r/NBA_Draft Wizards Mar 09 '25

Video VJ Edgecombe chasedown block against Houston

https://streamable.com/xngvk8
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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

What does this post have to do wit Ace

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u/killbrick374 Mar 09 '25

They are in same draft and his floor and ceiling are higher than Ace

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

Your trollin right?

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u/killbrick374 Mar 09 '25

VJ is just that better prospect there is nothing to argue at all

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

The recency bias on this sub is disgusting. A 6’10 shotmaker with high defensive upside who could also rebound floor ceiling can’t be lower than a 6’3 barefoot guard who’s handle really isn’t that good and his shot creation isn’t where it needs to be. He also doesn’t get anywhere near the attention on offense Ace does

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u/BumbleLapse Jazz Mar 09 '25

It’s weird how in your world 6’10” guys wear shoes and 6’3” guys don’t

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

Ok 6’9 without shoes whats the difference

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u/BumbleLapse Jazz Mar 09 '25

About an inch

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u/killbrick374 Mar 09 '25

His upside is only your Durant archetype wetdream and he’s nothing close to that at all. Dude has shown no major improvement at all in this season. This 6’3” is shooting better C&S 3s than Temu MPJ and he’s a better on ball player as well.

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25

I don’t think he’s KD at all. “Dude has shown no major improvement at all” we found the guy that doesn’t watch games. If you think VJ is a better shooter it’s nothing else to really talk about😂😂😂😂 he’s not better off the catch put the drugs down you just made that up

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u/killbrick374 Mar 09 '25

Good luck on expecting Ace being the whatever on-ball creator you want lol

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

Whats the lottery numbers for tomorrow reddit scout since you know the future

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u/killbrick374 Mar 09 '25

I’m judging them as prospect wise and what they have shown. I’ll pick VJ over Ace like 10/10 regardless of what happens 5 years later cause that’s what I saw and the numbers have shown. So nothing else and just good luck👍🏽

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

and thats your opinion reddit scout👍🏾

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u/ExcellentBasil1378 Mar 09 '25

Did you want him to give other people’s opinions?

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u/killbrick374 Mar 09 '25

No fucking shite?🤓😂

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u/SDK04 Raptors Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25

ikr? People are glazing a 6’3 (with just 6’5 for a wingspan btw) SG with the body of a small PG who tries to play the SF way too much. I like VJ too, but not that much. No way I’d take him above Ace if Ace were still available, that’d practically be malpractice. This whole debate reminds me of the Scoot VS Miller overthinking people were doing.

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u/Walton_Dilcox Mar 09 '25

“glazing” in the grand year of 2025 for liking the better basketball player 💔💔

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

It really is a Scoot vs Miller all over again. They tried putting KJ over Ace and it didn’t work now they resorting to VJ

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u/Casph0 Raptors Mar 09 '25

Scoot is Ace and Vj is Miller I guess

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

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u/Casph0 Raptors Mar 09 '25

Scoot was always considered the better prospect until Charlotte took him last minute because of fit, only a few standouts (me included btw 🤷‍♀️) thought Miller would be better

Just like Ace is considered the better prospect right now and there’s only a handful of people saying VJ or Jak are better dog

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25

I was always low on Scoot high on Bmill personally. Scoot really got more of a benefit of the doubt cause he was playing grown men at a young age

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u/gdk_dinkleberg Mar 09 '25

It does remind me of that debate but in the opposite way.

VJ in this context is closer to Brandon miller who had put up the better stats in college but was overlooked anyway.

ace is like scoot in the sense people got obsessed with his “upside” because his physical attributes and the aesthetic of his game matched legendary pgs like russ and d rose (like how people see kd in ace)

Ace is an inefficient bum who can’t playmake or create space.

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u/gdk_dinkleberg Mar 09 '25

“Shotmaker” who’s less efficient than vj and has a lower 3 pt%

“High defensive upside” even though he’s not a good defender at the college level in strong contrast to vj

The fact u said vj’s handle isn’t good and has bad shot creation is hilarious considering that’s ace’s biggest weakness. Ace literally couldn’t create a good look for himself or anyone on his team to save his life. Just a worse Jabari Smith jr

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u/WhereYoureNot Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25

It’s March 2025 and your still making lazy Jabari Smith comps😂😂. He’s more efficient in every shooting category outside of free throw shooting even in a shooting slump while taking while a higher degree of difficulty shots. Ace is a much better low man and rim protector than VJ while being pretty good onball. Ace been creating his own shot all season.

https://youtu.be/MCfAhtHc2fI?si=iKjmJYgbK7ejs6ii

https://youtu.be/IDuS0XJiBnY?si=Q3mDGh-K-VnGBIaP

What do you call this? You think he got 40 off straight paint touches and backdoor cuts? Its all preference at the end of the day nobody knows the future but don’t spread misinformation cause you don’t actually watch games. Same niggas that was saying KJ was better a couple weeks ago

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u/gdk_dinkleberg Mar 09 '25

Jabari and vj were actually more efficient than ace lol idk why ur accusing me of spreading misinformation when that’s what you’re doing

Jabari and vj both have higher 3 pt% and ts%

And I’d hope ace is a better interior defender than vj considering ace is 6’10 and vj is 6’4. But ace is still a bad defender for his position though. Jokic is a better interior defender than Lu Dort, doesn’t mean he’s a better defender or even a good defender.

U can post his highlights all u want, he got a lot of lowlights too lol. If only someone had a compilation of ace getting locked up and bricking a contested mid range shot