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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

HeatCheck said:
FWIW I didn't think Bridges was a Bridges type dude while at Villanova. Just thought he was your standard 3&D and got a little over drafted. Boy was I wrong.
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I loved him.
 
KqWIN said:
That’s not it. I actually saw this take before the HOU game. Clowney is two years younger than Brandon Miller.

I don’t think it’s crazy. Clowney could be a lottery type prospect. Brandon Miller is a lottery type prospect, but I’m not buying into the top 3/top 5 hype. If he was younger, maybe.
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He's interesting. I think Miller got a bit overhyped but I'd have zero problem taking him 5-7 range. My way too early actual top 10 is:

Wemby
Scoot
Amen
Cam Whitmore
Brandon Miller
Nick Smith Jr.
Anthony Black
GG Jackson
Ausar Thompson
Keyonte George

Prolly lower on Nick Smith than many. Its just the player type I guess.
 
KqWIN said:
That’s not it. I actually saw this take before the HOU game. Clowney is two years younger than Brandon Miller.

I don’t think it’s crazy. Clowney could be a lottery type prospect. Brandon Miller is a lottery type prospect, but I’m not buying into the top 3/top 5 hype. If he was younger, maybe.
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Source?

From what I can tell Miller turned 20 in November and Clowney's birthday is on July 14th, but I'm not sure if it's a 2003 or 2004 birthdate (there's one website that says he was born January 2003, but Alabama's twitter account wishes him happy birthday on July 14th, so obviously not a good website). If It's 2003, he's only 8 months younger, if it's 2004 it's 20 months.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Black/Aussar/GG in the 8-10 range would be super dope for us with the Minnesota pick.
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Depending on how the draft plays out I think it might be possible to trade to the 4-6 range without paying the mega premium it usually takes. If we have two picks in the 9-12 range I think we might be able to parlay one of those picks and either the Brooklyn pick or a future pick to move up.

Also would be awesome if we just effing got lucky. Adding a top 4 pick and a late lotto pick to what we have would make me very happy.
 
HeatCheck said:
I will say I really liked SGA in that draft. Those Kentucky guards always seem to over perform in the NBA.

Meanwhile the Kansas players usually have a more difficult time adjusting to the NBA. Ofc Agbaji is another Kansas product trying to adjust to the pro game.
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I mean, SGA was a top 50 recruit. Ochai was a 3-star. Not really comparable. UK's guys translate because they are more talented (or at least they were, they arent really getting guys like that as much anymore).
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mean, SGA was a top 50 recruit. Ochai was a 3-star. Not really comparable. UK's guys translate because they are more talented (or at least they were, they arent really getting guys like that as much anymore).
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I think that is a big component.. I think they also would be so loaded that everyone would sink into smaller roles than they would normally. I also think Cal isn't a great coach so the guys were better than they might show.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think that is a big component.. I think they also would be so loaded that everyone would sink into smaller roles than they would normally. I also think Cal isn't a great coach so the guys were better than they might show.
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Cal's thing was to recruit NBA talent because he knew they would get drafted highly and look good in the NBA, which would strengthen his ability to recruit future classes. NBA guys arent necessarily going to be great college players, especially when you arent keeping the majority of them for more than a single season (though that has changed for Cal now that he isnt getting as many top guys and is now doing a lot more of the transfer pool). Looking bad at UK was kind of built into the system. I dont think any college coach would look smart/good if the majority of his players ever year where freshman.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Depending on how the draft plays out I think it might be possible to trade to the 4-6 range without paying the mega premium it usually takes. If we have two picks in the 9-12 range I think we might be able to parlay one of those picks and either the Brooklyn pick or a future pick to move up.

Also would be awesome if we just effing got lucky. Adding a top 4 pick and a late lotto pick to what we have would make me very happy.
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I did the math on it on a separate thread but don’t remember the exact picks. I think it was if we ended up with picks 8 and 9 pre-lottery there is like a 47% chance or so that one of those picks moves up in the top-4.

The cutoff from 9 to 10 is pretty significant.

20.2% of moving into the top-4 vs 13.9%.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Source?

From what I can tell Miller turned 20 in November and Clowney's birthday is on July 14th, but I'm not sure if it's a 2003 or 2004 birthdate (there's one website that says he was born January 2003, but Alabama's twitter account wishes him happy birthday on July 14th, so obviously not a good website). If It's 2003, he's only 8 months younger, if it's 2004 it's 20 months.
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I just saw it in the twitter discussion, so nothing official or anything but I'm guessing it's 2004.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mean, SGA was a top 50 recruit. Ochai was a 3-star. Not really comparable. UK's guys translate because they are more talented (or at least they were, they arent really getting guys like that as much anymore).
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Agreed. Kentucky isn't getting the big names as much. For whatever reason Calipari doesn't get the best out of his recruits while at Kentucky but they seem to blossom in the NBA.

We will see if Cason Wallace falls into that bucket. Might be a quality pick in the teens this draft although I'd like him better if he measures out at the combine to at least 6'-5".
 
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