2023 NBA Draft

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Lmao at thinking the lottery is rigged. The Cavs have won it 4 times in like 20 years but lets just ignore that.

[ztejas 43411]

36 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

First off all, yes... it's complete luck to win the lottery three times at the odds that they had. No fucking shit. I don't think anybody with half a brain would ever deny that.

But not fucking it up afterward? There's definitely skill in that. Look at how many hall of fame players got drafted to shitty teams/organizations and never did shit. KG wasted away for a decade in Minnesota. New Orleans did absolutely dogshit with Anthony Davis. Cleveland royally fucked up Lebron's first tour there. Shaq in Orlando. I could do this forever.

For damn near 30 years the Spurs drafted at the dead ass end of the first round. For sure they missed on a bunch of dudes, but got damn did they hit on an an unreal number of rotation (or better) guys that typically outperformed players drafted 10-15 slots ahead of them on the regular. You want some examples: Luis Scola #56 (still pisses me off he never played for them), Beno Udrih #28, Ian Mahinmi #28, Tiago Splitter #28, George Hill #26, Cory Joseph #29, Kyle Anderson #30, Dejounte Murray #29, Derrick White #29, Keldon Johnson #29, Tre Jones #41. Go ahead and find me another franchise with a track record like that. And that doesn't even mention guys they pulled off the scrap heap like Bruce Bowen, Danny Green, Patty Mills, etc.

And for the record, the Spurs didn't completely fall apart when Kawhi bolted. They were a 48 win playoff team him in 2019 without him playing a single minute while he was being a giant bleeding cunt distraction. Then they won 32-34 games a year for the next three years with two play-in games. Then they blew it up and rolled the dice to tank specifically for the one year when the generational prospect was available and well... 

But it's certainly not luck or coincidence that this just happened to be the year that they tanked. This isn't some multi-year Houston, Detroit or Philadelphia bottom out. It was one year, see if you get lucky, and then start building it back up whatever happens. It just happened that whatever happened, happened. And they are positioned perfectly with good young supporting talent (that they drafted btw) in Sochan, Vassell and K Johnson, and loaded for bear with draft picks, swaps and cap room. Getting Wemby was lucky as fuck but everything else... not so much.

Let him cook.

[Bookman 4638]

So I was just checking things out and I hear the Spurs are going to draft some kid from France.

[TankedBevo 2482]

12 minutes ago, Bookman said:

So I was just checking things out and I hear the Spurs are going to draft some kid from France.

Big, if true 

[JGrayDBU 338]

it's early but Boston looks awful! 

[closetohumping 17431]

16 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

Lmao at thinking the lottery is rigged. The Cavs have won it 4 times in like 20 years but lets just ignore that.

Crazy coincidence they got. Bron right?!?!   And Derrick rose got to go to his hometown as well.  Great stories.  How do you rig a draft anyway?   Certified big five accounting companies oversee the process.  Impossible to rig.  Besides the spurs numbers were called two additional times!

[Welch 635]

18 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

And for the record, the Spurs didn't completely fall apart when Kawhi bolted. They were a 48 win playoff team him in 2019 without him playing a single minute while he was being a giant bleeding cunt distraction.

Beautiful post, but just wanted to add…

They won 47 in 2017-‘18 when Kawhi was being a giant bleeding cunt distraction.

They then won 48 the next year, when he was in Toronto.

Of course this little detail only strengthens your argument.

[Kermit 3156]

I guess the moral of that story is…fuck Kawhi Leonard. 
 

Honestly, watching that cunt pull the same shenanigans in LA has been cathartic. Wait, this is the NBA draft thread. My bad, everyone. Carry on.

[Irieguy 1059]

3 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Crazy coincidence they got. Bron right?!?!   And Derrick rose got to go to his hometown as well.  Great stories.  How do you rig a draft anyway?   Certified big five accounting companies oversee the process.  Impossible to rig.  Besides the spurs numbers were called two additional times!

