He's euros number 1 player under 22
He av 11.5 and 4 rebounds in 20 shooting 46% from 3
Any of those guys exciting you to the point that this miserable season of tanking was worth it?
Towns, Mudiay, Russell or Winslow are safer picks as difference makers
gunsnewing wrote:Here's the list since they started giving the award in 2005
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroleagu...
Season Rising Star Team Ref.
2004–05 Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Italy Climamio Bologna
2005–06 Italy Andrea Bargnani Italy Benetton Treviso
2006–07 Spain Rudy Fernández Spain Joventut Badalona
2007–08 Italy Danilo Gallinari Italy Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09 Serbia Novica Veličković Serbia Partizan
2009–10 Spain Ricky Rubio Spain FC Barcelona
2010–11 Spain Nikola Mirotić Spain Real Madrid
2011–12 Spain Nikola Mirotić Spain Real Madrid
2012–13 Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Greece Olympiacos
2013–14 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović Serbia Partizan
Not bad overall.
This list has never produced 1 nba star.
I don't mind taking those in the 2nd round or signing them as free agents like we did with Mozgov. But I would never waste a lottery pick. Ever again
Mirotic might end up being the best player on that list. Still I would never draft him in the top 6-8
Portzingis may make sense for us if we're starting five or six. He can protect the rim from the weak side, slash to the hoop without the ball and hit from outside. He can fit in the triangle and blend in with Monroe, Kanter, Brooke Lopez or whatever other offensive minded big we pick up. But if Towns is project, Portzingis is even further down the line.
Exactly and by the time he amounts to anything if ever Melo, Phil & Fish will be long gone
