NBA Draft
I saw in Yahoo Sports where Dre was now in the 40's. That's a lot better than I anticipated and not everyone that has dropped out has. Not sure what they based that on. I will take Louisville's word that he is coming back. If however, by chance that Sacramento did work out something for a multi year deal and he goes, we would have plenty of money to spend on one of the players that drop out.
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Would not be too worried. They will pivot on the very off chance he stays in, but it is widely expected he's back.
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I think it’s a real chance Andre stays in the draft. Early round 2 pick.. maybe he takes a chance on himselfRD2, PK15
Andrej Stojaković
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Real chance is a massive stretch. It is very very very likely he's coming back to Illinois.
It seems like there’s a comparable case with TSJ for Andrej to stay. In 2023 TSJ was a rising senior projected late second round. He stayed, had a great season that was ultimately stained by the legal issues, but he got a deal that was worth substantially more had he stayed in the 2023 draft.
No matter what happens, if Andrej stays he’s going to be a high usage guy on our roster and could really pad his draft stock and line himself up to make substantially more in his first year in the NBA, while also getting another year to play in college at a very high level (vs almost certainly going to the g league and playing for some nonsense team in the middle of nowhere). That said, the opportunity for him to become a high value first round guy is ultimately on him to prove this year. Either way seems like a no brainer to me
Yes, and TSJ was also a much better prospect and higher ranked than Drej in that process.
Mara is climbing draft boards crazy fast.
Going in the late second round to play in the G League your rookie season is beyond me unless you’re out of eligibility, it seems like purgatory.
Why go into the draft a season early just to go play for the Carson City Turnip Farmers in front of a Covid crowd when you can probably make the same or more playing in front of 14K fans while also having the chance of going substantially higher in the draft a year later.
It's too bad the Bulls are so desperate for talent.
I want nothing to do with Brown but given they are so talent deprived, I could see them swinging for his upside and believing he's a franchise building block. Outside possibly Buzelis, I don't think a single player on the Bulls is even possible long term piece for winning in the future. Giddey is a solid primary on bad teams. His value plummets off ball. Glad they didn't blow their wad on paying him long term.
Really hoping the Bulls get some desperately needed luck in the lottery. This just feels like this is going to be a very very long rebuild process. I prefer Mara over Brown at 9 if I'm wanting to build a winning program. But the Bulls are so far away from that, I think they'd swing for upside for guys like Brown & ament with their picks.