Yes. An accounting firm could never make a mistake or be fooled. 

https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/27/pricewaterhousecoopers-issues-sincere-apology-for-oscars-blunder

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/the-fallout-of-arthur-andersen-and-enron-on-the-legal-landscape-of-american-accounting-31277

Edited May 20, 2023 by Irieguy

[Kermit 3156]

Well, no take backs.

[closetohumping 17431]

[closetohumping 17431]

On 5/20/2023 at 12:10 PM, Irieguy said:

Yes. An accounting firm could never make a mistake or be fooled. 

https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/27/pricewaterhousecoopers-issues-sincere-apology-for-oscars-blunder

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/the-fallout-of-arthur-andersen-and-enron-on-the-legal-landscape-of-american-accounting-31277

And they will always act above board

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

The draft is a week away. After the first pick, anything could happen (i.e., trades, crazy shit) and things should get really interesting after #3. I'm seeing mocks with guys all over the place with several polarizing prospects that someone will reach for, and then the inevitable fall for much safer picks that everyone will say after the fact, "I can't believe so and so fell like that. How did that happen?" This is an exceptionally deep draft. There's the top 1, the next 2, then who the fuck knows.

I can't wait to see what Houston does at 4. Drafting 4th in a three man draft is a tough beat.  For all intents, that's when the draft really starts. I don't know how their free agent pursuits fit into their draft plans, but I'm seeing a lot of Cam Whitmore picks for them. I think he's a good positional fit but I think they need more high IQ / unselfish players. He and Green are both black holes on offense. Amen Thompson makes sense as a distributor, but both the twins have big boom/bust potential. 

Here's the latest consensus draft I pulled, but I don't know how good it really is. I'm seeing Derek Lively, Bilal Coulibali, Kobe Bufkin and Leonard Miller move up considerably from this. 

1	San Antonio	Victor Wembanyama	7-2	210	C	France	Intl.
2	Charlotte	Scoot Henderson	6-2	195	PG	G-League	Fr.
3	Portland	Brandon Miller	6-9	200	SF	Alabama	Fr.
4	*Houston	Amen Thompson	6-7	200	PG/SG	Overtime Elite	Fr.
5	*Detroit	Cam Whitmore	6-7	230	SF	Villanova	Fr.
6	Orlando	Ausar Thompson	6-7	205	SG	Overtime Elite	Fr.
7	Indiana	Anthony Black	6-7	200	PG/SG	Arkansas	Fr.
8	*Washington	Jarace Walker	6-8	235	SF/PF	Houston	Fr.
9	Utah	Gradey Dick	6-8	205	SG	Kansas	Fr.
10	*Dallas	Taylor Hendricks	6-9	215	PF/C	Central Florida	Fr.
11	*Orlando	Cason Wallace	6-4	195	PG/SG	Kentucky	Fr.
12	Oklahoma Cty	Nick Smith	6-5	185	PG/SG	Arkansas	Fr.
13	Toronto	Keyonte George	6-4	185	SG	Baylor	Fr.
14	*New Orleans	Jordan Hawkins	6-5	190	SG	UConn	So.
15	Atlanta	GG Jackson	6-9	215	PF	South Carolina	Fr.
16	*Utah	Leonard Miller	6-10	210	SF	G-League	Fr.
17	*LA Lakers	Kris Murray	6-8	220	SF/PF	Iowa	Jr.
18	Miami	Jalen Hood-Schif...	6-6	215	PG/SG	Indiana	Fr.
19	Golden St.	Dereck Lively	7-1	230	C	Duke	Fr.
20	*Houston	Rayan Rupert	6-6	185	SG/SF	France	Intl.
21	*Brooklyn	Kobe Bufkin	6-5	195	SG	Michigan	So.
22	Brooklyn	Bilal Coulibaly	6-7	200	SF	France	Intl.
23	*Portland	Maxwell Lewis	6-7	195	SG/SF	Pepperdine	So.
24	Sacramento	Jett Howard	6-8	215	SG	Michigan	Fr.
25	Memphis	Dariq Whitehead	6-7	220	SG/SF	Duke	Fr.
26	*Indiana	Trayce Jackson-D...	6-9	245	PF/C	Indiana	Sr.
27	*Charlotte	Brice Sensabaugh	6-6	235	SF/PF	Ohio St.	Fr.
28	*Utah	Noah Clowney	6-10	210	PF	Alabama	Fr.
29	*Indiana	Sidy Cissoko	6-8	200	SG	G-League	Intl.
30	*LA Clippers	Terquavion Smith	6-4	165	PG/SG	NC State	So.

