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It might make sense if they don't want to give Amen the chance to grow into the positionÂ
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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.Â
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 tradableÂ
When in doubt, draft a 3&D wing
Also, this team needs spacing more than anything
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39 minutes ago, LCHorn said:
Am I crazy for preferring Reed Sheppard to anyone else slotted 5-10? Â 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
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These two players keep popping upÂ
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I really like Tacodeli
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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.Â
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Here's his writeup and his lotto
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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 topÂ
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The NCAA season is over, and pre-draft workout season has begun, which means itâs time to update the 2024 NBA Draft Big Board.ÂTo be frank, Iâve been a bit gun-shy this year on releasing my board. Not because Iâm worried about my opinions or reaction, but rather because trying to parse through this class has been dreadfully difficult at the top. As Iâve written throughout the year, I do not have a Tier One or Tier Two player in this class. Iâm not even sure how many Tier Three players I will have by the end of the process.ÂAt this juncture, Iâm 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.ÂSome like the positional certainty and defensive acumen Donovan Clingan will bring compared to Alex Sarr. Others like Sarrâs upside athletically and potential to shoot the ball. Some evaluators like Zaccharie Risacherâs 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 Sheppardâs basketball IQ to Rob Dillinghamâs explosive handle and quickness. Weâll talk about Stephon Castle in-depth, but heâs a great example of there being no consensus on prospects this year.ÂBecause thereâs 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?ÂBy the law of averages, multiple players will be All-Stars from this draft, even with it being a below-average one, and itâll 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.ÂHaving 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 â Allen Crabbe â went on to become even an average rotation player for multiple years.Â
1) Sarr
2) Topic
3) Castle
4) Sheppard
5) Clingan
6) Buzelis
7) Holland
đ Risacher
9) Williams
10) Dillingham
11) Knecht
12) McCain
13) Filipowski
14) Collier
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I usually don't give a shit about uniforms, but that gives me XFL vibes if it's real
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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 playersÂ
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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.
ÂWhy? All three are still very good, and the international three point line is a joke or KD and CurryÂ
Lebron can play small ball five when the other team doesn't have a jumbo centerÂ
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1 hour ago, Pam Cummings said:
Wemby gonna fuck them up tbh
Jokic is the guy to worry about. And Doncic. One man wrecking crews.Â
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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.Â
Garrison might be worth the premiumÂ
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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 thenÂ
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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
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Making a mock (but leaving out the teams) based on the O/U gives you
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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)Â Brian Thomas Jr / Adonai Mitchell / Laiatu Latu (17.5)
21)Â 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)
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Garrison is visiting this weekend, and Kentucky and Arkansas are getting visits if he doesn't commit on the tripÂ
The Athletic has the stretch 5 ranked as their #23 portal playerÂ
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The chicken tikka at velvet is good. Everything else Iâve had there has been disappointingÂ
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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 doneÂ
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New Givony/Woo mock
1) Risacher
2) Sarr
3) Clingan
4) Dillingham
5) Topic
6) Buzelis
7) Sheppard
'8) Castle
9) Knecht
10) Williams
11) Collier
12) Walter
13) Holland
14) Salaun
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Keep in mind, when there are a million players in the portal, being #40 or #75 is still really good and a winning college basketball playerÂ
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Decent chance that Embiid, Halliburton, and Kawhi end up not playingÂ
I think the replacements could be Chet/Draymond, Brunson, and Paul GeorgeÂ
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The Athletic's daily portal rankings update
32- Jordan Pope
37- Julian Larry
40- Tramon Mark
61- Rytis Petraitis
75- Jayson Kent
31- Tyrese Hunter
33- Dillon Mitchell -
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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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
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4 hours ago, Ignatius said:
Canât say I watched a lot of Mizzou this year but Rakestraw appears on a lot of âhigh propensity for bustâ listsâŠ.
Thatâs easier go swallow the farther you get into the draftÂ
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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.Â
Here's one instance of deviation. The Athletic has this guy at #28 right now
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All the insiders think heâs going day three now, but I bet someone takes him day two for the upsideÂ