2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Jingled]

I don’t know man I think this is one of the deepest drafts in a long time.

I'm probably just putting too much stock in what Lock's numbers from this week say...the thing that really struck me is that he said this is the worst class in the 5 years he's been running these numbers. To be fair, he hasn't actually watched any of these guys play or dug into their defense at all yet.

 

[idiot]

Does anyone know whether he makes his draft numbers available? This would help us (more than just the anecdotal memory) of whether his numbers have much bearing on anything?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Does anyone know whether he makes his draft numbers available? This would help us (more than just the anecdotal memory) of whether his numbers have much bearing on anything?

Get synergy

 

[The Midnight]

Locke's supposed to go over what Ainge's draft picks history's like today.

Would be interesting to see if my hypothesis of Ainge targeting length & scoring will be correct or not.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm listening to David Locke stuff. So to summarize, he likes Brandon Miller, Cam Whitmore, Gradey Dick, Jordan Hawkins, Taylor Hendricks, Brice Sensabaugh, Kobe Bufkin, Jalen Wilson so far....

He has concerns about Nick Smith, Anthony Black, Jalen Hood-Schifino and Keyonte George due to some combination of poor shooting and athleticism.

I feel the same.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'm probably just putting too much stock in what Lock's numbers from this week say...the thing that really struck me is that he said this is the worst class in the 5 years he's been running these numbers. To be fair, he hasn't actually watched any of these guys play or dug into their defense at all yet.

Meh… Locke really considers one side of the court and I just don’t know if analytics is the end all be all… it tells part of the story but college basketball is getting further and further away from the nba game. There are also plenty of good analytics guys in our draft range.

We got this! And by we… I mean Ainge and JZ.

 

[KqWIN]

I do not listen to Locke anymore, especially for draft stuff since a Jazz higher up is not telling him who the Jazz are drafting anymore lol.

But is he still doing the transition percentile = athleticism? Because that is one of the prime examples of Locke being a terrible numbers guy despite advertising himself as a numbers guy. He should not be taken seriously.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I do not listen to Locke anymore, especially for draft stuff since a Jazz higher up is not telling him who the Jazz are drafting anymore lol.

But is he still doing the transition percentile = athleticism? Because that is one of the prime examples of Locke being a terrible numbers guy despite advertising himself as a numbers guy. He should not be taken seriously.

Yeah… and again… Locke considers only 50% of a basketball game.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I do not listen to Locke anymore, especially for draft stuff since a Jazz higher up is not telling him who the Jazz are drafting anymore lol.

But is he still doing the transition percentile = athleticism? Because that is one of the prime examples of Locke being a terrible numbers guy despite advertising himself as a numbers guy. He should not be taken seriously.

What other stats should he use? Yall are such babies when it comes to Locke lmao

 

[KqWIN]

Yeah… and again… Locke considers only 50% of a basketball game.

Yeah….he’s exceptionally bad because he’s so confident about the numbers he chooses. Classic Dunning Kruger. I wouldn’t even say he considers 50% of the game. He considers like 20% of one side of the floor and he does so very poorly.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yeah….he’s exceptionally bad because he’s so confident about the numbers he chooses. Classic Dunning Kruger. I wouldn’t even say he considers 50% of the game. He considers like 20% of one side of the floor and he does so very poorly.

I believe it’s Freddy Krueger…

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Locke literally tells yall what he's doing and that it's an incomplete first look at prospects because he is not considering himself a draft person, yet yall still complain like he's trying to come off as an "expert".