Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[Elizah Huge]

How big is CMB?

6’8 in shoes

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The idea of removing a great rim finisher/offensive rebounder and trading it for a below average spot up shooter is just comical to me. That 35% on 1.5 3FGA is so valuable!

But what if the shot takes 30 minutes to load. Does that change your thinking?

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Did you mean Philly is coming off one the 5 worst seasons in FRANCHISE history rather than NBA history?

Relative to expectations, I think the 76ers had the worst season in NBA history. They were expected to be around the 5th best team in NBA and they were the 5th worst and their MVP level franchise player had a career altering injury and their new max contract guy looked toast.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

3 powerful statistical indicators mentioned by JE who claims that he had Haliburton #1 and that the Mavs tried everything they could to trade for him.

1. Steals
2. AST/TOv
3. 2FG%

How the top guys score out with tankathon pros and cons:

Ace: -2
VJ: +4
Tre: -2
Fears: -1
Kon: +4

Kon may not end up being one of these steals in plain sight... he does however have like all the analytical model indicators that cause you to think. He isn't Haliburton at all but its a similar argument against why he slid.

Ace is terrifying but I think he ends up 3rd on my board. I have decided I will do one Big Board of Integrity once I have all the info I want.

 

[underdog]

Flagg
CMB
VJ
Harper
Kas
Sorber
....

Nobody else is draftable

This draft sucks

(Ignore me right now, I'm having a moment)

I like what you did there.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I can see an argument for Riley > Kasparas

 

[default]

I decided to make my first draft big board for the Jazz this year. Here it goes as of now.

1 Cooper Flagg
2 Dylan Harper
3 Tre Johnson
4 Ace Bailey
5 V.J. Edgecombe
6 Kon Knueppel
7 Jeremiah Fears
8 Khaman Maluach
9 Asa Newell
10 Collin Murray-Boyles
11 Kasparas Jakucionis
12 Nolan Traore
13 Jase Richardson
14 Noa Essengue
15 Egor Demin
16 Carter Bryant
17 Rasheer Fleming
18 Derik Queen
19 Thomas Sorber
20 Hansen Yang
21 Nique Clifford
22 Cedric Coward
23 Danny Wolf
24 Ryan Kalkbrenner
25 Maxime Raynaud
26 Drake Powell
27 Adou Thiero
28 Walter Clayton Jr.
29 Johni Broome
30 Will Riley

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

I can see an argument for Riley > Kasparas

Do you just like players that are bad at everything.

Riley is just JHS again where he flat out sucks at every aspect of basketball.

0.4 steals per 40 is not what NBA players are made out of.

 

[KqWIN]

Kon may not end up being one of these steals in plain sight... he does however have like all the analytical model indicators that cause you to think. He isn't Haliburton at all but its a similar argument against why he slid.

Ace is terrifying but I think he ends up 3rd on my board. I have decided I will do one Big Board of Integrity once I have all the info I want.

I'm slightly surprised he rates as highly as he does. Not a great Rebounds/Stocks guy. But I guess I'm learning that I have a real blind spot for AST/TOV in these models.

 

[fishonjazz]

6’8 in shoes

Thats too bad.

 

[fishonjazz]

Relative to expectations, I think the 76ers had the worst season in NBA history. They were expected to be around the 5th best team in NBA and they were the 5th worst and their MVP level franchise player had a career altering injury and their new max contract guy looked toast.

Fair.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Tyrese Proctor is a guy I've always liked (since his Freshman year). My problem with him is that I've always liked him better on film than on paper. With so few guys that I like in this draft I think he's someone I can start making excuses for.

- His shot definitely looked way better this year. You can tell he has spent time working on it. I thought his improved % was most likely due to easier looks playing on a stacked team, and that probably played in to it, but he was still taking off the dribble/step back shots and maintained a 40.5% 3pt fg%. For some reason his ft% dropped this year which causes his shooting projections to not be amazing, but he did shoot 87% ft% his Freshman year.
- His main negative is as a point guard who only averaged 2.7ast/36min, but that was obviously scheme and situation this year. He was playing with a lot of other ball handlers and had to share responsibilities. Last year he averaged 4.4 assists and he had a 2.85ast/to ratio which I think is a better indication of what he can do. He is visibly a good ball handler, and not an amazing or creative passer, but gets the job done.
- The other thing I personally look for is stocks and rebounds where he is disappointing. I've heard him being discussed as a good defender, but is only averaging about 2stocks/36min. I think the film on him is solid. He's an above average man defender and can generally stay in front of his guy and is a good screen navigator. He works on that end and is engaged. He's just not a difference making defender and isn't doing a lot off ball.