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Following Potential 2025 Draftees

SoberasHotRod said:
In case this is helpful for anyone else. Here are the top 35 from tankathon organized by age youngest to oldest:

Name Age at Draft
Cooper Flag 18.5
Noa Essengue 18.5
Joan Beringer 18.6
Jeremiah Fears 18.7
Jase Richardson 18.7
Khaman Maluach 18.8
Ace Bailey 18.9
Boogie Fland 18.9
Nolan Traore 19.1
Kasparas Jakucionis 19.1
Ben Saraf 19.2
Dylan Harper 19.3
Tre Johnson 19.3
Egor Demin 19.3
Hugo Gonazalez 19.4
Will Riley 19.4
Thomas Sorber 19.5
Sergio De Larrea 19.5
Labaron Philon 19.6
Carter Bryant 19.6
Asa Newell 19.7
Liam McNeely 19.7
VJ Edgecombe 19.9
Kon Kneuppel 19.9
CMB 20.0
JT Toppin 20.0
Noah Penda 20.4
Derik Queen 20.5
Rasheer Flemming 20.9
Danny Wolf 21.1
Adou Thiero 21.1
Yaxel Lendeborg 22.7
Johnny Broome 22.9
Kam Jones 23.3
Nique Clifford 23.4
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I get the idea of more room for improvement in a young player, but DL went with youth in Azubuike (sp?) over an "older" Desmond Bane. I will probably remember that for at least 10 more years. Dumba$$!
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The idea is that someone who is very young still has a lot of development potential. So you look at a guy like Maluach, for example, who has a huge physical presence and some budding skills. You might give him the benefit of the doubt for being so young when you're trying to project if he'll be able to expand his range, make FTs, dominate the boards, etc.
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I can't think of a way that this won't come off like a jerk, but did you really think you needed to explain that to me?

I must come off as an idiot, smh.
 
Losing Interest said:
I get the idea of more room for improvement in a young player, but DL went with youth in Azubuike (sp?) over an "older" Desmond Bane. I will probably remember that for at least 10 more years. Dumba$$!
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Yeah there is a balance. I posted some data in the 2024 draft thread, but if I'm remembering correctly 21-22 year olds are much less likely to be above average players than 19-20 year olds.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I think for me there is a little bit of a psychology thing going on.

If Kon was a relatively unknown guy that came in to the year and performed the way he has I wonder if I would be higher on him?
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If I'm being honest, the answer for me is yes and it's a flaw in how I see things. One of the things I've personally been annoyed/disappointed with is how DX/Givony has basically become a mouth piece for players and agents. I miss the old days ya know? Givony was hyping him up like crazy, but even though he was underwhelming in relation to those factors he's still a damn good prospect.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I can't think of a way that this won't come off like a jerk, but did you really think you needed to explain that to me?

I must come off as an idiot, smh.
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You just said, "I would hear things like, 'he won't even be 19 on draft day' like it was a huge deal." So I elaborated on why it's a huge deal. Didn't mean to offend you. Forget I mentioned it.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
You just said, "I would hear things like, 'he won't even be 19 on draft day' like it was a huge deal." So I elaborated on why it's a huge deal. Didn't mean to offend you. Forget I mentioned it.
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I know you weren't trying to be mean, and I'm not trying to be either. It's all good.

What I meant was that when I heard things like that, it felt like it was super unique for a player to be under 19 on draft day, like it didn't happen very often.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I can't think of a way that this won't come off like a jerk, but did you really think you needed to explain that to me?

I must come off as an idiot, smh.
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That's just how Ferg is. I remember the weekly "Hey Cody Williams can dribble, pass, and shoot" post in the draft thread last year. Which is ironic because Cody definitely can not dribble.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I know you weren't trying to be mean, and I'm not trying to be either. It's all good.

What I meant was that when I heard things like that, it felt like it was super unique for a player to be under 19 on draft day, like it didn't happen very often.
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Yeah, guys who were 18 entering the draft used to be pretty rare and exceptional, especially in the one-and-done era--like someone who jumped up a class. This year does seem to have an unusually high number.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
That's just how Ferg is. I remember the weekly "Hey Cody Williams can dribble, pass, and shoot" post in the draft thread last year. Which is ironic because Cody definitely can not dribble.
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Well, he can dribble. That was one of his appeals. It's just that he apparently can't handle much pressure from good NBA-level defenders.
 
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