NBA Draft

#201      
Battle89
Fly Illini Fly! said:
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Point taken all who replied, and thank you. I hope it was clear I was not denigrating Tyler.

However, in my own defense: 1) all replies referenced the same (supremely excellent, granted!) player, and my 'often' meant multiple players. 2) From all I've read, it was KW's AAU pushing more than we were pulling, though of course at some point Tyler picked up the ball and ran with it.

Having said that, given that Tyler's previous title was Director of Recruitment, I guess I must say my comment was not the best! Looks like Ethan Brown is Tyler's for this year's class.
 

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#206      
PleaseMakeABowlGame
Washington should just trade down to 2 and get Peterson. Let UTAH have AJ (whom they LOVE).

Peterson’s the best prospect in the class. Even expert evaluators have said it. If his Kansas thing puts AJ ever so slightly ahead, you could still get loads of assets… just to draft the best guard prospect since at least Ant Edwards.
 
#207      
KingWolf11
PleaseMakeABowlGame said:
ament at 6 would probably be the most absurd pick in years. (especially with the guard talent available)

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It is if you realize most of these front offices draft on project vs who they truly believe is the right pick in order to try to extend their own career. Trust me my buddy is in a front office and its laughable.

Get someone athletic and young so you can preach ceiling and development.

The Bulls paid Patrick Williams 95 million after watching him not be able to play for the same reason to try and save their jobs saying he still had potential to ownership.
 
#211      
ChiefGritty
Fly Illini Fly! said:
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Solid list but I feel like Darko, Flynn and Bagley have to be the top 3 in terms of the obviousness of what they passed on to make those picks (and in Flynn's case him being a markedly worse fit with Ricky Rubio than Steph would have been to boot).

Kwame Brown ought to be on there too, and Zaccharie Risacher is at risk of joining the list soon.
 
#212      
Fly Illini Fly!
This guy sounds fairly plugged in, so here’s the latest draft talk:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2069093218524840272

“Over the last week, and as we've reported on ClutchPoints, it has become very apparent that the Clippers have valued two guards above the rest of the field in this draft class with the fifth pick: Mikel Brown Jr. and Keaton Wagler.

Whereas Brown possesses a lot of long-term, star-like upside with his dynamic scoring abilities, similar to fellow Louisville alum Donovan Mitchell when he was drafted in 2017, Wagler is a terrific combo guard with an incredibly high IQ and understanding of where to be on the court.

Essentially, this debate for the Clippers, from the standpoint of other rival personnel who spoke with ClutchPoints, comes down to whether they want someone who can be an elite shooting option off the ball next to Darius Garland and someone who can be a secondary playmaker, which is Wagler, or someone who brings a rare combination of size and athleticism in the backcourt and can become their top scoring option down the road, which is Brown.
 
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