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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

Not that anyone cares, but here is my personal final player liking rankings (I got rid of the tiers because they were screwing me up):

1. Wemby
2. Scoot
3. Amen
4. Miller
5. Whitemore
6. Wallace
7. Black
8. Walker
9. Bufkin
10. Hendricks
11. George
12. Dick
13. Ausar
14. Lively
15. Sidy
16. Bilal
17. Miller
18. JHS
19. Hawkins
20. Whitehead
21. Colby Jones
22. Jaime Jaquez
23. Noah Clowney

Not listed are guys I don't like at all or haven't spent enough time looking at to have an opinion on them.
 
NUMBERICA said:
My only concern with Whitmore is he might be a crazy chucker. Like just a total, absolute gunner that is kind of a dick or something.

That is an extreme outcome, but then I’m not sure why he went to Villanova and not OTE/G-League/some junk team overseas. That is the only thing I would be concerned with. He easily has the strongest collective indicators outside the top-3 and the most-likely of that group to be the 2nd best player in this draft.

Like, if he pops he is a wrecking ball. Even with his existing weaknesses.
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having watched whitmore an ungodly amount of times, i don't see that from him. if anything i always wanted him to be more aggressive with his offense. he averaged 9 FGAs a game.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
At this point I'm bummed if he makes it to 8 and we don't get him. Clears the way for Hendricks, but I don't feel as good about that pick. Hope there is an unforeseen drop, or the Jazz make a move up.
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I think it’s actually going to be Ausar but I’m more than fine with Hendricks… love Black too but not gonna pay a huge premium to move up.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Swapping 16 for 26 isn’t that huge to me. I say we go get who we want.
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I really like that mid teens range but if that is the cost and Black or whoever is THE guy they want and not just one of the guys they want... then you go for it. I just would not give up a future first (without protections) to move to 7.
 
Just going to leave this in here. . . thought it was worth compiling this and seeing what types of players DA has picked in past drafts

Danny Ainge Drafting History

2003
#13 - PG: Marcus Banks - 6’2” 200 lbs - UNLV (Sr.)
#27 - C: Kendrick Perkins - 6’10” 270 lbs - High School
2004
#15 - PF/C: Al Jefferson - 6’10” 270 lbs - High School
#24 - PG: Delonte West - 6’4” 180 lbs - St. Joseph’s (Jr.)
#25 - SG: Tony Allen - 6’4” 210 lbs. - Oklahoma St. (Sr.)
2005
#18 - G/F: Gerald Green - 6’6” 205 lbs - High School
2006
#21 - PG: Rajon Rondo - 6’1” 180 lbs - Kentucky (So.)
2008
#30 - SF: J. R. Giddens - 6’5” 215 lbs - New Mexico (Sr.)
2010
#19 - SG: Avery Bradley - 6’3” 180 lbs - Texas (Fr.)
2011
#27 - PF: JaJuan Johnson - 6’10” 220 lbs - Purdue (Sr.)
2012
#21 - PF: Jared Sullinger - 6’9” 260 lbs - Ohio State (So.)
#22 - C: Fab Melo - 7’0” 255 lbs - Syracuse (So.)
2013
#13 - C/PF: Kelly Olynyk - 6’11” 240 lbs - Gonzaga (Jr.)
2014
#06 - PG/SG: Marcus Smart - 6’3” 220 lbs - Oklahoma St. (So.)
#17 - SF: James Young - 6’6” 215 lbs - Kentucky (Fr.)
2015
#16 - PG: Terry Rozier - 6’1” 190 lbs - Louisville (So.)
#28 - SG: R. J. Hunter - 6’5” 185 lbs - Georgia St. (Jr.)
2016
#03 - SF/SG: Jaylen Brown - 6’6” 220 lbs - California (Fr.)
#16 - PF: Guerschon Yabusele - 6’8” 260 lbs - France
#23 - C: Ante Zizic - 6’10” 270 lbs - Croatia
2017
#03 - SF: Jayson Tatum - 6’8” 210 lbs - Duke (Fr.)
2018
#27 - C: Robert Williams III - 6’9” 240 lbs - Texas A&M (So.)
2019
#14 - SG: Romeo Langford - 6’4” 215 lbs - Indiana (Fr.)
#22 - PF: Grant Williams - 6’6” 235 lbs - Tennessee (Jr.)
2020
#14 - SF: Aaron Nesmith - 6’5” 215 lbs - Vanderbilt (So.)
#26 - PG: Payton Prichard - 6’1” 195 lbs - Oregon (Sr.)
2022 (Via Trades not picked by DA, but wanted to include)
#14 - SG: Ochai Agbaji - 6’5” 215 lbs - Kansas (Sr.)
#22 - C: Walker Kessler - 7’1” 245 lbs - Auburn (So.)
 
