2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[SoberasHotRod]

Yes, he played awful in SEC play. Whatever he was dealing with absolutely tanked his shooting

Yeah, and I don't think it's just a level of competition thing. He played Michigan State, Gonzaga, Michigan, and UCLA out of conference.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Has Black been killing it in workouts or what? Saw in March and he didn’t look 6th pick material to me. His assist to turnover ratio has me concerned. Can you win a series with a guy who can’t shoot in your starting 5? We tried that. It didn’t work.

Kid is an absolute gym rat, wants to work hard and wants to get better. The absolute best type of guy you want. He will be serviceable from 3. He shot extremely well from 3PT range this year.

 

[MTS]

He shot extremely well from 3PT range this year.

Didn't he shoot like barely over 30% from 3?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Has Black been killing it in workouts or what? Saw in March and he didn’t look 6th pick material to me. His assist to turnover ratio has me concerned. Can you win a series with a guy who can’t shoot in your starting 5? We tried that. It didn’t work.

I knew he was going to rise during the draft process cuz he has one of those personalities and attitudes that everyone loves.

 

[prodigy]

Be careful with Ainge... dude is a bit of a contrarian... when all signs point one way they could very well be going a different direction.

I hope this is the case.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

No it was rescheduled... I love where your head is at thought.

From what I understand Cason cancelled the workout, and then it got rescheduled later.

In one plausible scenario Cason worked out for Washington, had back spasms, decided to rest instead of doing another workout, and then Atlanta came back and asked if he could work out later and he said yes.

The other, maybe more likely scenario, is that he worked out for Washington, it went extremely well and he didn't feel like he needed to workout for Atlanta (probably not a preferred destination for him), and then as the draft intel came in he decided he might fall and should work out for
Atlanta at that point.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

yep. the more you watch black the easier it is to like him. dude plays hard and smart. and when you combine that with the size, skill (other than shooting) and athleticism, it's really hard not to like him. but i think you have to watch full games to really appreciate him.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Didn't he shoot like barely over 30% from 3?

I forgot the NBA part in front of that. He shot 47.1% from NBA 3PT range.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Didn't he shoot like barely over 30% from 3?

Supposedly if you take his NBA range 3s he shot well on them. I'm sure it was very flukey and sss

 

[Elizah Huge]

Supposedly if you take his NBA range 3s he shot well on them. I'm sure it was very flukey and sss

31 out of the 93 he took. Not that small. 14 out of the 28 he made were from NBA range.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

From what I understand Cason cancelled the workout, and then it got rescheduled later.

In one plausible scenario Cason worked out for Washington, had back spasms, decided to rest instead of doing another workout, and then Atlanta came back and asked if he could work out later and he said yes.

The other, maybe more likely scenario, is that he worked out for Washington, it went extremely well and he didn't feel like he needed to workout for Atlanta (probably not a preferred destination for him), and then as the draft intel came in he decided he might fall and should work out for
Atlanta at that point.

It could also be he felt his range was in the 8-13 range and then Atlanta had a real chance to move up?

Could be anything.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

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