for Randy Foye)

Good

CJ McCollum, Clingan (could be great)

TBD but not trending the right way

Shaedon, Scoot

Unlucky

Greg Oden

Yikes

Martell Webster

Brandon Miller is pretty good, no?

I mean, at this point, pretty sure ³⁰⁄₃₀ teams/GMs would have him over scoot lol

If i had a nickel for everytime you guys drafted and then immediately traded a future face of the league, id have 2 nickels, which isnt allot, but also weird its happened twice.

You out here acting like ya’ll didnt draft Michael Beasley. Lmao

Gotta get the bag

I mean what’s the definition of pain, some people enjoy a sensation, is that pain or pleasure, how did he know what the doctor was truly asking, how can we know what he truly felt. Also if your physical is, hey you feel okay? I mean

Not the offense so much as the defense I’m worried about. I know he had some really good defensive years here and there, but having two non-switchable bigs sharing the floor can be … questionable in the modern NBA. Also he wasn’t the greatest passer or ball handler in the world, but his post bag and mid range touch were next level

Revisionist lies. No this is not true at all.

He had great touch around the rim, just from that and being an elite lob threat he would’ve been a borderline all-NBA center with his defensive impact. He also shot 63% on free throws with his left hand at OSU which is wild, as he was playing with right wrist and hand injuries the whole time. He had a post game but not an elite one, if he became reliable down there and out of the short roll, the sky was the limit. He was a freak

That doesn’t explain 22% from three and a 1-1.6 turnover ratio. Scoot has never sustained a consistent level of good play. Oden was a good, if raw, center pretty much whenever he managed to be on the court those first two years. The sample size was just small because he couldn’t stay healthy. Bowie was legit good his first few years in the league before his lower body gave out and still managed to have a career as a solid role player even after he couldn’t move anymore.

Scoot has time to turn it around, but it’s not looking good

He was already showing major cracks in the G-League, resulting in his camp pulling him from play before he damaged his draft stock further

What injury? That one that happened over a year ago that he came back from almost a year ago now, including a full offseason? Why is that relevant now?

That’s not true. Winning can be a non-consideration, but the players need to buy in and do reps on things they lack in, to the point of losing if needed. Youth programs should have development first, second and third. In typical US fashion, the “development” program was “show just how cool our players are” though.

They were mainly like a sham online trash college

They were a ‘diploma mill’, a for profit university where you basically do the bare minimum required to get an accredited degree, so a shortcut to get jobs that required college education. Except everyone knew this and no one respected their degrees, so it actually didn’t help you get the job at all

It’s the big thing compared to minor league baseball and (to an extent since juniors are bigger) minor league hockey: the g league doesn’t develop anyone really. It’s more a steady check for guys who couldn’t make it

The whole NBA ecosystem doesn’t give a shit about player development. G League is just a symptom.

Picks outside the top 5 have worse careers than you’d think. Kuminga’s averages and value are right in line with an average 7th pick

Doing pretty well for us right now but I also saw him shit on Milwaukee or Chicago years ago and thought he’d be elite so maybe he just has a period like this then GSW Kuminga comes out. Hope that’s not true

I genuinely think he could be a great 6man type player. Maybe I’m biased. Still want us to trade him but when you watch him play he looks very skilled. It’s hard to explain.

i was scared of him till he shit talked harper lol

Some players benefit more from college development system

He’s playing about as well as he always has. Not knocking him. Per 36 basically everything is down(except his 3 ball) but he is playing a different role and the expectations are way different.

He wasn’t playing poorly on the Warriors before he got traded but he wasn’t playing like the player he thought he was and to the contract he wanted.

I think what OP was saying is that they could be better than what they are currently. The expectation wasn’t a decent role player for these guys, it was high ceiling potential all stars.

Yeah I never understood the Westbrook comparisons. He’s nowhere remotely as explosive as Westbrook

And that’s probably the lesson to be learned. If a players primary asset is their athleticism but it’s closer to 85th percentile than 95th percentile then they probably aren’t worth taking at number 2.

Rubio too was killing it so young

I think the team is just as shocked as we are at his regression. He had real value before this season started. It’s just hard to even articulate how bad he’s been all season, without anything good to balance it out. It’s been wild to watch. Normally I would expect some kind of regression back to the mean with him, but dude just looks mentally defeated out there. Like it looks like he was just given news before tipoff that he lost a loved one or something. He looks distracted out there, even when he catches the ball. And it’s been every single game, despite him showing up and balling in the preseason. It makes zero sense. He was the first name out of everyone’s mouth during training camp for who looked the best in practice.

The yips usually only affect one or two skills of an athlete. Scoot just looks completely cooked out there and i don’t understand why it’s happening.

Hes basically been Emmanuel muddiay with a longer leash.

I think one issue is that Scoot was so brutal right out of the gate that it immediately tanked his trade value. Seriously that first stretch of his rookie season was the least prepared NBA player I think I’ve ever seen. And ever since then the team has been kind of trying to size him up and salvage anything they can out of him and rehab some value, rather than sell super low on him. We’re now finally at the crossroads where his current deal is almost up and we’re more likely to dump him for whatever we could get.

He’s gotta be showing something in practice and the continued effort of the staff to give him a chance, to me, says mental. If he can overcome the hurdles he has that’s stopping him from balling out on the court, we have seen what he’s “capable of”… It seems to me his issues aren’t skill or athletically centered.

