27th And 28th Picks

Here's the workout video.

 

Dotson definitely showed probably the best fight of all the kids in these clips so far.

Still my guy Ojeleye almost won the competition and he wasn't as sharp as he could be!

 

Assuming we don't shed any of Clarkson, Deng, or Mozgov... We'll still have somewhere around 15-16 million left to spend after Julius (and minimum) cap holds. That includes both our picks this year, Nwaba, Zubac, and Nance Jr. too who will all be on really friendly deals.

If you shed Clarkson it's about 26 million.

If you shed all three it's 55-57 million.

If you waive Deng and keep Mozgov and Clarkson it's 26ish million.

If you waive both Deng and Mozgov and keep Clarkson it's 35-36 million.

If you waive both Deng and Mozgov and shed Clarkson it's 47-48 million.

All estimates +/- 2.5 million. For what it's worth, Julius's cap hold is almost exactly the same as Clarkson's contract so if you replace Clarkson with Julius in any of those estimates, it's roughly the same thing.

edit- all estimates also under the assumption the cap doesn't change.

 

First of all I apologize because the first time Lydon's name was brought up in our workouts I confused him for Alec Peters and said he wasn't athletic enough. Lydon actually has a strong vertical ability. Peters is almost a non-athlete. I mistook him for Peters, my bad.

Lydon pros:
- Solid vertical athlete. Can go get a lob pass, can get put-backs on the O-boards. Can challenge guys around the rim fairly well.
- Has a silky smooth jumper off the catch even out to NBA range. He shot just under 39% from deep, but he can already hit from 25+ feet out.
- Smart player, usually makes the right plays on offense and defense. Hit the open man, take the open shot, etc.
- Shows some promise as a one-two dribble pull up shooter. The form is there.

Lydon cons:
- not a threat to switch on the perimeter. In fact he's not very balanced out there. He looks like a fish out of water.
- he was awful on pull-ups even though he was great off the catch.
- sort of soft, doughy physique lets him get taken out of games. not very strong around the rim, gets pushed out easily.
- sort of soft mentally at times, let's ball pressure overwhelm him.
- not really a dribble drive threat. ball handling is weak, which is also why he gets nervous against ball pressure.

He's a hard player to compare just given what I've seen which admittedly isn't a ton. Nbadraft.net compares him to Mirotic, which I think is generous. I would compare him more to Channing Frye: big guy who can knock down shots, but is inconsistent in every other area. He really, really needs to add muscle to his frame. I think if he got a little stronger, he could mix it up more and would probably be at least a little more coordinated on the perimeter defensively. It doesn't make much sense to me that he has agility offensively, but defensively he's leaning all over the place. Seems like a mentality problem to me.