2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Elizah Huge]

I like a lot of players in this draft, but I won't be surprised if it doesn't live up to the hype. 4-5 of the top 10 players didn't play college ball, and so it's difficult to get accurate reads on them. Then there are a ton of Freshman who didn't win anything or put up amazing numbers or anything at the college level. There is a lot of context to all of that, but it could be something we look back at and realize we were overrating these guys.

The other thing is many of the top rated high school players have gotten injured or disappointed. Like if you look at the ESPN top 100 high school players for previous drafts they usually have at least 4-5 of the top draft picks in the top 10. This year the highest rated players expected to go in the top 10 are Brandon Miller who was 9th and then Jerace Walker who was 10th.

That usually bodes well for the depth of the draft. Guys who were highly rated who go late first have a better chance of doing something I think.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Throw me into traffic.

When you have a chance to draft a guy that can maybe kinda shoot a little at best, a guy with a bad knee that only shoots floaters (poorly), and a guy who couldn’t win like at all in a mid conference, you have to go for it.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

That usually bodes well for the depth of the draft. Guys who were highly rated who go late first have a better chance of doing something I think.

Could be, I personally feel like this is a deep draft.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Could be, I personally feel like this is a deep draft.

As do I.

 

[Eddie Zero]

When you have a chance to draft a guy that can maybe kinda shoot a little at best, a guy with a bad knee that only shoots floaters (poorly), and a guy who couldn’t win like at all in a mid conference, you have to go for it.

We are not drafting any of those 3 so relax

 

[Elizah Huge]

Prediction for draft night:

We move up to 7 to leapfrog WAS to take Black.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Prediction for draft night:

We move up to 7 to leapfrog WAS to take Black.

Washington isnt trading down after selling their team off.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Washington isnt trading down after selling their team off.

That’s why I said trade up to 7 to leapfrog them…

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You can pencil the Wizards out of being PG focused now.

 

[NUMBERICA]

You can pencil the Wizards out of being PG focused now.

Sure, but they are probably still going to target a lead guard of some type to put some type of product on the floor. I can see Black still being that guy for them. I don't think it's Hendricks or Coulibaly unless they are really trying to be tanktastic (they should).

 

[Elizah Huge]

You can pencil the Wizards out of being PG focused now.

Because of what exactly? They need all the help they can get. Paul likely gets bought out. If not I would want to draft a guard for him to mentor for a year.

 

[KqWIN]

I like a lot of players in this draft, but I won't be surprised if it doesn't live up to the hype. 4-5 of the top 10 players didn't play college ball, and so it's difficult to get accurate reads on them. Then there are a ton of Freshman who didn't win anything or put up amazing numbers or anything at the college level. There is a lot of context to all of that, but it could be something we look back at and realize we were overrating these guys.

The other thing is many of the top rated high school players have gotten injured or disappointed. Like if you look at the ESPN top 100 high school players for previous drafts they usually have at least 4-5 of the top draft picks in the top 10. This year the highest rated players expected to go in the top 10 are Brandon Miller who was 9th and then Jerace Walker who was 10th.

There are also very few upperclassman. So while the freshman class may be disappointing, there are also very few upperclassman that exceeded them. Bufkin may be the only upperclassman drafted in the lottery.