2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Handlogten's Heros]

I’ve decide Colby Jones is my guy in the late first. Young Junior… Malcolm Brogdon vibes.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Watching Duke… not sure they like Whitehead… his teammates have looked him off quite a few times. With the weird injuries to some of the key guys I wonder if they struggle to find a groove and end up sinking their stock further than it should go.

that was whitehead's best game, imo. mostly because scheyer stuck with him down the stretch. but i'm still not sure what he does well. pretty good shooter. pretty good athlete. decent ball handler. decent at creating his shot. decent rebounder and passer for his position. but i'm not convinced he's really good at anything.

 

[Park Bites]

Ok after watching a rookie tape of Reggie Miller i am calling it. NSJ reminds me of a shorter Reggie.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRx8gj5x9zo


Someone said a few pages back that GG Jackson was a hard prospect to scout, which I really disagree with.

A hard prospect to scout is Emoni Bates. I'm a Bates hater, but damn is he a talented scorer. He does nothing else, but he can play iso ball and get buckets. Will be fun for someone's G-League team. If you can teach him to round out his game, you might have something. Will anyone actually take a chance on him? I wouldn't, but two teams drafted Patrick Baldwin Jr (Warriors) and Peyton Watson (Nuggets) in the first round last draft so anything can happen.

i would feel better about using a late first on him if he were more efficient. but 44% FGs and 36% 3pt playing against EMU competition just doesn't excite me when you take into account all his other shortcomings.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Ok after watching a rookie tape of Reggie Miller i am calling it. NSJ reminds me of a shorter Reggie.

Impressive dedication to a bad take

 

[default]

Your comps are awful my guy. He's extremely quick and shifty and if you are judging him off his recent tape he's coming off a knee injury.

And he's not a 1, he's a 2 or a combo.

He's Sexton part 2?

 

[sip]

i would feel better about using a late first on him if he were more efficient. but 44% FGs and 36% 3pt playing against EMU competition just doesn't excite me when you take into account all his other shortcomings.

That is plenty efficient and just because you play in a lower division doesn't magically make top guys more efficient. Efficiency has a lot to do with the offensive system and quality of shots that creates. So far this year Bates has looked great and well worth a late 1st for a team like us.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He's Sexton part 2?

There's always a possibility with those types, but impossible to say after only watching one game. He's got better size/length than Sexton at least.

 

[sip]

Y’all are both wrong… reminds me of a cross between Nick Young and Dennis Smith Jr.

How are you guys not seeing Jordan Clarkson with this guy? I think he has more upside but that is his overall skillset.

 

[default]

How are you guys not seeing Jordan Clarkson with this guy? I think he has more upside but that is his overall skillset.

What?!?!?! Not Steph Curry?

 

[default]

Honestly, Nick Smith is a hard one for me to predict. I like him, but I think he is a little lower on my list than on most mock drafts.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

that was whitehead's best game, imo. mostly because scheyer stuck with him down the stretch. but i'm still not sure what he does well. pretty good shooter. pretty good athlete. decent ball handler. decent at creating his shot. decent rebounder and passer for his position. but i'm not convinced he's really good at anything.

Only watched him for a few minutes. Just seems super uninvolved. Not sure what to think of him. Kinda Harrison Barnes-y I guess.