Some hot sports opinions:

• Of all the non-Scoot projected first round point guards, I like Cason Wallace the best. I think Anthony Black is a little overrated. Great size and vision, but I'm not in love with the pace -- seems like he's easy to speed up and turnover. But he's almost sure to be the second point guard off the board after Scoot. I'm not as high on Bufkin or Hood-Schifino although I like Bufkin better of the two. And if I'm being honest, I'm not really that in love with Scoot. I just have a hunch about Cason Wallace that he's going to be a great pro.
• I favor both Walker and Hendricks over the Thompson twins. They still scare the shit out of me, but I do buy them both as playmakers. 
• I like Rayan Rupert a lot. He's falling because of his jumpshot but his release is fine -- bad base, but easily fixable.
• I should hate Maxwell Lewis, but there is something about his game I dig. He will probably bust.
• Guys who I think are grossly overrated: Keyonte George, Brice Sensabaugh, Nick Smith, Kris Murray, GG Jackson. I would throw Dariq Whitehead into this mix, but I don't know how much his injury impacted him. I suppose you could say the same about Nick Smith. I could throw Jett Howard into the overrated mix, but his shooting should at least translate.
• There are some interesting athletic bigs with big boom/bust potential: Lively, Miller, Clowney, Jackson Davis. Lively at least will be a good shot blocker and rim running big - much higher projection if you believe in his jumpshot.
• For the late first / early second, I really like Sidy Cissoko. I don't understand why he's not projected higher. Strong finisher in transition, excellent defender with point guard skills in an NBA-made body. I probably like him better than 15 guys who will get drafted in front of him. For sleepers, I like Julian Phillips, Brandin Podziemski, and Olivier-Maxence Prosper. 

 

[Francisco 2.0 32385]

Since Twitter cuts it off:

 

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by Francisco 2.0

[UpperWestside 6159]

6 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Since Twitter cuts it off:

 

 

 

 

Probably can slot him into the Yankees rotation right now. 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

Victor is a 5 star prospect, elite talent for sure. Rest of the draft is hot garbage. He’ll be in the right city to bulk up ha 
 

Miller should be facing charges for his part in a murder, so fuck him. God save any team dumb enough to trade for Zion 

[shadow_operative 15932]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Rest of the draft is hot garbage.

this Scoot fella looks pretty good to me. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Victor is a 5 star prospect, elite talent for sure. Rest of the draft is hot garbage. He’ll be in the right city to bulk up ha 
 

Miller should be facing charges for his part in a murder, so fuck him. God save any team dumb enough to trade for Zion 

Disagree big time about this draft being garbage. Ignoring for a minute that it has the best overall prospect in a generation and the highest rated point guard in at least a decade, this draft is as deep as any I can remember. There are going to be busts but you can find first round talent probably through about the first 40-45 picks. 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

7 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

this Scoot fella looks pretty good to me. 

He’s a good prospect 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Disagree big time about this draft being garbage. Ignoring for a minute that it has the best overall prospect in a generation and the highest rated point guard in at least a decade, this draft is as deep as any I can remember. There are going to be busts but you can find first round talent probably through about the first 40-45 picks. 

