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When all is said and done, who is gonna be considered the best player in the 2017 draft?

Markelle Fultz
30 (31.6%)
Lonzo Ball
10 (10.5%)
Jayson Tatum
37 (38.9%)
Josh Jackson
6 (6.3%)
De'Aaron Fox
4 (4.2%)
Jonathan Isaac
5 (5.3%)
Frank Ntilikina
0 (0%)
Dennis Smith
2 (2.1%)
Malik Monk
0 (0%)
Harry Giles
1 (1.1%)
other (please specify below)
0 (0%)

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Poll : Best player in the 2017 draft
« on: June 24, 2017, 08:10:59 PM »

Offline Jvalin

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Hate to say it, but I'm going with Lonzo. As much as I dislike him (for the off-court stuff), I believe he is a transcendent talent.
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Re: Best player in the draft
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2017, 08:13:09 PM »

Offline Ilikesports17

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My eye says Fultz.

Danny's said Tatum. I put Fultz here but I'd rather bet on Ainge then myself.
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Re: Best player in the draft
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2017, 08:23:19 PM »

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I went Lonzo too.  If his family story was just normal he would have gone #1.

Re: Best player in the draft
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2017, 08:30:06 PM »

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Going with Fultz.
Thought experiment on Fultz vs Ball: swap Fultz and Ball to the other's team this past year. How much "worse" would Ball seem and how much "better" would Fultz seem?
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2017, 08:30:48 PM »

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De'Aaron Fox

Re: Best player in the draft
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2017, 08:24:20 PM »

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I went Lonzo too.  If his family story was just normal he would have gone #1.
''If his family story was just normal'', I bet we would never have traded down for #3.

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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2017, 08:36:27 PM »

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I went Fultz, bad glad Cs fans are backing up Tatum on this one so far...but barely.

People are going to freak out when Tatum is only playing 12-15 mpg while Fultz, Ball, and Jackson are lighting it up, but hopefully Tatum shows the kind of potential that Brown did last year.
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2017, 08:56:44 PM »

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I went with Giles knowing full well the odds say he won't ever be healthy but for some reason I think he stays healthy and that talent is just amazing
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2017, 08:59:40 PM »

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I went Fultz, bad glad Cs fans are backing up Tatum on this one so far...but barely.

People are going to freak out when Tatum is only playing 12-15 mpg while Fultz, Ball, and Jackson are lighting it up, but hopefully Tatum shows the kind-of potential that Brown did last year.

Tatum will be playing in the playoffs while Fultz, Ball and Jackson have gone fishing...

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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2017, 09:03:10 PM »

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For me it becomes clear now it's Tatum, still think Ball will disappoint

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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2017, 09:05:15 PM »

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I went with Giles knowing full well the odds say he won't ever be healthy but for some reason I think he stays healthy and that talent is just amazing
Eh. Even if he stays healthy, his skill is almost 0 at this point. All the projections of him going #1 came with the assumption that he'd improve his skill level from his like sophomore year of high school. He's not done this.
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« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2017, 09:05:54 PM »

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I went Fultz, bad glad Cs fans are backing up Tatum on this one so far...but barely.

People are going to freak out when Tatum is only playing 12-15 mpg while Fultz, Ball, and Jackson are lighting it up, but hopefully Tatum shows the kind-of potential that Brown did last year.

Tatum will be playing in the playoffs while Fultz, Ball and Jackson have gone fishing...
Yeah they will be jealous to death watching Tatum Dunking on Lebron and KD
like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA4vwEiVqiE

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« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2017, 09:18:08 PM »

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All year I wanted Fultz he looks super smooth on his highlight videos. I don't remember what finally made me watch Tatum's video about three weeks before the draft, but after I did I posted here that I would not be as upset if Danny passed on Fultz as I would have been before I saw Tatum's video. The obvious implication being that Tatum was very close if not on par with Fultz  the player I had hitherto thought to be clearly superior to the field.

I voted Fultz here not to be a Homer and because Tatum still needs to prove wrong everyone that has Fultz.

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« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2017, 09:21:14 PM »

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I said Ball

Re: Poll : Best player in the draft
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2017, 09:21:27 PM »

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-Fultz will be the best scorer
-Tatum will be the best wing
-Ball will be the best player.