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Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Good night for the pistons tank odds. Would have been nice if the rockets won too, but I think they got worst record clinched now.

Pistons have 3rd highest SRS in the league (Bucks, Sixers, Mavs), but I don't think OKC (LAL, LAC, Jazz) or Orlando (Hornets, Heat) will be winning any of their remaining games either. As long as the Pistons lose out, I think the tank standings are set.

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Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Laz jackson (detroit sbnation guy ) posted his top 10 big board and some of his comps are cracking me up.

Chet Holmgren: The guy Javale Mcgee thinks he is

Paolo: “The Two Halves of Blake Griffin’s Career Fused Together
keeegan murray: Tobias Harris, Insert Wing Player With $200 Million in Career Earnings Here

Tari Eason :Taller Hamidou Diallo, Young Robert Covington, Andre Iguodola minus most of the game sense stuff that makes him ANDRE EAGLE DOLLA.

10. Malaki Branham
NBA Player Comparison: Calm Dion Waiters, Caris LeVert, college Gary Harris


https://www.detroitbadboys.com/2022...-paolo-banchero

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/1516153948679385093

I keep forgetting the PIT is still a thing
https://twitter.com/jamontheboards/status/1515091917243138051

WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Apr 19, 2022

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:

Laz jackson (detroit sbnation guy ) posted his top 10 big board and some of his comps are cracking me up.

Chet Holmgren: The guy Javale Mcgee thinks he is

Paolo: “The Two Halves of Blake Griffin’s Career Fused Together
keeegan murray: Tobias Harris, Insert Wing Player With $200 Million in Career Earnings Here

Tari Eason :Taller Hamidou Diallo, Young Robert Covington, Andre Iguodola minus most of the game sense stuff that makes him ANDRE EAGLE DOLLA.

10. Malaki Branham
NBA Player Comparison: Calm Dion Waiters, Caris LeVert, college Gary Harris


https://www.detroitbadboys.com/2022...-paolo-banchero


7. Bennedict Mathur
NBA Player Comparison: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with more chutzpah, Terrence Ross, Jason Richardson

These guys aren't alike!

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Shaedon Sharpe might end up in the top 3 given his workouts. Even with the James Wiseman Yuck No College factor

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:

Shaedon Sharpe might end up in the top 3 given his workouts. Even with the James Wiseman Yuck No College factor

If he is as good as you say he is I think you are right. They would still be drafting 8 high schoolers a year if they could

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010
We'll never top NBAdraft.net comparing DeShawn Stevenson to loving Michael Jordan

morestuff
Aug 2, 2008

You can't stop what's coming
Hornets with two mid-round picks this year (13 + 15). Fully expecting them to do some dumb trades with them but I'm dreaming of just investing those in what looks like a decent class for defenders.

Who are the wing and big man defenders I should be rooting for around there?

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

we are going to pass on this guy because Monte has to win now
https://twitter.com/itsantwright/status/1520840159159324673

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/ChipJNBA/status/1521177606720270337?t=FuS61F7-YpNg9RrnQVjchQ&s=19

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
I can't wait to see his dunks. He's going to be great to watch.

JackBandit
Jun 6, 2011

Ahhh how the gently caress does this have a yellow-green-red color scale.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

WhyteRyce posted:

we are going to pass on this guy because Monte has to win now
https://twitter.com/itsantwright/status/1520840159159324673

I think this draft is going to end up as Shaedon number 2 Jabari Smith number 1

Veryslightlymad
Jun 3, 2007

I fight with
my brain
and with an
underlying
hatred of the
Erebonian
Noble Faction

JackBandit posted:

Ahhh how the gently caress does this have a yellow-green-red color scale.

In that actual order. Dear god. It's a crime against infographics.

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 glad there are receipts on this forum of me saying "you know, I think Koloko has something, he should be on NBA scouts radar more" two years ago when he didn't even show up in most draft databases at the time.

