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Who is the #1 Overall Pick This poll is closed.
Anthony Edwards	17	26.98%
Cole Anthony	3	4.76%
James Wiseman	12	19.05%
LaMelo Ball	19	30.16%
Other	12	19.05%
Total:	63 votes

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MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Declan MacManus posted:

then they�d probably be targeting pat will or poku, especially if they move hayward

They can get one of those guys pretty easily with the Grizz pick without moving up I think. Then maybe use one of those later ones on a stash like Bolmaro like Sam has them doing.

# ? Sep 8, 2020 17:55

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 09:48

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

https://twitter.com/DXContent/status/1303390106489847809?s=19

I can kind of see the Bazley thing I guess but MPJ and McDaniels are not similar players at all aside from being tall wings. The revisionism on MPJ is so dumb, no one thought he was a bad offensive player! The issue everyone had with him was defense, where he still sucks, and health. For some reason being healthy for one partial season has convinced people that having back surgery before he turned 20 will never cause any problems down the road.

# ? Sep 8, 2020 18:54

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

MourningView posted:

The revisionism on MPJ is so dumb, no one thought he was a bad offensive player!

Every player comp I ever heard of him pre-injury had the words "Kevin Durant" jammed in somewhere so the revisionism is indeed wild

# ? Sep 8, 2020 19:57

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

I think Garland would be a lot more impressive if he had been allowed to finish his season, he was starting to put numbers up and I was pleased with his progress. He isn't getting the bump most rookie starters get from having a whole half season of garbage time to just collect stats.

MourningView posted:

https://twitter.com/DXContent/status/1303390106489847809?s=19

I can kind of see the Bazley thing I guess but MPJ and McDaniels are not similar players at all aside from being tall wings. The revisionism on MPJ is so dumb, no one thought he was a bad offensive player! The issue everyone had with him was defense, where he still sucks, and health. For some reason being healthy for one partial season has convinced people that having back surgery before he turned 20 will never cause any problems down the road.

The whole narrative about teams passing on him is bad. Denver was pretty much the only team in position to draft him and let him sit a year, they had a stacked roster already, and plenty of cap space, had another team drafted a guy who couldn't sit in a chair during his draft interviews that high they would have been taking a much bigger risk.

# ? Sep 8, 2020 20:53

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

Declan MacManus posted:

then they�d probably be targeting pat will or poku, especially if they move hayward

I can't figure out what they'd even want in a Hayward deal, especially now that Robert Williams is playable

# ? Sep 8, 2020 21:51

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

It's really rare for a team to trade a big FA acquisition like that without the players buy-in. I doubt Hayward goes anywhere.

He was really pretty good for them this year too, so I don't know why they'd feel like they have to move him.

# ? Sep 8, 2020 21:54

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Rick posted:

I think Garland would be a lot more impressive if he had been allowed to finish his season, he was starting to put numbers up and I was pleased with his progress. He isn't getting the bump most rookie starters get from having a whole half season of garbage time to just collect stats.

I don't think he's bad I just don't think he'd go ahead on LaMelo on very many boards. He was shooting pretty well once he got settled in, but he's still like a 6'0" guard who didn't do a lot aside from score and it's hard to build around that, especially when you have another one. Their roster construction is very stupid.

# ? Sep 8, 2020 22:18

Algund Eenboom: May 4, 2014

https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1303700465872502784 By the time next season begins everyone will have had time to fix their shot

# ? Sep 9, 2020 18:23

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

Alright which members of the pac12 all defensive team and or freshman team have decided to stay in the draft

# ? Sep 9, 2020 19:21

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Metapod posted:

Alright which members of the pac12 all defensive team and or freshman team have decided to stay in the draft

tyler bey is very thundery although his 3 point percentage might be too high

They probably do actually like Jaden McDaniels who is a collection of long limbs that only sometimes seems to know how to play basketball

cassius stanley is ACC but he probably has the best vert in the class so he has to be on the thunder board somewhere high

E: Josh Green too but he might go too high

MourningView fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Sep 9, 2020

# ? Sep 9, 2020 19:29

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

After watching 1 highlight video and reading 1 short write up I want Theo Maledon

# ? Sep 9, 2020 20:38

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Theo is slow and can dribble and shoot, not Presti's type

# ? Sep 9, 2020 20:48

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

presti is drafting Paul Eboua and im going to dribble my ball thinking of theo

# ? Sep 9, 2020 21:04

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Remy Martin would be a nice scoring punch off the bench ... . ... . . .

# ? Sep 9, 2020 21:10

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

Metapod posted:

After watching 1 highlight video and reading 1 short write up I want Theo Maledon

wrong french guard

# ? Sep 9, 2020 22:22

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

Declan MacManus posted:

wrong french guard

My favorite team drafts with the winners so miss me with your lotto plays

# ? Sep 9, 2020 22:28

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Rick posted:

Remy Martin would be a nice scoring punch off the bench ... . ... . . .

