2023 NBA Draft Megathread

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Here's another hypothetical. Portland calls you and offers you 3(Scoot) for 9+Walker Kessler. Take it or leave it?

What if I told you you can get Dereck Lively II at 16(or with small trade up using 28) to replace Kessler?

I say yes in a heartbeat

 

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Here's a hypothetical... You can have any 2 of the consensus 4-8(Whitmore, Walker, Black, Amen, Ausar), but you have to give up #9, #16, LAL pick, 2025 CLE pick(unprotected), 2025 MIN pick(unprotected)

Q1: do you do it?
Q2: who are the 2 players you want to get?

I would if you eliminated one of the unprotected future picks and I would take Cam and a Thompson, probably Ausar

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I will say I'm pretty impressed by The Locked on Mock Draft. Locked On generally doesnt have the best production quality, but this production is fairly well produced.

 

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I will say I'm pretty impressed by The Locked on Mock Draft. Locked On generally doesnt have the best production quality, but this production is fairly well produced.

Agreed. Watching it now and it is pretty good and entertaining so far. Are you happy with the trade Locke made?

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I will say I'm pretty impressed by The Locked on Mock Draft. Locked On generally doesnt have the best production quality, but this production is fairly well produced.

Could someone summarize the mock up to this point?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Seems like the Jazz should have gotten more from trading with OKC, but IDK how much more.

I love this trade if we take JHS at 12. If we dont though and we passed up on Black, I would think it was a poor trade.

 

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Seems like the Jazz should have gotten more from trading with OKC, but IDK how much more.

I love this trade if we take JHS at 12. If we dont though and we passed up on Black, I would think it was a poor trade.

Locke will probably take Bufkin at 12.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I will say I'm pretty impressed by The Locked on Mock Draft. Locked On generally doesnt have the best production quality, but this production is fairly well produced.

On the pod I don't like the cheesy background people crowd noise but whatevs. I am not on the video and say what you want out of Locke... he has far outkicked his coverage with what he has put together... and the dude is a worker/grinder.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Locke will probably take Bufkin at 12.

I think he goes Wallace actually.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

On the pod I don't like the cheesy background people crowd noise but whatevs. I am not on the video and say what you want out of Locke... he has far outkicked his coverage with what he has put together... and the dude is a worker/grinder.

I just wish they would give their host more professional sound equipment. I have no idea how much this stuff cost, but I'm pretty sure it's gotten fairly inexpensive to have a quality sound produced podcast nowadays and Locked On still sounds like they are recording in 2015.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I just wish they would give their host more professional sound equipment. I have no idea how much this stuff cost, but I'm pretty sure it's gotten fairly inexpensive to have a quality sound produced podcast nowadays and Locked On still sounds like they are recording in 2015.

That is the biggest thing I’ve noticed. Sounds like they’re recording on an iPhone.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Here's another hypothetical. Portland calls you and offers you 3(Scoot) for 9+Walker Kessler. Take it or leave it?

What if I told you you can get Dereck Lively II at 16(or with small trade up using 28) to replace Kessler?

No

 

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I just wish they would give their host more professional sound equipment. I have no idea how much this stuff cost, but I'm pretty sure it's gotten fairly inexpensive to have a quality sound produced podcast nowadays and Locked On still sounds like they are recording in 2015.

To me it's kind of shocking how bad Locke's own sound is for someone whose job it is to sound good and someone who's made a career in radio. I would have guessed he would have that part sorted...

 

[seattlejazzfan]

The consensus league wide is there is a drop off after picks 1/3/5/9.

yeah, that's bs (the dropoff from 5 to 9), imo - starting with the twins.

 

[Coach Ellis]

View: https://twitter.com/JakeLFischer/status/1669366148121362432

This sort of feels like the year that the Bulls and Pacers traded Jimmy Butler and Paul George. Think there’s going to be some surprise teams and deals that get made this year.

 

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Could someone summarize the mock up to this point?

1. Wemby
2. Scoot
3. Miller
4. Amen
5. Ausar
6. Dick
7. Walker
8. Whitmore
9. Jazz trade 9 for 12+our own 2024 pick.
10. Black
11. Magic trade 11, Chuma Okeke and Bol Bol to NYK for Hartenstein and 2 second round picks. WTF? Like... WHAT THE ACTUAL FFFFFFFFFFF?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The Orlando Magic guy is crazy lmao.

Just traded #11, Bol Bol, and Okeke for Isaiah Hartenstein and 2 second round picks.

 

[Elizah Huge]

yeah, that's bs, imo - starting with the twins.

I think it’s pretty legit. The only difference is I don’t think there is a drop off at 5. I think 4-9 is pretty fluid.

 

[Eddie Zero]

Not if you think he’s a one dimensional player who chucks **** up and is wildly inefficient with doing so in an all time loaded draft.

Yeah didn't stop Lamelo from going 3rd

 

[seattlejazzfan]

I think it’s pretty legit. The only difference is I don’t think there is a drop off at 5. I think 4-9 is pretty fluid.

yeah, i actually edited to clarify. we're on the same page there.