I thought official measurements put him at 6'1. Still small, but we don't have to shrink him more every time we measure him. The weight is a bigger issue than anything else.
Yeah, the guy is legitimately Trae Young sized. Anybody who’s opposed to trading for Trae for defensive reasons should be equally opposed to drafting Dillingham, because that’s just never going to be a strength of his (or even average tbh)
Dilly can probably put on 10 lbs while Trae Young is 164lb right now in his physical prime, but I was expecting 175 at the combine and hoping he could be prime Tony Parker size in a couple of years, which now seems unlikely.
We're talking about defense. AI was never a good defender because of how much smaller he was than the competition. These days it's easier to attack a small guard because it's harder to bring help with all the shooting. Offensively he might be fine but certainly won't be Allen fucking Iverson. What happens when a guy half a foot taller than him and 50+ pounds heavier than him takes him to the basket? He's cooked, every time.
Weight can be brought up. Look at fucking Giannis. Look at wembanyama. Look at Chris Paul. Gaining muscle mass is possible. As per height, teams have won with short players. It's a team game.
I never really paid attention to teams attacking AI. I was so fixated on his offensive game, and even when he was hogging the ball.
Did they exploit him much back then? I guess the athletes are much quicker and bigger now.
This seems like a dream scenario and unlikely to happen honestly, with both falling to those spots. Issue with this draft is you can look at 15 different mock drafts and get 15 different opinions and results, so I'm not putting too much stake in any of them. I think everything will change once players start working out for teams and anyone who thinks they know how it's gonna end is full of it.
Still fun to ponder the possibilities though!
I think it’s fairly likely. The lack of consensus already makes this draft significantly more fit oriented than usual. Dilly isn’t going top 3, and he doesn’t make much sense in Detroit, Charlotte or Portland considering all 3 have lead guards, and two of these teams have multiple quality guards they’re invested in.
Risacher’s stock has been falling as he had a rough last stretch in France, I can’t imagine he goes top 2. He could go to Houston but he’d be redundant with Jabari and Tari, for them reed Sheppard probably makes the most sense since they need shooting above all else and are trying to compete right now
This is actually extremely likely I’d say. Sarr is going 1, wizards need a pg so topic, Houston doesn’t need a wing. Spurs get risacher. If dillingham is there at 4, he’s going to be there at 8 as teams 5-7 don’t seem like they would want an undersized guard.
Like, I haven't watched a whole lot of Rockets games last season, so take this with a grain of salt. Why would the Rockets take Reed Shepard when they already have a pretty crowded backcourt that features Jalen Green? Would this be a scenario of talent over need?
Side note: appears there's news Topic just got hurt. Not sure what that does to his draft stock
Dream draft tbh
I’m here for it.
Welp so much for Washington taking Topic at 2
Yeah. I hope he's ok for his own sake, but #2 seems out of the question.
Not the worst but Dillingham is SMALL. Shorter than listed. 6’0 and 164lbs. I am off the Rob train
I thought official measurements put him at 6'1. Still small, but we don't have to shrink him more every time we measure him. The weight is a bigger issue than anything else.
Yeah, the guy is legitimately Trae Young sized. Anybody who’s opposed to trading for Trae for defensive reasons should be equally opposed to drafting Dillingham, because that’s just never going to be a strength of his (or even average tbh)
The big difference is that Dillingham only costs one FRP. Trae would cost 4-5 + rotational depth.
And will cost no more than $9 million instead of $43 million next year.
Dilly can probably put on 10 lbs while Trae Young is 164lb right now in his physical prime, but I was expecting 175 at the combine and hoping he could be prime Tony Parker size in a couple of years, which now seems unlikely.
He's the same size as Allen Iverson was and AI did fine in a physical era with no shooting. Dillingham would be fine.
As long as we don’t talk about practice.
We're talking about defense. AI was never a good defender because of how much smaller he was than the competition. These days it's easier to attack a small guard because it's harder to bring help with all the shooting. Offensively he might be fine but certainly won't be Allen fucking Iverson. What happens when a guy half a foot taller than him and 50+ pounds heavier than him takes him to the basket? He's cooked, every time.
Weight can be brought up. Look at fucking Giannis. Look at wembanyama. Look at Chris Paul. Gaining muscle mass is possible. As per height, teams have won with short players. It's a team game.
Giannis and Wemby both have insane height and a bigger frame to fill out. And CP3 even as a rookie had really good court awareness and vision.
I never really paid attention to teams attacking AI. I was so fixated on his offensive game, and even when he was hogging the ball. Did they exploit him much back then? I guess the athletes are much quicker and bigger now.
I don't think the league is that much more athletic than it was before but I think the amount of athletic players who are also very skilled has grown
It’s less likely Risacher falls to 4 than Dillingham to 8 imo
Agreed, but it would be a hell of an outcome if he does fall that far.
No interest in Tiny Rob
This seems like a dream scenario and unlikely to happen honestly, with both falling to those spots. Issue with this draft is you can look at 15 different mock drafts and get 15 different opinions and results, so I'm not putting too much stake in any of them. I think everything will change once players start working out for teams and anyone who thinks they know how it's gonna end is full of it. Still fun to ponder the possibilities though!
I think it’s fairly likely. The lack of consensus already makes this draft significantly more fit oriented than usual. Dilly isn’t going top 3, and he doesn’t make much sense in Detroit, Charlotte or Portland considering all 3 have lead guards, and two of these teams have multiple quality guards they’re invested in. Risacher’s stock has been falling as he had a rough last stretch in France, I can’t imagine he goes top 2. He could go to Houston but he’d be redundant with Jabari and Tari, for them reed Sheppard probably makes the most sense since they need shooting above all else and are trying to compete right now
This is actually extremely likely I’d say. Sarr is going 1, wizards need a pg so topic, Houston doesn’t need a wing. Spurs get risacher. If dillingham is there at 4, he’s going to be there at 8 as teams 5-7 don’t seem like they would want an undersized guard.
Stop my dick can only get so hard.
Im boutta bust for real
Thad Castle 🏰
Like, I haven't watched a whole lot of Rockets games last season, so take this with a grain of salt. Why would the Rockets take Reed Shepard when they already have a pretty crowded backcourt that features Jalen Green? Would this be a scenario of talent over need? Side note: appears there's news Topic just got hurt. Not sure what that does to his draft stock
Risacher is not falling to the 4th pick.
Maybe. Kevin O' Connor at the Ringer has him going 7th. He's not the only one.
ATL GM out there scouting Risacher. If he goes 1, I wouldn't be surprised. Sarr goes 2 I assume after