FarBeyondDriven wrote:hopefully that ends the foolishness about them being high lottery talents though I wouldn't hold my breath. Apologists are already being spin doctors. It's unfortunate the lights were too bright for Sheppard. Really sucked the air out of what was a really fun season from him. I wonder if he'll elect to return since first round isn't guaranteed like it probably is for Dillingham.
This is projection and I've stated as some others that I didn't think most of these guys are ready to start in this class as OAD prospects.
The strength of this class is the OAD talent at PG, upperclassmen prospects in particular as seniors, best senior class since 99, and you got a nice top 4 true center class led by Edey, Clingan, Missi, and Ware.
Other than that, it's all gonna be based on the pre draft process more than any previous class. I've said this a week ago or more than a week ago that we don't even know what the lottery will look like yet and there are five guys who will be in the lottery that we currently don't expect to be
This doesn't really change anything for me. Sheppard is a tier 3.5 kid and a bad game wasn't gonna drop him. I never thought he was a day 1 starter. Always saw him as a 8th man who grows into being a starter, then eventually a star
The frustrating thing about this class is it might be the worst OAD class in the modern NBA era which I classify as Greg Oden draft aka the beginning of OAD.