Douchebag K said:
what are the realistic chances we trade up ... i'd be kinda shocked if we don't given our assets and apparently multiple teams are looking to trade out and down
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I agree. I think the jazz will make a trade
I kinda just want to stay with our 3 picks where they are though at this point
 
Coach Ellis said:
Just going to leave this in here. . . thought it was worth compiling this and seeing what types of players DA has picked in past drafts

Danny Ainge Drafting History

2003
#13 - PG: Marcus Banks - 6’2” 200 lbs - UNLV (Sr.)
#27 - C: Kendrick Perkins - 6’10” 270 lbs - High School
2004
#15 - PF/C: Al Jefferson - 6’10” 270 lbs - High School
#24 - PG: Delonte West - 6’4” 180 lbs - St. Joseph’s (Jr.)
#25 - SG: Tony Allen - 6’4” 210 lbs. - Oklahoma St. (Sr.)
2005
#18 - G/F: Gerald Green - 6’6” 205 lbs - High School
2006
#21 - PG: Rajon Rondo - 6’1” 180 lbs - Kentucky (So.)
2008
#30 - SF: J. R. Giddens - 6’5” 215 lbs - New Mexico (Sr.)
2010
#19 - SG: Avery Bradley - 6’3” 180 lbs - Texas (Fr.)
2011
#27 - PF: JaJuan Johnson - 6’10” 220 lbs - Purdue (Sr.)
2012
#21 - PF: Jared Sullinger - 6’9” 260 lbs - Ohio State (So.)
#22 - C: Fab Melo - 7’0” 255 lbs - Syracuse (So.)
2013
#13 - C/PF: Kelly Olynyk - 6’11” 240 lbs - Gonzaga (Jr.)
2014
#06 - PG/SG: Marcus Smart - 6’3” 220 lbs - Oklahoma St. (So.)
#17 - SF: James Young - 6’6” 215 lbs - Kentucky (Fr.)
2015
#16 - PG: Terry Rozier - 6’1” 190 lbs - Louisville (So.)
#28 - SG: R. J. Hunter - 6’5” 185 lbs - Georgia St. (Jr.)
2016
#03 - SF/SG: Jaylen Brown - 6’6” 220 lbs - California (Fr.)
#16 - PF: Guerschon Yabusele - 6’8” 260 lbs - France
#23 - C: Ante Zizic - 6’10” 270 lbs - Croatia
2017
#03 - SF: Jayson Tatum - 6’8” 210 lbs - Duke (Fr.)
2018
#27 - C: Robert Williams III - 6’9” 240 lbs - Texas A&M (So.)
2019
#14 - SG: Romeo Langford - 6’4” 215 lbs - Indiana (Fr.)
#22 - PF: Grant Williams - 6’6” 235 lbs - Tennessee (Jr.)
2020
#14 - SF: Aaron Nesmith - 6’5” 215 lbs - Vanderbilt (So.)
#26 - PG: Payton Prichard - 6’1” 195 lbs - Oregon (Sr.)
2022 (Via Trades not picked by DA, but wanted to include)
#14 - SG: Ochai Agbaji - 6’5” 215 lbs - Kansas (Sr.)
#22 - C: Walker Kessler - 7’1” 245 lbs - Auburn (So.)
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that's a pretty good record. he's had three picks twice - once, he hit on all three, the other time, he missed on two, but hit a HR with the first one. overall it's a good, probably not great record. 08, 11 and 12 was a particularly bad stretch for him.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Swapping 16 for 26 isn’t that huge to me. I say we go get who we want.
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If you told me Dariq Whitehead was still around at 26 I'd probably jump on it. Obviously things don't work that way but I'm confident Ainge could get intel that would give him an idea.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
If you told me Dariq Whitehead was still around at 26 I'd probably jump on it. Obviously things don't work that way but I'm confident Ainge could get intel that would give him an idea.
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Also if you told me we could get the John Collins pick swap done with Atlanta it would make sense as well.
 
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