2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

GLeague guys not doing well in the scrimmages.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

GLeague guys not doing well in the scrimmages.

What scrimmages?

 

[The Midnight]

So is this the worst draft in the history of the NBA or what?

 

[The Midnight]

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A little over 24 hours before the Jazz jump into the top-4.

He looks like a young Mark Cuban.

 

[whatthe]

A draftee competes against his own draft and the previous two drafts and the next two drafts - in terms of expectations versus results. The likelihood of busts is high for many of the selections.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

So is this the worst draft in the history of the NBA or what?

There have been some pretty bad drafts over the years I tend not to ask that till a few years later. For example, the Gobert draft was supposed to be all time bad and it ended up really good

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

There have been some pretty bad drafts over the years I tend not to ask that till a few years later. For example, the Gobert draft was supposed to be all time bad and it ended up really good

Or the 14 draft was supposed to be all time good, and didn’t yield much

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The NBA floor is so spaced now that anyone who can drive with speed is going to find a path to the rim. It makes a case for a guy like Ron Holland. It also makes more of a case for Isaiah Collier.

 

[underdog]

There have been some pretty bad drafts over the years I tend not to ask that till a few years later. For example, the Gobert draft was supposed to be all time bad and it ended up really good

Yeah, we keep hearing "This is a bad draft," but it usually doesn't mean much. History has shown there are stars and great players in every draft, and with a very few exceptions, we don't know who they are until a few years after the draft as you said.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The NBA floor is so spaced now that anyone who can drive with speed is going to find a path to the rim. It makes a case for a guy like Ron Holland. It also makes more of a case for Isaiah Collier.

Yeah, that's not true.

 

[rippimpc]

If jazz get top pick, are we more likely to trade lauri or it has no bearing?

 

[whatthe]

If jazz get top pick, are we more likely to trade lauri or it has no bearing?

We want to be good when we start getting the swaps. Get the top pick maybe speeds things up a year. We don't want to trade Lauri but it is not absolute. If we are given a stupid good offer I think we trade him. We are in a mediocre spot for next year's draft. We won't tear it down proactively over the summer but we will be willing to trade anyone for value. We will probably be semi competitive and trade away a couple of key plays at next year's trade deadline and hope for a miracle - with three picks who knows.

I think getting Sarr would have the same impact as getting Hendricks. A solid hopeful player that may turn out really good. There may be two to three impactful players in this draft with a ton of busts, bench players. I am afraid if we don't get number 1 then we won't know what we have until next year. That uncertainty probably would freeze the decision making a little.

That being said this logic all changes if Danny can snag a couple of stars during the summer when he is big game hunting.