NBA Draft 2027

SBNation has Quentin going #3

Illini_Jack said:

SBNation has Quentin going #3

NBA mock draft 2027: Updated projection with a lock at No. 1, but plenty of questions after that

Here’s our first projection of the 2027 NBA Draft.

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This draft is crazy thin. I'm trading out if I can.

My theory is that older guys are going to go higher, the Yaxel effect. The last thing I want to do is take some low ceiling 19 year old freshman that I'm going to have to pay 20mm before they're in any place to contribute. After watching Arkansas, I didn't see a kid on their roster that doesn't look 3 years from being a real NBA player.

I can see guys like Hough, Ngongba rising. Money Ball.

Illini_Jack said:

SBNation has Quentin going #3

NBA mock draft 2027: Updated projection with a lock at No. 1, but plenty of questions after that

Here’s our first projection of the 2027 NBA Draft.

www.sbnation.com

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You can feel the way the work Ayo (and TSJ, and KJ and Riley to some extent) has done is breaking down barriers and has blazed a path for Wagler and now Coleman to get this kind of treatment in the draft process. We get more and more credible as an NBA factory every year.

ChiefGritty said:

You can feel the way the work Ayo (and TSJ, and KJ and Riley to some extent) has done is breaking down barriers and has blazed a path for Wagler and now Coleman to get this kind of treatment in the draft process. We get more and more credible as an NBA factory every year.

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Holt vs Coleman - Holt is a physically imposing track athlete, winner of the underwear olympics type. Q is a functional all around hooper, also with a high motor. Can you teach Holt to shoot? I don't think it's that easy. Look at the Thompson Twins, Steph Castle. Shooting is a fine motor feel thing. If you're a 6'5" guard, you better be able to do it in the NBA.

IlliniWu said:

I don't know why people (Illini fans at that) keep trying to dissect his 3 point percentage. He's a very capable shooter but the other parts of his game are the reason why I made that statement. It really wasn't up for debate.

As the other person said, they did the same thing for Ayo (Though two different situations because he was never a "bad" shooter as some tried to make it). You can see how much he's made them eat those words. Stojakovic will do the same.

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Ayo did completely revamp his shot and it worked great. Scores of other players have failed to do that and it's hindered their careers and made them bad draft value for the teams that took them.

Ben Simmons was taken #1 in the draft based on his insane athletic profile and doing a lot of other things extremely well, with the idea that if his shot could come around he'd be an absolute world beater. It didn't work. There are tons of other examples who never turned it around. Ausar and Amen Thompson. Evan Turner. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Statistically, a poor college shooter is far more likely to remain a poor shooter in the NBA, than to develop that skill playing in the NBA (where you are going to face tougher defenders who give you less space and time to shoot).

This is not to say that Stoj is a poor shooter. I think he certainly needs to show he can do better to max his draft profile. And I think he can do that this season.