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Is Frank Mason a better PG prospect than Frank N or Dennis Smith?
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BRIGGS
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6/1/2017  11:06 AM
After watching and re-watching over and over--my vote---YES.
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6/1/2017  11:25 AM
I don't know let's compare in 3 years when Frank N and Dennis are Mason's age.
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6/1/2017  11:53 AM
He might be. Its very possible. Mason also showed a 40 inch plus vert so he's got some hops. However you should rename your title, because as a prospect Mason is most certainly NOT better. He's a better player at 24 years old, as one would expect being 5 years older than the other two you mentioned. Smith is smallish as well. Frank however his not, and he's already playing with grown men and his role is as a defender and not to make mistakes. We also dont know how good an athlete Frank really is. He's much longer than those players so he will appear slower, but with Frank's size he has upside, especially on defense the other two cant sniff.
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6/1/2017  11:54 AM
I don't think so.
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6/1/2017  12:47 PM
No
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6/1/2017  1:12 PM
Im going to guess 23 year old 5-11 guard won't have as much appeal longer term than 6-3 19 year old Smith missed his senior year in high school and still avged 18 and 6 playing in the ACC. Even 19 year olds need to shake rust off when missing a year. Still, a kid, a rookie in the ACC still did that? On a shytty team?

Im not taking anything from Frank Mason, hell of a player and polished. I know DRose patina is on Smith, or Steve Francis, and I'd even go Marbury. 6-3 and powerful player type. Great player talent, but one would hope Dennis has a better head than those three.

French Frank is a mystery. Euro underwhelming stats given they don't play kids much (KP, Willy)but he'll have to impress in a workout.
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6/1/2017  1:40 PM
Nitty may never really reach potential so he's hard to gauge. Smith tho is a different story he's already a better prospect than Nitty or Mason IMO.
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6/1/2017  2:51 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/1/2017  3:10 PM
I would compare Mason to Smith at age 19. Ntilikina is only 18 and would likely be a high school senior in the US. You have to consider that Mason is already 23, which basically makes him the age of a 5th year senior.
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6/1/2017  3:50 PM
It's kind of like saying
Who's better Dante exum or isiah thomas
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6/1/2017  3:53 PM
NiLeeKiNa (not Nitty) please.
Still think he is the best PG we can get, mainly because he is a PG that can pad and defend better than the competition
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6/1/2017  4:29 PM
BRIGGS wrote:It's kind of like saying
Who's better jordan mickey or nate wolters
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meloshouldgo wrote:NiLeeKiNa (not Nitty) please.
Still think he is the best PG we can get, mainly because he is a PG that can pad and defend better than the competition

Nitty is his actual nickname!
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6/1/2017  6:54 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/1/2017  6:54 PM
Mason shot 57% from three last season. He's the same height as CP3, Conley and Lillard. May be stronger than all of them. He's smart and knows what he's doing out there. He gets to the foul line. Has an excellent first step. Great hops. Vision. I say yes, he's better. I want him!
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6/1/2017  7:21 PM
meloshouldgo wrote:NiLeeKiNa (not Nitty) please.
Still think he is the best PG we can get, mainly because he is a PG that can pad and defend better than the competition

I assumed the N was silent. TiLaKeena. That's how the draft board experts pronounce it.

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fishmike wrote:He might be. Its very possible. Mason also showed a 40 inch plus vert so he's got some hops. However you should rename your title, because as a prospect Mason is most certainly NOT better. He's a better player at 24 years old, as one would expect being 5 years older than the other two you mentioned. Smith is smallish as well. Frank however his not, and he's already playing with grown men and his role is as a defender and not to make mistakes. We also dont know how good an athlete Frank really is. He's much longer than those players so he will appear slower, but with Frank's size he has upside, especially on defense the other two cant sniff.

Yes, it's hard to compare a guy playing with grown men with a guy playing against college kids. Especially an older man. Physically, I'm going to say no. Is his game more mature? Sure, but he's played in college longer.
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BigDaddyG wrote:
meloshouldgo wrote:NiLeeKiNa (not Nitty) please.
Still think he is the best PG we can get, mainly because he is a PG that can pad and defend better than the competition

I assumed the N was silent. TiLaKeena. That's how the draft board experts pronounce it.

I got that from a poster on Reddit who seemed to know what he was talking about

https://www.reddit.com/r/sixers/comments/5m7o2f/frank_ntilikina_learning_to_play_with_fire/

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6/1/2017  10:15 PM
fishmike wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:It's kind of like saying
Who's better jordan mickey or nate wolters
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6/2/2017  9:22 AM
meloshouldgo wrote:
BigDaddyG wrote:
meloshouldgo wrote:NiLeeKiNa (not Nitty) please.
Still think he is the best PG we can get, mainly because he is a PG that can pad and defend better than the competition

I assumed the N was silent. TiLaKeena. That's how the draft board experts pronounce it.

I got that from a poster on Reddit who seemed to know what he was talking about

https://www.reddit.com/r/sixers/comments/5m7o2f/frank_ntilikina_learning_to_play_with_fire/


Lol a nasally N sound. That makes the pronunciation sound even weirder. I'll stick with French Kid for now.
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6/2/2017  7:27 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/2/2017  7:28 PM
I want us to draft both .. Frank Nitty for his combo-guard Defense plus draft Frank Mason for his high IQ being a pass-first PG .... Baker n Randle had their first shot .. be gone
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6/2/2017  7:51 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/2/2017  7:54 PM
Kemet wrote:I want us to draft both .. Frank Nitty for his combo-guard Defense plus draft Frank Mason for his high IQ being a pass-first PG .... Baker n Randle had their first shot .. be gone

Good post, esp. the Baker and Randle part. Those two are okay, nothing more. Can't go into next year thinking those two are main cogs. I like them both but truth of the matter is they probably don't even make half the 15-man rosters out there. More than half...I definitely want to see upgrades over both of those guys.

Not sure I think he's better than Smith but yeah, I like this kid Mason a lot. NBAdraft.net compares him to Pierre Jackson/Yogi Ferrell -- two other 6'-ish PGs I like (Yogi looked good last yr for the Nets and Jackson's made it back nicely from a pretty severe injury). Those two can play. So can Patty Mills on the Spurs, Bryce Cotton when he's gotten a chance... There's room for a 6' PG in the NBA if you can play and Mason can play. Brings a lot to the table across the board. He's be a good pickup.
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