I don’t see that kind of depth at all, but who knows. Things have to play out 

[ztejas 43411]

This draft has a lot of role/late lottery guys that could go in any order but there's a steep drop off from 2 and 3 to 4. 

Scoot and Miller are both elite prospects and easily would have gotten drafted ahead of JSJ and maybe even Chet last year. 

[tx 3 putt 76859]

36 hours away or so 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

On 6/15/2023 at 10:26 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

 

• I favor both Walker and Hendricks over the Thompson twins. They still scare the shit out of me, but I do buy them both as playmakers. 

 

Houston hopefully trades down a few spots if “basketball” demands that whatever team picks at #4 takes a Thompson. Guards who can’t shoot have a Ben Simmons ceiling. 

[TonyTexas 10504]

I don’t which has more grounds for a drop in his draft stock, being an accessory to murder or this take. 

 

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

16 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

this Scoot fella looks pretty good to me. 

Agreed.  From what I've read, he has a great attitude, loves basketball, and has an NBA body now despite being 6'2".  I'd take him over Miller despite the obvious metrics.  Scoot's shot might not be great but he's 19 or 20 just like the rest of them so can it get better in a few years?  Prolly.

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

8 hours ago, ztejas said:

This draft has a lot of role/late lottery guys that could go in any order but there's a steep drop off from 2 and 3 to 4. 

Scoot and Miller are both elite prospects and easily would have gotten drafted ahead of JSJ and maybe even Chet last year. 

There is negative million percent chance OKC takes either of them over Chet last year.

I could them being in the mix at 3 but I still think JS goes at #3 and then Scoot and then Miller.  No one would take a bad shooting 6'2" guard over 3 guys who are all over 6'10" and can score.

[ztejas 43411]

31 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

No one would take a bad shooting 6'2" guard

Great scouting report.

JSJ is younger than Miller so he probably would go ahead of him. 

I seriously doubt anyone would draft JSJ over Scoot, but NBA GMs are dumb. JSJ is a total project. Scoot is going to be close to a starting-level guard from day 1. 

Then again Luka went 3rd overall so maybe I'm more arguing who should go where and not actually what would happen. 

[ztejas 43411]

Windhorst just said on BS's pod he has scouts telling him Scoot would go #1 in next year's draft and in '25 and potentially would have gone #1 last season. 

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Windhorst just said on BS's pod he has scouts telling him Scoot would go #1 in next year's draft and in '25 and potentially would have gone #1 last season. 

OKC would most definitely not have taken him at #2.  Rockets at #3 maybe.

Combine the years and you prolly get:

Wemby

Banchero/Chet

Chet/Banchero

JSJ

then Miller or Scoot

I like Scoot and think he'll be a really good player but Ivey was a similar player in last year's draft and he went #5.

[ztejas 43411]

Just now, Aqua Buddha said:

OKC would most definitely not have taken him at #2.  Rockets at #3 maybe.

Combine the years and you prolly get:

Wemby

Banchero/Chet

Chet/Banchero

JSJ

then Miller or Scoot

I like Scoot and think he'll be a really good player but Ivey was a similar player in last year's draft and he went #5.

Ivey was nowhere near the prospect Scoot is and they really aren't similar players past their general position. Have you actually watched Scoot play or work out? 

It's not like I'm making shit up, I'm basing this off of the guy's comprehensive and fairly consensus eval. 

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Ivey was nowhere near the prospect Scoot is and they really aren't similar players past their general position. Have you actually watched Scoot play or work out? 

It's not like I'm making shit up, I'm basing this off of the guy's comprehensive and fairly consensus eval. 

Yes and he goes #3 last year at best and that's only because the Rockets will do almost anything.  OKC had layered in on Chet for a long time so unless Orlando would take Scoot at #1 last over the other three, there is no way he goes that high.

He'd go #1 next year because it's a weak draft.

[UpperWestside 6159]

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

I don’t which has more grounds for a drop in his draft stock, being an accessory to murder or this take. 

