2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[seattlejazzfan]

Also… Hezonja? I don’t remember his name.

Meanwhile Jokic went in the 2nd round. Maybe unless it’s an obvious home run, overseas should generally be seen as a place you find diamonds in the rough (Ginobili, Tony Parker), not blow lottery picks on projects that haven’t played anybody.

the thing jokic, parker, manu and even AK, have in common as opposed to guys like milicic, tskitishvili, bargnani and hezonja, is that those guys produced before coming over. and you can say the same about luka. the key with euros is to take the guys who have shown they can at least produce at that level. it's not a guarantee they will be good, and by the same token it's not impossible to find player who didn't produce (Giannis), but if you're playing the odds, go get the guys who have actually done something.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'd roll the dice at the Podz God being available at 28 though. Get your elite athletes/positional size early with Black/Jackson and get Air Podz at 28

 

[Elizah Huge]

I'd roll the dice at the Podz God being available at 28 though. Get your elite athletes/positional size early with Black/Jackson and get Air Podz at 28

I highly doubt he will be there. He’s going to be a riser.

 

[fishonjazz]

He is not a hit, true. But is he a bust? We traded him for Jordan Clarkson so I don't know if you classify him as having no value.

I think he is a bust. Just cause another team made a poor decision and a poor trade doesn't make exum a good player or a good pick

 

[fishonjazz]

That’s not what I remember. I think there were some that wanted Gordon but as a whole Jazzfanz were excited about his drafting. If I recall nba draft experts were calling him the next Kobe I think as far as makeup and drive or something.

I'm talking about after we had him for a while jazz fans weren't happy we drafted him. Cause he sucked really bad

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I highly doubt he will be there. He’s going to be a riser.

Maybe. I hope he does the 5-on-5 game. Seems like he could be someone who could really make his first round case guaranteed if he played well there.

 

[fishonjazz]

If you can get Black and Jackson at 9 and 16 you are starting to develop an extremely big, physical, and athletic team.

True.

 

[fishonjazz]

It would probably be 9 and 16 for 7.

I would rather keep 9 and 16

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I would rather keep 9 and 16

This is where I’m at. That’s an awful lot to give up to move two spots for a guy comparable to what you’d get at 9. Now if we were moving up 4-5 spots then yes pull that trigger

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This is where I’m at. That’s an awful lot to give up to move two spots for a guy comparable to what you’d get at 9. Now if we were moving up 4-5 spots then yes pull that trigger

For me only Amen or Jarace would wet my whistle enough to think about doing that for 7. It would be a thought.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'd roll the dice at the Podz God being available at 28 though. Get your elite athletes/positional size early with Black/Jackson and get Air Podz at 28

He’s intriguing at 28… just eye test he looks slow. I would not reach for him at 16. Some of the slow guys end up working… some just aren’t over the threshold of athleticism needed to succeed in the nba.

Right now we seem to have like 40 guys in the top 16. If pods isn’t there at 28 someone else good will be.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He’s intriguing at 28… just eye test he looks slow. I would not reach for him at 16. Some of the slow guys end up working… some just aren’t over the threshold of athleticism needed to succeed in the nba.

Right now we seem to have like 40 guys in the top 16. If pods isn’t there at 28 someone else good will be.

I think he looks like a solid athlete to me to make it. It really comes down to how much of his offensive game translates. His rebounding and steal rate are just really good indicators of his activity level defensively. I think him and Anthony Black would make for a nasty summer league duo.