Cameron Carr Discussion

i like it about as much as i liked knecht (never liked the jhs pick for one second).

didn't have to time to really get into all of cranjis's stuff, but a lot of that seems potentially coachable. hard to know sometimes if guys can or will take coaching.

fwiw (not a ton, but not nothing), he didn't grade out terribly as a defender in college by dbpm. comparable to all the guards taken in the top 10, tbh. iow, if he can't defend, it's possible that a lot of the guys taken ahead of him can't, either.

 

Bulking up alone should help with that, so if he's been passable on D as a skeleton, there should be a lot of room for improvement. Let's hope for the best.

 

i think the concern was less about that (though it's real--but jaden mcdaniels is a top-tier defender and might weigh less than i do) and more about just kind of not being engaged/in position, etc.

what i didn't articulate well above was that this could be due to the dreaded low hoop iq, low motivation, or substandard coaching. i feel like it's hard to know that answer until you see the player in different environments. the fact that he was nailed to the bench despite his talent in tennessee isn't a great sign in that regard.

he's the son of a former pro, so maybe he was/is entitled and had/has some growing up to do. or maybe he's got teh dumb.

i still would have taken him where we drafted over who else was available, and maybe even several spots higher, tbh. there's high risk and high reward here. people are praising the spurs for taking quaintance at 20, and he's also very high risk/high reward.