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Saint Cy of JFC said:
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Report: OKC Thunder are looking to trade up in the 2023 NBA Draft

ESPN is reporting that the Oklahoma City Thunder are looking to trade up in the 2023 NBA Draft. Who could the OKC Thunder be targeting?
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Wonder where OKC is looking to move up. If they really do love Bilal, maybe they are trying to jump Orlando at 11 (also seems like a very Bilal team).

Could Utah deal with them? Get our 2024 pick back, trade back to 12 and grab JHS. OKC has so many assets you can probably add more, whether it be another pick in 2024 or a handful of 2nd rounders. Last year OKC traded 3 future 1st to New York for the 11th pick.

If Walker/Whitmore aren't there at 9, I would think about it
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Good post.
 
fishonjazz said:
Yep. Shooting in empty gyms is the most worthless thing ever.

I went to a jazz summer league scrimmage and they did a 3 point shooting competition. Rudy freaking Gobert made 8 out of 20 threes iirc. Now i know 8-20 isnt good when no one is guarding you but still better than most people think gobert could shoot.

I bet he could shoot 70% from three if he was stationary and had someone feeding him the ball perfectly and they only showed a highlight from when he was hot.

Tldr version: a highlight video in an empty gym could make gobert look like a great three point shooter.
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I mean 8/20 is bad. If Gobert could consistently shoot game speed shots in practice at 70% he'd be allowed to take them in game.

Shooting in empty gyms is not useless. It's how you start to get better at shooting. Edited footage of shooting in a gym is mostly useless though
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mean 8/20 is bad. If Gobert could consistently shoot game speed shots in practice at 70% he'd be allowed to take them in game.

Shooting in empty gyms is not useless. It's how you start to get better at shooting. Edited footage of shooting in a gym is mostly useless though
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shooting in open gyms isn't entirely useless - mostly useless, but not entirely. most players at this level can make shots, as fish mentioned, in an empty gym with somebody feeding them the ball. highlight videos (which is what we're seeing) of prospects shooting in open gyms is 100% useless. when gobert made 8 of 20, it's entirely possible he made 5 or 6 in a row - if that's what they showed us, it's going to look like he's a legit shooter - i mean, he didn't miss. nobody is going to show us the 3 for his next 14 or whatever.
 
framer said:
Give them the Lakers pick and it is the same as if we had given away those guys at the beginning of the season to tank to the 5 spot. Except the season was enjoyable.
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Nice
 
Elizah Huge said:
Doing some extra research into Cam:

65.5% at the rim
46.2% catch and shoot 3

Both are elite for his size and position.
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Can anyone find anything to criticize about him? Any flaws or red flags? Im not seeing any
 
Elizah Huge said:
New big board from The Box and One:

1. Wemby
2. Scoot
3. B. Miller
4. Amen
5. Black
6. Whitmore
7. Wallace
8. Hendricks
9. Walker
10. Ausar
11. Dick
12. George
13. Bufkin
14. Lively
15. Cissoko
16. L. Miller
17. JHS
18. Whitehead
19. NSJ
20. GG
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Walker at 9 would be awesome. Hawkins being available at 16 is cool but weird that hawkins didnt even go top 20.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Jazz have to view this draft as an opportunity to walk away with an athletic 2-way wing and a solid guard. The time seems right to key in on a couple guys and spend a few assets.

If the Jazz want to trade for a superstar player in the future, that player still needs to want to play in Utah. The Jazz need to build a solid team to put around that superstar. Guys like Lauri, Kessler, Whitmore, Bufkin, etc. start to do that.
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Great post.

Get Cam and one of bufkin, wallace, black, dick, george, bilal and we good.
 
fishonjazz said:
Great post.

Get Cam and one of bufkin, wallace, black, dick, george, bilal and we good.
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its nice to plan about getting a plethora of highly buzzed up prospects, but kind of unreasonable to expect it works out that way. The reality is many of these options either won't be there when we pick, or we won't pick them because they showed no interest in being a Jazzman if they were. On top of that, few if any one and done's outside the top picks, are ever as impressive or successful as everyone expected based on hype icing.
we are not getting Cam without trading up imo, and if we did that we wont get any one of those others you have outside maybe Bilal if he comes back t earth and is their bpa at 28.
 
default said:
If there was a criticism it would probably be that once he gets the ball he has tunnel vision to the hoop and doesn't look to pass.
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Good point. I have heard that before and that is a concern.
 
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