 

Why not both? 
 

And whatever team takes him deserves to never make the playoffs. He is in large part responsible for a young woman dying due to gun violence. He should be facing a lengthy prison sentence, but instead he gets to get drafted tomorrow. What a country we live in. He should get booed every moment he is on stage.

[Fastbreak 3973]

Scoot is great. That’s why I would do what it takes to get him - including trading Zion.

I think he would have been a clear #1 last year.

[shadow_operative 15932]

[Burt Macklin 19019]

11 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

OKC would most definitely not have taken him at #2.  Rockets at #3 maybe.

Combine the years and you prolly get:

Wemby

Banchero/Chet

Chet/Banchero

JSJ

then Miller or Scoot

I like Scoot and think he'll be a really good player but Ivey was a similar player in last year's draft and he went #5.

You have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about if you think Scoot and Ivey are comparable prospects. 

[ztejas 43411]

1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said:

You have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about if you think Scoot and Ivey are comparable prospects. 

Yeah I was trying to be nice yesterday...

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Interesting move by Boston.

I’m not a huge fan of Marcus smart. besides being a defensive pest, I thought he thought he could be a offensive focal point too much so he didn’t live up to his last name by taking too many bad shots in big moment.

They’ll be a tough team if Brogdon stays healthy(big if) or find a ball handling distributor.

Their forward/center rotation is pretty stacked with Tatum, brown, zinger, Al and Robert/grant Williams

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

3 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

You have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about if you think Scoot and Ivey are comparable prospects. 

Except their numbers were similar last year and Scoot was in the G League while Ivey was playing in the actual NBA.  Ivey actually had better shooting % numbers.

I know nothing about the G League but not one GM in the league last year would have taken a 6'2" PG that shot 27% from 3 in the G League at the #1 spot last year.  Scoot seems like a great prospect but let's not get carried away.

[Burt Macklin 19019]

7 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Except their numbers were similar last year and Scoot was in the G League while Ivey was playing in the actual NBA.  Ivey actually had better shooting % numbers.

I know nothing about the G League but not one GM in the league last year would have taken a 6'2" PG that shot 27% from 3 in the G League at the #1 spot last year.  Scoot seems like a great prospect but let's not get carried away.

You’re constantly twisting his stats in a way that just makes you look worse. He never shot 27% from 3 in a season. He shot 21% in year 1 and then improved to 32.4% in year 2 on higher volume. He’s also a 77% FT shooter, which is a more predictive indicator of NBA 3 point ability. Sites use 3 point shooting and FT shooting at lower levels to predict NBA 3 point percentage, and his predicted percentage is 34.2%. He’s nowhere near as bad of a shooter as you try to make him out to be, and on top of that, he’s a physical freak who’s shown the ability to rack up rebounds and assists and potentially be an elite defender. 

[HookEm 2463]

19 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

I know nothing about the G League but not one GM in the league last year would have taken a 6'2" PG that shot 27% from 3 in the G League at the #1 spot last year.  Scoot seems like a great prospect but let's not get carried away.

Scoot Henderson was the youngest player in G-League history at 17 yrs old.  He has improved steadily and will be much more NBA ready than Jaden Ivey despite being two years younger.

• 17 yrs old:  14.3 PTS, 4.8 TRB, 4.2 AST, 1.7 STL  (21 games)
• 18 yrs old:  17.6 PTS, 5.1 TRB, 6.6 AST, 1.3 STL  (25 games)

[Dutchrudder 11133]

This is incredible:

 

 

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

9 minutes ago, HookEm said:

Scoot Henderson was the youngest player in G-League history at 17 yrs old.  He has improved steadily and will be much more NBA ready than Jaden Ivey despite being two years younger.

