Leading up to the draft the 2020 Class was thought of as one of the weaker draft classes in recent memory but 4 years later this class has ended up as one of the best drafts, especially when it comes to Guards. This Class in my opinion has 5 guards with All Star potential (Ant, Hali, Lamelo, Maxey, and Bane) and 3 guys with All NBA potential (Ant, Hali, and Lamelo). It also has solid role players like Saddiq Bey, Quickley, etc. The only real negatives about this draft is the lack of good Bigs. But overall the draft has been one of the better ones and I’d honestly take this class over a lot of the recent draft classes.
I just want to say that I also thought of Baron Davis as a Scoot comp, and if he becomes that, that’s a very good player. I don’t think he’ll be as good as people hyped him up pre-draft, but if he’s that, that’s very good.
Yeah, I do think it’s the more realistic outcome since, if you look at players like Wall, Westbrook, Morant, Rose, CP3, Kyrie, Fox, etc…they had it all figured out from Day 1 as young prodigies (those who entered the league under 21). I’m willing to give him time but if Scoot can’t figure it out, there’s no historical precedence he’ll ever be a superstar PG.
Otherwise lol, as someone who wanted a Thompson twin over Scoot and felt both could be Pippen-esque, it’d be a massive disappointment.
Ausar’s playstyle literally fixes the Blazers three biggest weaknesses last year - POA defense, rebounding, and secondary ballhandling.