2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I can make an argument for taking Cason Wallace at #9 and Bilal Coulibaly at #16 instead of Ausar Thompson at #9. It's a thin argument, but there is one. Bilal is two years younger and is showing better shooting signals with a similar athletic profile.

 

[Miggs]

Technically, De'Aaron Fox, Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown. There are cases of players learning to shoot when they get in the league, since they work on it for hours each day.

Brown and Fox each played one year in college and had plenty of room to grow. Ausar is already 20 years old.

Smart still can’t shoot.

 

[Miggs]

And by no means do I think Ausar couldn’t become an efficient perimeter shooter. But his numbers and shot (it looks loose to me) scare me.

 

[default]

David Locke sure seems to be conditioning his listeners to expect that the Jazz will be deciding between Cason Wallace and Ausar Thompson at #9. He seems to think Ausar will slip a bit, which is possible if the draft follows what I jotted out in my signature. If the Jazz could make a deal with Dallas, they could take both Wallace and Ausar.

If we could end up somehow with Ausar and Wallace this would be a great draft

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Like who?

Jalen Brown for for one.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Like who?

Also Kawhi Leonard

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Brown and Fox each played one year in college and had plenty of room to grow. Ausar is already 20 years old.

Smart still can’t shoot.

Brook Lopez

 

[Miggs]

Also Kawhi Leonard

Great. You named one of the best five players of the last 10-15 years.

Jaylen Brown played just one year in college. He wasn’t Ausar who will already be 21 just 2.5 months into the season.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Brook Lopez

There’s a lot I just need to research. Smart while not a great 3pt shooter is much better then when he was in college you do need to respect his shot. Teams won’t just let him shoot open threes or play off him.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

David Locke sure seems to be conditioning his listeners to expect that the Jazz will be deciding between Cason Wallace and Ausar Thompson at #9. He seems to think Ausar will slip a bit, which is possible if the draft follows what I jotted out in my signature. If the Jazz could make a deal with Dallas, they could take both Wallace and Ausar.

1. What would we give for Dallas’s pick?

2. Our perimeter defense would be insane. That draft would immediately make us a top 3 defense potentially.

Does Locke have any inside info on a possible Thompson slide?

I'd be OK with Cason, and I agree that he's the most likely prospect we take at #9. I do think the concerns about his potential and ceiling make sense, but that's a trap that's easy to fall for. Many of the great PGs in the NBA today were knocked for not having obvious high end potential.

Who had low upside that became great, just curious?

I can make an argument for taking Cason Wallace at #9 and Bilal Coulibaly at #16 instead of Ausar Thompson at #9. It's a thin argument, but there is one. Bilal is two years younger and is showing better shooting signals with a similar athletic profile.

If the jazz passed on Thompson for Cason, wow!! Words can’t express how terrible that would be.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Who had low upside that became great, just curious?

Umm Jimmy Butler and Nikola Jokic for starters? I have no idea your criteria but the list can be a mile long really easily.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Still wondering if the Jazz could extend and trade Clarkson somewhere (Lakers/Nets) and take back a pick at #17 or #21. Jazz could offer #28 along with Clarkson. The target should be Bilal, imo. Trade would complete after July 1. Nets could get a big like Nnaji or Bona, while Clarkson replaces Kyrie.