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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

One of the things that makes me cackle is looking at GG Jackson's profile page on tankathon... Look at all the red minuses... then you look at the plus side and its - draft age and fouls.... ya!

https://www.tankathon.com/players/gg-jackson

Tankathon is ***. GG's problem is that he should really be in high school. He wasn't ready to jump a level. I'm guessing he was lured in by NIL money. He's still a top prospect in his class.
 
And I am fine with taking a flier on a guy like that in the 20s... its a great risk/reward there. I think there are going to be some great late lotto and post lotto guys in this draft. I wouldn't take GG over Hendo, Hawkins, Sensabaugh, JHS, or Lewis... He's not even in the discussion for me with the Dick, Black, Jett type prospects.

I think he'll end up going in the 14 - 17 range, unless someone like Presti or Ujiri falls in love with him.
 
I have no idea what it means. I would not expect Ainge to be very honest about his view of next year's draft at this point, however.

Personally, I'm not impressed by 2024's draft class from what little I've seen. Ron Holland looks pretty meh to me, but he's considered a very high-level prospect.
 
Tankathon is ***. GG's problem is that he should really be in high school. He wasn't ready to jump a level. I'm guessing he was lured in by NIL money. He's still a top prospect in his class.
Its literally just giving stats and comparing it to other prospects. The mock draft might not be all that accurate but if you have a problem with all the negatives its simply stating statistics. Are stats ***?

Tankathon is a great site.
 
Handing a drunk dude a loaded gun ...
From what I've seen, it's precisely this characterization that's disputed by Miller's defenders (and maybe law enforcement). There's a lot of intentionality, directness, and awareness implied in that characterization that may not reflect Miller's actual actions. Certainly the "handed" part probably isn't literally what Miller did, from the trends in the claims I'm seeing. Guess we'll have to wait and see if we find out more.
 
Here are Jackson's highlights from last night. Some good moments. By the end though, he was pouting a bit on offense and missing defensive assignments.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhEBt55THLo



Honestly I've been with you the last 3-4 weeks on GG and then beyond the Insta live he kept it going, and then his body language last night was just terrible. The kid has a lot of maturing to do and not just for someone his age. He is dropping quickly for me at this point based on personality alone. Very rough patch for ole boy.
 
Honestly I've been with you the last 3-4 weeks on GG and then beyond the Insta live he kept it going, and then his body language last night was just terrible. The kid has a lot of maturing to do and not just for someone his age. He is dropping quickly for me at this point based on personality alone. Very rough patch for ole boy.
I have a hard time with how GG has positioned himself. He’s either going to be a wing scorer creator that scores 25 a game and is an all star… or he’s not an nba player. It’s just too wide a range of outcomes for me. Inefficient blackhole that does nothing without the ball… potential and youth are good I guess. Just not a bet I’m taking until pick 20 or so… would be nutso to take him too 10 imo.
 
I don't think anyone should discount the possibility, that a lot of teams at the top, are going to hold this off court stuff against Miller. At least enough where Danny might get the steal of the draft in the 7-10 range. But Danny Ainge himself might also feel bringing a prospect of questionable character and poor judgement to a small market, where he could easily become public enemy #1 to a lot of family's is not worth the risk.
I think if we are at 4th overall and Miller is there. Danny could easily trade back a few picks to get more assets. Likely sending the pick to some big market team who can ignore the noise of negative press and easily fill the seats with people, who are more easy to forget someones off court struggles if the team is winning.
 
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