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
I sure hope trevion williams gets drafted, we could always use more senguns in the league

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8SgMb5s3HE

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land





So which of these dudes is good then

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Koloko by the numbers but the color scheme makes zero fuckin sense to me

Edit: my bad, Holmgren seems to make teams worse, but Koloko was the biggest contributor

Blind Pineapple
Oct 27, 2010

For The Perfect Fruit 'n' Kaman

1 part gin
1 part pomegranate syrup
Fill with pineapple juice
Serve over crushed ice

College Slice
It appears that Holmgren is the best individually, but Koloko does miracle work on an otherwise terrible defensive team.

I'm all in on Holmgren for the Rockets.

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
Holmgren/Sengun would be the weirdest, wildest frontcourt ever.

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Holmgren and Poku on the same team and rename it the Oklahoma City Walking Stick Bugs

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
Keegan Murray is my pick for being good and making me look dumb for doubting him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIOfp9XI3I

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

dokmo posted:

Keegan Murray is my pick for being good and making me look dumb for doubting him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIOfp9XI3I

The red flag is that he is slooooooooooOow which has been horrible for mid pottery wings in the last several years

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Lol at mid pottery. I love your text to speech, buddy.

Jabari Smith is a player with strong ceramic and a high glaze, low batt. Definitely high pottery, maybe even first pot.

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
Jeremy Woo just published his big board with capsules on the top 60 players

https://www.si.com/nba/2022/05/05/nba-draft-big-board-ranking-top-100-prospects-jabari-smith-jaden-ivey-chet-holmgren-paolo-banchero

Sam Vecenie published his a few days ago if you have the athletic

https://theathletic.com/3277809/2022/05/02/2022-nba-draft-big-board-jabari-smith-chet-holmgren/

Think Less
Dec 29, 2016
Looks like a good draft for dudes at the 4/5. Rim protection is the biggest hole the thunder need to fill this off-season, and hopefully they get one with their three picks

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Paolo Banchero is secretly also super bowl winning qb Patrick mahomes https://twitter.com/Stuckey2/status/1523379575274688513?t=My_VUTjwM1t6ZU7EqzWaHA&s=19

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1524194179726942208

https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/1524207938566594563

WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 04:00 on May 11, 2022

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Paolo trying to make a case for himself. That's cool.

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 don't think Murray should go to the combine but I also don't think he should go back to Iowa. I think the mystery helps him.

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Draft Lottery Tuesday. Posters, time to prime your unrealistic expectations.

morestuff
Aug 2, 2008

You can't stop what's coming
Hornets absolutely moving up

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

It's going to be pretty cool when the Kings drop to 8th or whatever and all the local media dopes and posters doing smug laps post trade deadline about the Kings not tanking or doing win now moves try to spin this off into a "trading for Jerami Grant is the best thing we can do"

Or they move up to 3 and still argue to do the Grant trade because you can't put Banchero on a team with Fox and Sabonis.

Veryslightlymad
Jun 3, 2007

I fight with
my brain
and with an
underlying
hatred of the
Erebonian
Noble Faction
For maximum comedy, I need the Lakers pick to win.

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/NBAPR/status/1526253812050276354?t=D7kVUMGX-kaPKRwtj6LwUg&s=19

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
Let's go Rip! Hope he busts out a mask for shits and giggles.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Lets go detroit

Think Less
Dec 29, 2016
Really hope the thunder get a top 3 pick this year. I suspect they tank again next season because they don't have cap space to put an actual team together until next summer. Biggest need is at the 5, followed by bench players at every position except maybe pg if tre mann continues to play like he did towards the end of this season

Edit: a lot of the thunder roster is difficult to evaluate due to the tank. Dudes were forced into playmaking roles who clearly weren't suited for it. That, and the lineups were changing daily. Guys like Ty Jerome and Kenrich Williams have value, but couldn't initiate the offense for poo poo.

Think Less fucked around with this message at 23:22 on May 16, 2022

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010
Nick Collison, Thunder legend

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morestuff
Aug 2, 2008

You can't stop what's coming
I’m guessing that’s a sign the Hornets aren’t trading PJ Washington this summer, at least

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