Draftexpress review of Davies and his draft prospects

At the end of the day, Davies's performance at Portsmouth elevated his stock from an afterthought to potentially being a second round pick. In addition to possessing the size and an intriguing offensive skill set for an NBA rotation big man, he impressed scouts with his character amidst his sophomore suspension, and with the way that he handled himself throughout his collegiate career.



As the draft nears, Davies will have every opportunity to prove to scouts that he has the ability to play at the next level. In a draft that lacks great depth at the power forward position, he has to be considered attractive since he's still only 21 years old and surely has plenty of room to continue to improve.

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Davies' ability to distribute from the post and from the mid-range will also be of benefit to his draft stock. Good passing = good team work. So he won't be drafted by the Kings!

Davies has no NBA future--he will not be drafted. He's had four years to prove how good he is, and he proved he is not really very good. He will get thinned out in the draft. Don't wait by the phone Brandon, go to a good movie instead.

golong wrote:
Davies has no NBA future--he will not be drafted. He's had four years to prove how good he is, and he proved he is not really very good. He will get thinned out in the draft. Don't wait by the phone Brandon, go to a good movie instead.

Thanks for your expert analysis, now I don't have to read what the professional analysts and scouts say.

Schmoe wrote:

Davies has no NBA future--he will not be drafted. He's had four years to prove how good he is, and he proved he is not really very good. He will get thinned out in the draft. Don't wait by the phone Brandon, go to a good movie instead.

Thanks for your expert analysis, now I don't have to read what the professional analysts and scouts say.

Golong, I'll bet you're underpaid.

going undrafted and not having an NBA future are unrelated and not the same thing. I think Davies can find a spot in the NBA, but if he's not drafted, he needs to pick his team carefully. He has some decent post moves and could be a decent post option for a 2nd unit for certain teams.



He's not the rebounder Milsap is, but he's similar in size. I think he could fill a nice role on a team like OKC, or Portland. Heck, he'd probably even help bad teams like Cleveland or Washington.

Davies worked out for the Jazz today. If they picked him up late in the second and traded someone for Jimmer this offseason, I might just be able to bring myself to root for them again.

Davies is best when he has a supporting cast. No, he's not a put-the-team-in-his-back kind of guy. He has the best low post moves to grace BYU in 15 years. Raja was just big. Bradley was just tall. Davies makes guys miss, he makes them leave their feet.



If Trent Plaisted can get drafted with his tiny arms, mythical 40" vertical, and horrific low-post moves, Davies can.



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SpiffCoug wrote:
going undrafted and not having an NBA future are unrelated and not the same thing. I think Davies can find a spot in the NBA, but if he's not drafted, he needs to pick his team carefully. He has some decent post moves and could be a decent post option for a 2nd unit for certain teams.



He's not the rebounder Milsap is, but he's similar in size. I think he could fill a nice role on a team like OKC, or Portland. Heck, he'd probably even help bad teams like Cleveland or Washington.

Correction. The two are not 100% positively correlated. To suggest that they are not at least somewhat correlated would be as equally inaccurate as the original statement--that they are 100% correlated. :)

SpiffCoug wrote:
going undrafted and not having an NBA future are unrelated and not the same thing. I think Davies can find a spot in the NBA, but if he's not drafted, he needs to pick his team carefully. He has some decent post moves and could be a decent post option for a 2nd unit for certain teams.



He's not the rebounder Milsap is, but he's similar in size. I think he could fill a nice role on a team like OKC, or Portland. Heck, he'd probably even help bad teams like Cleveland or Washington.

Davies's standing reach is 9'0.5". Millsap's standing reach is 8'9.5". They are not similarly sized.

Both of these analysts have Davies going late second round. One to the Grizzlies, the other to the T-Wolves: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/round/2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



NBA Draft Insider has him going to the Grizzlies: http://www.nbadraftinsider.com/2013-big-board/2013-nba-mock-draft/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Davies didn't get drafted. Given such a weak draft class this year I suspected he'd go in the 2nd round. Instead, looks like he'll go the free agent route. Best of luck to him.



Only one WCC player was drafted. PAC got a bunch. MWC got a few. Can't help but think playing in a weak conference affected Davies' draft prospects.



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I said all along (if you look at my posts) that Davies would not get drafted and that he has no future in the NBA. He is too dumb. A four year player who is still making junior high mistakes his senior year and who consistently commits dumb fouls in the first two minutes of every game, is not smart enough to play in the NBA. And the fact he cannot shoot makes him unserviceable in the NBA. He can't shoot beyond about 8 feet from the basket and he can't even make free throws. I can teach any player to be a pretty good free throw shooter in a 12 month period. Davies should have learned that as about a sophomore in high school--but he never did learn it.



He can probably make a living playing in Europe, but he has no future in the NBA

Will play with the Clippers in the Summer league and hope to parlay that into a D-League or FA contract.

Clippers could be a nice fit. Come off the bench. Provide some post scoring and rebounding for the 2nd unit.

I hope he plays well in the Summer League.

golong wrote:
I said all along (if you look at my posts) that Davies would not get drafted and that he has no future in the NBA. He is too dumb. A four year player who is still making junior high mistakes his senior year and who consistently commits dumb fouls in the first two minutes of every game, is not smart enough to play in the NBA. And the fact he cannot shoot makes him unserviceable in the NBA. He can't shoot beyond about 8 feet from the basket and he can't even make free throws. I can teach any player to be a pretty good free throw shooter in a 12 month period. Davies should have learned that as about a sophomore in high school--but he never did learn it.



He can probably make a living playing in Europe, but he has no future in the NBA

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Bump for old-times sake and to shout out to Davies who not only plays in the NBA, but started yesterday.

Hung 18 point on the Heat the other day. He's getting more minutes and scoring more than Jimmer is.



Go figure...

Gunk wrote:
Hung 18 point on the Heat the other day. He's getting more minutes and scoring more than Jimmer is.



Go figure...

Quite simple. Davies has gotten regular minutes and opportunity and has taken full advatange of them.



Jimmer minutes very early in career then had a coaching change and the guy behind him was given those minutes and took full advantage of them.



Then everyone has bought the theme that Jimmer can't play lock-down defense on everyone in the NBA so therefore his shot making ability - which could help his teams - is secondary to the fact that Jimmer isn't an all-NBA defender.