Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[NUMBERICA]

The ace up somebody’s sleeve in this draft is taking Danny Wolf. I’m not done saying this. If we’re not top-5, he is an easy pick.

The dude who saw it plain as day and told y’all with Franz Wagner is telling you to believe your eyes with Wolf. It doesn’t matter that we already have Lauri, Walker, Flip, or whoever. He’s going to force his way onto the court somewhere, sometime, and people are going to be so puzzled they didn’t believe what they saw earlier.

 

[KqWIN]

Unless VJ has an amazing pre-draft process, I don't think teams will take him in the top 3. They'll take Coop, Dylan and Ace ahead of him. I think VJ will primarily be seen as an off-ball 2-guard. He's not advanced enough yet to play on the ball full time. If you watch Baylor games, they're initiating through Robert Wright and letting him create off the dribble, play after play. If VJ had a more advanced handle, burst and change of direction, he could beat defenders consistently. But until that happens, he still mostly relies on other guys to set him up.

I also do think he's going to measure out on the smaller side. I'd be very curious to know where the Jazz have VJ vis a vis Kasparas.

Size concerns fall on deaf ears for me considering that we are way better off with to him on defense than his counterparts (Kas or Tre). Like at what point do we care more about basketball ability versus the ability to write a taller height on a piece of paper.

 

[Park Bites]

The ace up somebody’s sleeve in this draft is taking Danny Wolf. I’m not done saying this. If we’re not top-5, he is an easy pick.

The dude who saw it plain as day and told y’all with Franz Wagner is telling you to believe your eyes with Wolf. It doesn’t matter that we already have Lauri, Walker, Flip, or whoever. He’s going to force his way onto the court somewhere, sometime, and people are going to be so puzzled they didn’t believe what they saw earlier.

View: https://youtu.be/oJL-lCzEXgI?si=N7b1dVXLRBxgFmjX

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He's gonna be a tank that can fly tho. JC and Ellis are terrible comparables

Oladipo a pretty obvious comp

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The ace up somebody’s sleeve in this draft is taking Danny Wolf. I’m not done saying this. If we’re not top-5, he is an easy pick.

The dude who saw it plain as day and told y’all with Franz Wagner is telling you to believe your eyes with Wolf. It doesn’t matter that we already have Lauri, Walker, Flip, or whoever. He’s going to force his way onto the court somewhere, sometime, and people are going to be so puzzled they didn’t believe what they saw earlier.

Issue is Wolf can't guard the perimeter

 

[KqWIN]

Oladipo a pretty obvious comp

Super fair. I think the median outcome for VJ is a hypothetical who never broke out and stayed at a similar level to his ORL/OKC days....but he has the potential to breakout and be more like Oladipo.

If we can imagine Cody Williams to be SGA, I think we can image VJ developing enough ball handling to be a PG in some outcomes as well. I think his passing is actually quite good, but his handle is definitely weak for a primary ball handler. I wish he didn't go to Baylor where there is a logjam of ball handlers/chuckers.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Oladipo a pretty obvious comp

And I don't think he has the wiggle of a guy like Vic but dude looks like a shrunk down Jimmy but flys like Wade. He may end up being something more along the lines of young healthy Gary Harris but I think there is a ton of upside there.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Super fair. I think the median outcome for VJ is a hypothetical who never broke out and stayed at a similar level to his ORL/OKC days....but he has the potential to breakout and be more like Oladipo.

If we can imagine Cody Williams to be SGA, I think we can image VJ developing enough ball handling to be a PG in some outcomes as well. I think his passing is actually quite good, but his handle is definitely weak for a primary ball handler. I wish he didn't go to Baylor where there is a logjam of ball handlers/chuckers.

The first time I tuned into a Baylor game I was like "**** me... Roach is on this team... how this guy still ruining my college bb watching experience."

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Oladipo a pretty obvious comp

Oladipo minus 30 lbs, sure.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

He's gonna be a tank that can fly tho. JC and Ellis are terrible comparables.

In terms of purely physical comps (what I was referring to), JC and Ellis are a match. Oladipo has 30 lbs and quite a bit of power compared to Edgecombe. I guess we'll have to wait and see what Edgecombe looks like at the Combine, but he doesn't have the mass of guys like Donovan Mitchell, Victor Oladipo or Anthony Edwards--guys people seem to want to compare VJ to.

 

[KqWIN]

The first time I tuned into a Baylor game I was like "**** me... Roach is on this team... how this guy still ruining my college bb watching experience."

When I’ve watched them it’s often 3-4 guards out there (all of whom like to dribble/shoot) and their big guy who is good but also the lowest IQ player I’ve seen who also likes to chuck. A whole lot of your turn, my turn thing going on.

Not saying he’s being held back to a big extreme, but he’s definitely in one of those funky college situations.

Out of Kas/Tre/VJ….i wouldn’t bet on him being the best primary ball handler/scorer, but I still think he has good potential there and I won’t let his height deter me from the fact that he is by far the best athlete/physical presence of the 3. Height+length =\= defense.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

In terms of purely physical comps (what I was referring to), JC and Ellis are a match. Oladipo has 30 lbs and quite a bit of power compared to Edgecombe. I guess we'll have to wait and see what Edgecombe looks like at the Combine, but he doesn't have the mass of guys like Donovan Mitchell, Victor Oladipo or Anthony Edwards--guys people seem to want to compare VJ to.

So Malik Monk body, Oladipo game