Bryce Simon
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 22 Jul
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Derrick Queen is a very, very fun name. So if you want to make me take a deep cut here... that dude, when you just watch that dude offensively, like if you want to talk upside, go the synergy, click on field goals made and whatever. And you're like, this dude is a bucket off the bounce. He's got these moves. He's got a long first step. He draws fouls.
And I'm like, I don't know if it works or not, but if you want to take a bed on an upside, like offensive hub type of player, Derek queen might be the name in this range.
Oh my gosh. Cause it's, it's always like, so let's see offensively. Like, I don't know that he's like the passer that like those guys are. I think he's a good processor. I don't know that he's quite the passer of like, like Nikola Jokic is my least favorite comp ever. Jokic and Draymond are like, if I hear somebody comp to those two guys, I'm like, I'm out.
Those guys are like one of a kind type of players. Um, I'm trying to think like I put a Nas Reid type of role is like his worst case. I'm trying to think of a big that's that level of score in the way that Queen is able to attack. Maybe like a super like Nas, you know, like Nas Reid. He's not the shooter Nas Reid is, though.
Yeah. Okay, so let me go through some of this stuff. Maybe you guys will come up with a name. Off the bounce, has euros, bumps, floaters, left-hand finishes, draws foul, covers ground with his first step, loves his spin move, has momentum off the catch with his cuts, short rolls, dunkers. He's a quick finisher, so he's not an explosive guy. He is a high-level processor.
He'll short roll, catch everything, and then the jumper is a question.
like is that like how does he compare to someone like boogie okay that's i think somebody had brought that one up that boogie was was an interesting comp for him i don't know that he's as big as boogie though yeah i don't think so yeah that's yeah that's the thing it's like he's just not quite as big he so he feels a little bit throwback to me yeah i mean he probably would have been like the number two pick if this were 2007 or something
Yeah. And that's what I had somebody reach out to me with Queen was when his measurements came in, they were like, Bryce, I just want you to understand that this is below average for well below average for a five and like neutral at best for a four. And so there was some concerns whenever the measurements came in, in terms of the wingspan and the standing reach and and some of that stuff. So.
I did early in the cycle. I was super high. Like Common was a guy I thought. So for people who like track this or I guess for people who don't early on, this was a considered a top five draft. That's why when people talked about how good this draft was and they hung on to that notion for too long, it was Cooper, Ace, Dylan, Vijay and Nolan Traore.
I thought common was the guy that was going to break into that for me. Like when I first turned on the film, you know, right after last year's draft started looking at the 2025. I'm like, I love this dude. This is my archetype of player. And it just, he didn't show that upside. He hasn't shown the floor spacing and some of those skills, but, The defense is really interesting.
He showed some movement on the defensive end, obviously the size. I would say the biggest difference is like Klingon is just so strong, guys. Like you just trust his base and the way he sets screens and holding up. Common, I'm worried he gets rooted out and moved because he's so long. Sam's favorite thing to say is the high hips. Common has those high hips.
And then the other thing is Common struggles to catch the ball at times. Like It's a little Rudy go bearish, which like watching Rudy in these playoffs have really like, man, like he's not getting played off the court defensively. He can't do anything on the offensive end. Like he never makes the other team pay because he doesn't catch the ball or doesn't finish or whatever.
Common has some of that, whether it's rebounds or, you know, he'll, he'll have the highlight lob dunks, but I'm a little bit lower on common because he's, I think there's some of those worries and I'm a little less excited about the upside, even though it sounds like he's gaining steam in general.
Yeah. So Jeremiah Fears is going to be one of the funnest names I think to watch. And what we've talked about over there. So if you go to the draft order, right, and you go through, OK, who were teams that could really use a point guard, like especially a guy like Kasperis Yakishonis is a guy that I think you can play on or off the ball. So there's a little bit more positional versatility there.
You don't have to draft him as only an on ball guy. It seems like there could be a breaking point for primary creators, true primary creators after number eight with the Brooklyn Nets. Obviously, they could use one right as we sit here today. But like to use one of everything, let's be honest, that that's fair. That's fair. Toronto at nine.
I don't think, I mean, they could, all of these teams could, but it's like they have how many different guys who can play with the ball in their hands. Like their entire starting lineup already wants to do that. Even though their wings Houston, I don't think so. Portland has plenty of guards, Atlanta, unless you're drafting trays, backup slash potential replacement. Yeah.
San Antonio has Fox and Steph Castle that does that a little bit. Oklahoma City is the inverse of Brooklyn. What could they use, right? Like I hate trying to draft for the Thunder because it's like, well, they're never going to play because they're awesome and they have depth and they just drafted Topich who didn't even get to play this year.
So then it's like nine to 16 when you get to Orlando where it's like, could some of these guys fall if they don't get in the top A or does somebody trade into that area to draft them? So I think that's something to watch.
Still a Buffkin guy?
Guys, you won't find a bigger Kobe Buffkin fan, man. I love Kobe Buffkin, and it just hasn't worked out yet, right? Yes. Yes. Come on.
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