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Following Potential 2025 Draftees

I saw this article making the rounds today. It talks about the different ways you can find an "edge" in the the draft. It cites a 10 year old Jazzfanz post made by @idiot 10 years ago where he interviews the OG Layne "VJL" Vashro who proceeds to give great insight and takes on prospects that did not age well at all lol.

I feel like future myself wrote that article, lol. I loved it because a lot of the conclusions were thoughts I've had or were working towards. So in a way I feel self agrandizing by liking this article.

The reality is that the draft is probably just random enough it's almost impossible to be "good" at it. If you take yourself too seriously then you'll be stressed for nothing.
 
In terms of being a great defender? Sure.

In terms of being a bad/unplayable defender? Not really. 2/10 on-ball defenders could be hidden in 2014 and will kill you in 2025.

You think 2/10 off ball defenders can hide in the NBA playoffs? In many ways, on ball defense is the easiest part of defense. It takes the least amount of thinking. Guys like Kuminga, Green, and Mathurin aren't struggling to play because they can't guard a guys 1v1. It's because they aren't smart enough to make the right decisions defense.

Off ball defense is more important across the board in 2025 whether you're talking about good or bad defenders. Off ball defense was hardly a thing at all in 2014. You could stand around and do nothing. Of course it is going to be more important in 2025 when the offenses are more advanced, spread out, and talented. It's all about covering space, covering for your teammates, disrupting the passing lanes, and recovering.
 
I feel like future myself wrote that article, lol. I loved it because a lot of the conclusions were thoughts I've had or were working towards. So in a way I feel self agrandizing by liking this article.

The reality is that the draft is probably just random enough it's almost impossible to be "good" at it. If you take yourself too seriously then you'll be stressed for nothing.

These are the foundations of the way I think today. At least when I'm wrong, I can point to this and blame it on all these concepts :D

It was a trip to see a Jazzfanz post from 2015 cited!
 
I saw this article making the rounds today. It talks about the different ways you can find an "edge" in the the draft. It cites a 10 year old Jazzfanz post made by @idiot 10 years ago where he interviews the OG Layne "VJL" Vashro who proceeds to give great insight and takes on prospects that did not age well at all lol.

Why is anyone looking at a 10-year old Jazzfanz post for insight on drafting/ranking philosophy? :eek:
interviews the OG Layne "VJL" Vashro who proceeds to give great insight and takes on prospects that did not age well at all lol.

Funny -- I think draft confidence has a way of biting people in the long run.

The thing we need most in trying to figure out who is a good evaluator (or what traits are most valuable) is some kind of systematic tracking over time of people's takes, but that's exactly what we almost never see.
 
Fleming was so limited by his role, I wonder if he has some hidden off the dribble game.

The jumper looking super clean for a guy his length
He looks way better than Cody Williams

For real though, I would love to get him at 21

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Why is anyone looking at a 10-year old Jazzfanz post for insight on drafting/ranking philosophy? :eek:

Funny -- I think draft confidence has a way of biting people in the long run.

The thing we need most in trying to figure out who is a good evaluator (or what traits are most valuable) is some kind of systematic tracking over time of people's takes, but that's exactly what we almost never see.

By the time you can really know how good a player is, nobody cares about takes from that long ago. So what you end up with is the greatest hits and misses from an evaluator that are obvious much sooner, but might not be that representative of their evaluations as a whole.
 
Condon going back to Florida as expected. Is there anywhere that has a full list of early entrants that are returning to college? The deadline is today at noon.
 
Chineylu out of Florida has a 7'7.75'' wingspan. Yeesh. He's returning to school, but damn, didnt realize he was that long.
 
I saw this article making the rounds today. It talks about the different ways you can find an "edge" in the the draft. It cites a 10 year old Jazzfanz post made by @idiot 10 years ago where he interviews the OG Layne "VJL" Vashro who proceeds to give great insight and takes on prospects that did not age well at all lol.

This brutal lol

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