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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

Someone I hadn't notice until now, Wemby's teammate Bilal Coulibaly. Very impressive numbers for being so young.

Per36: 20.4/7.1/2.5/1.1/2.7 62% TS






View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg4z2pI0clU

He looks like he is wearing his dad's shoes... not that he is slow... just that he looks like his feet are huge for some reason.
 
Who have been some of the biggest disappointments this year?

Arthur Kaluma, Dillon Mitchell and Dariq Whitehead are the first couple that come to mind.

Nick Smith for me (though some people still have him in the lottery) and Kelel Ware. I'll say Baba Miller so far too. He's got significant potential as a defender, but he's just not looked ready yet.
 
Nick Smith for me (though some people still have him in the lottery) and Kelel Ware.
I think NSJ gonna get one of those medical red flags in the pre-draft and fall further than he probably should. I wonder if he's playing through something right now because he's too afraid of what a surgery or something would do to his draft stock. He's had a weird year.
 
He looks like he is wearing his dad's shoes... not that he is slow... just that he looks like his feet are huge for some reason.

Haha I noticed the same thing. He's 6'7 with a reported 7'3 wingpsan. Could still be growing as he is not 19 yet.

I'm going to envoke the rule of Benedict Mathurin. If he's 6'6+, athletic, plays hard, and doesn't suck at basketball you should probably just draft him.
 
Haha I noticed the same thing. He's 6'7 with a reported 7'3 wingpsan. Could still be growing as he is not 19 yet.

I'm going to envoke the rule of Benedict Mathurin. If he's 6'6+, athletic, plays hard, and doesn't suck at basketball you should probably just draft him.
Okay... I felt like I might have been crazy. If the feet are that big he will grow... if he is playing with shoes that are 3-4 sizes too big then he is faster than the video shows.
 
I think NSJ gonna get one of those medical red flags in the pre-draft and fall further than he probably should. I wonder if he's playing through something right now because he's too afraid of what a surgery or something would do to his draft stock. He's had a weird year.
I think he's just a local kid who wants to play for Arkansas
 
What do you guys consider the cut off for 'we got an elite type prospect'. Let's take Scoot and Victor of the board, so #3-#? how many players get you saying 'Jazz did enough tanking to get a pick good enough that we potentially got an awesome player.

I don't know anything, but starting to recognize names and definitely know the type of player I'm looking for. So I could definitely get excited about Black for example. He's #10 on Tankathon. #3-#10
Thompson
Miller
Thompson
Smith Jr.
Walker
George
Whitmore
Black

With #11 being Gradey Dick. Dick would definitely feel like a tier below the kind of prospect I'd want (I don't know anything). Back to the original question, how many of those dudes get you hyped about being our top pick? Is it just Miller or a Thompson twin? Are there dudes you would add to the list? How close does this board lineup with your own?


What? Is Cade not awesome? And isn't Black good on defense? So Cade on offense with good defense upside? Cade was putting up 20/6/6...
Jerrace Walker could be added. Monster defender who seems to be finding his offense.

Definitely miller I have him as my #2 prospect

I am not as high on the twins as most are. Love the athletism but am concerned about shooting.

Couple thing I worry about when it comes to prospects.

- Lacks shooting
- doesn't play a lot of defense
- hot and cold motor
- low basketball IQ

These things have sunk a lot of careers. The defense can be worked around but I want the jazz to be a monster defensive team. I am tired of no perimeter defense.
 
Howard plays in a tuxedo.

This is going to be interesting. Historically, Danny Ainge drafts 2-way players. Everyone on the Celtics plays defense. Everyone rebounds. Everyone moves the ball. Its going to be interesting to see how Ainge looks at Jett Howard and possibly Sensabaugh as well. Right now, Jett doesn't mix it up and compete for rebounds. He plays some positional defense, but doesn't always give total effort on that end. I wonder if that means Ainge won't draft him.
 
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