2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Bawse Dawg]

You’re so weird. Nobody was talking about Bilal being in the top-8. A lot of the other pre-draft intel we got ended up being correct.

Not really…

This whole conversation is about things that were wrong. Ausar didn’t drop, Hendricks didn’t go top 8, Cam fell like a stone. Bilal did go top 8.

What were they right about? Wemby going #1? Most of the consensus best prospects going high in the draft?

 

[Elizah Huge]

Not really…

This whole conversation is about things that were wrong. Ausar didn’t drop, Hendricks didn’t go top 8, Cam fell like a stone. Bilal did go top 8.

What were they right about? Wemby going #1? Most of the consensus best prospects going high in the draft?

Keyonte was linked to us pre-draft by multiple places.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Bruh they are rookies.

Nothing about my distaste for Hendricks has to do with the stats he is or isnt getting.

Hate how you want... its just funny to justify their performance with "they look the part" and "they are rookies" while simultaneously writing the guy we picked off. There are times Hendricks "looks the part" and he is also a rookie I believe.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Plus it was all hypothetical depending on who Detroit took at 5 and Orlando at 6.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Keyonte was linked to us pre-draft by multiple places.

By this logic, every prospect linked to us that we didn't take means that nobody knew ****. Every team that Keyonte was linked to besides us is evidence of the media not knowing anything.

 

[fishonjazz]

Yeah, I'm well aware of your schtick.

Well of course. I never try to hide my homerism and have brought it up and admitted to it many times. Im what you might call a jazz fan(antic)

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Hate how you want... its just funny to justify their performance with "they look the part" and "they are rookies" while simultaneously writing the guy we picked off. There are times Hendricks "looks the part" and he is also a rookie I believe.

yeah a rookie I had ranked 20th...

I'm not writing him off. He is where I thought he was.

 

[fishonjazz]

We were talking about maybe Ausar dropping.

I do remember this being discussed a lot

 

[Bawse Dawg]

I do remember this being discussed a lot

I really wish they had been right.

 

[Elizah Huge]

By this logic, every prospect linked to us that we didn't take means that nobody knew ****. Every team that Keyonte was linked to besides us is evidence of the media not knowing anything.

I don’t remember a lot of players specifically linked to us besides Black and Keyonte. We obviously didn’t have a chance to take Black.

 

[KqWIN]

How do we know this is correct? It is certainly not corroborated by any actual evidence. The top 8 teams all picked in the top 8, no one wanted to move. If any team had wanted him at 5 or 6 then the Jazz should have been just fine saying they were one of those teams after the fact, but they did the exact opposite.

I'm not saying I'm right or you're wrong, but I do think my position is a bit stronger than then one without a single whiff of evidence.

One of the clearest ways to do this is look at some better odds. This forum's opinions isn't reality. And odds aren't reality either, but it is how the draft was viewed by the public consensus. Bilal was a surprise at 7 but maybe should not have been considering at least two teams had him in the top 8 for sure. You can see here that Hendricks had odds to go 4 and 5.

https://www.thelines.com/odds/nba-draft/

Bilal's prop bet over under was 11.5. It was certainly a surprise to the public that he went 7.

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[fishonjazz]

I really wish they had been right.

Me too. Of course next year we may be happy they were wrong. Too early to tell anything at this point.

 

[fishonjazz]

One of the clearest ways to do this is look at some better odds. This forum's opinions isn't reality. And odds aren't reality either, but it is how the draft was viewed by the public consensus. Bilal was a surprise at 7 but maybe should not have been considering at least two teams had him in the top 8 for sure. You can see here that Hendricks had odds to go 4 and 5.

https://www.thelines.com/odds/nba-draft/

Bilal's prop bet over under was 11.5. It was certainly a surprise to the public that he went 7.

2023 NBA Draft Betting Odds: Could Victor Wembanyama's French teammate Bilal Coulibaly be a top-10 pick? | Sporting News

Heading into tonight's NBA Draft, there's a lot of intrigue surrounding French wing Bilal Coulibaly, whose stock has risen over the past few weeks. Could Victor Wembanyama's teammate be a top-10 selection? We break down his latest odds and draft position.

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Good data here. Thanks.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Hendricks was the betting favorite to go 7 to Indiana.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

One of the clearest ways to do this is look at some better odds. This forum's opinions isn't reality. And odds aren't reality either, but it is how the draft was viewed by the public consensus. Bilal was a surprise at 7 but maybe should not have been considering at least two teams had him in the top 8 for sure. You can see here that Hendricks had odds to go 4 and 5.

https://www.thelines.com/odds/nba-draft/

Bilal's prop bet over under was 11.5. It was certainly a surprise to the public that he went 7.

2023 NBA Draft Betting Odds: Could Victor Wembanyama's French teammate Bilal Coulibaly be a top-10 pick? | Sporting News

Heading into tonight's NBA Draft, there's a lot of intrigue surrounding French wing Bilal Coulibaly, whose stock has risen over the past few weeks. Could Victor Wembanyama's teammate be a top-10 selection? We break down his latest odds and draft position.

www.sportingnews.com

The public consensus is exactly what I'm not interested in for this conversation.

 

[Elizah Huge]

The public consensus is exactly what I'm not interested in for this conversation.

We’re talking about public consensus though. Not every team came out and said what their top-10 was so it’s impossible to know.

 

[KqWIN]

The public consensus is exactly what I'm not interested in for this conversation.

Well there's zero way of determining a non-public consensus. Even with the Jazz blatantly listing that they had Hendricks 9, you don't know how close they had him to the other guys at 7 and 8.

 

[Elizah Huge]

What’s crazy is Keyonte was a heavy favorite to go before pick 14. You would have had to lay $310 to win $100.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Betting is public perception. It has nothing to do with the actual facts of what NBA teams are thinking.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Betting is public perception. It has nothing to do with the actual facts of what NBA teams are thinking.

If you think that is 100% true you’re sorely mistaken. Often time lines move before the public knows why.