Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[idiot]

Aggregate 2025 NBA Mock Draft 5.0: Top 5 solidifies, Walter Clayton Jr. rises

With the NBA pre-draft cycle heating up – almost half the league now eliminated from playoff contention and the NCAA Tournament wrapped up after Walter Clayton Jr. led the Florida Gators to their first championship since the Billy Donovan era

hoopshype.com

Aggregate big board with scout blurbs for the top 30

So (according to this aggregation)?:

Great #1
Very good #2
Iffy, but high potential #3-4 (and maybe draft sites like Ace better than some teams do)
Big mess of crapshoots #5-rest of lottery (with Tre holding a somewhat better floor than the rest)

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

That’s BS and lazy posting.

It's very true. The Jazz are one of the worst playmaking teams in the league. It's one of the reasons their turnovers are so high.

And speaking of lazy posting...

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think the reason the Jazz turnovers are so high because they played the youngest most inexperienced roster in the NBA.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I think the reason the Jazz turnovers are so high because they played the youngest most inexperienced roster in the NBA.

Bingo

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think the reason the Jazz turnovers are so high because they played the youngest most inexperienced roster in the NBA.

If you want to argue that Collier, Keyonte and Brice are inexperienced playmakers rather than limited playmakers (because they're young), I suppose you can. In the case of Clarkson, Sexton, Collins and Lauri having low assist-to-turnover ratios and low assist numbers in general, you can't.

Either way, the Jazz lack effective playmakers and get shut down by solid, switching defenses. They're one of the worst playmaking teams in the league.

 

[homeytennis]

I think the reason the Jazz turnovers are so high because they played the youngest most inexperienced roster in the NBA.

That was the reason for my post that the young guys didn't seem to have a lot of basketball smarts. Some of it was "I think I'll dribble into the double team", or "The other team is playing zone, I'll run the man to man offense now."

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If you want to argue that Collier, Keyonte and Brice are inexperienced playmakers rather than limited playmakers (because they're young), I suppose you can. In the case of Clarkson, Sexton, Collins and Lauri having low assist-to-turnover ratios and low assist numbers in general, you can't.

Either way, the Jazz lack effective playmakers and get shut down by solid, switching defenses. They're one of the worst playmaking teams in the league.

They lack a primary option, not playmaking.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

They lack a primary option, not playmaking.

So besides Collier, who are our competent playmakers?

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Would SDL be college eligible? What are the rules for being an overseas pro then going to college? Is it an age, money paid, or games played thing?

Who?

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Aggregate 2025 NBA Mock Draft 5.0: Top 5 solidifies, Walter Clayton Jr. rises

With the NBA pre-draft cycle heating up – almost half the league now eliminated from playoff contention and the NCAA Tournament wrapped up after Walter Clayton Jr. led the Florida Gators to their first championship since the Billy Donovan era

hoopshype.com

Aggregate big board with scout blurbs for the top 30

It looks like I'm going to have a few guys way higher than consensus. I'm honestly pretty comfortable with that this year.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think the Jazz are going to make multiple moves around the draft. I think all the picks, other than the top pick, will be fluid.

 

[homeytennis]

So besides Collier, who are our competent playmakers?

Key, Sexton, Clarkson.