2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Black can’t shoot.

Welcome to 20 years ago.

Simmons is probably a worse shooter and he was a three time allstar and considered a future superstar before all his mental **** started and got in his way.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

if they both go top 8 it means 2 of Walker/Hendricks/Ausar/Whitmore?

Yes please

I think we just let the draft come to us... someone will slide a spot or 2 hopefully.

Agree

 

[seattlejazzfan]

He's somewhere in the Bouknight, Poole, Clarkson player type for me... and its just not something I'd prioritize in the draft.

no question. his archetype is easy. 6th man type scorer if he pans out - guys like Clarkson and Jamal Crawford being the optimistic comparisons, a guy like Bougknight being the bust comp. i guess i'm with that at 28 - again, depending on who else is available.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I watched some highlights of Rupert. There were a bunch where he drove to the basket. The defense collapsed and he kept finding the open man. He also split and passed through nicely double teams. There is something unique and good there. Man..he would have been a great pairing with Donovan.

I think we got a Markannen effect going on with Rupert. His coach should have been using him as the point guard. He's been misused.

I do kind of buy Rupert's ballhandling upside. He just has a tick more of that in his game than the typical 3&D wing. I was impressed with how low he was able to get to the floor on both ends.

 

[Shad]

We want Hendricks!!!!!!

 

[KqWIN]

Simmons is probably a worse shooter and he was a three time allstar and considered a future superstar before all his mental **** started and got in his way.

I can’t shoot either, but maybe I can be an all star one day if Simmons can.

 

[Shad]

Other than Jason Kidd, who else couldn't shoot for crap coming into the league and then got a shot later in their career?

 

[cowhide]

I would say probably 6'3.5 with shoes, but the wingspan is nice and he's has an incredible basketball body w/ leanness and muscle.

He looks really fast too. He can push the ball and made a few nice passes to his teammates.

 

[KqWIN]

Other than Jason Kidd, who else couldn't shoot for crap coming into the league and then got a shot later in their career?

There’s actually a lot. We’ve had this conversation many times. Reality is that the better you are at shooting coming into the league the more likely you are to be good at shooting in the NBA. There are exceptions, but they are exceptions.

 

[Bodhi]

I do kind of buy Rupert's ballhandling upside. He just has a tick more of that in his game than the typical 3&D wing. I was impressed with how low he was able to get to the floor on both ends.

Watch a complete game of his and prepare to have your mind changed

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

No Ceilings did an interview with Dillon Jones out of Weber State. Seems like a really smart basketball player.

 

[The Midnight]

Off the top of my head here are players making an impact in the playoffs so far... (leaving off the likes of Curry, LeBron, Durant..)

Booker, Murray, Tatum, Jokic, Embiid, ...

In other words "Scorers".