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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 21, 2018 7:52:33 GMT -8
Congrats to Drew for getting his first NBA bucket last night against the Blazers
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2018 8:12:37 GMT -8
Congrats to Drew for getting his first NBA bucket last night against the Blazers i don't like you Smails but good post.
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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 21, 2018 8:30:50 GMT -8
Congrats to Drew for getting his first NBA bucket last night against the Blazers i don't like you Smails but good post. Thanks. I’ll add you to the list.
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Post by TheGlove on Oct 21, 2018 13:20:29 GMT -8
Can we just call him Drewbanks?
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on Oct 21, 2018 16:39:28 GMT -8
I was watching that game and for a split second I thought “that spurs guys sure looks familiar.”
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 5:47:51 GMT -8
i don't like you Smails but good post. Thanks. I’ll add you to the list. SailorBenny :-(
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Post by ricke71 on Oct 22, 2018 8:38:51 GMT -8
Congrats to Drew for getting his first NBA bucket last night against the Blazers Yes! Pretty amazing journey, considering that most folks (I plead guilty) thought that by now he would be the star center for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor .
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Post by beaverinohio on Oct 22, 2018 9:08:10 GMT -8
Yep, not too bad. I don't think he would have really helped himself draft-wise if he had stayed, and now he'll earn probably around $200k. Good for him.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 9:20:45 GMT -8
Yep, not too bad. I don't think he would have really helped himself draft-wise if he had stayed, and now he'll earn probably around $200k. Good for him. I disagree, of course with hindsight. Had he come back his game would have only improved. Drew was just recently developing some offensive savvy, when to pivot to the soft spot, when to fade away with his baby hook or dish the ball. One more year in college and barring injury, he definitely confinues to improve skills on the offensive side. And consider this scenario- with Drewbanks back, this year's beav team should have been NCAA team or at least bubble, maybe even advance into the second round, that kind of showcase definitely gets him a better draft spot.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Oct 22, 2018 9:40:08 GMT -8
Yep, not too bad. I don't think he would have really helped himself draft-wise if he had stayed, and now he'll earn probably around $200k. Good for him. I disagree, of course with hindsight. Had he come back his game would have only improved. Drew was just recently developing some offensive savvy, when to pivot to the soft spot, when to fade away with his baby hook or dish the ball. One more year in college and barring injury, he definitely confinues to improve skills on the offensive side. And consider this scenario- with Drewbanks back, this year's beav team should have been NCAA team or at least bubble, maybe even advance into the second round, that kind of showcase definitely gets him a better draft spot. I like several parts of Drew’s game, but I’m not so sure we’ll be worse off without him. Defensively he changes a lot of shots close in to the basket, and offensively he has a nice 6-11 foot hook shot and look good stuffing a ball, but other than that he’s had some limitations, largely to his starting the game relatively late in life compared to others. I do think another year would have helped his game, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the 3/4 bigs we have now just might replace, or even improve on, his productivity and impact team play in a positive manner.
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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 22, 2018 9:47:30 GMT -8
I disagree, of course with hindsight. Had he come back his game would have only improved. Drew was just recently developing some offensive savvy, when to pivot to the soft spot, when to fade away with his baby hook or dish the ball. One more year in college and barring injury, he definitely confinues to improve skills on the offensive side. And consider this scenario- with Drewbanks back, this year's beav team should have been NCAA team or at least bubble, maybe even advance into the second round, that kind of showcase definitely gets him a better draft spot. I like several parts of Drew’s game, but I’m not so sure we’ll be worse off without him. Defensively he changes a lot of shots close in to the basket, and offensively he has a nice 6-11 foot hook shot and look good stuffing a ball, but other than that he’s had some limitations, largely to his starting the game relatively late in life compared to others. I do think another year would have helped his game, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the 3/4 bigs we have now just might replace, or even improve on, his productivity and impact team play in a positive manner. Unless he suddenly became a great passer and figured out how to shoot jump shots, coming back was not going to help him. Those have been his two biggest issues and both would have continued to hurt his draft stock, even if he would have returned.
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Post by mbabeav on Oct 22, 2018 10:40:16 GMT -8
I don't think the "he would have been better off if he came back" talk matters much - he is better off because now he lives or dies career-wise by his ability to improve against the best players in the world. Obviously they think he will improve and has shown improvement because he is where he is. I wish him the best, and figure that at worst, NBA experience will lead to better prospects in any overseas league, though I believe he can make it in the NBA.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 10:59:44 GMT -8
I don't think the "he would have been better off if he came back" talk matters much - he is better off because now he lives or dies career-wise by his ability to improve against the best players in the world. Obviously they think he will improve and has shown improvement because he is where he is. I wish him the best, and figure that at worst, NBA experience will lead to better prospects in any overseas league, though I believe he can make it in the NBA. What can he do to carve out a niche? Tats maybe?
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Post by seastape on Oct 22, 2018 13:02:34 GMT -8
I don't think the "he would have been better off if he came back" talk matters much - he is better off because now he lives or dies career-wise by his ability to improve against the best players in the world. Obviously they think he will improve and has shown improvement because he is where he is. I wish him the best, and figure that at worst, NBA experience will lead to better prospects in any overseas league, though I believe he can make it in the NBA. What can he do to carve out a niche? Tats maybe? I think with his athleticism he would have a shot of being a savage rebounder. That takes real desire, though, and I'm not sure he has that above anyone else in the league.
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Post by beaverinohio on Oct 22, 2018 13:04:28 GMT -8
Yep, not too bad. I don't think he would have really helped himself draft-wise if he had stayed, and now he'll earn probably around $200k. Good for him. I disagree, of course with hindsight. Had he come back his game would have only improved. Drew was just recently developing some offensive savvy, when to pivot to the soft spot, when to fade away with his baby hook or dish the ball. One more year in college and barring injury, he definitely confinues to improve skills on the offensive side. And consider this scenario- with Drewbanks back, this year's beav team should have been NCAA team or at least bubble, maybe even advance into the second round, that kind of showcase definitely gets him a better draft spot. He likely would have gone undrafted if he had come back. Last few years about 12 seniors get drafted a year. I just don't think he would have had the development needed to be one of them -- and certainly not in the first round, so no guaranteed money anyway. As for the tourney showcasing him, I seem to remember a senior on the Beavers last NCAA tourney team who was pretty good -- most I'd guess would say better than Eubanks. And I don't remember GP2 getting drafted. But the main thing is he didn't want to come back. I get it that as fans we'd like players back, but college isn't the only place that players can develop their game. I think going against Pau Gasol, Aldridge, Poeltl and Metu for a couple of months will do more for his development than another year in college. So now he's making somewhere in the vicinity of $200,000 instead of being some place he didn't want to be.
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