Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I am guilty of wanting to draft an offensive engine.

It's worth hunting for

 

[Elizah Huge]

It's worth hunting for

Especially with Ace and Tre within our reach. If we were drafting 9th or 10th again I would buy the go for a safer pick a little more but we’re picking top-5 for only the 6th time ever. Let’s go for it. We don’t have a ton of opportunities like this ever. Screw going high floor and safe.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

This conversation is why I'm so high on Kas. He has the chance to be an offensive engine with a high floor of being at least a good connective off ball guard. At least that's how I see him as a prospect.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This conversation is why I'm so high on Kas. He has the chance to be an offensive engine with a high floor of being at least a good connective off ball guard. At least that's how I see him as a prospect.

If he's an engine, it's one you find in a Ford Focus

 

[Basketball Novice]

If he's an engine, it's one you find in a Ford Focus

Whatever gets the car rolling

 

[SoberasHotRod]

If he's an engine, it's one you find in a Ford Focus

He had the one of the highest efficiencies of anyone within the highest amount of self creation to go with a higher assist number than anyone we are talking about.

How aren't those good indicators of an offensive engine.

 

[KqWIN]

49 NCAA prospects drafted from 2012-2021 in the 3-8 Range:

I classified them into 3 categories:

Hit - Borderline All Star or better, Jamal Murray is the worst "hit"

Starter - Established themselves as a starter level player. Deandre Hunger is the worst "starter"

Bust - Everything worse


15 Hits
15 Starters
19 Busts

Highest Hit:Bust ratio is PG
Highest Bust:Hit ratio is C/Big

I made an arbitrary line of greater than 25% usage or not. Greater than >25% usage is slightly better than players <25%, but it is essentially the same.

Closest players based on stats/physical/playstyle etc.

Ace - Tatum, Josh Jackson, Harrison Barnes
VJ - Suggs, Smart, Beal, McLemore, Waiters, Okoro
Fears - Garland, Sexton, Fox, Lillard, Coby White
Tre - Hield, Murray, KCP, Beal, McLemore
Kon - Stauskas?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He had the one of the highest efficiencies of anyone within the highest amount of self creation to go with a higher assist number than anyone we are talking about.

How aren't those good indicators of an offensive engine.

I just don't see it.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I just don't see it.

I actually think that's a fair statement. There are times when I watch him and I do and times that I don't.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

comprehension skills, inattentiveness, slow processing speed...

Must’ve been more sleepy than usual that day.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I actually think that's a fair statement. There are times when I watch him and I do and times that I don't.

Kas had a 10 game stretch from games 6-15 where he averaged 20/5/5/1 while shooting 45.9% from three on 6.1 attempts per game.

During this span he looked like a sure fire top-5 pick.

 

[KqWIN]

Kas before and after injury. Actual injury issues, or just shooting regression to the mean? Some of both methinks.