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  1. 3 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    Risacher is going to take minutes Thompson and Eason.  While the scouting report suggests he'll shoot better than both (both now and going forward), they need developmental time and both appear to have superior attributes in other areas (to Risacher).  Smith can also play the three in big line-ups (and if he's not going to grow into a 4/5, this might be his best position even if he's mostly a 4 on the Rockets), so while you may prefer to draft for best player available, I'd have to really a player to want to add bodies at the position with the most depth already. 

    He's a big wing. You can play 3-4 of those types at the same time, especially if they can shoot. Big wings also maintain value, so he'd be instantly tradable 

    When in doubt, draft a 3&D wing

    Also, this team needs spacing more than anything

  2. 39 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    Am I crazy for preferring Reed Sheppard to anyone else slotted 5-10?  Seems like stud shooting Anglo pgs always disappoint the team that drafts them but the Rockets could really use someone who can spread the floor and possibly groom behind Van Fleet.

    Risacher also makes sense

    But yeah spacing while being able to defend should be the priority, at any position. That or drafting for pure upside, but I'm not sure if that exists in this draft

  3. Vecenie just updated his big board, and to underscore how fluid the lotto is, Risacher dropped from #1 to #8. Earlier in the cycle Collier dropped from #1 to the teens. 

     

    Here's his writeup and his lotto

     

    Because of how fluid and more or less even the top ~10 are, this is an oddly interesting draft despite how weak it is at the top 

     

    The NCAA season is over, and pre-draft workout season has begun, which means it’s time to update the 2024 NBA Draft Big Board.
     
    To be frank, I’ve been a bit gun-shy this year on releasing my board. Not because I’m worried about my opinions or reaction, but rather because trying to parse through this class has been dreadfully difficult at the top. As I’ve written throughout the year, I do not have a Tier One or Tier Two player in this class. I’m not even sure how many Tier Three players I will have by the end of the process.
     
    At this juncture, I’m open to all possibilities about what the top of this class looks like on draft night. I would say, in some capacity, all of the players ranked in my top 10 have a non-zero chance to go No. 1 overall if things break right in terms of the draft lottery and they have a strong pre-draft process. There are players there who have a much better chance to go No. 1 than others, to be sure, but NBA teams are all over the map in this class. It does not have a sure-fire guy, so teams are doing their due diligence across the spectrum. I cannot remember a class in which the lottery will have such a significant impact on how the top will be selected.
     
    Some like the positional certainty and defensive acumen Donovan Clingan will bring compared to Alex Sarr. Others like Sarr’s upside athletically and potential to shoot the ball. Some evaluators like Zaccharie Risacher’s two-way game as a shooter and sharp team defender. Others worry about his athletic upside and prefer a player like Matas Buzelis more, even though the evaluators who like the relative certainty regarding Risacher question Buzelis as a shooter and on-ball defender. Even playing for the same team, some high-ranking evaluators prefer Reed Sheppard’s basketball IQ to Rob Dillingham’s explosive handle and quickness. We’ll talk about Stephon Castle in-depth, but he’s a great example of there being no consensus on prospects this year.
     
    Because there’s no sure-fire All-Star, decision-makers have many questions to ponder: What do you value in prospects? What skill sets are most important to you? What translates best in your mind? Or in many cases, what are the skill deficiencies players in this class have that are most fixable to you?
     
    By the law of averages, multiple players will be All-Stars from this draft, even with it being a below-average one, and it’ll be because they improved something in their game substantially. Even the 2013 NBA Draft, a class that was seen as bad at the time and maintains that ignominy within front offices, had three players make the All-Star Game, with one of them becoming arguably the best player in the world for a time in Giannis Antetokounmpo.
     
    Having said that, the track record on that draft did prove to be, by and large, bad. Only seven of the lottery picks went on to be above-average rotation players, with only one All-Star in the group. After Rudy Gobert was picked at No. 27, only one player — Allen Crabbe — went on to become even an average rotation player for multiple years.

     

    1) Sarr

    2) Topic

    3) Castle

    4) Sheppard

    5) Clingan

    6) Buzelis

    7) Holland

    😎 Risacher

    9) Williams

    10) Dillingham

    11) Knecht

    12) McCain

    13) Filipowski

    14) Collier

     

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

    Because I'm tired of them.  LeBron is almost fucking 40 and has been the center of the basketball world for 20 years.  KD is 35.  Steph is 36.  Just go away and let me watch the younger guys like Ant, Brunson, Halliburton, Chet, Banchero, etc.  I'd be much more interested in watching that.  I'm not a big fan of the old dudes hanging on for one more go-round.  You've had your shot, now let the younger guys take over.

    I don't need any more LeBron, Steph or KD in my life.  I'm full.

