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2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread

Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Now I want Topick more than life it’s self
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So actually thinking through some sort of tank theory. Topic would likely suck as a rookie... so him not playing likely means someone more ready to help us win steps in. So this kind of hurts the tank if that's the direction they go. I just think he is a top5 guy in this draft if healthy... sitting out a year may be the reason we can get him at 10.

I think SA goes Castle or Buzelis at 4 (just a feeling really) and may still take Topic at 8. I'd say its like 30-40% chance he's there.
 
I'm totally cool with drafting Topic and have him sit out his first year as long as he gets rookie of the year his second year...
 
Klintman has gone up in stock for me compared to last year when I was struggling to see him as a prospect at all. Was not convinced by his horrid play in NCAA or his iffy play in the B league u20s. He's fine as a late first in this draft, would rather draft someone else though.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Isnt a partially torn ACL the same thing as a knee sprain? Isnt that what a knee sprain is, a partial tear?
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I'm sure some sprains have some tearing but I think of a sprain as the ligaments stretching mostly. I would tend to think there would be some sort of repair based on what @infection said. I think they would be really conservative with whatever course they take.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Isnt a partially torn ACL the same thing as a knee sprain? Isnt that what a knee sprain is, a partial tear?
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Apparently a grade 1 sprain wouldn’t require surgery but grade 1s are rare. Kawhi partially tore his ACL against us in the playoffs a couple years ago and needed full reconstruction.
 
Players who tore their ACLs before the draft: Nerlens Noel, OG Anunoby, Chuma Okeke. It cost them 5 - 10 draft slots. Generally, they recovered okay, but Noel was never as explosive. I know players recover well these days, but they do tend to lose a half step.
 
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