2023 NBA Draft “Hot Takes” Thread

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Fultz is good though why is he being used as a knock on Wallace?

Fultz is poor when you factor in his draft position.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The post i was replying to seemed to be indicating we would. Maybe i read it wrong though. I do see at the end he mentioned the hornets.

Who are we trading with to get scoot? What are we giving up?

Portland should honestly just do a small trade with Houston where Houston sends something like Tate and #4 for Portland sends #3 and whatever. Houston takes Scoot and Portland takes Whitmore.

 

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Portland should honestly just do a small trade with Houston where Houston sends something like Tate and #4 for Portland sends #3 and whatever. Houston takes Scoot and Portland takes Whitmore.

Houston could give #4 and #20 for Portland's #3.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Fultz is poor when you factor in his draft position.

Wallace isn’t going in the top-5 and maybe not the top-10. I still don’t understand the comparison being a knock.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Hot take 427:

Whoever Jazz draft will get plenty of minutes and will develop and they will be good to amazing by the end of the season.

 

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Amen Thompson will win the next All Star Slam Dunk Contest.

 

[Peter Effin' Parker]

Ausar Thompson will win the next All Star Slam Dunk Contest

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Amen and Ausar will compete as one person and win the next All Star Slam Dunk Contest

 

[prodigy]

Don't want to be a Dick but in a draft with this much depth and potential you should probably avoid taking Gradey where is projected to go. He is a bit too one dimensional and will be the target of NBA offenses to attack. I dont know if this is a hot take.

I guess I'm still unconvinced by Anthony Black, he is too limited offensively, so he may struggle to stay on an NBA court especially early on in his career. A guy you can see NBA defenses sag off until he can prove he can do a bit more on offense.

Brice Senasbaugh will be a future 6th man off the year and a guy we'll say should have gone earlier.

Hood-Schifino will struggle. Too inconsistent.

 

[stitches]

Just watched Podziemski highlights for the first time. I know a ton of people here love him. My hot take - he's not an NBA player.

 

[whatthe]

The Jazz will draft Gradey Dick. That way there will be one player that looks like Ainge on the team and will play the most minutes with Will Hardy's clone, Kessler.

Now which player looks like Justin Zanek or David Locke or Ryan Smith or Tony Jones...maybe they will draft them too..?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Just watched Podziemski highlights for the first time. I know a ton of people here love him. My hot take - he's not an NBA player.

Strangely he feels like a guy that is either a very good player or he's essentially out of the league. If he is athletic enough to hang on defense I could see him as some weirdo mix of Old Man Version Goran Dragic (he's a lefty and I just can't unsee the similarities in some of the scoring) with Luke Kennard and Donte Divencenzo... I would have liked to sneak a non-white guy in that mix but didn't sorry. Or he's Ty Jerome.

I think at 28 he is a worthy pick but wouldn't move up to get him. I think its a fine line for him and he's going to be a double/triple or just a strike out.