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Following Potential 2026 Draftees

It's all very early, but AJ currently has terrible 3pt % and FT% and very low stocks.

Not saying he sucks or anything (or isn't top 5 worthy), but he hasn't impressed me out the gate like some others have.
 
KqWIN said:
A longer, more athletic version of RJ Barrett is pretty good. But I'm not sure AJ is looking like Tmac 2.0. Would like to see more 3's and stocks.
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The story on RJ Barrett is that he's great at getting into the paint and to the rim, but sucks at finishing there. Then when he's on the perimeter, he's an iffy shooter. So he was this "fool's gold" type player.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
FWIW, my way too early to tell feeling on this draft is that the top 3 (A.J., Peterson, Boozer) are extremely good, but not necessarily can't miss franchise changers. In other words I think they are closer to Harper last year than Flagg. I think there is a pool of very interesting players outside of the top 3 that could make the 4-10 range an extremely attractive range.

In other words, I'm not as concerned about getting a top 3 pick as I was pre-season, but am more concerned about keeping our pick no matter what. It's still way too early to say that for sure and I might feel differently as the season progresses, just some early thoughts with where I see things today.
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I think Peterson is can't-miss. I think Boozer is can't-miss, though he's not the usual type of player that teams have been trying to build around as of late. I think AJ is close to being can't-miss, even if he needs to focus and optimize his shot selection. The question with AJ is how good a self-creator is he, and is that what he wants to be.

I'm close to putting Mikel Brown on the same level talent-wise with Dylan Harper from last draft. It's one thing if Harper is bullying guys in the paint similar to Cade Cunningham, which was part of the appeal of Harper, but I haven't actually seen him do that much in the NBA so far. Harper is also just a so-so athlete by NBA standards.

Caleb Wilson at UNC also has a lot of possibilities. He just needs to show enough shooting signals and keep dominating in actual league play.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The story on RJ Barrett is that he's great at getting into the paint and to the rim, but sucks at finishing there. Then when he's on the perimeter, he's an iffy shooter. So he was this "fool's gold" type player.
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I don't remember his finishing being a question at all, or at least not a major one. I remember people saying he was too left hand dominant.
 
What is want to see is players exert their will on the game. I want to see them will their play style into everything they do. Peterson seems like a player that does this. Boozer does it also.

Aj on the other hand does it when he wants to. He seems to coast and disappear. That is my biggest complaint about AJ.

Brown is another that seems to force the game to him.

It guess I am not explaining what I mean but oh well it is early in the morning.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I had to look him up. Looks like a dawg.


View: https://youtu.be/STOo_3XEPlY?si=sAp-r1pRQKrdNuUN
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A tiny dawg. Hard to take him seriously as a NBA prospect unless the insane scoring continues through conference play.

At least with these kinds of players nowadays they can stay in college for 4 years and make insane money and not to have to sweat declaring for the NBA if they have a slight chance at being a late first rounder.
 
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