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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

SoberasHotRod said:
It's a little crazy to me that the Jazz reportedly had Keyonte at 10, which would likely have him above Wallace, Bufkin, and JHS. They seem to acknowledge the need for developing a point guard, but rated the guy with seemingly the least amount of point guard skills of those guards.
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Stay with me here… maybe they like Sexton more than is being let on.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
It's a little crazy to me that the Jazz reportedly had Keyonte at 10, which would likely have him above Wallace, Bufkin, and JHS. They seem to acknowledge the need for developing a point guard, but rated the guy with seemingly the least amount of point guard skills of those guards.
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Great observation.

Jamal Murry
Devin Booker
Keyonte

What do they have in common?
 
NUMBERICA said:
Good point. Also, Cason does just fine off ball, too.

It’s a big investment to trade up your first pick on who will have a really tough time ever cracking into a starting role. Then again, that size might allow them to roll out legit 3-guard lineups and I gotta imagine that’s what might be guiding their thinking. Which… I like it.
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Cason might have just been BPA for them. There was some concern brought up about his medical….but as far as I can tell that was only because he was injured during the season. If there’s no medical issue, he could have been super high on their board.

I think a lot of teams soured on some of the prospects in the too 10, not just Cam. This is what allowed Black and Bilal to rise up into the top 7. I still don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that Wallace > Black, so they might be walking out with someone too 5 on their board.
 
BTW, are people going to start calling Keyonte puny? He’s not any bigger than Wallace, and Wallace is infinitely better at doing things that require size.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Ok, I heard Cams medicals were extremely bad, not "yellow flagged"
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Thats good to know. I have been hoping there is a big time red flag just to make me feel better.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Uhh, there were multiple bits of info out there. We know who the Jazz liked, were just unsure of the order, I think that's true of basically every team.
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Super high on Bilal. Loved George but didn't think he'd get to 16. It was a very predictable pick at every spot. No smokescreens.

Not a big deal, just interesting.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
Super high on Bilal. Loved George but didn't think he'd get to 16. It was a very predictable pick at every spot. No smokescreens.

Not a big deal, just interesting.
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The Jazz reportedly liked JHS as well. The pickk at 9 could have been Whitmore, but 16 there was mixed reports, but knew it was between two guys
 
True though, it was just a very predictable (and boring?) draft all the way around.

Jonathan Givony: The lack of surprises. By NBA draft standards, it went almost entirely the way we thought it would, starting with Brandon Miller being drafted second (the worst-kept secret in the NBA the past month) and continuing with the fact that we were able to project 18 of the top 24 picks precisely to the right team, and 28 of the 30 players who ended up hearing their names called in the first round overall. That doesn't normally happen. Sure, there were a couple of players who went higher or lower than we thought they would, but overall it might have been the most predictable draft we've seen in some time.
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Definitely wanted more movement and surprises. Hope all our players are good. But last night didn't live up to what we've been building towards for months.
 
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