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Day Day's a winner. He will win in the NBA.

he's gnna be a filler type guy off the bench if u ask me. a smart coach would use him in spurts at the 1,2,3,4 spots. this is part of the reason i really hope he falls to popovich, that guy would use him best and get the most out of him. his best weapon will be his versatility, im sorry, but intangibles are minimized at the pro level these days unless you are one of the top 3 or 4 guys on a team, which i dont see in him as much as i love what he did for us.

but hey, id also love to be proven wrong by him

Your caps lock button keeps sticking.

I read what you wrote, but what you wrote was wrong and a little stupid. There's absolutely no way Draymond is mentioned in the same breath as Barkley. If even MSU fans are predicting him to be a solid rotation guy/6th man, that should tell you everything you need to know about where his actual ceiling is.

Yeah, comparing a guys maximum potential to another chubby undersized PF who averaged 15.1 pts, 9.5 rebs, 2.1 asts, and 1.7 blocks his final year in college is just stupid and wrong.

Pardon me.

he is not going to be a leading star on a team... but as a late 1st rounder on a good team such as a chicago or a miami or spurs for example... he would do a lot of damage as a complimentary player...

I've been saying all season that I think he'll go late first round, and I can see him fitting in way in San Antonio, Chicago, or even (ugh) Miami. If you can play solid defense (and despite him being a bit slower than most NBA 3s and a bit shorter than most 4s, I think that with his intelligence and if he studies plenty of tape, he absolutely can be an NBA defender), grab rebounds, and shoot the corner three, you can be the sixth or seventh man on a lot of NBA teams.

As others have pointed out, he's not going to fit in with a team like Golden State or OKC that likes to run a lot. But for a team that plays plenty of half-court and grinds on defense, he can have a place, because when the game slows down, you can game-plan around your players' defensive limitations.

There is certainly an abundance of freakish athletes in the NBA, and some of them are even good basketball players. But there's still room for diversity in the league, and you see plenty of players (DeJuan Blair, Ben Wallace, Corliss Williamson, etc.) who don't fit the molds and still have long, productive careers. A lot of that has to do with how badly players want it. If Draymond doesn't lose his work ethic, I absolutely think he'll have a 10+ year career as a top bench player and maybe even an occasional starter.

The thing about Draymond is that he still has "potential". Yea, he's a senior which is a detriment in the draft, but he's still got to lose more weight and improve his jumper. And he's done that to a great extent already, I have little doubt that we're going to see a ripped draymond in 2 years, who can knock down the baseline jumper. Unlike a lot of NBA players, he's never going to be too skinny, he's got NBA strength already. And the Pistons aren't terrible, they're going to make the playoffs next year. Brandon Knight and Greg Monroe baby! Draymond is a more talented, less explosive Jason Maxiell.

Draymond will never do this:

Unless he develops nba 3 point range it will be tough.

Who will he guard? Is he big enough to guard the nba 4? Quick enough to guard an nba 3?

His best shot is to play against the 3 in the nba and get a little quicker. He should be able to post a three up and box them out the size he is now.

He has great inagibles though and can do the little things like pass and draw charges. If he can get quicker or stronger he has a shot. He is a good size for college but the nba is a different beast where everyone is about 2 inches taller at every position.