2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Its a damn joke bro. And a very underrated one. Well done @sojodave
I laughed

Was being sarcastic

 

[Elizah Huge]

These takes on Black are not going to age well. Low athleticism? Overrated passer? Yowza.

 

[SojoDave]

We all know that David Locke stat deep dive isn't always accurate; HOWEVER, he did have stats on players who show low athleticism, and Anthony Black was on that list. Anthony Black is also on my list of players who can't shoot to save their lives. I always wonder, can you teach someone who can't shoot to be a good shooter???

 

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We all know that David Locke stat deep dive isn't always accurate; HOWEVER, he did have stats on players who show low athleticism, and Anthony Black was on that list. Anthony Black is also on my list of players who can't shoot to save their lives. I always wonder, can you teach someone who can't shoot to be a good shooter???

I wasn't impressed by Black's shooting either, but I wonder how much of that was NSJ's health since that shifted more of the perimeter defense toward Black. The thing that bugged me with Black was that he looked like he was not even in the game when the ball was not in his hands. However, he has great size and defended well. He is a decent option at 9, but is not my top realistic choice.

 

[Jingled]

Tony has JHS 11th on his board...that seems a little high. Also, if James Hansen is high on him then that's probably not a good sign.


View: https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1651340391713579010

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Not arguing but for a guy sure he’s not an nba worthy player how can you not know why?

i guess the reason why is that he's not good enough at playing 5 on 5 basketball.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

These takes on Black are not going to age well. Low athleticism? Overrated passer? Yowza.

yep. you can criticize black for a few things, but one of those is not "low athleticism". i'd say his athleticism is pretty damn high.

 

[Elizah Huge]

We all know that David Locke stat deep dive isn't always accurate; HOWEVER, he did have stats on players who show low athleticism, and Anthony Black was on that list. Anthony Black is also on my list of players who can't shoot to save their lives. I always wonder, can you teach someone who can't shoot to be a good shooter???

What stats show low athleticism? Lmao

 

[Elizah Huge]

I’ve said it before and I will keep saying it. 3PT% as a freshman in college is pretty much a useless stat when trying to project if a player will be able to shoot it well in the NBA. The spacing in college basketball is terrible and defenses are designed to stop one or two guys.

 

[KqWIN]

The two things Locke considers for athleticism are transition percentile (horrible) and isolation percentile (kinda, but not really). Transition = athleticism makes sense, but transition percentile =/= transition ability. Not even close. It doesn't surprise me that Black ranks low in those categories because of the nature of those numbers. This is going to make certain people butthurt, but this is a terrible way to assess functional athleticism.

 

[oldtimer]

These takes on Black are not going to age well. Low athleticism? Overrated passer? Yowza.

Good defensive player, but everything else is blah

 

[KqWIN]

Tony has JHS 11th on his board...that seems a little high. Also, if James Hansen is high on him then that's probably not a good sign.


View: https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1651340391713579010

I honestly think TJ's draft opinion is heavily skewed by the way he likes to play pick up basketball lol.