Comments on: Perry Jones III: Not everyone thinks the Oklahoma City Thunder got a steal

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:11:30 +0000

The jury isn’t out on draft picks for years. But, looking at Toronto’s record over the years, I’ve got more faith in Presti than Toronto management.

By: joel

joel — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:49:50 +0000

Jones averaged roughly 13.5 pts. and 7.5 rbds. in college and shot over 50%. Just compare these numbers to Anthony Davis who went #1 (14 pts. 10 rbds. and 60%) and they’re fairly comparable. It doesn’t matter what Toronto says the bottom line is he was a projected lottery pick this year and even though he dropped that potential is still there. The Thunder organization clearly is very good at developing players if you just look at the massive improvement of Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka. I look for him to become a pretty good pro.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:06:29 +0000

Well, playing for Toronto has usually resulted in “underwhelming play” for a lot of guys over the years. If any outfit can draw out the ability of a player like Jones, I’d think it would be OKC. I’d darn sure bet on them doing it before I’d bet on a team like, say, Toronto.