• 17 yrs old:  14.3 PTS, 4.8 TRB, 4.2 AST, 1.7 STL  (21 games)
• 18 yrs old:  17.6 PTS, 5.1 TRB, 6.6 AST, 1.3 STL  (25 games)

 

29 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

You’re constantly twisting his stats in a way that just makes you look worse. He never shot 27% from 3 in a season. He shot 21% in year 1 and then improved to 32.4% in year 2 on higher volume. He’s also a 77% FT shooter, which is a more predictive indicator of NBA 3 point ability. Sites use 3 point shooting and FT shooting at lower levels to predict NBA 3 point percentage, and his predicted percentage is 34.2%. He’s nowhere near as bad of a shooter as you try to make him out to be, and on top of that, he’s a physical freak who’s shown the ability to rack up rebounds and assists and potentially be an elite defender. 

So he's better than Ivey and he'd still go #3 at best last year and that's only because Houston is badly managed.  They'd have him there watching Green chuck up 3's.  Kings wouldn't have drafted him with Fox on the roster so he'd likely go to the Piston like Ivey.

If the mocks are to be believed, he won't get drafted before Miller tonight.  (A mistake.)  Regardless, he wouldn't have remotely gone #1 last year.  You're free to believe that, though.

[UpperWestside 6159]

On 6/15/2023 at 11:26 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

The draft is a week away. After the first pick, anything could happen (i.e., trades, crazy shit) and things should get really interesting after #3. I'm seeing mocks with guys all over the place with several polarizing prospects that someone will reach for, and then the inevitable fall for much safer picks that everyone will say after the fact, "I can't believe so and so fell like that. How did that happen?" This is an exceptionally deep draft. There's the top 1, the next 2, then who the fuck knows.

I can't wait to see what Houston does at 4. Drafting 4th in a three man draft is a tough beat.  For all intents, that's when the draft really starts. I don't know how their free agent pursuits fit into their draft plans, but I'm seeing a lot of Cam Whitmore picks for them. I think he's a good positional fit but I think they need more high IQ / unselfish players. He and Green are both black holes on offense. Amen Thompson makes sense as a distributor, but both the twins have big boom/bust potential. 

Here's the latest consensus draft I pulled, but I don't know how good it really is. I'm seeing Derek Lively, Bilal Coulibali, Kobe Bufkin and Leonard Miller move up considerably from this. 

1	San Antonio	Victor Wembanyama	7-2	210	C	France	Intl.
2	Charlotte	Scoot Henderson	6-2	195	PG	G-League	Fr.
3	Portland	Brandon Miller	6-9	200	SF	Alabama	Fr.
4	*Houston	Amen Thompson	6-7	200	PG/SG	Overtime Elite	Fr.
5	*Detroit	Cam Whitmore	6-7	230	SF	Villanova	Fr.
6	Orlando	Ausar Thompson	6-7	205	SG	Overtime Elite	Fr.
7	Indiana	Anthony Black	6-7	200	PG/SG	Arkansas	Fr.
8	*Washington	Jarace Walker	6-8	235	SF/PF	Houston	Fr.
9	Utah	Gradey Dick	6-8	205	SG	Kansas	Fr.
10	*Dallas	Taylor Hendricks	6-9	215	PF/C	Central Florida	Fr.
11	*Orlando	Cason Wallace	6-4	195	PG/SG	Kentucky	Fr.
12	Oklahoma Cty	Nick Smith	6-5	185	PG/SG	Arkansas	Fr.
13	Toronto	Keyonte George	6-4	185	SG	Baylor	Fr.
14	*New Orleans	Jordan Hawkins	6-5	190	SG	UConn	So.
15	Atlanta	GG Jackson	6-9	215	PF	South Carolina	Fr.
16	*Utah	Leonard Miller	6-10	210	SF	G-League	Fr.
17	*LA Lakers	Kris Murray	6-8	220	SF/PF	Iowa	Jr.
18	Miami	Jalen Hood-Schif...	6-6	215	PG/SG	Indiana	Fr.
19	Golden St.	Dereck Lively	7-1	230	C	Duke	Fr.
20	*Houston	Rayan Rupert	6-6	185	SG/SF	France	Intl.
21	*Brooklyn	Kobe Bufkin	6-5	195	SG	Michigan	So.
22	Brooklyn	Bilal Coulibaly	6-7	200	SF	France	Intl.
23	*Portland	Maxwell Lewis	6-7	195	SG/SF	Pepperdine	So.
24	Sacramento	Jett Howard	6-8	215	SG	Michigan	Fr.
25	Memphis	Dariq Whitehead	6-7	220	SG/SF	Duke	Fr.
26	*Indiana	Trayce Jackson-D...	6-9	245	PF/C	Indiana	Sr.
27	*Charlotte	Brice Sensabaugh	6-6	235	SF/PF	Ohio St.	Fr.
28	*Utah	Noah Clowney	6-10	210	PF	Alabama	Fr.
29	*Indiana	Sidy Cissoko	6-8	200	SG	G-League	Intl.
30	*LA Clippers	Terquavion Smith	6-4	165	PG/SG	NC State	So.

