2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Did we trade Kessler in this scenario?

finally in the g-league where he belongs to develop his game tbh

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If this happens I’d probably end up throwing something at the TV..

One of your stuffed animals?

 

[Deleted member 365]

I’m not sure how many of you are actually watching the NBA playoffs right now. But it’s absolutely essential that your roster has guys who can play BOTH sides of the ball. If there’s a guy out there who can’t defend especially the pick and roll, then he’s going to be exploited over and over again until he’s ripped off the court.

If Sensabaugh can’t play defense, then the best we can hope for is a spark plug off the bench. That’s not worth the #9 pick in this draft, in my opinion. Not if we want to compete for a championship anytime soon. My thought is that This #9 pick needs to be able to play both sides of the ball for 30+ mins a game.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I never play both sides. At some point I make a declaration of my what I think/feel but I revisit stuff all the time.

The assignment is not due until the morning of June 22nd

You just did it in the same day today my man.

 

[whatthe]

Did we trade Kessler in this scenario?

I am dissing Kessler as a shooter.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I dont think I'm a Sensabaugh guy either, at least not at 9, but I can see him being a top 10 player if a lot of the higher potential guys dont pan out. He's foul drawing and rim finishing away from being a total package offensively, and those should be fairly easy additions for him.

Maybe we are just overthinking Brice being a bad defender as a Freshman on a young OSU team (started 4 freshman for a lot of the season).

If I told you the Jazz could get an elite shooter, elite scorer, 7' wingspan, big body, and 19 years old at the 9th pick who would be mad?

Is this not playing both sides? Lol

 

[whatthe]

I’m not sure how many of you are actually watching the NBA playoffs right now. But it’s absolutely essential that your roster has guys who can play BOTH sides of the ball. If there’s a guy out there who can’t defend especially the pick and roll, then he’s going to be exploited over and over again until he’s ripped ff the court.

If Sensabaugh can’t play defense, then the best we can hope for is a spark plug off the bench. That’s not worth the #9 pick in this draft, in my opinion. Not if we want to compete for a championship anytime soon. My thought is that This #9 pick needs to be able to play both sides of the ball for 30+ mins a game.

The scouts have their work cut out from themselves. He looks or seems awful on defense but maybe..maybe it is something he can be better at. He has good speed on offense. I am in the Ron Boone camp that average level of defense can be learned.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I’m not sure how many of you are actually watching the NBA playoffs right now. But it’s absolutely essential that your roster has guys who can play BOTH sides of the ball. If there’s a guy out there who can’t defend especially the pick and roll, then he’s going to be exploited over and over again until he’s ripped off the court.

If Sensabaugh can’t play defense, then the best we can hope for is a spark plug off the bench. That’s not worth the #9 pick in this draft, in my opinion. Not if we want to compete for a championship anytime soon. My thought is that This #9 pick needs to be able to play both sides of the ball for 30+ mins a game.

There are plenty of mediocre defenders in the NBA playoffs who do just fine.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Is this not playing both sides? Lol

No, that's you having the privilege of having an inside look to a brilliant mind's thought process.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You just did it in the same day today my man.

This is going to sound crazy to you, but people have thoughts that evolve and change over the course of time. Time can be seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, etc.

 

[KqWIN]

On my last tier list I had Brice in a tier that spans prospects 14-19. Not much has changed on my list, I'd probably have one more prospect to make it a 14-20 tier. So he's definitely in play for me at #16, but with 13 in higher tiers ahead of him I wouldn't take him at #9.

My updated tier would be something like this. These are the guys I would consider at 16.

Tier 5
14. Jordan Hawkins
15. Noah Clowney
16. Kobe Bufkin
17. Sidy Cissoko
18. Brice Sensabaugh
19. Dariq Whitehead
20. Jett Howard

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Danny Ainge now admitting that his numeric evaluation of players wouldn't have picked out Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown as elite prospects.