Way too early NBA draft thread 2021

Pax for Prez · Post #201 » by **Pax for Prez** » Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:51 pm

JohnnyTapwater wrote:Sharife Cooper is a great fit. I love his game.

I hope he is actually 6'1", espn best player has him listed at 5'10" (link below)

https://www.espn.com/nba/draft/bestavailable/_/position/pg

JohnnyTapwater · Post #202 » by **JohnnyTapwater** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:18 pm

Josh Giddy is another prospect I have my eye on. 6'8 ambidextrous-pass-first PG? Reminds me of Sato

VolumePoster · Post #203 » by **VolumePoster** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:55 pm

Pax for Prez wrote:
JohnnyTapwater wrote:Sharife Cooper is a great fit. I love his game.

I hope he is actually 6'1", espn best player has him listed at 5'10" (link below)

https://www.espn.com/nba/draft/bestavailable/_/position/pg

I really enjoy watching him play. It will be fascinating to watch is stock evolve in the area of Trey Young.

With respect to Sharife, he's definitely not 6'1. But even more important will be his 3 pt shooting. He's shooting at high volume suggesting he's confident and can make shots. We'll see where his percentages trend.

But yeah, I love Cooper as well. Definitely a fan.

othawhitemeat · Post #204 » by **othawhitemeat** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:07 pm

I know prospects are never a sure thing and tanking is usually not the best strategy, but in a shortened year, I just want to hope we continue to show progress in imorovement and style of play while still having a top 3 or 4 bad record. I feel this class has tier 1 of 5 possible changing type talents and then there is a little bit of a dropoff. If we could somehowbland a top 5 pick, we have a chance to get a differencemaker along with cap space, good coaching, and some young assets.

1) Cunningham
2) Suggs
3) Green
4) Mobley
5) Kaminga

Dropoff

6) Zhaire Williams shows game but worry about his consistency and motor and then many others show some kind of not as elite tier.

Kukoc-Lauri · Post #205 » by **Kukoc-Lauri** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:59 pm

Maybe i am wrong but i am super high on both Green and Suggs. Call me crazy, but somehow i convinced myself that Green is second coming of Kobe (light version) and Suggs is Rose.

Pax for Prez · Post #206 » by **Pax for Prez** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:19 pm

Kukoc-Lauri wrote:Maybe i am wrong but i am super high on both Green and Suggs. Call me crazy, but somehow i convinced myself that Green is second coming of Kobe (light version) and Suggs is Rose.

This draft is 4-5 players strong at the top ....COME ON LOTTERY LUCK :nod:

TheFinishSniper · Post #207 » by **TheFinishSniper** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:33 pm

Pax for Prez wrote:
Kukoc-Lauri wrote:Maybe i am wrong but i am super high on both Green and Suggs. Call me crazy, but somehow i convinced myself that Green is second coming of Kobe (light version) and Suggs is Rose.

This draft is 4-5 players strong at the top ....COME ON LOTTERY LUCK

So we will draft 6 or 7 again...great

NecessaryEvil · Post #208 » by **NecessaryEvil** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:42 am

I'm all in on the Jalen Green bandwagon early......

Rose2Boozer · Post #209 » by **Rose2Boozer** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:24 am

Auburn vs. Kentucky should be a good game.

Kukoc-Lauri · Post #210 » by **Kukoc-Lauri** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:26 am

Bright side of this frustrating losses is Nba draft lottery and Bulls getting top 3 pick. Looking forward on 13 july of 2021 and Chicago Bulls with second pick selects pointguard Jalen Suggs from Gonzaga university and Jay Bilas after that yeah great pick for the Bulls, B.Donovan needed floor general and they got it with this kidd. He is going to be star,franchise type and this is excellent choice by Bulls. That is my highlight of this season.

Leslie Forman · Post #211 » by **Leslie Forman** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:46 am

Rose2Boozer wrote:Did someone else just add their name to the lottery discussion?

Sharife Cooper

Watch on YouTube

I'll wait and see what he ends up doing shooting-wise.