Some hot sports opinions:

• Of all the non-Scoot projected first round point guards, I like Cason Wallace the best. I think Anthony Black is a little overrated. Great size and vision, but I'm not in love with the pace -- seems like he's easy to speed up and turnover. But he's almost sure to be the second point guard off the board after Scoot. I'm not as high on Bufkin or Hood-Schifino although I like Bufkin better of the two. And if I'm being honest, I'm not really that in love with Scoot. I just have a hunch about Cason Wallace that he's going to be a great pro.
• I favor both Walker and Hendricks over the Thompson twins. They still scare the shit out of me, but I do buy them both as playmakers. 
• I like Rayan Rupert a lot. He's falling because of his jumpshot but his release is fine -- bad base, but easily fixable.
• I should hate Maxwell Lewis, but there is something about his game I dig. He will probably bust.
• Guys who I think are grossly overrated: Keyonte George, Brice Sensabaugh, Nick Smith, Kris Murray, GG Jackson. I would throw Dariq Whitehead into this mix, but I don't know how much his injury impacted him. I suppose you could say the same about Nick Smith. I could throw Jett Howard into the overrated mix, but his shooting should at least translate.
• There are some interesting athletic bigs with big boom/bust potential: Lively, Miller, Clowney, Jackson Davis. Lively at least will be a good shot blocker and rim running big - much higher projection if you believe in his jumpshot.
• For the late first / early second, I really like Sidy Cissoko. I don't understand why he's not projected higher. Strong finisher in transition, excellent defender with point guard skills in an NBA-made body. I probably like him better than 15 guys who will get drafted in front of him. For sleepers, I like Julian Phillips, Brandin Podziemski, and Olivier-Maxence Prosper. 

 

I do not really follow the draft closely, but looking through this group Tristan Vukcevic seems like the kind of player that should do better in an NBA offense than he does overseas. I would take him in the 2nd round and give him one more year to grow as a player and then bring him over. I’d love for the Lakers to take him if he is there at 47 if they keep that pick.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

 

[Fastbreak 3973]

 

It is pride month. Celebrate GD!

[Fastbreak 3973]

Rumors of a kuminga to IND for #7 are swirling

[TonyTexas 10504]

4 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

It is pride month. Celebrate GD!

He already has the perfect name for a gay pornstar

[VinyVango 684]

That outfit Dick is wearing doesn’t exactly evoke “ready for the grown ass man league” vibes … what a douchenozzle

[HornOnTheBayou 8904]

Agreed. No other player in the National Basketball Association would ever wear an outlandish outfit to the draft or to a game. This sort of behavior has never been seen before.

[Quagmire 2147]

Agreed. No other player in the National Basketball Association would ever wear an outlandish outfit to the draft or to a game. This sort of behavior has never been seen before.

Sounds like someone likes dick