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Tyler Harvey Drafted into NBA

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grizbud

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With Harvey getting drafted 51st by the Orlando Magic I'm surprised nobody has posted about this yet. Looking for your opinions on if he makes the team and/or how successful he will be over the years in the association. Personally, I never know anymore these days if guys will make it anymore. I can see him being a complete bust or a guy who turns into a solid contributor early in his career.

As someone who has played against him over the years I know he has the talent and skills to take and make very difficult shots..But I also know how weak and unreliable on defense he is. Which believe it or not defense is important to NBA coaches.

Thoughts?
 
grizbud said:
With Harvey getting drafted 51st by the Orlando Magic I'm surprised nobody has posted about this yet. Looking for your opinions on if he makes the team and/or how successful he will be over the years in the association. Personally, I never know anymore these days if guys will make it anymore. I can see him being a complete bust or a guy who turns into a solid contributor early in his career.

As someone who has played against him over the years I know he has the talent and skills to take and make very difficult shots..But I also know how weak and unreliable on defense he is. Which believe it or not defense is important to NBA coaches.

Thoughts?
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He seems a little fragile to me. I'm not sure he can hold up to the grueling NBA schedule. But then, that was the thinking of many regarding Steph Curry.
 
I think he has a legitimate shot. He has offensive abilities you can't teach...if he puts the work in on D it will be easier for him to develop that than it would be for a player to learn the type of offensive skills he already has. He's no Curry but he has some Curry-type offensive qualities.
 
Harvey is one of those players that I never know what to expect from him. In the 2013/14 season was I thought we was highly overrated. I took that opinion into the 14/15 season as well. No doubt he has the offensive game to take over and carry a team. Unfortunately, at times his desire to score and takeover a game took away from his teammates as well. I felt in 13/14 he forced way too many shots, and consistently made questionable at best offensive decisions.

In 14/15 he did become a better team player and cut down on questionable shots and decision making. He showed me he was capable of getting his teammates involved. I am not sure if he has the physical make up to ever become a solid defender. Offensively, if he can find consistency for his coaches to know what they can expect and prove to be reliable, I can see him being a nice offensive weapon off the bench.

Overall, I feel he will prove to be too inconsistent, and not enough physical characteristics and intangibles to make a name for himself in the NBA. I feel his taste of the NBA will be short lived, and continue to hang on as a borderline prospect for awhile. Too bad we cannot combine Cherry and Harvey, together they make for an all star caliber player. With that said, I hope Harvey and Cherry each prove their doubters wrong and can have significant NBA careers. I will continually be hoping Cherry and/or Harvey can join up with Lillard on the Blazers.

My best wishes and good luck to Tyler Harvey
 
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