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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

NUMBERICA said:
No surprise that your familiar (me) pretty much has the same board (I’m higher on Grady, lower on Hawkins, GG is firmly in the conversation for #16) and agrees with maybe swapping out the Wolves/Sixers picks with the Nets picks depending on how the draft plays out.
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GG is just kind of on my do not draft list. I don't like the ball hogginess or the attitude/immaturity stuff. I would take him with a pick in the 20s but 16 just is too high and there are other guys I will like more.

I could see everyone feeling totally dumb about Hawkins or Dick dropping into the late lotto. I think Hawkins might be able to scale his scoring easier but Dick does a lot of stuff as a connector which I love. That's a tough one for me.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I think this is super solid. Whitmore over Amen and Hendricks over Walker are both pretty bold though.
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Yeah and I know I'm likely in the minority there. I get the appeal... Hendricks is very much I kind of dug in on Walker vs. Hendricks and am gonna ride it...
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
GG is just kind of on my do not draft list. I don't like the ball hogginess or the attitude/immaturity stuff. I would take him with a pick in the 20s but 16 just is too high and there are other guys I will like more.

I could see everyone feeling totally dumb about Hawkins or Dick dropping into the late lotto. I think Hawkins might be able to scale his scoring easier but Dick does a lot of stuff as a connector which I love. That's a tough one for me.
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Hawkins is also bad around the rim, right? Guys that have gravity at the 3-point line AND the rim have serious value in stretching/scrambling the defense. I just think Dick is a better talent with more dimension to his game. Hawkins is obviously lights out but a lot of prospects have been.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Hawkins is also bad around the rim, right? Guys that have gravity at the 3-point line AND the rim have serious value in stretching/scrambling the defense. I just think Dick is a better talent with more dimension to his game. Hawkins is obviously lights out but a lot of prospects have been.
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He has some athletic pop and mashes on dudes heads. I think he struggles a bit with the non-dunk finishes but I worry less about that in college. In the nba he won't have as much traffic in the paint (played with two traditional bigs and zone defenses clog the middle). I think he will get cleaner looks when dudes chase over the top... there is just lots of Booker, Ray Allen (its Uconn), Reggie Miller, and even some Steph vibes to his game. Not saying he becomes those guys obvi... but man just the herky jerky movement shooting and motor to continue moving to relocate is just such a bitch to guard... and then you factor in everything else you have to account for on the court.

I don't think you can ever lose taking a shooter of Dick or Hawkins caliber so they will be useful either way.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Oh here we go.
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I mean, I like the guy. He's one of my top 3 at the 9th pick. But he is a bit undersized. Maybe he has grown or something, but being 6'3 in shoes with a 6'6 wingspan is pretty mediocre (not to mention this was done at a UK pro day which means there is a greater chance the numbers are actually lower). I don't know what the official measurement is for "undersized" but Wallace is close to it.

And to your Dwill point, yes, the average height of PGs has increased over the past decade so things have changed on the conversation of what is undersized at the 1.
 
Apparently Indiana won the coin flip with Wiz

Houston won with SA

Magic won with OKC

Miami/GS/Rockets are how the 18-19-20 will go.
 
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