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2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread

KqWIN said:
Shep could be seen as an ideal fit next to the big PG’s as well. If you’re a pessimist about him, you would say he doesn’t have the ability to be a lead ball handler and is also too small to play SG. Well, problem solved if you’re playing next to Amen, Cade, or Lamelo.

There’s just more chances he can land than Dillingham/Topic. I don’t think it’s crazy to think he could fall to the back of the pack between those three….but there are simply more landing spots for him than the other two.
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100% this.

Do a quick mock that has Dillingham falling past 4 and where does he land?

Detroit? Not with Cade and Ivey.
Charlotte? Off ball from LaMelo? Shep is a much better fit.
Portland? Not with Scoot, Simons, Sharpe.

San Antonio potentially at 8 if they don’t take a guard at 4.

I could see Sheppard going as high as 3 and honestly he might be the favorite there right now. What it Risacher goes 1 and Sarr goes 2? Sheppard is the BPA at 3 which is a luxury pick for Houston anyways.
 
Sarr, Risacher, and Clingan are for sure going top 9. SAS will likely take a PG with one of their two picks, but probably not two PG’s.

DET
CHO
POR
MEM

These teams will not take Topic/Dillingham, but could take Shep. So we have the first 3 locks, we have the 4 teams who won’t want a PG, and the two SAS picks. If we can agree that SAS will not take both Topic/Dillingham, one of them will be there at #10 assuming no trade shenanigans.

Dilly/Topic going top 2 could throw a wrench into this though.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Do you think WAS or SAS would draft Sheppard over Topic?
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Maybe….but it just depends on who they think they are better. The argument that Sheppard could fall if teams don’t like him is double worse for Topic and Dillingham because they are more rigid positionally.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
So you are calling that if Sheppards is there at 7 the Jazz trade up two spots to steal him from Memphis and SA?
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At least from San Antonio keep him away from them.

I wonder if the Jazz will be more aggressive trading up to get their guy after the Wizards beat them to it for Bilal last year.
 
Elizah Huge said:
At least from San Antonio keep him away from them.

I wonder if the Jazz will be more aggressive trading up to get their guy after the Wizards beat them to it for Bilal last year.
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Jazz could do that type of deal with Memphis at 9 to keep someone else from trading ahead of them. Otherwise, the question is who wants to trade back to #10? And the answer to that is likely whoever falls in love with Knecht, Dillingham or maybe Edey.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Jazz could do that type of deal with Memphis at 9 to keep someone else from trading ahead of them. Otherwise, the question is who wants to trade back to #10? And the answer to that is likely whoever falls in love with Knecht, Dillingham or maybe Edey.
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Or Cody Williams

Charlotte and Portland reportedly like him a lot.
 
I think there are scenarios where both Sheppard and Dillingham are available at #10, simply because teams prioritized Castle, Williams, Salaun and Knecht instead.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I think there are scenarios where both Sheppard and Dillingham are available at #10, simply because teams prioritized Castle, Williams, Salaun and Knecht instead.
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I feel like you get fixated on stuff that isn’t going to happen every year. Sheppard is not falling to 10.
 
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