Seriously? Did I read the paper right this morning?

I thought Myck Kabongo was supposed to be a late 1st round guy. Is anyone else surprised that nobody even wasted a 2nd round pick on him? The articles I read raved about his maturity and work ethic, blah blah blah.

i was much more shocked about seth curry

kabongo didnt play for 2/3rds of the year. he made a bad decision.

his only option now is the marquis daniels lottery

Seth Curry? Not impressed with that guy at all.

So many foreign players were drafted this year. It will be interesting to see how they work out.

i'll give you a spoiler. The euro players wont work out. They almost never do

Drafting a Euro player essentially means a team doesn't want to immediately pay for a first rounder. They may pan out, but they usually don't even come over for a couple years at least. If there's not a player available in the draft you really like, why pay garuntee money for another guy when you can stash a guy overseas and not pay him.

Kabongo is incredibly overrated.

Should have stayed for his junior season, but could turn out to be a good thing for him. Up to him.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Ira Winderman reacted to the news, saying that Kabongo could be the steal which team president Pat Riley and scouting director Chet Kammerer were anticipating.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1688080-myck-kabongo-will-play-on-miami-heat-summer-league-team

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Drafting a Euro player essentially means a team doesn't want to immediately pay for a first rounder. They may pan out, but they usually don't even come over for a couple years at least. If there's not a player available in the draft you really like, why pay garuntee money for another guy when you can stash a guy overseas and not pay him.

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Every team is also hoping to land their Dirk, Manu, Peja type of player

The game is shifting to much more Euro style lineups. Slow play with true 4s and 5s are on the way out

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The game is shifting to much more Euro style lineups. Slow play with true 4s and 5s are on the way out

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Except that Indiana is the exception and SHOULD have beaten Miami this year

There are quite a few teams that use the center effectively. Brooklyn, Memphis, Indiana, Chicago, golden state with bogut

I have to say, I can't begin to understand why Barnes let him come back. Miss 2/3 of the year due to your own bad decisions. Come back to play one decent game and a bunch of mediocre games. And take off.

Not sure what the point was in playing him. Especially when guys that had been with the team the whole year were in his doghouse.

I didn't realize Indy SHOULD have beaten Miami. We're they favored in that series?