Hm, a Louisville and Kentucky player on the same NBA team. Oh well, I'm glad Bogans got drafted. As much as I hate Louisville, you can expect good things from Gaines from the start, and give him one or two years and you might be surprised by Bogans.
Originally posted by UKfan4Life!
Hm, a Louisville and Kentucky player on the same NBA team. Oh well, I'm glad Bogans got drafted. As much as I hate Louisville, you can expect good things from Gaines from the start, and give him one or two years and you might be surprised by Bogans.
I am thinking you might be right on this draft - at least I'm hoping you are - as the last drafts by the Magic management has left much to be desired.
BUT I like their selections. NOW - maybe they can get the KandiMan or even better, Juwan Howard at center.
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I am thinking you might be right on this draft - at least I'm hoping you are - as the last drafts by the Magic management has left much to be desired.
BUT I like their selections. NOW - maybe they can get the KandiMan or even better, Juwan Howard at center.
Yeah, expect a lot from Bogans defensively. Remember Tayshaun Prince in the playoffs and how he saved the Pistons from getting elminated by the Magic? Yeah, he shut McGrady down, and I bet you he learned that kind of defense from Tubby and I'm sure Bogans will impress everybody defensively.
Gaines is gonna be a star. I've been watching him for the last four years, and I'm just totally convinced that he's going to be one of the guys that's NBA game is better than his college game.
Bogans is a good pick, too. It's interesting to see Louisville and Kentucky's top dogs go to the same team.
But you've got a star in Reece Gaines.
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Im not going to try to be nice i honestly think that Bogans will not play hardly any and end up getting traded or sent to the NBDL.He has to compete with T-MAC who plays nearly every minute of the game.I hope im wrong though maybe he will be good.
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Reece Gaines is better than LeBron James
I've never been able to find it in my heart to hate Bogans. The guy's a smart player, plays hard, seems like a good kid, has a good heart, and is a good team guy. He's never gotten into any trouble. I wish him the best of luck. I think that if he can keep developing his shooting stroke, he'll be a good player off the bench, and maybe a starter down the road for somebody. He plays solid defense, is a pretty good athlete, and doesn't have any glaring weaknesses. If he can develop to where he has a lot of value as a shooter, plus the other solid assets of his game, IMO he'll be a solid contributor.
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Originally posted by CoolHandLuke!
I've never been able to find it in my heart to hate Bogans. The guy's a smart player, plays hard, seems like a good kid, has a good heart, and is a good team guy. He's never gotten into any trouble. I wish him the best of luck. I think that if he can keep developing his shooting stroke, he'll be a good player off the bench, and maybe a starter down the road for somebody. He plays solid defense, is a pretty good athlete, and doesn't have any glaring weaknesses. If he can develop to where he has a lot of value as a shooter, plus the other solid assets of his game, IMO he'll be a solid contributor.
Definitley. He won't be a super-star, but as long as he keeps his maturity, he can be a solid role player/contributor.
Originally posted by CoolHandLuke!
I've never been able to find it in my heart to hate Bogans. The guy's a smart player, plays hard, seems like a good kid, has a good heart, and is a good team guy. He's never gotten into any trouble. I wish him the best of luck. I think that if he can keep developing his shooting stroke, he'll be a good player off the bench, and maybe a starter down the road for somebody. He plays solid defense, is a pretty good athlete, and doesn't have any glaring weaknesses. If he can develop to where he has a lot of value as a shooter, plus the other solid assets of his game, IMO he'll be a solid contributor.
ALREADY - your description sounds like he is MUCH better than Sasser!!
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Last year I thought Gooden was the best domestic college player in the draft and wanted the Bull to draft him. I thought the Memphis summer was the best in the NBA. Gooden, Person, Watson. Damn good. Then West imploded by trading Gooden for Miller.
This year I really wanted Gaines on the Bull. CoolHandLuke & I disagree about where to play him however. IMO he'll major at the 2 and minor at the 1.
The Bull had a damn fine 2,3,4 in Jordan, Pippen, Grant. IMO: Gooden is your Grant.
T-Mac is your Pippen(by position(point forward) but Jordan by talent level).
Gaines is your Jordan(by position(2) but Pippen by talent level).
I think the Magic have the best 2,3,4 combination in the NBA.
All the Magic need is a Cartwright or Longley type at the 5. The Magic need a big 5 who can hold his position in the post without struggling/fouling.
P.S.: I got my degree from U.K..
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Carl English. The 6-6 SG from Hawaii via Newfoundland, Canada is every bit as good as a Reece Gaines. Yep, you read that right.
I don't watch college basketball. But by the sound of it, it sounds like we drafted rivals. They'll be using seperate locker rooms.
Anyway, Gaines may be better suited for the 2 right now, but he will play the 1 (officially at least) even though T-Mac is the primary ball handler. From what I hear Gaines needs to improve his "pg skills", whatever that means. We can't end up with 2 SG on the floor at the same time. And moving T-Mac to the 3 is not an option. T-Mac is a 2, no exceptions. Giricek is our 3, even though he's better suited for the 2.
Hill being injured has thrown our depth and positions to hell.
What position does Bogans play? I'm guessing he'll be playing SF considering that's where our depth is lacking the most now. Besides Giricek I can't even remember who our other SF is....
Let's see.....
PG: Gaines / Armstrong / Whitney
SG: T-Mac / Bogans / Sasser
SF: Giricek / Bogans? / ?
PF: Gooden / Hunter / Garrity (should be and could be a SF, but won't get used as one) / Burke or Kemp, hopefully neither
C: Declerq / ? / Hunter / Pachulia / Garrity (never doubt Doc Rivers' insanity)
What the hell are we gonna do about SF? We know we need a GOOD center in free agency, but everyone seems to be ignoring the SF problem.
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Originally posted by CoolHandLuke!
I've never been able to find it in my heart to hate Bogans. The guy's a smart player, plays hard, seems like a good kid, has a good heart, and is a good team guy.
I always thought the same about Reece Gaines, this coming from a UK fan .
Gaines and Bogans on the same team?
They'll be using seperate locker rooms. 
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