Embiid looking healthy and graceful

[Spill512]

This guy will be rocking a Cleveland jersey in a couple months smh.

[sdballer5588]

Passing on Wiggins will be the 9 trillionth mistake Cleveland makes when Embiid busts.

[Gerald151]

I can dunk too.

[srom12]

Passing on Wiggins will be the 9 trillionth mistake Cleveland makes when Embiid busts.

Embiid = goat center

Wiggins is best player available but embiid is a better fit for Cleveland

Wiggins true home is philly

[Spill512]

Passing on Wiggins will be the 9 trillionth mistake Cleveland makes when Embiid busts.

Embiid is a lock for #1. Body willing, he can be the first option on a contending team. You always take a risk when you draft big men, worth it for Embiid.

Wiggins is a bitch. He'll be a good defender and 2nd option. He doesn't have nearly the potential Embiid does.

[sn24]

Embiid will either become a superstar or a Greg Oden. High risk high reward. But honestly after seeing Sam Bowie taken over Jordan and Oden over Durant I would take Wiggins just to be safe

[sdballer5588]

Embiid is a lock for #1. Body willing, he can be the first option on a contending team. You always take a risk when you draft big men, worth it for Embiid.

Wiggins is a bitch. He'll be a good defender and 2nd option. He doesn't have nearly the potential Embiid does.

I agree you go for big man.

However who was the last big man drafted high that panned out AT ALL? Dwight? Davis is hardly a big man.

In that same draft Emeka Okafor went #2 and turned into absolute trash.

[OutWorkedByNo1]

Jeff Goodman ✔ @GoodmanESPN
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Virtually all of them RT @UT_Jazz_Nation: How many GMs are present?

[serevei]

In regards to wiggins you simply need to ask yourself a very simple question:

Who was half court offense ability?

[sdballer5588]

In regards to wiggins you simply need to ask yourself a very simple question:

Who was half court offense ability?

College is nothing like the NBA. The spacing in the NBA is literally day and night for someone like Wiggins. No one in the NCAA can shoot worth ****, so nobody ever comes out and plays good face up d, half the teams run zones.

[Hoop_Dreams]

If his back checks out to be ok, CLE would be idiots to pass on Embiid just because Oden is fresh on everyone's minds.

[sdballer5588]

If his back checks out to be ok, CLE would be idiots to pass on Embiid just because Oden is fresh on everyone's minds.

Did Odens body check out ok?

I feel like I'm watching a movie I've already seen.

[serevei]

College is nothing like the NBA. The spacing in the NBA is literally day and night for someone like Wiggins. No one in the NCAA can shoot worth ****, so nobody ever comes out and plays good face up d, half the teams run zones.

He was literally the worst half court scorer on Kansas (rotation players only).

[DaBest12]

All the scouts seem to be leaning towards Embiid, and he looks good, but health is always a question with the big guys. Wiggins is the highest potential imo, but also highest chance of busting. Pretty risky. Parker on the other hand is probably going to be a solid player but I question if he can ever actually be THE guy.

[sdballer5588]

He was literally the worst half court scorer on Kansas (rotation players only).

He thrives on athleticism and lacks any real range game yet. The spacing in college hinders literally 75% of his game.


YEAH HE PROBABLY IS GOING TO LOOK BETTER IN THE NBA SPACING.

[serevei]

He thrives on athleticism and lacks any real range game yet. The spacing in college hinders literally 75% of his game.


YEAH HE PROBABLY IS GOING TO LOOK BETTER IN THE NBA SPACING.

brb defenders will be better defenders
brb defenders will be more athletic
brb defenders will have superior defensive systems in place
brb wiggins still has below average handle
brb wiggins still has below average finishing ability in traffic

brb looking like harrison barnes with better defense (note harrison barnes stinks)
brb star % splits for wiggins are BUST:3% BENCH:48% STRT:24% STAR:25% (brb athleticism is the only thing giving him a chance)

[ShweezyBTFO]

Wiggins is a bitch. He'll be a good defender and 2nd option..

so he's the next Kobe?

[Spill512]

so he's the next Kobe?

Masochist of peace. ShweezyBDSM.

[Doober4]

so he's the next Kobe?

I bet you snuck out of your bedroom just to post this.

[khanvictt]

SD is on the money with this one

[ne12o]

gonna watch this kid's career get recked for 6 years

[CurryTech777]

lol @ drafting for need. you always pick the best player available

sources: teams picking ahead of jordan

[serevei]

lol @ drafting for need. you always pick the best player available

sources: teams picking ahead of jordan

simply rofl if you think wiggins is the bpa....

[krowbro]

lol @ drafting for need. you always pick the best player available

sources: teams picking ahead of jordan

hindsight on the jordan draft is dumb, hakeem is perfectly justifiable and is top 10 himself, and bowie didn't disclose his injury problems. jordan's problem out of college was that he was 'only' a scorer and could be controlled - which was the case for quite a few years.

embiid will be taken #1 and i don't think cavs (even though their ownership is dumb as ****e) would pass on him. his 'back problems' are overstated and are simply a smokescreen to allow discussion for the media.

further on that, wiggins is not the BPA. best athlete yes, best perimeter defender? probably. he's not a half court threat at this point and im starting to doubt he'll reach even paul george's offensive level. he will be a great player though, just not as good as embiid.

[mlift11]

I agree you go for big man.

However who was the last big man drafted high that panned out AT ALL? Dwight? Davis is hardly a big man.

In that same draft Emeka Okafor went #2 and turned into absolute trash.

demarcus cousins.
and blake griffin if you count him as a big.

[J1992]

You'd be a fool to pass on Embiid if his back clears. Dominant big men historically lead their teams to titles, look at the top 10-12 players of all time for an easy example.

Especially in today's league that is deprived of dominant centers(getting slowly better with the emergence of Drummond + Cousins improvement ). If Embiid is even 75% of Hakeem then you take him as that's enough to be a number 1 option on a contending team.

I'm not so sure Wiggins willl be anything more than a 2nd option on a title team imo.

[ArthurAardvark]

simply rofl if you think wiggins is the bpa....

this. dead at ppl thinking wiggins has the most potential or is bpa.

it's easily embiid. only issue is the health, and if that checks out, you can take him going #1 to the bank

[montecarlo]

im not taking someone whos only been playing basketball for 4 years. dont care how big or athletic. wiggins would be my only option for 1st.

[ArthurAardvark]

im not taking someone whos only been playing basketball for 4 years. dont care how big or athletic. wiggins would be my only option for 1st.

how is that seen as a negative? that makes it awesome. the prospect of this guy with nba coaching.

you don't take guys this high based on what they are now. you base it off what you think they'll be in 3-4 years.

[SighGR]

I agree you go for big man.

However who was the last big man drafted high that panned out AT ALL? Dwight? Davis is hardly a big man.

Fuking hilarious. All of a sudden 6'10 PF isn't a big man.



Blake panned out. Boogie, statistically. Jonas is panning out. Bogut is plagued by freak injuries. And none of them have the skillset, height, and agility Embiid has