2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Possible, but again... who is this aimed to influence? Lets say Miller goes to work out for Charlotte and he kills it and he's in amazing shape and his interview goes really well... How is that going to influence the Hornets? Are they gonna be like "Well, sure we saw with our own eyes that he's in amazing shape and we heard his interview with our own ears... but damn... what if that Givony report is right and he bombed it last week with Portland and Detroit...

It just makes no sense. This is the type of info that shouldn't influence ANYONE from front offices of multibillion dollar teams.

It plants a seed. Maybe Charlotte gets him in and that's on their mind and it influences them towards that thinking more than it would if it didnt. You can say this same question about any gamesmanship of this type, but teams clearly do it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Givony obviously close with Schmitz too… who might prefer just taking Miller over trading the pick or figuring out Scoot.

It’s also Woj reading his agent prepared statement so it wouldn’t surprise me if a team or two weren’t impressed… the in shape thing was kind of weird… has he done team workouts?

Barlowe said that he was sick for a week or something and couldnt workout and that might have been it? Not a direct quote, but listend to the episode earlier today and he commented on it being BS.

 

[NUMBERICA]

What's the status of #LockeWatch at this point? I kind of feel like it stopped being predictive when Lindsey left and Danny came into the FO.

Yeah, Ainge runs a way tighter ship (as evidenced by the org only releasing their workouts for funsies, not standard practice.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

#LockeWatch

He likes Cason and Dick.

 

[stitches]

He actually mentioned this a little and kinda said he was dropping knowledge like Woj. He doesn’t have the in he used to have and DA seems really nimble… so he could pivot while on the clock. I also think this group values keeping as much intel in house as possible.

There were years when we could predict pretty much every player the Jazz will target. Alec Burks, Trey Lyles, Grayson Allen, Tony Bradley... felt like all of those were telegraphed by Locke on his pre-draft videos.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

There were years when we could predict pretty much every player the Jazz will target. Alec Burks, Trey Lyles, Grayson Allen, Tony Bradley... felt like all of those were telegraphed by Locke on his pre-draft videos.

It's also confirmation because they were picked so we remember them, but he liked other guys in that same draft range for all of those picks.

 

[RandyForRubio]

#LockeWatch

He likes Cason and Dick.

We’ve known the latter for years.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

View: https://twitter.com/JonChep/status/1659618643125182464

one of my problems with black - and i'm a fan of black - is that he has trouble getting his shot off and we see why in that video - it's a relatively low release and he shoots a set shot. gets zero elevation on his jumper. the release point isn't bad if he could shoot an actual jumpshot. but between both, it's a problem.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Little quicker too. It used to look like he needed a couple of seconds to set everything in motion to get a shot off. Release looks a little low still, but so does Steph’s to be honest and it doesn’t seem to hold him back.

steph gets elevation on his jumper. and his release is ultra quick so there is that too.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Givony said on Lowe's podcast that Miller is not in great shape right now and multiple sources from the league have told him his interviews have been very bad.

givony also said it's 60% miller at #2 overall, 40% Scoot. you don't pass up Scoot, a guy who has been a lock for #2 for over a year up until this very week, by not representing yourself well at the combine. instead you might fall to 4 or 5.

bottom line is givony is talking out of both sides of his mouth. entirely contradictory.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

It might not be slander. It might be true and they are giving the info to Givony because of relationships/connections stuff...

it's not true. i got here late, but explained why it doesn't make any sense - even using Givony's own words.

 

[Shad]

one of my problems with black - and i'm a fan of black - is that he has trouble getting his shot off and we see why in that video - it's a relatively low release and he shoots a set shot. gets zero elevation on his jumper. the release point isn't bad if he could shoot an actual jumpshot. but between both, it's a problem.

This is exactly the problem. He shoots in your face and doesn't elevate at all when he shoots. He's going to get blocked.... A LOT