2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

So if you’re Cam you risk injury for the potential to go from like 4-6 for maybe a chance at 1?

No one with an ounce of sanity would advise him to do that.

He's a top 10 lock at this point. If he doesn't come out, it's because he doesn't feel ready personally (like Marcus Smart some years back). If he goes back to school, there's no guarantee his draft position is much different. He might go 4 or 5 next year instead of 7 or 8 this year.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Welp, we're back to Gradey Dick, Cason Wallace or Keyonte George. Enjoy! Maybe the league will reward Utah for being plucky all season. The Spurs were egregious.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Welp, we're back to Gradey Dick, Cason Wallace or Keyonte George. Enjoy!

Yeah. Hendricks is gone.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Yeah. Hendricks is gone.

Someone would probably have to reach for Black or Wallace, but otherwise yeah. Wemby, Scoot, Amen, Miller, Ausar, Walker, Whitmore, Hendricks are probably the top 8 in some order. I can't think who else could break into that group right now.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Welp, we're back to Gradey Dick, Cason Wallace or Keyonte George. Enjoy! Maybe the league will reward Utah for being plucky all season. The Spurs were egregious.

Black, Wallace, or Tay Henny... or we jump into the top 4. I think the Wiz would lose tomorrow anyway. It sucks but we tried so hard.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Black, Wallace, or Tay Henny... or we jump into the top 4. I think the Wiz would lose tomorrow anyway. It sucks but we tried so hard.

Personally, I'm not a fan of Black or Wallace in the top 10. I would try to trade up a few spots, or I would look at Dick and George. I want real scoring and advanced playmaking from a top-10 pick.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Maybe the Jazz already know who they want in the draft, and they're comfortable drafting at #9 or #10 to get him (assuming they don't move up). If you want to tank a game, all you have to do is stop rebounding.

 

[Bodhi]

Maybe the Jazz already know who they want in the draft, and they're comfortable drafting at #9 or #10 to get him (assuming they don't move up). If you want to tank a game, all you have to do is stop rebounding.

0% chance anyone knows how a draft order is fully shaping up in the first of April to say you know your guy will be there.

Like every draft, A LOT will play out from now until early/mid-June.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

0% chance anyone knows how a draft order is fully shaping up in the first of April to say you know your guy will be there.

Like every draft, A LOT will play out from now until early/mid-June.

I disagree. If the Jazz have decided they like Gradey Dick, Cason Wallace and Keyonte George, they can feel confident that one or more of them will be available at 9 or 10. And if not, that means someone else highly rated slips to them. At this point, everyone knows that Wemby, Scoot, Miller, Amen, Ausar and Walker will in all likelihood be taken in the top 7 or 8 picks. At least that's the probability a team needs to plan around.

The bottom line is that the Jazz held out good players, but they never actually tried to lose today's game despite its potential lottery implications.

 

[Eddie Zero]

Personally, I'm not a fan of Black or Wallace in the top 10. I would try to trade up a few spots, or I would look at Dick and George. I want real scoring and advanced playmaking from a top-10 pick.

I dont see us taking any of those 4 if we are in the top 10. maybe one of them is there at 13-16 if they like them well enough like Grady Dick.
I agree though on Black and Wallace their defensive skill is being overvalued by most mockers imo. The intel they are using is smoke.
I doubt anyone making these draft decisions, really sees either of Black or Wallace as better options than more versatile types . Not any more than the raw Lively or Mitchell or any other one dimensional prospect.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I dont see us taking any of those 4 if we are in the top 10. maybe one of them is there at 13-16 if they like them well enough like Grady Dick.
I agree though on Black and Wallace their defensive skill is being overvalued by most mockers imo. The intel they are using is smoke.
I doubt anyone making these draft decisions, really sees either of Black or Wallace as better options than more versatile types . Not any more than the raw Lively or Mitchell or any other one dimensional prospect.

Who do you see the Jazz taking at #9 if Wemby, Scoot, Amen, Ausar, Miller, Whitmore, Walker and Hendricks are off the board?

 

[Bodhi]

I disagree. If the Jazz have decided they like Gradey Dick, Cason Wallace and Keyonte George, they can feel confident that one or more of them will be available at 9 or 10. And if not, that means someone else highly rated slips to them. At this point, everyone knows that Wemby, Scoot, Miller, Amen, Ausar and Walker will in all likelihood be taken in the top 7 or 8 picks. At least that's the probability a team needs to plan around.

The bottom line is that the Jazz held out good players, but they never actually tried to lose today's game despite its potential lottery implications.

I disagree with that disagreement. They might “like” those dudes but until they get them in for interviews, measurements, workouts etc it’s all theory.

“We like those 3 guys right now, we are good, anyone of those 3 will be there 3 months from now for sure” is a conversation that happens in fan fiction, not in adult professions.