Following Potential 2026 Draftees

Handlogten's Heros said:

I think the main basis for the comp was speed and just their demeanor off court. Maxey is one of those guys that is a FO/Coach's dream.

Agree... its not ideal but if he is the best player on the board and you can play them together without hamstringing the team or the other one that much then go for it. Also, things happen so thinking like our starters are player xyz as if its all finished is not something I'd do. I would probably factor it more with Brown Jr.

Unless you are bottom 4 you are very unlikely to be the 5th pick so unless Flemings slips to 6th or lower I am not sure it really is something we will have to consider. I think 5 is our "ceiling" as far as pre-draft lotto positioning goes. Only have a 2.2% chance drafting 5th from the 5 slot.

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Ferguson_Mellochill said:

Historically he's been a good shooter with plus-length, including shooting off the dribble. He's got enough of a handle and passing vision to play on the ball. His body is just now starting to develop and he's trying things he hasn't done before, like driving and making decisions in traffic. It'll take him a couple years at least to put himself together. Right now he isn't making shots or finishing plays efficiently, but longer term his ceiling is up there next to the top 4 guys. The tools are there. It's just that there's more of a risk factor.

I can see teams taking a swing on Ament sooner than draft another 6'3" guard.

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Saint Cy of JFC said:

I'm seeing shades of you trying to sells us on Cody Williams despite him being awful.

He has plus length, but one of the worst block rates in college basketball history for anyone over 6'9? And it isn't even conference play yet, that's with soft schedule opponents .

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KqWIN said:

It’s a good point. We’re probably drafting top 4 or 7-8. I don’t know if Flemings has made it a clear top 5 for decision makers, but he is right now for me. After that it becomes very open ended.

I think Quaintance might be the prospect I’m most intrigued by, and I can see the Jazz wanting to go a different direction with the C position.

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Saint Cy of JFC said:

I'm seeing shades of you trying to sells us on Cody Williams despite him being awful.

He has plus length, but one of the worst block rates in college basketball history for anyone over 6'9? And it isn't even conference play yet, that's with soft schedule opponents .

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Handlogten's Heros said:

I don't know if it translates but that is one of my draft icks.

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Saint Cy of JFC said:

Cody Williams averaged 7x the blocks per 100 possessions than Nate Ament

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KqWIN said:

I like Steinbach, but is Ngongba a better prospect?

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Handlogten's Heros said:

Even if he's considered top 5 he could slide because that happens with pgs and centers sometimes. So he may be there... in which case you take him.

I need Quaintance to play. I watched him last year and wasn't really impressed but he was like 12 playing against older guys lol. My eyes don't know how to fully translate that. The injuries are worrisome though. Isn't this his second big injury? Unless he plays and impresses I'm likely to have him lower than 7-8. I get the idea though.

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