Noah Vonleh

•Inside-outside offensive game
•Good shot blocker
•Prolific rebounder
•7-foot-4 wingspan
•Mobile
•Young/upside
•Works hard
•Coachable
•Good free-throw shooter

This was the coaches pick. Now grab PJ with second pick and I'm happy.
McRoberts is history, thankfully. Why overpay for a D league graduate

 

Fucking ridiculous I hate the management of this team

 

I don't have any issue with the pick. I didn't want the 2 slow footed white guys Stakus and McDermott. Was hoping Randle would slide but didn't count on it. This just means McRoberts will get over paid by someone else. They will grab a 3 point shooter at 24 (hoping on PJ)

 

NBA.com has him as the number 1 PF.
Indiana's Noah Vonleh. The freshman wowed pro scouts in his one college season, winning Big 10 Freshman of the Year honors (11 points, 9 rebounds per game). He has a 7-foot-3 wingspan and potential pouring out of him. A mid-lottery appearance is certainly possible.

"When it's all said and done, I think you're going to find most teams are that high on Vonleh," one team executive said. "He's going to be a guy that character wise is exceptional. He has high basketball integrity. High work ethic. Just an all-around great kid. I think he has one of the best upsides of anybody in the draft. Some would tell you if he hits his upside you could be looking a future LaMarcus Aldridge."

Vonleh did it all over the floor for the Hoosiers. Despite Indiana's so-so record -- the Hoosiers were trying to rebuild after lottery picks Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller left -- Vonleh was special, shooting 52 percent. He was 16 of 33 on 3-pointers. Some teams think he will play a lot of center in the pros, but most think he will start as a power forward, looking at his perimeter abilities.

"This kid has tremendous upside," the exec said. "Very skilled player. Right now he doesn't have very good range in terms of his shot. He's physically strong for a freshman, and he's athletic. Most of the time he touched the ball this season for Indiana, something good happened."

Vonleh, a McDonald's All-America coming out of high school, also looks really comfortable with the ball in his hands, showing playmaker potential -- or, at the least, the ability to initiate offensive sets.

"For a big, for that kind of size, he can really handle the ball," an Eastern Conference executive said. "He's a way above average ballhandler. You break his shot down, and it's real consistent, good ball rotation. We rate him an above average power forward shooter. Once he gets comfortable shooting the ball, and he's not looking over his shoulder, I think it's going in. You go back to high school, and he did. He had perimeter skills in high school. The kid wants to be a three, but I don't think he'll have the quickness factor to play the three."

 

I didn`t see that one coming.

 

Agreed. But as deep as the draft is supposidely is, Vonleh sliding was too good to pass on

 

The stuff about his outside shooting is encouraging, but by far the most reassuring attribute is his rebounding. A guy who dominates the boards the way he did at Indiana is going to have value even if his other skills don't develop as hoped.