Following Potential 2018 Draftees

[Game6Conley]

Anyone else surprised by this?

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/5/17/17366362/grayson-allen-nba-draft-combine-numbers-duke

Apparently Allen is killing it at the combine

No he's the type of player who's supposed to do well at the combine. McDonalds slam dunk champ.

 

[Bodhi]

After an exhaustive search over 37 secs I’m unable to find Allen’s measurements (specifically height in shoes and reach/wingspan) from the combine.

Anyone have them off hand?

 

[Game6Conley]

Revisiting Josh Okogie after he posted a 42" max vertical (best at the combine), 3.04-sec 3/4 court sprint (best at the combine and same as Mitchell, I think), measuring 6'4.5" with a ridiculous 7' wingspan. He shot 38% on 3s with over 4 attempts per game, and had 6.3 rpg, 1.0 bpg, 1.8 spg to go with 18.2 ppg as a sophomore in the ACC. His 2-pt efficiency wasn't great, but he shot 82% on FTs.

He's an NBA athlete with speed, length, vertical explosion and intangibles. As much as I've been raving about Zhaire Smith for his athletic highlight plays, Okogie is comparable and is the better player right now. He's still just 19 until September.

Zhaire Smith is the better player. Okogie is a fringe 1st rd talent, which is something ive long suspected, been saying i like him better than grayson allen for a while. Good hands too.

 

[Game6Conley]

How do you feel about Zhaire Smith? Now that he's measured out a bit small for a wing, and with his limited shooting, I could see him slipping more than Lonnie Walker.

Still could go top 20. He plays bigger than those measurements and will be viewed as a SG.

(I’m not sure I could convince myself to draft Trae at all in the first....).

LOL whats ur rationale behind this?

 

[seattlejazzfan]

I hope your right. The Kings would take Ayton in that scenaio im sure though because he'd immediately make a big impact on the boards.


Ayton is a better shooter than JJJ.


Bamba is one of the great wildcards here, i still believe a case can be made for him to go first.

JJJ is a better shooter and much better rim protector. Like Ayton doesnt even really protect the rim. He's all offense. JJJ could be elite.

 

[Miggs]

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Why do you say KBD is unlikely to drop to 21? Every mock I’d seen had him around 35ish.

 

[Miggs]

Damn. Can Okogie play the 3 in the NBA with that length and athleticism?

 

[LoPo]

@Bodhi

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndic...ements-analysis-and-draft-projection.amp.html

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[seattlejazzfan]

Why do you say KBD is unlikely to drop to 21? Every mock I’d seen had him around 35ish.

He'd been listed at 6'7", now an incredibly long 6'9, people look at him as a guy who can play a lot of 4 if he struggles defending 3s.

 

[Miggs]

He'd been listed at 6'7", now an incredibly long 6'9, people look at him as a guy who can play a lot of 4 if he struggles defending 3s.

6’7” lmao. His length jumped off the screen at me. Looks freakish. His athleticism leaves something to be desired for me though.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

6’7” lmao. His length jumped off the screen at me. Looks freakish. His athleticism leaves something to be desired for me though.

I couldn't agree more- i thought it was painfully obvious. But you look at any draft site during the college season they always had him at 6'7 because that was his listed height at tOSU.

 

[Miggs]

Wasn’t laughing at you btw.