2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Like, I was so in the moment of the draft I moved in from the Cam thing. But now that the dust has settled I’m feeling queasy.

Like… he fell from as high as 4 to 20 because he didn’t play fake basketball well and isn’t engaged in an interview? I now have to actively hope he busts just to justify the draft last night.

I hate this feeling.

Yeah, he was pretty amazing for Team USA last summer. He was considered one of the prizes of this draft. Jazz felt like they needed a guard by #16 though. They had pretty much set their minds on it. If it wasn't Keyonte, it might have been Hood-Schifino.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Utah said they had George at 10. They might have had Cam at 11. Mentioned looking to trade up to get Brice as he fell. They might have tried for Cam before that.

That’s another thing Vecenie or Russillo mentioned. They pass on Cam because of medicals and/or a bad workout… but then they draft Sensabaugh who had meniscus surgeries (the bad kind that actually don’t improve the condition, just gets rid of the debris) in high school and couldn’t even do a workout… because of likely knee issues?

What the ****

 

[mhindy]

Yeah, he was pretty amazing for Team USA last summer. He was considered one of the prizes of this draft. Jazz felt like they needed a guard by #16 though. They had pretty much set their minds on it. If it wasn't Keyonte, it might have been Hood-Schifino.

We are not even close to being close to good enough to draft for positional fit.

 

[Shad]

I was a big Cam fan. It seems some haven't seen this yet. According to David Aldridge:

“At the Hoops Summit, Whitmore was not a practice-type player and didn’t look very good during the week. But once he played, he was one of the better players in the game. That’s going to have to change at the NBA level. He’s going to have to exert some effort, some ability and skill level in practice for a head coach to put him in a game. He’s not going to be guaranteed minutes like he probably was at Villanova.”

He hates practicing and doesn't put in any effort outside of games

 

[NUMBERICA]

Like, did Kawhi go as late as he did cuz he’s a weirdo? It’s just asinine.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

We are not even close to being close to good enough to draft for positional fit.

At the end of the day, someone has to dribble the ball. I like the Keyonte pick. TBH, I'd have been fine with it at #9. He's probably the highest-impact player we drafted last night.

The Jazz wanted to take a swing on Bilal, but he just got overexposed and rose too much the weeks before the draft.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I was a big Cam fan. It seems some haven't seen this yet. According to David Aldridge:

“At the Hoops Summit, Whitmore was not a practice-type player and didn’t look very good during the week. But once he played, he was one of the better players in the game. That’s going to have to change at the NBA level. He’s going to have to exert some effort, some ability and skill level in practice for a head coach to put him in a game. He’s not going to be guaranteed minutes like he probably was at Villanova.”

He hates practicing and doesn't put in any effort outside of games

Oh no, he doesn’t excel at fake basketball.

I get that everyone is scrambling to figure out why this happened but give me a damn break.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

It should be pretty clear by now how much the Jazz value shooting. If a player can't shoot well enough, he gets shown the door pretty quickly--e.g., Bolmaro, Nickeil, Vanderbilt, and now maybe with THT.

Apparently, one of the new players coming in is taking the number '0', which was THT's number.


View: https://twitter.com/dana_greene/status/1672371557468090368

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Not sure if this was posted here...


View: https://twitter.com/SleeperNBA/status/1672391713267101696

 

[NUMBERICA]

It should be pretty clear by now how much the Jazz value shooting. If a player can't shoot well enough, he gets shown the door pretty quickly--e.g., Bolmaro, Nickeil, Vanderbilt, and now maybe with THT.

If this is in reference to Cam, the jury is still out. When you take out the shots he wouldn’t/shouldn’t be shooting in the NBA he was actually pretty damn good last year.

K, I’m done for now. But **** is gonna get insufferable for a lot of people if Whitmore ends up better than Hendricks or George.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Not sure if this was posted here...


View: https://twitter.com/SleeperNBA/status/1672391713267101696

Jazz really didn’t want to miss out on the top 8 lol


Damn..

 

[KqWIN]

Would be fun to go back to the beginning of this thread and see how often Bilal is mentioned in the first 100 pages or so and where he is being mocked to be picked.

Bilal's numbers (and film from what I've seen) are impressive enough that I think he goes lottery.