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2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread

KqWIN said:
Honestly, I think people would just think it's boring because he's going to miss a year. There are legitimate health concerns with that of course, but all of a sudden all these "concerns" came out that are completely unrelated to his wingspan or health.
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Yeah... I mean... there probably would be players at 10 I would us rather pick than Topic, but if we did pick Topic I'd be good with it. IMO this draft is such a crapshoot that I don't see why I should have super strong opinions on any of those players. I can see pretty much any of them failing spectacularly.
 
stitches said:
So.. nothing about his actual game/play. I understand the worries about his injury, but the intense dislike of a potential pick of Topic seems kind of over the top to me..
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I don't think I've moved him too much, but never had him super high. I really wanted to see him against better competition, but it never really happened. I always worried when watching his game film that the competition he was playing against looked bad.
 
One of my last pre-draft takes - I don't feel confident enough in any of the players of this draft either way. Thus... even though I do have my preferences, I think the extra shots the additional picks provide are more valuable than the perceived jump in value between drafting at 10 or at 5 in this specific draft. In other words - I would prefer we don't trade up in the draft. I think I'd be OK with pretty much anybody at 10. There are a few I'd be more excited about(Castle, Carter, Edey... Salaun?), but I can see the case for drafting pretty much anybody from the players projected in the lottery right now.
 
stitches said:
One of my last pre-draft takes - I don't feel confident enough in any of the players of this draft either way. Thus... even though I do have my preferences, I think the extra shots the additional picks provide are more valuable than the perceived jump in value between drafting at 10 or at 5 in this specific draft. In other words - I would prefer we don't trade up in the draft. I think I'd be OK with pretty much anybody at 10. There are a few I'd be more excited about(Castle, Carter, Edey... Salaun?), but I can see the case for drafting pretty much anybody from the players projected in the lottery right now.
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this sums up how how feel about trading up. you trade up, you trade up and lose an asset or assets, for a player with significant warts who may very well be worse than the guy you draft at 10.
 
stitches said:
Yeah... I mean... there probably would be players at 10 I would us rather pick than Topic, but if we did pick Topic I'd be good with it. IMO this draft is such a crapshoot that I don't see why I should have super strong opinions on any of those players. I can see pretty much any of them failing spectacularly.
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Yeah...he didn't move much for me but I didn't have him in top 3 range. Bumped him a tier down because knee surgeries are not great for guy whose main skill is getting to the rim/finishing at the rim, but for the most part the concerns always existed. Still think he's not a terrible at 10, I can see how it's anticlimactic to draft someone who won't play his first season though.

I really uninspiring draft IMO. I really like Shep, but even then his most likely scenario is just a good player. There were like 6-8 guys in last year's draft that I think would be in the conversation for #1 this year and several that would be no doubt #1. Heck, I think you could make some kind of argument for Hendricks (as a prospect) over Risacher.
 
KqWIN said:
Yeah...he didn't move much for me but I didn't have him in top 3 range. Bumped him a tier down because knee surgeries are not great for guy whose main skill is getting to the rim/finishing at the rim, but for the most part the concerns always existed. Still think he's not a terrible at 10, I can see how it's anticlimactic to draft someone who won't play his first season though.

I really uninspiring draft IMO. I really like Shep, but even then his most likely scenario is just a good player. There were like 6-8 guys in last year's draft that I think would be in the conversation for #1 this year and several that would be no doubt #1. Heck, I think you could make some kind of argument for Hendricks (as a prospect) over Risacher.
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This was a hot take of mine earlier in the pre-draft season... not sure if it was you or someone else I was talking with about this exact thing - Taylor Hendricks looked like a better prospect last year than Risacher. Now, maybe Risacher did enough in the playoffs to edge it out at the end... but either way I don't think the difference is huge.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Just checked fr and am seeing 55.1. The Ringer was what I was referencing so they need to update.
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here. the official gleague stats -

stats.gleague.nba.com

Ronald Holland II

Ronald Holland II Official NBA G League Stats, Player Logs, Boxscores, Shotcharts and Videos
stats.gleague.nba.com stats.gleague.nba.com

either way a far cry from the 47%. listed by the ringer. they really should fix that. it goes from being horrible to average and even impressive for a player as young as Holland who is young, even for a OAD. almost a full year younger than Buzelis, for example.
 
stitches said:
This was a hot take of mine earlier in the pre-draft season... not sure if it was you or someone else I was talking with about this exact thing - Taylor Hendricks looked like a better prospect last year than Risacher. Now, maybe Risacher did enough in the playoffs to edge it out at the end... but either way I don't think the difference is huge.
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Yeah….they project to have similarish roles. I think their selling point is the ease of fitting into a valuable rotation/role but neither is likely to be a star or higher usage player. Risacher has a much better feel to his game imo, but Hendricks has better physical attributes.
 
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