He's a conundrum for me. Definitely in my lottery, but probably more in the 12-14 range.
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OKC has Philadelphia's pick, Miami's pick and the Clippers' pick (swap). They're looking at adding up to three top-20 picks.
Geez.
Geez.
Please god let him be available with one of our later picks.
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I don’t have a problem believing in cynicism, for I served as an enlisted man in the US Army’s 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) conducting armed propaganda, target analysis, and related activities in 1980s Latin America. You see a lot. But as one of our colleagues mentioned, people have big mouths, this stuff should show up.
It actually doesn't need to be information shared with enough people to leak very often. Just a couple people in the league office could make these decisions, perhaps in confidence with an agent or two. Keep everyone under NDA, and leaks would be rare. It's the players themselves, or ex-players, who wouldn't keep their mouths shut.
If the Jazz finish the season with the third-worst record, they'll have a 52% chance of getting a top-4 pick and ~93% chance of getting a top-6 pick.
If the Jazz finish the season with the second-worst record, they'll have a 52% chance of getting a top-4 pick and 100% chance of landing a top-6 pick.
Hence, it's looking like the Jazz's backstop should be pick #6. If Flagg, Harper, Bailey Jakucionis, and Johnson are off the board, and the Jazz are unable to trade up for some reason, who would you take at #6?
Is Fears the 6th guy on the Jazz's board? Is it Edgecombe? If you believe in your ability to develop big men, is the answer Maluach?
If the Jazz finish the season with the second-worst record, they'll have a 52% chance of getting a top-4 pick and 100% chance of landing a top-6 pick.
Hence, it's looking like the Jazz's backstop should be pick #6. If Flagg, Harper, Bailey Jakucionis, and Johnson are off the board, and the Jazz are unable to trade up for some reason, who would you take at #6?
Is Fears the 6th guy on the Jazz's board? Is it Edgecombe? If you believe in your ability to develop big men, is the answer Maluach?
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Park Bites
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Great question. I would hope and pray some one fell in love with Edgecomb and some one slipped.
Edgecombe has the highest ceiling.
Very jazz thing to do would be Knuepple or McNeeley.
Newell has potential also. He seems to be coming on lately. If he has great measurements I would consider him.
I love Sarafs intangibles but at 6. I don't know since he is not a shooter.
Maluach is a monster and could be a monster. I think if flagg wasn't there he would have more blocks.
Queen anyone? Old school.
If Carter Bryant could shoot off the dribble, I think people would start calling him a lottery or top-10 guy. This draft is just wide open outside the top 5 or 6 picks. Bryant is easily as appealing as a guy like, say, Essengue.
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Newell, Queen, Fleming, CMB, Sorber, and Toppin
I'm having a hard time understanding how these guys are ranked vs each other in the mocks and even on my own board. Here's a comparison (could only select 5).
www.tankathon.com
Thoughts?
I'm having a hard time understanding how these guys are ranked vs each other in the mocks and even on my own board. Here's a comparison (could only select 5).
Player Comparison | Tankathon
Compare the statistics of 2026 NBA Draft prospects to each other and prospects from previous drafts. Stats are normalized to per-36-minutes numbers.
Thoughts?
He's not as appealing as Essengue. Essengue is the 2nd youngest prospect and dropped 20 in a NBA exhibition game.
Edgecombe for me.