Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[Basketball Novice]

Of the guys I have watched:

1.) Flagg
2.) Harper
3.) Fears
4.) Kas
5.) VJ
6.) Kon
7.) Tre
8.) Yang
9.) Beringer
10.) Queen
11.) Noa
12.) Fleming
13.) Jase
14.) Clayton Jr.
15.) CMB
16.) Clifford
17.) Maluach
18.) Bryant
19.) Sorber
20.) Wolf
21.) Traore
22.) Byrd
23.) Ace
24.) Asa
25.) Philon
26.) Demin

 

[KqWIN]

Just a thought....Everyone that is not just trying to be edgy has Harper #2. It's pretty much uncontested. He's not the best shooter, I don't think he's the best passer, and I don't think he played the most amazing defense this year either. His case is really based on #1 He's really freaking good at attacking the hoop and #2 attacking the hoop is really important. I'd 100% agree with those things on Harper and I also carry that logic with the rest of board. Being able to attack the rim and produce the efficient shots for himself/teammates is king.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Someone needs to put together a highlight film with just CMB defensive plays. The play at 2:00:18 needs to be on it.

View: https://youtu.be/BN8QaiOowao?si=cHg5QkO1KXqCK6gK

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Carter Bryant is in the discussion for best defensive player in the draft:


View: https://youtu.be/JepvaaFGc5M?si=Xt7vim8FPQBqGKsd


I think his offense is very far away, and so I'm a little lower on him than some on here.

Nevermind, there is no discussion. CMB is the best defensive player in this draft.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

If I felt confident about CMB becoming a league average open catch and shoot 3pt shooter I would have him 3rd on my big board (maybe even second).

 

[rippimpc]

View: https://x.com/ushernba/status/1927017746073555420?s=46


But he was woke!!

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I was watching the CMB assists highlights and I was really impressed, so I decided to compare with Queen thinking he might be on the same level. Queen just processes things at a different speed.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

View: https://x.com/ushernba/status/1927017746073555420?s=46


But he was woke!!

That was a special player we had there. Too bad the jazz couldn't keep him here.

 

[KqWIN]

If I was to be more bold about my tiers, it would be like this:

Flagg

Harper

Kas
VJ
Jase
Tre

Fears
Kon
Ace

 

[NUMBERICA]

I was watching the CMB assists highlights and I was really impressed, so I decided to compare with Queen thinking he might be on the same level. Queen just processes things at a different speed.

Queen processes faster or slower, by your estimation?

He doesn’t impress me. Like, at all. How he moves almost angers me.

 

[KqWIN]

If Essengue put on 20 lbs, is he just Asa Newell?

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Queen processes faster or slower, by your estimation?

He doesn’t impress me. Like, at all. How he moves almost angers me.

Queen processes faster.

There are about 5 or 6 assist highlights where the ball gets out of his hands so quickly it's almost like a volleyball pass. When I went back to figure out what he was doing he was seeing how the defense was going to shift mid air as he was receiving the pass. It was crazy impressive.

I'm not a Queen fan. I hate his defense and don't think his game is going to be easy to fit in to the NBA. Previous to this film review I thought his passing was overrated as well. I love CMB and when I saw his assists package I thought it would hold up to Queens, and so my intent at watching Queen's assists package was to compare. CMB is an impressive passer for a big, Queen is just more impressive.

It does make sense though. They only way for someone as unathletic as Queen to be that productive is to be a very fast processor of the game.