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2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread

Saint Cy of JFC said:
The more I watch Zach Edey the more I think everyone is just seeing 7'5 and comping him to Boban and other huge tall slow guys when in reality Edey is much more skilled, coordinated, and athletic than the dudes he is usually comped to. Combine the fact that he has enough touch from the paint and FT line to have believable spot-up jumper upside along with the fact he's played basketball for about half the amount of time as his peers, I think he's being highly underrated and would be a great fit in Utah next to Lauri and Keyonte.
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Boban is very skilled and has shooting touch too... and he's coordinated too... Just to be clear - here are Boban's per 36 numbers in the league - 23/15/2 ... if he could just stay on the floor he would be a great offensive player in this league.

We will see how athletic and mobile Edey is when he actually is put on a floor with NBA athletes with skill. I just think that profile of player has serious limitations and he will have real trouble defending starting lineups in the league. But if he could... I guess I agree with you, he might be the steal of the draft. I just don't see it working out defensively.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Big Board

  1. Hansen Yang
  2. Zach Edey
  3. Alex Sarr
  4. Dalton Knecht
  5. Stephon Castle
  6. Nikola Topic
  7. Isiah Collier
  8. Reed Sheppard
  9. Jakobe Walter
  10. Jared McCain
  11. Rob Dillingham
  12. Johnny Furphy
  13. Cody Williams
  14. Kyle FIlipowski
  15. Donovan Clingan
  16. Ron Holland
  17. Matias Buzelis
  18. Mark Sears
  19. Jalen Bridges
  20. Dillon Jones
  21. Payton Sandfort
  22. Hunter Sallis
  23. Kyshawn George
  24. Daron Holmes
  25. Yves Missi
  26. Kevin McCullar
  27. Tristan De Silva
  28. Devin Carter
  29. Jaylon Tyson
  30. Tyler Kolek
Going controversial. Yang/Edey/Sarr each have huge potential so I'm putting them all in the top 3.
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Bro seems like you haven’t checked out the latest news about Yang yet
The Qingdao team doesn’t allow him to take part in this draft,and his agent was saying something like “he isn’t ready”:totally hilarious!
Damn those mf who only pursue their team’s interest and neglect the huge potential of Yang(he busted Sarr a year ago)
Numerous Chinese bball talents were destroyed like this,and if Yang won’t declare this year,I think he could only play CBA in the future
Again ,so unacceptable when nba scouts come and appreciate Yang,but his own club trying to keep Yang away from leaving!!!
But anyways,like your bold list with Yang in the first round!
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
If you had Gobert #1 on your pre draft board you'd get laughed at.

If you had Jokic #1 on your pre draft board, you'd get laughed at.
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I’ll give you props on drawing attention to Hansen Yang. I had literally never heard of him before your big board.

Very interesting skill set. Passing ability stands out as a big you can run your offense through. And clearly he can shoot it.

Edey is a throwback with his back to the basket ability but I don’t see nearly as much of the Jokic-esque, do it all traits.

He’s a boss in the paint and a slightly more skilled/less immovable Yao. Will be fascinating to see how that translates. I could see him being the best or worst player taken in the first round and have no real opinion at this point.
 
jerick said:
Bro seems like you haven’t checked out the latest news about Yang yet
The Qingdao team doesn’t allow him to take part in this draft,and his agent was saying something like “he isn’t ready”:totally hilarious!
Damn those mf who only pursue their team’s interest and neglect the huge potential of Yang(he busted Sarr a year ago)
Numerous Chinese bball talents were destroyed like this,and if Yang won’t declare this year,I think he could only play CBA in the future
Again ,so unacceptable when nba scouts come and appreciate Yang,but his own club trying to keep Yang away from leaving!!!
But anyways,like your bold list with Yang in the first round!
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Interesting and too bad. Yang really needs reps against high quality bigs. When you watch his highlights it looks like a high school player playing against elementary kids.
 
jerick said:
Bro seems like you haven’t checked out the latest news about Yang yet
The Qingdao team doesn’t allow him to take part in this draft,and his agent was saying something like “he isn’t ready”:totally hilarious!
Damn those mf who only pursue their team’s interest and neglect the huge potential of Yang(he busted Sarr a year ago)
Numerous Chinese bball talents were destroyed like this,and if Yang won’t declare this year,I think he could only play CBA in the future
Again ,so unacceptable when nba scouts come and appreciate Yang,but his own club trying to keep Yang away from leaving!!!
But anyways,like your bold list with Yang in the first round!
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Yeah I have no idea on the Yang stuff but I love his game
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think I have Knecht too low. If I was going to guess at which 3 guys made an all-star team I think I would guess Sarr, Knecht, and maybe like Ron Holland or Topic... but I think Sarr and Knecht would be my two best guesses.
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I haven't done too much digging around, but the only flaw I see with Knecht initially is his age. If he were 3 years younger, I'd wager he'd be discussed as a top pick.

I honestly don't know how to feel about drafting a 23 year old.
 
NAOS_pt2 said:
I haven't done too much digging around, but the only flaw I see with Knecht initially is his age. If he were 3 years younger, I'd wager he'd be discussed as a top pick.

I honestly don't know how to feel about drafting a 23 year old.
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For sure. I just think the older guys have done well recently and his story kinda makes sense.

I comes down to the only big knock is age… ideally he’d be a guy in the middle first but in this draft at 8 I take him with no issue. The defense is also bad but that honesty makes sense and is something you can say about a lot of guys.
 
stitches said:
Boban is very skilled and has shooting touch too... and he's coordinated too... Just to be clear - here are Boban's per 36 numbers in the league - 23/15/2 ... if he could just stay on the floor he would be a great offensive player in this league.

We will see how athletic and mobile Edey is when he actually is put on a floor with NBA athletes with skill. I just think that profile of player has serious limitations and he will have real trouble defending starting lineups in the league. But if he could... I guess I agree with you, he might be the steal of the draft. I just don't see it working out defensively.
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He's not in the same ballpark of athleticism that Edey is. I think people's eyes just fool themselves because they make the automatic comp to other huge players.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He's not in the same ballpark of athleticism that Edey is. I think people's eyes just fool themselves because they make the automatic comp to other huge players.
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Look at like Bol Bol and Wemby… I think with guys this huge there aren’t many humans so we forget how different guys can be. We wouldn’t comp 2 6-9 players just cuz they are both 6-9.
 
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