If only Remy and Bassy Telfair had been on the same team at the same time

# ? Sep 10, 2020 08:39

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

MourningView posted:

I don't think he's bad I just don't think he'd go ahead on LaMelo on very many boards. He was shooting pretty well once he got settled in, but he's still like a 6'0" guard who didn't do a lot aside from score and it's hard to build around that, especially when you have another one. Their roster construction is very stupid.

ACTUUALLY PLAYING TWO SHOOT FIRST SMALL GUARDS ONE MAN OFF THE STREET AND TWO OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING SPECIALISTS WHO CANT DEFEND IS A GOODE IDEA

# ? Sep 10, 2020 08:41

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Dejan Bimble posted:

If only Remy and Bassy Telfair had been on the same team at the same time

# ? Sep 10, 2020 08:59

Boonoo: Nov 4, 2009; ASHRAKAN!
Take your Thralls and dive back into the depths! Give us the meat and GO!; Grimey Drawer

Some draft info in a news dump from Shams Charania at The Athletic. https://theathletic.com/2057813/202..._shared_article

quote:

The NBA and National Basketball Association are planning for a Nov. 18 NBA draft.
...
The NBA is planning a Draft Combine process beginning later this month and in two parts:

� Mid-September to early October: In-market medical exams and on-court drills and virtual interviews.

� Mid-October to Draft date: Teams will be able to conduct in-person interviews with prospects � but no workouts.

Also of note, the NBA and G League, which have already acquired several top prospects such as Jalen Green and Jonathan Kuminga for the new elite team Ignite, now have significant interest in pursuing top international players prior to their draft year. For example, this would be like if 2020 lottery prospect Killian Hayes played in the G League�s elite program prior to the draft. Hayes is a top prospect after playing professionally in Germany.

That bit at the end is interesting.

Seems like at its best it�d be beneficial to both the European prospects and NBA teams at the expense of the Euro leagues.

# ? Sep 12, 2020 00:05

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

As long as you're good enough to actually get minutes you're going to develop way more playing in Europe than on a fake G-League team. It'd be good for someone like Poku whose team was trying to hide him but I don't see how it'd benefit someone like Hayes, at least in terms of his basketball development. Maybe being somewhere where it's easier for NBA people to see you helps your stock, I dunno.

# ? Sep 12, 2020 01:14

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

fun with arbitrary endpoints but idc

https://twitter.com/NBADraftWass/status/1304582593174700039?s=19

# ? Sep 12, 2020 01:55

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

MourningView posted:

As long as you're good enough to actually get minutes you're going to develop way more playing in Europe than on a fake G-League team. It'd be good for someone like Poku whose team was trying to hide him but I don't see how it'd benefit someone like Hayes, at least in terms of his basketball development. Maybe being somewhere where it's easier for NBA people to see you helps your stock, I dunno.

Biggest thing it does is gives players leverage if they are NBA bound. FIBA contracts are better than they were, but its always nice when you aren't locked into contracts with onerous buyouts or the like.

# ? Sep 12, 2020 02:02

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

I don't even remember the last time a buyout was a big issue

# ? Sep 12, 2020 02:14

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

MourningView posted:

I don't even remember the last time a buyout was a big issue

rubio

# ? Sep 12, 2020 02:17

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

MourningView posted:

I don't even remember the last time a buyout was a big issue

Saric didn't come over for a year because of the buyout, Doncic had a $2mil buyout. NBA salaries have gotten big enough that that buyouts are easier to get around but they are still there and they still kinda suck for the players.

# ? Sep 12, 2020 02:34

tanglewood1420: Oct 28, 2010; The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Poku no.1 in my heart

https://twitter.com/Mike_Schmitz/status/1308929036673048578?s=19

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:02

Katana_Warrior: Dec 25, 2009

tanglewood1420 posted:

Poku no.1 in my heart

https://twitter.com/Mike_Schmitz/status/1308929036673048578?s=19

its really too bad that he's built like a tall jonny greenwood

also that last 3 definitely was an uncalled travel

# ? Sep 24, 2020 12:57

Redgrendel2001: Sep 1, 2006; you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1310371687205089280?s=19

# ? Sep 28, 2020 01:13

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Toppin and especially Wiseman definitely made the right decision not doing it. Invite Nate Hinton, cowards

MourningView fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Sep 28, 2020

# ? Sep 28, 2020 01:18

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

https://twitter.com/JeremyWoo/status/1310372270607654916?s=19

https://twitter.com/JeremyWoo/status/1310373284022804487?s=19

https://twitter.com/JeremyWoo/status/1310373974933676032?s=19

# ? Sep 28, 2020 02:00

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

I'm actually not sure what LaMelo's purpose to going is unless he is sure his measurements are good.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 02:21

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

If he's going I assume it's because he's like 6'8" now

# ? Sep 28, 2020 02:32

ButtWolf: Dec 30, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Rick posted:

I'm actually not sure what LaMelo's purpose to going is unless he is sure his measurements are good.

My theory: He wants to go #1. Toss up between him and the other 2 (possibly 3). I think just by showing up and reminding people what he is capable of might generate some sort of recency bias type of thing.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:52

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.