Tre Johnson Will Likely be The 5th Pick

[fishonjazz]

True.. one could even argue they’re wayyy ahead of us too.

Alpha scorer - Bilal - check
Anchor who isnt an offensive liability - Sarr - check
PG who can score and distribute - Carrington - check

Not sure we can say we have any of those 3 on our roster right now.

Bilal isn't an alpha scorer lol.
12 points per game on 42% from the field and 28% from 3.
Good player but not an alpha scorer.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Bilal isn't an alpha scorer lol.
12 points per game on 42% from the field and 28% from 3.
Good player but not an alpha scorer.

Washington’s young guys have potential, but they haven’t proven anything more than Collier, George and Filipowski. Also, I think Keller is the only young guy on either team that has really proven to be valuable at this point.

 

[The Midnight]

Washington’s young guys have potential, but they haven’t proven anything more than Collier, George and Filipowski. Also, I think Keller is the only young guy on either team that has really proven to be valuable at this point.

Yeah, but they are well rounded players without a glaring weakness.. Flip (defense) Collier (shooting) Cody (size & drive) .. etc

 

[Udidthizz]

Yeah, but they are well rounded players without a glaring weakness.. Flip (defense) Collier (shooting) Cody (size & drive) .. etc

Except that none of the Washington guys can shoot with anything near acceptable efficiency.

 

[Udidthizz]

Yeah top 5 this year is loaded.. i’m feeling pretty good about our pick now.

Same here. I've gone from disappointed we'd have to make do with a 5th pick and Tre Johnson to being afraid he might already be gone before 5. Actually think I prefer him over Ace, but I'd be fine with any of VJ/Tre/Ace.

 

[George W]

gonna be hilarious when we draft Kon Knueppel

- George

 

[Tom Pitt]

#1 is obviously Flagg

#2 is obviously Harper

Given the fact the Sixers have two small guards they like w/ McCain and Maxey, they probably go for upside/size with Ace.

#4 the Hornets will choose between VJ and Tre. Given they already have Ball/Miller as volume shooters, it makes sense they would side towards VJ. Derik Queen or Malauch could be a sleeper pick here.

So at #5, I think the odds point towards it being Tre Johnson.

wish you were right, but Tre Johnson will go 3 or 4. No way he's on the board at #5

 

[Coach Ellis]

wish you were right, but Tre Johnson will go 3 or 4. No way he's on the board at #5

It’s looking more and more likely (at least to me) that Tre is moving up. I’m still a big fan of both Bailey and Edgecombe though. Glad the Jazz aren’t the Wizards right now.

 

[KqWIN]

Locke is ADAMANT that Tre Johnson will not slip past 5, does not think he will make it to 5 either.

 

[purplegreengold]

What we needed was Trey with a Utahnized spelling. Brilliant! File the paperwork.

You mean Traigh Johnson, he's a stud!

 

[KqWIN]

I don't have a problem with Locke having a different opinion on Johnson and I think there is some value to "missing the narratives" all year, but I wonder how he would reconcile his take that Tre has an elite first step but also cannot get to the rim. Defense, almost everyone agrees is bad though the extent can be debated. Passing, I'm in agreement that the "ballhog" narrative doesn't bother me and I think he's actually underrated here. But the ability to attack the rim is the biggest question mark. Players that cannot get to the rim or the FT line rarely do so in the NBA and that is a tough living in the NBA. Definitely guys who are able to do that, but unless they are the elite of the elite you might not love that player.

Locke has his core indicators that he believes strongly in, and I guess that's fine, but he has no open mindedness to other numbers or how those numbers may be misleading.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

After watching the Duke Baylor game I’m leaning towards wanting Tre. I wasn’t very impressed with what I saw. His skill level is a lot lower than I thought.