He looks decently, but not outstandingly quick, and he also isn't an explosive little tank either. At his size, he's going to have to be an elite shooter to be a great NBA player.

So far he is 1-11 from three.

Am2626 · Post #212 » by **Am2626** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:29 pm

TheFinishSniper wrote:
Pax for Prez wrote:
Kukoc-Lauri wrote:Maybe i am wrong but i am super high on both Green and Suggs. Call me crazy, but somehow i convinced myself that Green is second coming of Kobe (light version) and Suggs is Rose.

This draft is 4-5 players strong at the top ....COME ON LOTTERY LUCK

So we will draft 6 or 7 again...great

If that happens then it’s time to include any of Carter Jr, Coby White, or even Lauri to move up in the draft.

MrSparkle · Post #213 » by **MrSparkle** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:15 pm

Am2626 wrote:
TheFinishSniper wrote:
Pax for Prez wrote:
This draft is 4-5 players strong at the top ....COME ON LOTTERY LUCK

So we will draft 6 or 7 again...great

If that happens then it’s time to include any of Carter Jr, Coby White, or even Lauri to move up in the draft.

Frankly, I don't think Lauri (expiring) and Wendell have any 2021 draft value - at all. WCJ would be salary filler, not a 'trade-up' asset.

If this draft is as good as projected, neither of these guys are moving you into the top-5.

Coby might be good for a 1-3 spot bump outside the top-7. I can see the Knicks being like "Hey we'll give you #8/DSJ for #11/Coby." And that might be a nice outcome depending on the target.

Leslie Forman · Post #214 » by **Leslie Forman** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:36 pm

MrSparkle wrote:Frankly, I don't think Lauri (expiring) and Wendell have any 2021 draft value - at all. WCJ would be salary filler, not a 'trade-up' asset.

If this draft is as good as projected, neither of these guys are moving you into the top-5.

Coby might be good for a 1-3 spot bump outside the top-7. I can see the Knicks being like "Hey we'll give you #8/DSJ for #11/Coby." And that might be a nice outcome depending on the target.

Yeah the days of a Viktor Khryapa :nonono:

moving you up from #4 to #2 are long gone.

Kukoc-Lauri · Post #215 » by **Kukoc-Lauri** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:25 pm

Paxson was in shooting slump with so many picks. When we needed athlethicism we drafted Tyrus&Khryapa who werent much skilled but miss on actuall skilled player in LA, when we are targeting defense we got players like J.Johnson,Snell who are only gimmick of that because frame, when we are targeting shooters we got false gimmick shooters in terms of impact such as Doug and Valentine. And that collection of 7 picks was pretty much wasted for nothing. There were days of Deng,Gordon,Hinrich with 7, Rose as number one,Noah at 9, Butler and Mirotic with 23&30, Taj as srp. He defintevly lost his touch after Butler's pick (Gar's choice).

StunnerKO · Post #216 » by **StunnerKO** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:52 am

I want Sharife Cooper just to get at his sister idc if I gotta fight Dwight

Post #217 » by **Senor Chang** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:05 am

Imagine drafting Killian Hayes because we needed a bigger point guard to play alongside Coby and then they both end up being busts. Glad im not the GM. I did want Haliburton though for whatever it's worth.

Butler4thewin · Post #218 » by **Butler4thewin** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:18 am

i want cade and green but i want both i wish we could trade zach for a top pick to guarantee we land them sorry guys but im greedy

williams cade and green would all be able to guard so many positions plus all bringing there special skillsets
green prolific scorer
pwill khawhi clone
cade running the offense using his size to put pressure on the defense

TheSuzerain · Post #219 » by **TheSuzerain** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:21 am

Cade, Green, Suggs, Mobley, Kuminga seems like the consensus top 5 at the moment.

Keon Johnson and Moses Moody might be the next two for me. Am I missing anyone?

PlayerUp · Post #220 » by **PlayerUp** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:47 am

All this PG talk shame we couldn't get Tyrese Haliburton as I was advocating him or Kira Lewis for sometime. He looks better than expected and could have fit well on this roster.

If we manage to get 3rd pick who do you draft?