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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

Bama proving they can get it done even when Miller is a chucker shooting 25% from the floor and 28% from 3 is not a good look for A&M
Not a good look for Miller either imo.
I do think Quinerly might have had a job in the league if he played like this more often.
My only other take outside of Clowny showing something with his shooting, is Bediako could be a 2nd round steal if he can clean up his mental mistakes
 
Bama proving they can get it done even when Miller is a chucker shooting 25% from the floor and 28% from 3 is not a good look for A&M
Not a good look for Miller either imo.
I do think Quinerly might have had a job in the league if he played like this more often.
My only other take outside of Clowny showing something with his shooting, is Bediako could be a 2nd round steal if he can clean up his mental mistakes
Lmao your takes are legit comedy
 
A hallmark of a great prospect is them playing great even when their shot isn't falling.

That is Brandon Miller. When you can put up 23-12-3-3 while going 5-20 from the field that's means you're damn good. GG Jackson wouldn't be able to do that if he was 28 years old playing college ball.
 
Here are some of my hits though ---

2010: I thought Paul George had easy All Star potential and should have been our pick at #9.
2011: I didn't pay much attention to the draft and was fine with Kanter and Burks given the circumstances.
2012: We didn't have a pick.
2013: I thought Rudy Gobert would be better than Alex Len, who went #5. I supported trading up to #9 for Trey Burke, but otherwise liked Giannis at #14. I thought we'd draft Gobert at #21.
2014: I had doubts about Andrew Wiggins being an impact scorer because he could barely dribble. Thought Embiid would probably turn out to be the best player in the draft. I was okay with Exum for the Jazz. Exum could have been fine if he didn't get season-ending injuries like 3 years in a row.
2015: I said Kelly Oubre would be better than Justise Winslow and Stanley Johnson. That turned out to be true, but unfortunately I thought Hezonja should be better than all three of them. Didn't see Devin Booker coming, but I no longer doubt prospects who are productive in the NCAA at 18 years old.
2016: Bad draft. I would have taken a swing on Thon Maker or Skal Labissier at #12.
2017: Thought Bam Adebayo was a lottery prospect when DraftExpress had him in the mid-30s. I thought Donovan Mitchell would be able to create space and score off the dribble like CJ McCollum when a number of pundits were calling him an Avery Bradley-type defensive prospect. I didn't think Kyle Kuzma was all that special though, so that's one for Cy.
2018: I liked Anfernee Simons ahead of Grayson Allen. I also thought Gary Trent Jr. was the better guard prospect coming out of Duke. Both are $100 million players.
2019: I thought Darius Bazley was a good pick at #23 in that draft when others had him 10+ spots lower. Turned out he was picked at #23, but the pick went to OKC.
2020: I think half the board would have taken Jaden McDaniels in the late 1st instead of Udoka. I didn't see Bane coming.
2021: Jazz basically punted on this draft. I didn't believe in Ziaire Williams as a prospect out of Stanford. Lacked strength and athleticism. Now he's close to a bust.
2022: Thought Tari Eason and Jalen Duren were top-10 prospects. In a redraft a couple years from now, they probably will be. I liked Dalen Terry outside the top 15. Jury's out on him. Jazz never got a pick.

2023: I still like Victor, Scoot, Cam and at least one, if not both Thompsons ahead of Brandon Miller as NBA prospects because the Jazz need primary scoring options who can create off the dribble. I think Miller is fine as a complementary off-ball scorer. Another team that's risk-averse will take him early. I would still take GG in the top 10, and I think a team that has the time and resources to develop him will reach and grab him in the 10 - 15 range. If a team doesn't want to be bothered developing him, then he might fall to 20+ on their board. That's why he seems to be polarizing. However, I think the Jazz could make him a star. If the Jazz are drafting at like 10 and 15, I think they'd take Anthony Black and quite possibly GG with the Minny pick. Both GG and Taylor Hendricks are very likely on the Jazz's shortlist in the mid-1st. Cidy Cissoko might also be able to crash that party, but I'm not sure he's quite in that range. I could also see the Jazz go for Sensabaugh in the mid-1st.
The only good call I recall you having that I wildly disagreed with was Bam.
 
I never see much on Zach Edey out of Purdue, but at 7’4” about 305 lbs scoring 22 points and 13 rebounds a game is impressive. He is not fast, but has soft hands on a nice little hook shot and plays with power. If he were available with the Philly/Nets pick, he could be a decent backup for Kessler.
 
Jett is staying in school 9 out of 10. Needs to get stronger and with his father the coach in his corner, his odds of going top 10 in 24 are almost a given.

Jett needs to get that contract as soon as possible. If he spends another year being soft as Charmin in college, people are going to realize that is exactly who he is. He's the one 10-20 player I absolutely want no part of.
 
So say the Jazz draft Flip... where is he getting minutes? And what is the opportunity cost to drafting him?

I saw a ways back in this thread that Flip could be Olynyk. Well we have him, and I'm not passing a chance at plugging a greater need or potentially better prospect for that.

You gotta be a pretty ****ing incredible scorer to be a big that can't guard the perimeter or the rim. And the returns diminish wildly after having one of them, IMO.

If he's there with the Sixers pick, great. I wouldn't draft him top-20 for this team, though.
 
So say the Jazz draft Flip... where is he getting minutes? And what is the opportunity cost to drafting him?

I saw a ways back in this thread that Flip could be Olynyk. Well we have him, and I'm not passing a chance at plugging a greater need or potentially better prospect for that.

You gotta be a pretty ****ing incredible scorer to be a big that can't guard the perimeter or the rim. And the returns diminish wildly after having one of them, IMO.

If he's there with the Sixers pick, great. I wouldn't draft him top-20 for this team, though.
Couple things here:

- You don’t draft Flip in the lottery if you think his ceiling is Olynyk.
- He can protect the rim.
- I think he would be awesome as the 4 in a lineup where Lauri is the 5.

Also, people are projecting him in the 20’s right now. I don’t think a single person thinks we should take him in the top-10. If we’re picking like 9/15 I would absolutely take him at 15.
 
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