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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

zags422 said:
I still feel Minnesota is going to end in the 8-10 range. Time will tell
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I think we end up hoping they lose in the play in. If they can hit one stretch where they get like 5-6 in a row they should be in that range. We can all hope.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think there are 7 guys I'm already pretty sold on... I think the next 6-7 are good shots at being gems... then there are like 5 guys sprinkled in top 20 or so that I'm pretty skeptical on or they just aren't the player types I would be excited about. There will be a few guys that jump into the top 25. Overall I feel pretty solid on the draft. I'd just really like to get the wing that we need or the star we need. I'd trade a pick to move in the 3-7 range to get Whitmore, Miller or a Thompson twin. Don't think those guys fall outside the top 10.
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Unfortunately there is not much intel available as to the game plan, expected to be used for this draft yet. We may never know until long after it what it was going in. I guess if they sell at the deadline we will know a little more, but that seems only likely to be parallel moves using picks for recently drafted players instead of hoping ones they like in the coming drafts fall to them.
I think Ainge uses at least 1 of the 3 picks at the deadline to get a player not a player to get a pick, although he may do both.
 
I think the Jazz's own pick can get up to #8 if the Jazz want to go that route. At #8, the Jazz would have a shot at Ausar, GG, Brandon Miller, Keyonte or Anthony Black. (Wemby, Scoot, Amen, Cam, NSJ will likely be taken by #7.)

T'wolves' pick should probably end up in the 10-13 range, and the Jazz would be able to get a guy like Cason Wallace, Jarace Walker, or Jett Howard if he climbs.

I know we've been happy with Walker Kessler, but if the Jazz want more perimeter defense and stretch shooting to go with paint protection, Kel'el Ware has more to offer than Kessler at this stage. I'm also a fan of the *idea* of Baba Miller as a versatile, stretchy, two-way big.
 
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I'm watching some tape on Jett Howard. I think he could play as a lead guard/initiator if he wants to. He's actually more fluid than Anthony Black, and he has the ball skills. I guess you'd play him as a big guard or wing and play through him on certain possessions depending on who else is on the floor. With his dad being a former player and coach, there is probably more BBIQ than he's showing just yet.

It's a meaningless comparison, but Jett is better on the ball than those Harrison twins were at UK some years back.


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Considering Danny Ainge drafted Jaylen Brown with a top-3 pick and allegedly offered multiple FRPs to trade for Justise Winslow, it's likely that Cam Whitmore is high on Danny's list. Whitmore fits that archetype and looks more polished than the other two were entering the draft.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Considering Danny Ainge drafted Jaylen Brown with a top-3 pick and allegedly offered multiple FRPs to trade for Justise Winslow, it's likely that Cam Whitmore is high on Danny's list. Whitmore fits that archetype and looks more polished than the other two were entering the draft.
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I think he might be my #3.
 
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