2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[stitches]

Not as bad as a red flag, but still something to think about.

To me it sounds like a fake made up term. I've never heard of this one before and I've been following drafts in variety of sports for 20 years...

 

[KqWIN]

I disagree. There are basketball reasons for a small chance for Whitmore to drop to 7-9.... probably not much past that though... Either way we are not likely to learn what his issue is before the draft IMO. If there is an issue serious enough to drop him, we will learn one way or another after the draft.

It could be the case that he stunk it up so badly teams don't want to draft him. The idea of using "yellow flag" as a tactic to make him drop is sooooo unrealistic though. If you were trying to fake a report that he had health issues, there is no reason to use a term that describes the medical issues as more mild. It's completely illogical.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

To me it sounds like a fake made up term. I've never heard of this one before and I've been following drafts in variety of sports for 20 years...

I think it would be akin to a guy having ACL surgery. I guess after one traumatic injury you can be "yellow flagged".

Someone mentioned he broke his leg his freshman year of HS, so there could be some permanent structural damage there that could potentially be a thing down the line. (Pure speculation)

 

[stitches]

Either way... I think I prefer him to be there for us to pick than not be there... even if the "yellow flag" is real. I'd rather us have the chance at a high potential prospect than not... let Ainge have the chance to get him and if he thinks the yellow flag makes the pick too risky... then at least we would have known we preferred another player with his respective risk/reward profile.

 

[Elizah Huge]

View: https://twitter.com/krystenpeek/status/1671524713808445450

Pretty ironic he is lying because his wingspan is 7’2 not 7’3.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

#28 in one of our mocks.

Jazz take Bilal Coulibaly

Take me back

 

[underdog]

He's had some poor workouts. He may fall a bit.

Yeah, that's what we read from the media. A player had a bad pre-draft workout, shots didn’t go in, didn’t look energetic that day, looked sort of sleepy, and then a team won’t select him to be their player potentially for several years because of it. How dumb folks think the GMs are?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Pretty ironic because he is lying because his wingspan is 7’2 not 7’3.

He probably grew already

 

[Elizah Huge]

He probably grew already

Yeah he measured 6’10 in the private workout we did with him.

 

[TheStormofWar]

How dumb folks think the GMs are?

Depends on the fanbase.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Another thing on Whitmore, he's a prospect whose entire appeal revolves around elite athleticism relentlessly attacking the rim. Knee/leg issues might be enough to scare teams off given his other weaknesses

 

[The Midnight]

The last two guys i remember slipping due to medical concerns turned out ok. One just won the mvp last season and the other just won a ring last season.

Yeah but Greg Oden, Zion, Brandon Roy, Derrick Rose..