They love everyone though. Until they run an actual mock or board you can’t trust what they say… they are like me having 25 guys in my top 15.
It was late in the process, later than now IIRC. He was also a 6’ 9” PG in a straight garbage draft.
The timing of Taylor's rise just isn't comparable imo. Draft boards are pretty fluid before the season... so big moves are common. Whether he is new or not matters but getting exposure later in the process matters with how quickly or high he will rise.
Yeah, I will admit nothing is coming to my mind right away and it's a bit tough to research this stuff in retrospect. We can certainly say there are foreign prospects who should have jumped up and probably didnt because they were foreign (aka Jokic, a 41st overall pick who was immediately pretty damn good for a rookie). Maybe our grasp of foreign prospects is just improving to the point where we can now identify these guys even when they aren't the pre-determined top guys.
100%, goes back to my theory that declaring and letting it be known you are firmly in is a big boost to your stock. Humans have limited capacity for information so if they dont believe you are coming out, they arent going to waste that memory space thinking about your draft prospects for that year.
IDK... I think he has a bunch of stuff that is uncertain... and most front offices avoid that ****. I think maybe Orlando, OKC, or Toronto would take him in the 10-15 range. Orlando because they have another high pick and Toronto cuz of Massai. Otherwise I am really certain he is there #16... and honestly... I'd have a hard time taking him over Bufkin, George, or Hawkins. If anything the foreign guys seem to drop in the draft.. maybe this year that changes but I doubt it.
It is the same for Bilal... it just is. The process is the teams evaluating players and the draft boards are much more firm than they were 6 months ago. There is still time but the process is further along and I think teams anchor themselves to their boards a bit. He is just as likely to have a meh showing now that he's on the radar and have a few scouts/teams say "told ya he was a youtube darling" and have his stock tumble a bit. I would guess he's in the 20s if you did a consensus nba draft board right now. If he comes into the combine and looks too skinny or just doesn't play well rest of the year I could see him going late first. If he has a big game or shows out at the combine I will change my mind. I just think how that we overreact more than nba gms/scouts.
I sure hope so. The Lonzo comp isn’t even good because Black’s passing highlights are really not very impressive to me. I know you can be a floor general without flashy passing, but flashy passing opens up a lot of scoring opportunities that solid reads and ho-hum passes just don’t. For his pretty dog **** shooting prospects, I’m gonna need more than him being tall and working hard to salivate.
The driving/foul drawing is his calling card. Arkansas also had some of the worst spacing possible and his shot isnt completely broken. He's also one of the leading candidates for "look out when this guy's body develops"