Tiny-ass sample, but I thought he showed flashes of the potential everyone originally saw in him during the playoffs

Dude averaged 7 ppg in 17 mpg in his first four years (255 games) and then suddenly and immediately jumped to 16 ppg in his 5th year in 28 mpg. He’s averaged 18 ppg in 30 mpg in the 7 years since, and earned an (kinda shaky but still made it) all-star appearance

He is above average athletically for an NBA guard but the Rose/Westbrook comps were insane lol. Especially Westbrook who was an absolute unit at point guard

Watching his tape at Ignite I wasn’t exactly blown away, its like watching a shit Eric Bledsoe

Dude straight up took a game off the team that went to his finals almost single handedly, on the road, in his first postseason. Then the very next game made a nice layup towards the end of the 3rd quarter, talked obnoxious shit in Dylan Harper’s face, then proceeded to get flame broiled for the entire 4th quarter due to the spurs/harper going on a run that he directly caused.

I tried to pretend this whole offseason like that didn’t mean anything, and that scoot would be humbled and learn from it. But nah, that showed Scoot doesn’t have it upstairs. Was it that combined with the additions of Dame and Ja at his position that caused him to slowly lose confidence over the offseason, leading to the season we’ve seen from him so far? I don’t know. But as a huge fan of this team and scoot, it has been living rent free in my head all season, not gonna lie.

Dude I know and you’re not completely wrong, but that type of “upside” here is like a 6m a year contract to be our 8th man off the bench type deal lol

Kuminga is a better athlete than Scoot though lol.

right but he’s not good though. It’s not like he’s a solid role player but didn’t live up to superstar expectations. He’s actively hurting the team when he’s out there

Spurs started planning their tank for wemby when he was 16. No one was tanking for scoot. Its like betting against 95% odds. Yeah 5% of the time that person will win but it’s not the correct decision at the time. Suggesting picking scoot was foolish with the information at the time even without what we know now. Imho.

no it’s not hindsight. wemby has been one of the most absurd (if not the most) prospects of all time to anyone with a functioning basketball brain cell. i’m shocked i wasn’t aware there were even these discussions happening and im glad i avoided the colossal stupidity by not being as active on reddit.

He’ll drive into traffic without a plan.

I really haven’t seen that this year. Are you sure you’re not carrying forward complaints?

They go under the screen on him. He’ll drive into traffic without a plan.

This is pretty normal for guys who aren’t Steph/Dame. Sc00t is not a knock-down 3pt shooter, so this is correct defensive attention on sc00t. That being said, he was making these for half a season last year.

He’ll drive and do a 360 blind jump hoping someone is behind him that he can bail it out to.

This also feels like carryforward criticisms. People grow.

On defense, he gets blown by then fouls. Sometimes he’ll overplay the backcourt, gets beat, and his team is playing 4v5. He gets caught on every screen. I saw him force Clingan into a mismatch with Caruso while he just wandered around lost. He can even get screened by Caruso. Hell, he fouled 3 times in 3 seconds during the Lakers game.

This doesn’t feel like a real complaint, there’s too much hyperbole. When you have to include hyperbole to make your point, it generally means you don’t have a strong point. Hyperbole is just an attempt to manipulate someone into buying your point by making it seem more extreme or outrageous than it actually is. If your point was strong on its own, you wouldn’t need to do that. So are you saying this Thunder game was one of the games I should watch? Because I watched it last night. Sc00t was fine, he’s still struggling on offense. I agree with Nori that he looks more comfortable leading the 2nd unit. And Siddy’s defense did help the starting unit.

The problem with basketball fans is they don’t know what good defense looks like. People watch the ball and not the defender. It’s either “they’re hustling” or “they’re not”. Sometimes you can be hustling and still have bad defense. Which is the case of Scoot.

Look, I’d love to have a real back and forth on the topic. This is just dumb internet argument bullshit. YOU implied that Sc00t wasn’t hustling this year. This is you arguing with your own point and making a different point. And for someone calling out others about “not knowing ball” in regards to defense, you didn’t mention a single defensive concept in your entire diatribe about sc00t. Just hyperbolic Stephen A Smith type of talking points. Which mean nothing.

He’s a career 38% shooter from 3 his shot isn’t busted out of the blue. Loads of great shooters can shoot terribly in a 10 game span. That said he completely deserves to have his minutes tanked as he basically does almost nothing else useful on the court.

I think he’s fully expendable and kind of hope he turns it around and gets his minutes back up short term only because it would be nice if he had some trade value at the TDL

Being worse than a washed Caleb Martin is big yikes

I don’t know that he is for us anymore. Coming into the season I got it more because the pieces didn’t seem to fit.

But not unlike Luka, we got a guy who is going to win us more games than he should at his age and experience level.

Development should still be high priority but I think Coop needs less of the combo guard and more of a true point.

If we for some God forsaken reason trade Kai, then yeah I could be talked into it, but i could be talked into Ryan Nembhard coming back before Scoot just tbh.

Sharpe literally averaged 21 last year how the fuck is he a bust

Sharpe isn’t a bust, he’s averaged over 20+ ppg a season ago. He’s not franchise changing but he’s a good player

Sharpe is not a bust at all. Not sure why ppl associate scoot with him. He is a steady 20ppg scorer with consistency with size as well. The problem is he always get random injuries

Remember Bargnani and Bruno. We’ve had our fair share of copium