Following Potential 2025 Draftees
- Thread starter Elizah Huge
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Id rather take Essengue at 5 than Kon at 5 tbh.
I just cant reconcile with being that safe at 5.
I just cant reconcile with being that safe at 5.
Chargers Jazz Angels
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I think I'll throw out some "hot" or maybe luke warm takes.
Cooper Flagg - won't be the best player from this draft. He should be top 5 but not the best and maybe not the second best in 10 years.
Dylan Harper - is going to look like a bust his first year in the league.
VJ Edgecomb - will be in an NBA finals. He might not be the best player on the team but he will be in a finals.
Ace Bailey - will be the player that will get GMs extensions or fired.
Trye Johnson - will be a top 10 scorer in the NBA at some point. He will win rookie of the year.
Kon Knuepple - will have the longest career in this draft class. He might not be the best player but he will be valuable every where he goes.
Derek Queen - will be out of the league in 5 years.
Kaman Maluach - will be considered top 5 in DPOY award during his career.
Egor Demin - will shoot above league average from 3 for his career. He will even approach 40% for a bit.
Nolan Traore - will be a consistent starter in the NBA and will be considered for an All-Star team.
Cooper Flagg - won't be the best player from this draft. He should be top 5 but not the best and maybe not the second best in 10 years.
Dylan Harper - is going to look like a bust his first year in the league.
VJ Edgecomb - will be in an NBA finals. He might not be the best player on the team but he will be in a finals.
Ace Bailey - will be the player that will get GMs extensions or fired.
Trye Johnson - will be a top 10 scorer in the NBA at some point. He will win rookie of the year.
Kon Knuepple - will have the longest career in this draft class. He might not be the best player but he will be valuable every where he goes.
Derek Queen - will be out of the league in 5 years.
Kaman Maluach - will be considered top 5 in DPOY award during his career.
Egor Demin - will shoot above league average from 3 for his career. He will even approach 40% for a bit.
Nolan Traore - will be a consistent starter in the NBA and will be considered for an All-Star team.
International players can withdraw by June 15th. I wonder if the already thin second round will get even thinner.
I bet Neoklis Avdalis ends up going to NCAA.
If I really believed this I would look at him at 5.
David Hume
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Cool takes, Chargers. I don’t have the expertise to judge with precision, but it is certainly entertaining that you made such predictions.
RandyForRubio
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Some of you take what the front office says to the public too seriously. It’s generally always going to be generic, boiler plate stuff that doesn’t mean anything.
David Hume
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In PSYOP, we used to call this “glittering generalities.”
Basketball Novice
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I'm not so sure, AA sounded definitive about the whole non tanking stance. He could have given a more diplomatic, non answer like JZ has given before but he choose to be more direct and reject intentional/deliberate tanking altogether.
Tremendous Upside
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I'd rather not.
In the Wemby and Cooper drafts too
Does anybody remember the 2020 draft enough to remember how Tyrese Haliburton dropped to 12?
I did not pay attention to the draft much at that time, so I really don't remember. I'm going back through some of his college numbers and film, and he definitely pops. It's easy to say in retrospect, I understand, but I'm curious what people were saying at the time. Was it just a COVID thing that nobody trusted any of the data at the time?
I did not pay attention to the draft much at that time, so I really don't remember. I'm going back through some of his college numbers and film, and he definitely pops. It's easy to say in retrospect, I understand, but I'm curious what people were saying at the time. Was it just a COVID thing that nobody trusted any of the data at the time?
HadAnEffectHere
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Haliburton's ball handling was very questionable for a PG and his shooting form was so bad that people were concerned he wasn't going to be a good shooter in the NBA. Those two combined with his ehh athleticism made him drop, but he was ranked around 7th or 8th on big boards.