Comments on: Detroit Pistons #DraftDreams: Royce White

By: D_S_V

D_S_V — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:01:50 +0000

He’d be my second best guess to become an All Star after Davis.

By: sop

sop — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:23:56 +0000

The Top Prospects From a Pistons Perspective

1.     Anthony Davis
2.     Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
3.     Andre Drummond
4.     Bradley Beal
5.     Thomas Robinson
6.     Perry Jones III
7.     Jared Sullinger
8.     Harrison Barnes
9.     Terrence Jones
10. Tyler Zeller
11. John Henson
12. Jeremy Lamb
13. Arnett Moultrie
14. Dion Waiters
15. Damian Lillard
16. Meyers Leonard
17. Kendal Marshall
18. Terrence Ross
19. Austin Rivers
20. Tony Wroten Jr.
21. Jeffery Taylor
22. Royce White
23. Tyshaun Taylor
24. Will Barton
25. Fab Melo
26. Marquis Teague
27. Andrew Nicholson
28. Draymond Green
29. Scott Machado
30. Jae Crowder

By: Daye and Knight

Daye and Knight — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:36:58 +0000

http://nbadraft.net/2012mock_draft

By: Daye and Knight

Daye and Knight — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:34:37 +0000

Might want to do a section on Austin Rivers…the past few days I’ve seen 2-3 sites having us take him with the 9th pick. Not sure if we would but with Dumars you can’t really tell.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:18:29 +0000

white is that guy with top 5 talent. after the combos and workouts that will be obvious. he is much, much more than a “solid pick”. he’s a number one or two option on a very good team if all goes well.
after the top picks – davis, kidd-gilchrist, robinson, maybe drummond – what are the “sure” things?
all of the guys after that tier – barnes, sullinger, pjones – have question marks. and white is more talented than any of those guys.
when you screw up like the pistons and continue to pick in the mid-lottery, taking a big gamble can be worth it.
is it a huge gamble? you bet. but if he pans out, you have one of the best players in the draft taken around 10.
my only concern is his psychological stuff. if the team gets the go-ahead from the folks they hire to evaluate him, i’d take him in a heartbeat around 9 or 10. he makes guys like barnes look like grade schoolers.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:14:48 +0000

It would be a terrible idea to take him in the top 10. He has enough upside to end up looking like a solid pick there if all went well, but you either take a sure thing or a guy who has enough upside to be worthy of a top 5 pick if all goes well.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:53:20 +0000

depending on a lot of “ifs” i would seriously consider taking white, if the pistons were picking 9th or 10th.
he is, after davis, imho, the most talented guy in the draft.
think about this: he almost went to kentucky. if he’d been on the kentucky team, imho, he would have been the second best player, right behind davis.
as was noted by the profiles, he is high risk/high reward and could easily be seen as the sleeper of the draft, if he plays to his potential. he is a top-level talent who could be there for the taking. the rest of the players who will be available will all have their risks, though the upside for them will not be as great as it would be for white.
i’d take him on one condition: he underwent an extraordinary series of exams and tests and if he passed those, if the professionals who should know, say that he’ll probably be able to handle his anxiety and have an nba career.
he will not last past the mid-first, maybe the 20th pick.
especially after he blows everyone away at the draft combines and the workouts.

By: vic

vic — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:16:50 +0000

I think Royce white would be the only reason not to pick up Jae Crowder in round two.
That and if we end up with Perry Jones in round 1.
I don’t think he’ll last that long though.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:30:13 +0000

I watched him play a few games and said to myself” this kid is a player”. He has that professional feel to him like he knows hes better than everyone else on the court. In my opinion wherever he goes sombody is going to get a player. This man can come in probably play right away. If Jason Maxiel left this could possibly be his replacement upgrade. He would be just like Maxiel but with handles and a better overall small forward/power forward skills. Dont know if he has the hops and plays defense in the way that Maxiel does but he certainly would be a talent upgrade. I dont know why everyone was so or is so high on Singler if not other than his rookie scale contract. He showed me nothing at Duke and everyone seems to think he can supplant Tayshaun. Now I know that Tayshaun is older and many see his contract as an albatross but in no way shape or form do I see Singler outplaying him, and he if he was that good I am pretty sure many other GMs that passed on him would have taken him rather than allow the Pistons draft him. I dont know how many threes/small forwards we will have next year but I would like to see Prince, White if available when we pick in 2nd round, and Jerebko at the three and not starting in that order. Daye, Wilkins, and Singler can all walk as far as Im concerned because they are all stop gap players.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:29:59 +0000

Can’t see him falling to the Pistons in the second round. But it would be great if he did, especially because you know he will then be described as the epitome of a model citizen. I’m sure if Detroit had drafted DeMarcus Cousins, we would have been told that he may have had some issues in the past, but Dumars feels he was one of the highest character players in the draft.