05-31-2026, 06:11 PM
(05-31-2026, 04:57 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Hard disagree. a 6'10" wing (not someone people wish was a wing, but an actual wing) who can handle the ball, create for others and get shots off from all three levels (and hit them)...I'd have him #3 in this draft, personally. But, it's not a big deal because he isn't that guy. Not yet, at least.
On a separate note, I personally think the "defensive upside of Wilson" is almost as big of a gamble as Ament's scoring becoming consistent. I'm encountering more and more smart people who say he was straight up "bad," defensively thins year. Obviously he has the tools (so does Ament) but I think there's a world in which he's a Patrick Williams level bust, and I'm pretty relieved he won't be there for the Mavs.
He doesn't have elite handles and his ability to create for others is limited. He was asked to play on ball at Tennessee and struggled mightily. I think his role in the NBA will be off the ball and when I think of Ament making shots I'm thinking more as a finisher (which he wasn't particularly good at in college either).
Wilson was not an elite defender at college, but by any metric he was better than Ament and he has better tools as well. I did worry about his fit in the NBA and specifically with Flagg, but you are right that we will not have to worry about that.