Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[framer]

View: https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/1922723483697422787

Think he got a promise?

 

[seattlejazzfan]

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/comments/1kmowg9/tahaad_pettiford_23_points_8_assists_in_nba/

23 and 8 in that setting is pretty rare air. impressive, but not surprising from pettiford.

 

[Park Bites]

View: https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/1922723483697422787

He might be my guy at 21

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Think he got a promise?

He's at least getting positive feedback that he'll get drafted. If he got a promise, he'd probably also be asked to shut down his pre-draft workouts. So it's probably not that at the moment. It seems that some people are calling him the "best athlete" at the Combine after his athletic testing.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

He might be my guy at 21

Powell could fit that Sam Presti perimeter defender type (Dort, Wallace, etc.) that can keep the offense flowing--make open shots, move the ball and drive. It's a valuable player to have that doesn't require a lot of usage. Powell's measurables suggest he can guard 1- 3.

 

[KqWIN]

Can’t take much from a 10 second interview clip, but not exactly what I’d be hoping to hear Ace say.


View: https://x.com/mikeascotto/status/1922707096904085791?s=46&t=O8QgyEFSLCb2qd3SCki2Cw

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Can’t take much from a 10 second interview clip, but not exactly what I’d be hoping to hear Ace say.


View: https://x.com/mikeascotto/status/1922707096904085791?s=46&t=O8QgyEFSLCb2qd3SCki2Cw

That's exactly what you want to hear

 

[KqWIN]

That's exactly what you want to hear

My biggest issue with Ace is that he obsessed with the mid range pull-up. IMO, his case relies on his ability change, and here he is saying this is exactly how he views himself.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/comments/1kmvdbb/stanfords_maxime_raynaud_performance_in_todays/

 

[jom2003]

I am not sure myself but my impression is that Yang is a pure center type. There was an interesting conversation on a podcast where Draymond Green talked about sliding guys between the 5 and 4. He explained that the 4 and 5 are completely different positions that had their own ways of playing and that there was a misconception that you could just slide guys between those positions and be fine. It was one of the more informative takes I have heard from Green.

If I find the podcast episode, I will link it.

Its one of the concerns I have for a guy like Asa Newell. He plays like a pure center but I don't think that will be his position in the NBA. And can he play the 4? Maybe, maybe not.

Sure but with a player as young as Yang we can't rule anything out. He's definitely got the skillset to play the 4 compared to someone like Maluach. Maybe he work on his body and outside shot to acquire that positional flexibility. The point is for us as jazzfans who want Yang to work out on the Jazz, he kinda has to be able to play the 4 since we know Kessler is not going anywhere. And a "backup center" isn't exactly the term that would get any jazzfans excited.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If Essengue were at the Combine, he would have tied for the 3rd highest standing reach, ahead of Raynaud, Fleming, Queen and Sorber. You can probably play him at the 3.

 

[Bodhi]

If Essengue were at the Combine, he would have tied for the 3rd highest standing reach, ahead of Raynaud, Fleming, Queen and Sorber. You can probably play him at the 3.

Real sleeper right now.