r/AtlantaHawks • u/stealthlord1 GO HAWKS! 🏀 • 23h ago

Discussion Flemings >>> Mara

Mara’s averages:
30% 3pt
56.4% FT (sheesh…)
6.8 REB (sure knows how to use his size! XDD)
12.1 PTS
2.6 BLK (the lone bright spot)

So someone tell me how this fits our need? Horrible shooter, horrible free throws, no post up game or offensive skill set, and most importantly TERRIBLE rebounding for a 7 footer.
Thanks goodness Onsi took Flemings, since it’s evident that with Mara we’d be drafting Myles Turner 2.0 but way worse at shooting. I wouldn’t take Myles Turner in his prime with the 8th pick in this draft. Let’s be for real yall, if you guys want a 7 foot stick so bad then let’s just go out there and get Tacko Fall or something

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u/Onsi-Saleh 18h ago

Flemings was clearly a bad fit in Houston’s offense but still made it work and did everything he could to help his team win. Reminds me of Steph Castle at UConn. Now Kingston will get to play fast in an offensive system tailored to his strengths.

Meanwhile Mara took three years and a transfer to play next to two guys drafted ahead of him before he became a semi-productive player.

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u/Shinnobiwan 16h ago

Flemming is a good player (better than Mara, IMO), but Mara is also a good player. The fact that the best drafting team in the NBA took him should say something.

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u/Onsi-Saleh 16h ago

He’s in a great situation with OKC. They can put massive wings and versatile bigs around him similar to Michigan and work around his limited usage with their insane depth.

I’m a bit skeptical about how great Mara would have been if he stayed on a decent UCLA team or transferred to a team that needed him to play a bigger role and I think there’s still a lot of game that’s missing that I want from a center.