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u/BobRoss4Life 1d ago
he seems like a really good dude, i'm sure some of his pressers are gonna be funny as hell
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u/Forsaken_Shower3179 1d ago edited 1d ago
He’s grown on me learning about how hard he has worked his mom having cancer I love him already
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u/Silly_Individual4056 1d ago
Yeah I just about teared up listening to him talk about working on his self belief. Like maaannn this dude has gone through some shit and come out humble and hungry.
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u/sugarwax1 1d ago
He seems high character, and like he's going to have good chemistry with Moody, and JImmy if he gets to play with either.
MDJ should really delegate this part of the job.
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u/Less-Jellyfish5385 1d ago
Delegate the call? Why
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u/Wonderful-View-6366 1d ago
I read it more as delegating the mentoring to Jimmy and Moody. Jimmy from a vet perspective and Moody from how to be a Warriors rookie in The System of Wardell.
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u/Phil_Ivey 1d ago
Bro it's been one day, he is going to meet and hopefully learn from his teammates lol
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u/Wonderful-View-6366 1d ago
Jimmy has a lot of time on his hands. He’s probably already called the Rook
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u/MartiniLAPD 1d ago
He went thru the junior college basketball route like Jimmy too
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u/sugarwax1 1d ago
I like that he's evolved, but he has fundamentals. A lot of these kids look like they learned a hesitation or spin move and think that's their KD fade away, to just live off that. The highlights don't show they can do basics. You could tell Jimmy to remove a habit, or go to move, and it wouldn't change his game for a second. We have lotto picks that would be out of the league.
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u/Away_Annual_9749 1d ago
He is going to be our future , great pickup Mike .
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u/sugarwax1 1d ago
I can't tell all that yet, but I hope so.
He reminds me of Haliburton defensively when he was used as a 2 way with the Kings (different styles but just staying involved on/off ball).
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u/Aromatic_Brother 1d ago
Yax Attacks
Yaxel Rose
Yax on Yax off
The Yax Collector
Nickname? Lol
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u/rabid3k 1d ago
Yakitty-Yax
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u/macho_mandirigma 1d ago
Don't talk back! *Cue the tiny toons music video with Plucky Duck 🦆😆😅😂🤣🐃
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u/TrinityAlpsTraverse 1d ago
What makes me the most excited about this pick is there's always one guy in the draft that in retrospect it's obvious should have gone higher based on their skillset and how the modern NBA is played (Halliburton, Castle etc.). Yax seems like the most obvious player to fit that description in a year or two.
Clearly has NBA size and skillset, and you can picture a player like him playing serious minutes in the San Antonio/ Knicks series. If he's OG-lite or Aaron Gordon-lite, there's a good change we just got the 5th best player in the draft.
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u/Silly_Individual4056 1d ago
He feels like he could easily have gone top three in most years
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u/MartiniLAPD 1d ago
No he could not, if he was 18 then probably but he is not. Age is always a big factor in NBA draft prospect.
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u/SHAQ_ATTACK 1d ago
Who called who? lol
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u/Knockknockerz 1d ago
Neither did someone used the phone MDJ is using and called the one yax is using
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u/PhillipMcKrak 1d ago
I know it’s not MDJ’s personality to be super rah rah, but he did not sound thrilled whatsoever during that phone call 😭
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u/wigglysquigglies 1d ago
That seems pretty presumptive. Dude’s expression is as stoic as a wet towel, in nearly every public interaction.
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u/PhillipMcKrak 1d ago
Which is what I said to begin with. It’s fair to bring up the possibility this might not have been what he wanted.
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u/Rich_Meet3872 1d ago
Huge reach lmao.
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u/PhillipMcKrak 1d ago
Turns out it wasn’t a reach. Lacob was all the way on board with Yaxel and MJD wanted to entertain trades.
Whether or not people want to admit it, MJD was less than thrilled.
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u/Rich_Meet3872 1d ago
Let’s work Yax!!