    I think the best team possible should be assembled, and that still includes those three players 

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  5. 2 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

    No shit. I'd be a lot more excited if Lebron, KD and Curry weren't on the team. And Embiid because i hate his game. And Booker. Can't stand his little rat face.
     

    Why? All three are still very good, and the international three point line is a joke or KD and Curry 

    Lebron can play small ball five when the other team doesn't have a jumbo center 

  6. 1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    This is starting to feel like what @closetojumpingsaid in the recruiting thread that Garrison's handlers apparently have a high premium on his value. This feels like a recruitment that just comes down to if we value Garrison enough to pay him what he wants. 

    Garrison might be worth the premium 

  7. 7 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

    Most had Sweat late 2nd.  Now may have to wait till 4th Rd...

    Right after the combine, some thought there was a decent chance Sweat would go late first, and it seemed like his range was probably late first to mid second, but his pre-draft stuff has been a disaster since then 

  8. Looking at the circa o/u, the only players commonly in first round mocks who don't have a line are Caleb, Daniels, Maye, Guyton, and Morgan.. which makes you think Guyton and Morgan are candidates to not go in the first

     

     

    Making a mock (but leaving out the teams) based on the O/U gives you

     

    1) Caleb Williams

    2) Drake Maye / Jayden Daniels

    3) Drake Maye / Jayden Daniels

    4) Marvin Harrison Jr (4.5)

    5) JJ McCarthy / Malik Nabers (5.5)

    6) JJ McCarthy / Malik Nabers (5.5)

    7) Joe Alt (7.5)

    '8) Rome Odunze (8.5)

    9) Dallas Turner (9.5)

    10) Brock Bowers (11.5)

    11) Taliese Fuaga (12.5)

    12) Quinyon Mitchell (13.5)

    13) Olu Fashanu / JC Latham / Jarred Verse (14.5)

    14) Olu Fashanu / JC Latham / Jarred Verse (14.5)

    15) Olu Fashanu / JC Latham / Jarred Verse (14.5)

    16) Terrion Arnold (15.5)

    17) Troy Fautanu / Byron Murphy II (16.5)

    18) Troy Fautanu / Byron Murphy II (16.5)

    19) Brian Thomas Jr / Adonai Mitchell / Laiatu Latu (17.5)

    20)  Brian Thomas Jr / Adonai Mitchell / Laiatu Latu (17.5)

    21)  Brian Thomas Jr / Adonai Mitchell / Laiatu Latu (17.5)

    22) Jer'Zhan Newton (18.5)

    23) Cooper DeJean (20.5)

    24) Graham Barton (23.5)

    25) Amarius Mims (24.5)

    26) Chop Robinson (25.5)

    27) Nate Wiggins (26.5)

    28) Xavier Worthy / Kool-Aid McKinstry (28.5)

    29) Xavier Worthy / Kool-Aid McKinstry (28.5)

    30) Darius Robinson (29.5)

    31) Jackson Powers-Johnson (30.5)

    32) Michael Penix Jr / Bo Nix / Ladd McConkey / Tyler Nubin (32.5)

    33) Michael Penix Jr / Bo Nix / Ladd McConkey / Tyler Nubin (32.5)

    34) Michael Penix Jr / Bo Nix / Ladd McConkey / Tyler Nubin (32.5)

    35) Michael Penix Jr / Bo Nix / Ladd McConkey / Tyler Nubin (32.5)

  9. Mitchell is essentially a 5 on in the half-court offense because he's a non-shooter, non-connector, and can't really dribble or drive. He can dunk from the dunker's spot and get offensive rebounds, and that's about it. Which is fine if you surround him with four good offensive players, but that's easier said than done 

  10. The Longhorns in Bruglers 7 round mock

    18) Byron Murphy II

    32) Adonai Mitchell

    45) Xavier Worthy

    55) Ja'Tavian Sanders

    65) Jonathan Brooks

    115) T'Vondre Sweat

    124) Christian Jones

    219) Ryan Watts

    254) Jaylan Ford

     

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  11. Texans picks from Brugler's 7 round mock

    42) Mike Sainristil- CB- Michigan

    59) Ruke Orhorhoro- DT- Clemson

    86) Kamren Kinches- S- Miami

    123) Brandon Coleman- OL- TCU

    127) Will Shipley- RB- Clemson

    188) Jaylen Harrell- Edge- East Michigan

    189- Nathaniel Watson- LB- Miss State

    247- Willie Drew- CB- Virginia State

  12. The difference between the Athletic's and the other's portal rankings is very interesting. Vecenie and another guy are doing the Athletic's, and Vecenie is excellent. 

    Here's one instance of deviation. The Athletic has this guy at #28 right now

     

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