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Dejan Bimble posted:Flagg isn't just a number one pick. He is rare. He is maybe a top 5 prospect in the last 20 years Wemby Zion (as prospect) KAT Davis Irving Rose Not saying Flagg is a bum but those are off the top of my head and not touching anyone who didn’t go one like Durant.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I don't remember Rose or Kyrie getting nearly as much hype from preseason all the way through the tournament (Kyrie got hurt like 11 games in though). KAT was someone whose stock rose over time too. IIRC the presumptive top pick going into that season was Jahlil Okafor lol. Rose and Kyrie were also in a pre-social media era, though. Just for fun, going back to 2007 and seeing who the top prospects were: 2007: Kevin Love. UCLA, got lost in Minny, ring with the Cavs. 2008: Brandon Jennings. Went overseas instead of college, drafted 10th, had a nice career but nothing great. 2009: Avery Bradley. Texas, 7 years with Boston then bounced around. 2010: Harrison Barnes. UNC, 7th to Warriors and got a ring, good but not great. 2011: Anthony Davis. Kentucky, 1st overall (our first one!), ring in LA, Top 75 both all time and in time spent in the trainers room. 2012: Nerlens Noel. Kentucky, tore his ACL, taken by Trust the Process 76ers (RIP), bounced around and is out of the league. 2013: Andrew Wiggins. Kansas, #1 to Cavs then traded for Kevin Love, got a ring with the Dubs as a role player. 2014: Jahlil Okaford. Duke, taken by Trust the Process 76ers (RIP), journeyman/overseas. 2015: Ben Simmons. LSU, taken 1st by Trust the Process 76ers (RIP), scared of Trey Young, allergic to offensive basketball and sometimes basketball itself. 2016: Harry Giles. Duke but eternally hurt, washed out of the league. 2017: Marvin Bagley. Duke, 2nd to Kings, he's a guy. 2018: R.J. Barrett. Duke, 3rd to Knicks, deported back to Canada. Zion was #2, I swore he was first. 2019: James Wiseman. Stayed home in Memphis although he left the team after about five minutes, taken #2 by Dubs who were trying to contend and not develop, in first bust territory because don't take a project big if you're a favorite to win a ring. It's happened twice now c'mon. 2020: Jalen Green. G League Ignite, 2nd to Houston, so far so good. 2021: Chet Holmgren. Gonzaga, #2 to OKC, immediately got hurt and then hurt again. 2022: Dereck Lively. Duke, taken by OKC and traded to Mavs, was good then got hurt like every other Mavs player on the team. 2023: Isaiah Collier. USC but whatever people were hyping Wemby for half a decade by this point. 2024: Cooper Flagg. 2025: A.J. Dybantsa. Signed to BYU of all places, ranked one over the good Boozer twin and the other Boozer twin. 2026: All busts. 2027: #1 prospect is named Babatunde Oladotun, I've seen enough, put him in the Hall. C. Everett Koop fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Mar 29, 2025 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:If we're talking about guys as they were coming out of high school, I vaguely remember Zion being number 2 as well. What source did you use Koop? I used ESPN on the basis that I'm lazy, I'm sure Rivals/et al., had different rankings.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:BYU/Mormon Church has low-key infinity dollars to spend. They could easily pay for an all-ringer team if they wanted to, provided the players could deal with the mormoness for a few motnhs In theory Notre Dame should as well and lord knows their male hoops have been trash for a minute here.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I imagine getting a work visa is a different process and professional sports teams can make it happen more easily. If K can't get a person smuggled across a border these days what good is he?
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Henchman of Santa posted:Is he the highest projected American Jewish prospect since Danny Schayes? There was an Orthodox guy like a decade or so back who wouldn't play on the Sabbath, which probably would have been an issue had he made it anywhere.
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Silver :pumps shotgun: keep tanking motherfuckers Dejan Bimble posted:Ron Harper is an awkward spot. At 6'6, pick him second, gently caress it, he's good now. at 6'4 you're in devin booker territory where he's pg sized but not a pg Good thing the Spurs have a PG then. OFC they also have a SG as well, not sure if Castle can slot in as a 3, if not then you're probably packaging the pick for someone else and taking .50 on the dollar. Rick posted:Probably going to be a lot of sellers in this year's first round outside of the lottery so it might be a good idea to pay attention even if your team doesn't have a pick. Considering only three teams outside of the lottery have their original pick you might as well just spin a roulette wheel after the lottery is over. C. Everett Koop fucked around with this message at 05:44 on May 14, 2025 |
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