Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Real sleeper right now.

If people are going to give Fears the benefit of the doubt for being 18 y.o., they need to do the same for Essengue. What happens if his body fills out and he grows to a bonafide 6'10"? What happens if he improves his handle? He really could enter AK territory in some respects.

 

[jom2003]

View: https://youtu.be/_rEa0YnY_k8?si=jAcopJTZlQ2BU4dq


That last pass was Joker esque. His teammate let him down. Not getting as many touches as he should've.

 

[Coach Ellis]

View: https://youtu.be/_rEa0YnY_k8?si=jAcopJTZlQ2BU4dq


That last pass was Joker esque. His teammate let him down. Not getting as many touches as he should've.

Lots of good things there. Some thoughts just based on what I saw. . .

A.) He’s a straight 5 like Kessler. But he has a lot of upside at that spot.

B.) Wish he would’ve set better screens. Don’t think I saw him set a clean one in any of the highlights.

C.) Good box out and solid hands. Really like his passing and his up close to the basket game. Seemed very sure with the ball.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Lots of good things there. Some thoughts just based on what I saw. . .

A.) He’s a straight 5 like Kessler. But he has a lot of upside at that spot.

B.) Wish he would’ve set better screens. Don’t think I saw him set a clean one in any of the highlights.

C.) Good box out and solid hands. Really like his passing and his up close to the basket game. Seemed very sure with the ball.

The question for him will be on defense and whether quicker players can target him. He likely needs to play in drop coverage.

 

[Coach Ellis]

The question for him will be on defense and whether quicker players can target him. He likely needs to play in drop coverage.

I still think he’s a 2nd round guy, but he’s moved up to the mid-early parts of the 2nd round.

 

[The Midnight]

View: https://x.com/SirEmbiid/status/1922095967471374741

Maybe cos Flagg is white…

 

[The Midnight]

View: https://x.com/DraftExpress/status/1922322795775594635

He's a machine.

Wow.

 

[The Midnight]

It’s funny because I agree with a lot of this.

Watching DM again tonight honestly made me think of Tre. I think he can totally be an All-Star and put up huge numbers, but I see them coming very much in the same way as DM with the same flaws and not leading to ultimate high level winning basketball.

So maybe my expectations are unrealistic, but I hate the DM archetype, and I see a lot of that in Tre.

Except I would project that Tre can make 3s consistently and DM bricks them consistently when it counts.

 

[Bodhi]

If people are going to give Fears the benefit of the doubt for being 18 y.o., they need to do the same for Essengue. What happens if his body fills out and he grows to a bonafide 6'10"? What happens if he improves his handle? He really could enter AK territory in some respects.

I don’t think he’s going to be in play at 21 is the problem.

 

[KqWIN]

Maybe Cody and Noa can go to the buffet together.

 

[KqWIN]

Essengue has one of the weirdest builds I’ve seen. Freakishly long arms but extremely narrow shoulders that explain how his reach can be so long without a long wingspan.

 

[Bodhi]

Lots of good things there. Some thoughts just based on what I saw. . .

A.) He’s a straight 5 like Kessler. But he has a lot of upside at that spot.

B.) Wish he would’ve set better screens. Don’t think I saw him set a clean one in any of the highlights.

C.) Good box out and solid hands. Really like his passing and his up close to the basket game. Seemed very sure with the ball.

I like so many dudes in this class.