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2023 NBA Draft Megathread

Tankathon is ***. GG's problem is that he should really be in high school. He wasn't ready to jump a level. I'm guessing he was lured in by NIL money. He's still a top prospect in his class.
Its literally just giving stats and comparing it to other prospects. The mock draft might not be all that accurate but if you have a problem with all the negatives its simply stating statistics. Are stats ***?

Tankathon is a great site.
 
Handing a drunk dude a loaded gun ...
From what I've seen, it's precisely this characterization that's disputed by Miller's defenders (and maybe law enforcement). There's a lot of intentionality, directness, and awareness implied in that characterization that may not reflect Miller's actual actions. Certainly the "handed" part probably isn't literally what Miller did, from the trends in the claims I'm seeing. Guess we'll have to wait and see if we find out more.
 
Here are Jackson's highlights from last night. Some good moments. By the end though, he was pouting a bit on offense and missing defensive assignments.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhEBt55THLo



Honestly I've been with you the last 3-4 weeks on GG and then beyond the Insta live he kept it going, and then his body language last night was just terrible. The kid has a lot of maturing to do and not just for someone his age. He is dropping quickly for me at this point based on personality alone. Very rough patch for ole boy.
 
Honestly I've been with you the last 3-4 weeks on GG and then beyond the Insta live he kept it going, and then his body language last night was just terrible. The kid has a lot of maturing to do and not just for someone his age. He is dropping quickly for me at this point based on personality alone. Very rough patch for ole boy.
I have a hard time with how GG has positioned himself. He’s either going to be a wing scorer creator that scores 25 a game and is an all star… or he’s not an nba player. It’s just too wide a range of outcomes for me. Inefficient blackhole that does nothing without the ball… potential and youth are good I guess. Just not a bet I’m taking until pick 20 or so… would be nutso to take him too 10 imo.
 
I don't think anyone should discount the possibility, that a lot of teams at the top, are going to hold this off court stuff against Miller. At least enough where Danny might get the steal of the draft in the 7-10 range. But Danny Ainge himself might also feel bringing a prospect of questionable character and poor judgement to a small market, where he could easily become public enemy #1 to a lot of family's is not worth the risk.
I think if we are at 4th overall and Miller is there. Danny could easily trade back a few picks to get more assets. Likely sending the pick to some big market team who can ignore the noise of negative press and easily fill the seats with people, who are more easy to forget someones off court struggles if the team is winning.
 
GG is the most raw of the low floor high upside prospects in the lottery conversation. There is nothing safe about him at all. But short of the interview process killing his stock further, there is enough there for some org to pull the trigger, unless Miller skips his interviews
 
buzelis is overrated. just not that good. but Isaiah Collier is for real. best player i've seen in the class so far.
I think DA is either a little bit of a contrarian or he likes to deceive. Him stating he actually likes the 2024 draft more than 23… while holding three picks in 2023 and owing a pick in 2024 is kinda funny. I just don’t buy much of DAs public comments… some treat them as gospel… the narrative on the 2024 draft will develop over the next 12 months but it sounds like it’s not great. Which may present an opportunity to buy in at a low price if you disagree.
 
Danny is not intentionally decieving the media, but he does do a good job of not answering the questions, that would be at all telling to what his true intentions are smh
 
I just watched this. SO much to like but also a lot of glaring "rawness". I also think Ausar is being slept on.
It's probably the most half-court filled game highlights I've seen from an OTE game.

The shot looks fine to me. Hard to believe he will be a truly awful shooter.
 
I just watched this. SO much to like but also a lot of glaring "rawness". I also think Ausar is being slept on.
agreed about ausar. if some of the draft honks are right, you may be able to get the same player (or better) in Ausar 7 or 8 spots lower than amen. simply a better value. not sure there is a great argument amen is really even better than ausar at all, let alone several spots higher.

scoring is about even, assists are about even, rebounding advantage goes to ausar, three point shooting goes to ausar (ausar takes more and has a better percentage) and i think he's a better defender. amen has a significantly better FG%. in terms of size and athleticism they are clones. they are about as even as you can get - so if you can get one of them 8 spots lower, the value is just so much better.
 
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It's probably the most half-court filled game highlights I've seen from an OTE game.

The shot looks fine to me. Hard to believe he will be a truly awful shooter.
His shot doesn't look bad so if he is willing to put in the work then you would expect him to at least become a serviceable outside shooter and that is all he needs to really open up the rest of his game. In the open court he is going to be special.
 
agreed about ausar. if some of the draft honks are right, you may be able to get the same player (or better) in Ausar 7 or 8 spots lower than amen. simply a better value. not sure there is a great argument amen is really even better than ausar at all, let alone several spots higher.

scoring is about even, assists are about even, rebounding advantage goes to ausar, three point shooting goes to ausar (ausar takes more and has a better percentage) and i think he's a better defender. amen has a significantly better FG%. in terms of size and athleticism they are clones. they are about as even as you can get - so if you can get one of them 8 spots lower, the value is just so much better.
Agreed. I'm not really seeing much of a difference between the 2. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if Ausar becomes the better player. There is a good chance he ends up in a better situation as well where he isn't asked to do as much early on and can focus on becoming great at a few things while refining his game.
 
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