2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also think Memphis at 25 is a very Klintman type team.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Bobi Klintman pulls out of the combine but already told awake he’s not returning. Could mean a promise, transfer portal, or as Vecenie mentions the strategy of not playing basketball to add “mystery man” points.

KOC has him at 15….I’m not even interested in him at 28.



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KOC is really leaning into hype/take-artistry lately and it’s honestly a bummer. I’m starving for legit insight that isn’t price-gated and it looks like the world lost what might’ve been one the few sources earlier but most certainly is not any longer.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Thunder at 12 is probably Klintman's ceiling. Seems like a player the Thunder would value. His agent rep's Ousmane Dieng. The Thunder took Dieng a handful of spots ahead of his projected spot.

Seems very Thundery… not sure why they’d make such a strong promise at 12 but maybe they think he was going to go crazy at the combine.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

KOC is really leaning into hype/take-artistry lately and it’s honestly a bummer. I’m starving for legit insight that isn’t price-gated and it looks like the world lost what might’ve been one the few sources earlier but most certainly is not any longer.

Because he likes Klintman at 15? This draft is so fluid post top 12 or so that actual team's big boards are going to be extremely different 15-30.

 

[NUMBERICA]

KOC’s latest big board update:

Black at 6
Hendricks at 7
Whitmore at 9
Bufkin at 10
Klintman at 14
Miller at 15
Bilal at 17

Three dudes that weren’t even on his board at all a month ago are going 10, 14, and 17 = KOC is straight coasting. Knows less than several here.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also think Memphis at 25 is a very Klintman type team.

And they actually play their prospects so could be pretty desirable… very well could be them… they’ve wanted that type of guy… that’s a good call.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Two dudes that weren’t even on his board at all a month ago are going 10 and 17 = KOC is straight coasting. Knows less than many here.

I really dont get calling KOC for this. If he was a dude milking his board and updating it weekly for clicks it'd be one thing, but he is putting out a monthly ranking. A lot can change month to month.

 

[KqWIN]

KOC is really leaning into hype/take-artistry lately and it’s honestly a bummer. I’m starving for legit insight that isn’t price-gated and it looks like the world lost what might’ve been one the few sources earlier but most certainly is not any longer.

I do feel like some of this Klintman hype is bc it's makes for more buzzy articles/tweets when you have this "man of mystery" very few have heard about.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Two dudes that weren’t even on his board at all a month ago are going 10 and 17 = KOC is straight coasting. Knows less than many here.

I don’t know if he’s coasting or spread too thin… he does seem pretty reactive this year. Had the UConn kid real high after the national championship.

He’s always been one that kinda goes his own way a little… had Killian Hayes famously number 1 a few years ago. Maybe since he’s late to the party on a couple guys he overreacts… IDK. I think he’s less well sourced than many dudes and is a part time draft guy now while being more an nba generalist.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I really dont get calling KOC for this. If he was a dude milking his board and updating it weekly for clicks it'd be one thing, but he is putting out a monthly ranking. A lot can change month to month.

They weren’t even on his top-50 a month ago.

Ain’t nothing wrong being a casual unless your job and public persona is being an expert.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

They weren’t even on his top-50 a month ago.

Ain’t nothing wrong being a casual unless your job and public persona is being an expert.

Klintman declared 6 weeks ago. I'm pretty sure he declared after KOC's previous big board iteration was released, and if he didnt, they were very close to each other.

So KOC did his homework on a prospect that not a lot of people had their eye on and now he has an opinion. That sounds pretty responsible to me.

 

[KqWIN]

They weren’t even on his top-50 a month ago.

Ain’t nothing wrong being a casual unless your job and public persona is being an expert.

Is that his public persona? I always felt like his thing was making content that wasn't necessarily coming from an expert/analyst voice, but more like one of your buddies or just some guy. He has a similar narrative voice to Bill Simmons, the "sports guy". He's an expert in the same way that guy at the bar is an expert.