2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

He’s our guy so get on board.

If the Jazz are looking for someone outside the top 5 to really run their team and replace Mike, I'd look at Nick Smith and maybe Keyonte George if they thought he could play that role. Otherwise, I'd focus on wings/scorers in the draft and see if there's some other way to solve the PG issue.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If the Jazz are looking for someone outside the top 5 to really run their team and replace Mike, I'd look at Nick Smith and maybe Keyonte George if they thought he could play that role. Otherwise, I'd focus on wings/scorers in the draft and see if there's some other way to solve the PG issue.

Or they just take Black and have their dreams come true.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Or they just take Black and have their dreams come true.

Black doesn't have a versatile and complete enough offensive game to be the guy that leads a playoff team, imo. Or if that's what he's going to be, he's got a ways to go.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I don't see a lot of high end talent in Black. Think he's going to be a guy teams want tho throughout his career.

 

[Bodhi]

I’m def not nearly as high on Black as I was.

@Ferguson_Mellochill i think you’re sleeping on Cason Wallace as the lead guard though. I think he’s gonna be a do it all PG throughout his career.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I don't see a lot of high end talent in Black. Think he's going to be a guy teams want tho throughout his career.

I think Black is a glue guy on the wing. I think he'll be good in that role. He can do enough to fill in gaps and help raise a team's floor.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If Josh Giddey, Lonzo Ball, Cade Cunningham, and Paul Rudd had an orgy… the result would be Anthony Black.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If Josh Giddey, Lonzo Ball, Cade Cunningham, and Paul Rudd had an orgy… the result would be Anthony Black.

Let's say you're in a game, there are 18 seconds left and your team is down by 2 pts. Do you really want to give Anthony Black the ball and have him run this critical possession against a defender like Jrue Holiday? As much as I respect Paul Rudd, I don't think Black is that guy.

The guy who runs that possession needs to be a bonafide scoring threat from 3 levels. He needs to be able to beat his defender off the dribble and create for himself, or draw a 2nd defender to create an advantage for someone else.

 

[KqWIN]

If Josh Giddey, Lonzo Ball, Cade Cunningham, and Paul Rudd had an orgy… the result would be Anthony Black.

Maybe if you take some of the cons for all of them. My worry for him is that he ends up like Evan Turner. Not necessarily bad at anything, but not good at anything either. He needs a ton of development to be anything close to lead ball handler, and when you think about him as a 6'7 wing with decent passing/ball skills it's a lot less intriguing than a 6'7 ball handler. I thought he might be a high level passer and stocks guy....he's good but not amazing. Best skill right now is probably as a slasher.

Might go more in depth tomorrow, but I think Cason is a more boring but better version of Anthony Black.

 

[Bodhi]

Let's say you're in a game, there are 18 seconds left and your team is down by 2 pts. Do you really want to give Anthony Black the ball and have him run this critical possession against a defender like Jrue Holiday? As much as I respect Paul Rudd, I don't think Black is that guy.

The guy who runs that possession needs to be a bonafide scoring threat from 3 levels. He needs to be able to beat his defender off the dribble and create for himself, or draw a 2nd defender to create an advantage for someone else.

The weird thing is early on/in Maui, he looked like he was going to be that dude. Had 2 great performances and then that version of Anthony Black hasn’t reappeared since.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Let's say you're in a game, there are 18 seconds left and your team is down by 2 pts. Do you really want to give Anthony Black the ball and have him run this critical possession against a defender like Jrue Holiday? As much as I respect Paul Rudd, I don't think Black is that guy.

The guy who runs that possession needs to be a bonafide scoring threat from 3 levels. He needs to be able to beat his defender off the dribble and create for himself, or draw a 2nd defender to create an advantage for someone else.

I will always be up by 25 already… so I’m good.

Look I’m obviously being cute. Black has some great traits… end of game you can go a lot of different directions… versatility and passing are less common than dudes that get buckets.

I also think the kids a worker and in nba spacing with nba talent he will figure out ways to make his team better.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Maybe if you take some of the cons for all of them. My worry for him is that he ends up like Evan Turner. Not necessarily bad at anything, but not good at anything either. He needs a ton of development to be anything close to lead ball handler, and when you think about him as a 6'7 wing with decent passing/ball skills it's a lot less intriguing than a 6'7 ball handler. I thought he might be a high level passer and stocks guy....he's good but not amazing. Best skill right now is probably as a slasher.

Might go more in depth tomorrow, but I think Cason is a more boring but better version of Anthony Black.

maybe so… if you don’t project some shooting improvement then Turner is a far comp… but Evan Turner with a jumper is a great player… just never really clicked. If I’m the Jazz in the 10-14 range I feel amazing about landing Black.