2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Elizah Huge]

Do you know how a ratio works? If there’s less of them that get drafted there’s also less of them that end up good lol.

Bro you are legit dumb lmao. I’m legit dying laughing at how smart you think you are but say stupid **** like this.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I would not say two college players are similar because they both played in college. Likewise, I would not call two players from the Aussie league similar because they both played in the Aussie league.

Who said anything about being similar? You get on Cy for "pretend arguments" then go on and do it yourself. Just shut up.

 

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The Bilal hype wave is coming. Seeing a lot of random people putting him high on their boards. All this hype for a guy who scores 4 ppg in the French league. Who could ever fall for that?

hopefully not Exum 2.0

 

[KqWIN]

Ehh, there are American players like that all the time. In fact, Chris Singletary is probably the mascot for this type of player.

Yeah, and that’s why I would compare players on their skillset and what they offer as a player rather than grouping them by nationality.

Idk about you, but athletic wing with long arms is an archetype I’d want to bet on. Don’t care how many anecdotal counter examples are brought up. There will always be hits/misses, but there will also always be a need for athletic two way wings.

 

[KqWIN]

Who said anything about being similar? You get on Cy for "pretend arguments" then go on and do it yourself. Just shut up.

Literally @NUMBERICA lol. Also you literally asked if we should compare players on the league they came from. To me, that’s a no. Are you upset that I answered the question you directly asked?

 

[KqWIN]

Bro you are legit dumb lmao. I’m legit dying laughing at how smart you think you are but say stupid **** like this.

Eliza admits he doesn’t know how a ratio works? Haha

 

[Elizah Huge]

Eliza admits he doesn’t know how a ratio works? Haha

If only a couple of players each year get drafted you only need 1 to hit to have a decent ratio and the fact that you don’t even have that means international prospects disappoint more of the time than not.

Haha KqWIN doesn’t know how ratios work lolz.

 

[KqWIN]

If only a couple of players each year get drafted you only need 1 to hit to have a decent ratio and the fact that you don’t even have that means international prospects disappoint more of the time than not.

Haha

Do you have any evidence that overseas players have a worse ratio or worse than American players? You can't just list off bad overseas players and act like you've done something lol. I can very easily list off a much longer list of American players. Until you have a real argument as to why the overseas prospects have worse outcomes, you are completely talking out of your ***.

Like, you can't even say what a good ratio is. If you can, I dare you too. You won't because it's completely out of your ***. A ratio is a dumb way to look at this anyways because outcomes are relative to draft position.

 

[whatthe]

What can be done about borderline busts? You need a strong coach, organization, scouting and development program to make these selections succeed. It is simply just selecting these players and sitting on your hands. Everything has to be geared to help these players grow and achieve.

 

[fishonjazz]

Ehh, there are American players like that all the time. In fact, Chris Singletary is probably the mascot for this type of player.

Man Singleton turned out so so bad.

 

[fishonjazz]

Do you know how a ratio works? If there’s less of them that get drafted there’s also less of them that end up good lol.

Understood. But lets say there are 20 foreign players drafted in the last 4 drafts and 18 are busts. And lets say there are 150 american players drafted in the last 4 drafts and 75 are busts. That would mean the foreign players bust at a higher ratio. Just because there are less of them drafted doesn't mean they cant have a higher ratio of busts lol.

 

[KqWIN]

What can be done about borderline busts? You need a strong coach, organization, scouting and development program to make these selections succeed. It is simply just selecting these players and sitting on your hands. Everything has to be geared to help these players grow and achieve.

This is a great point. Environment has a lot to do with a players development. I would definitely put more emphasis on a player being in the right situation to succeed.