2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[Bodhi]

I think it came up sometime in this video.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er-5p44zY5Q


At least that's what I'm remembering that it came up in some capacity.

Jesus Christ.....

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Drafts usually end at 40 and this one likely won't be an exception.

Drafts usually end way before that. The 2019 draft was strong in the 40's but the last 3 drafts havent really produced much talent past the mid 30s

 

[SojoDave]

Was Cam the one who was caught in the locker room lighting up after a brief workout?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Man... this some ********... I got a bunch of stuff to finish and a call this afternoon and found out my mortal enemy is coming in to talk to someone else in the office. I ain't got time or energy for this **** today.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Fan Duel is currently giving slightly better odds to Bilal as the 9th pick over Cam Whitmore.

FD also thinks Ausar is a slight favorite to go #5 to Detroit.

 

[Jingled]

Stein reporting that Bilal could go as early as 6th.

 

[Elizah Huge]

View: https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/1671926265014784000


This is what I have been saying all along.

 

[SojoDave]

My concern with Bilal is that he is going to take a while to develop. I wouldn't expect much from him in his first year. If you want to be patient and wait a year, we might as well get GG. I think Hendricks and Black could help right away.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Stein reporting that Bilal could go as early as 6th.

I'm telling yall be prepared for Utah to trade up to 5th.... to take Bilal.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

My concern with Bilal is that he is going to take a while to develop. I wouldn't expect much from him in his first year. If you want to be patient and wait a year, we might as well get GG. I think Hendricks and Black could help right away.

He was a contributor a playoff team as a "raw" 18 year old. I think he is much closer to being a contributor than given credit for.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Question. Were Ainge’s picks in Boston predictable? I mean, Smart sort of was. That draft sucked. I personally felt Tatum was and felt all along he would be the best player in that draft. I liked the Brown pick but was he predicted to be taken at 3 by Boston?

honestly, i think he's as predictable as anybody. i've always been more in line with ainge than just about any gm - even when he (and I) were wrong about the prospect. in the smart draft it was either smart or randle, i liked both and would have gone smart (i would have gone smart at 5 too). brown was pretty much expected to go where he went as was tatum. even later in the draft - nesmith, in my opinion was the bpa and you couldn't pass on him at that point. he did draft langford too early in my opinion and i thought he took an intriguing risk on robert williams who had injury concerns. seems like he tends to draft big name players - he's not drafting sleepers for the most part. he's drafting, for the most part, guys who a lot of people consider the best player around that spot in the draft. highly recruited players out of HS is one pattern of his - i think he sees them as guys with big potential even if their frosh season wasn't amazing - that's where guys like whitmore, walker, george and even nsj could rear their heads on the jazz draft tonigh.

also, that entire paragraph could just be a bunch of ********.

 

[SojoDave]

GG > Bilal