Official 2020 Nba Draft Thread

[DBC10]

I like Halliburton and Hayes. But mainly Halli.

Only knock on him really is probably FT rate? Guys who aren't afraid to drive and take contact seem to last longer in the league.

[MotownMadness]

I like Halliburton and Hayes. But mainly Halli.

Only knock on him really is probably FT rate? Guys who aren't afraid to drive and take contact seem to last longer in the league.

Hes got a funny looking jump shot too but it goes in so i guess not too concerning.

[MotownMadness]

If i had to rank the PGs in order i would want them.

Cole Anthony
Killian Hayes
Tyrese Haliburton
Lamelo Ball
Nico Mannion
Theo Maledon

Would put RJ Hampton somewhere in the middle but i view him more as a combo guard.

[LaSheed]

Nico Mannion reminds of the type of kid thats picked last in gym class lol.

[MotownMadness]

Nico Mannion reminds of the type of kid thats picked last in gym class lol.

Kid can definitely run a offense and score from anywhere though.

Problem is he lacks burst, so hes gonna have to be super efficient to not be a liability at the next level.

[DBC10]

I like Halliburton and Hayes. But mainly Halli.

Only knock on him really is probably FT rate? Guys who aren't afraid to drive and take contact seem to last longer in the league.

Hes got a funny looking jump shot too but it goes in so i guess not too concerning.

On second view he kinda reminds me of Dinwiddie. Definitely not looking to score first but gets the team going first and then scores once the pressure is off of him. Nothing wrong with that but I don’t think he’ll project as a true star which I’m fine with.

Besides that funky shot put shot he has though.

[MotownMadness]

Arizona vs Washington on ESPN2 right now. Some prospects to watch Isaiah Stewart, Jaden McDaniels, Nico Mannion and Josh Green

[MotownMadness]

Read on Twitter

[MotownMadness]

Cole Anthony drops 26pts, 5rebs and 3ast in his first game back since december 8th.

[El Chivo]

With the 13th pick...

[SamFlow]

Killian, Lamelo

[MotownMadness]

Killian, Lamelo

Killian is looking solid, really like him. Lamelo has high ceiling but high bust potential to me

[SamFlow]

Killian, Lamelo

Killian is looking solid, really like him. Lamelo has high ceiling but high bust potential to me

I was hoping we could add a few picks and get both. Let's hope we win the lottery..... or play so good without Dre we play for a title this year.

[Kilo]

Looking at the TDL, we didn't tank hard enough IMO - and other teams behind us didn't improve enough. We're probably looking at 8-11 range pick outside of winning the lottery.

[El Chivo]

Without Drummond we'll win more or less the same number of games. I like what we can find at 7/8, though.

[pistonsbball]

TWolves destroy the Clips without DLo, hopefully they go on a run. Atlanta with Capela might get better instantly and they have one of the easiest schedules. Ours is rated 2nd hardest. We've got a legit shot at a top 5 pick.

[Snakebites]

TWolves destroy the Clips without DLo, hopefully they go on a run. Atlanta with Capela might get better instantly and they have one of the easiest schedules. Ours is rated 2nd hardest. We've got a legit shot at a top 5 pick.

We have a legit chance of that even if we stay where we are, as odds of moving up are better.

Top 5 position would be surprising but not impossible.

The Warriors will stay bad. The Hornets look like they won’t win 5 more games the whole season. I don’t see Cleveland making a push (sorry Dre). I’ll go as far as to say there is really no significant chance they finish with a better record than us. That means only one more team is allowed to finish worse than us for a bottom 5 finish.

The Wolves, Hawks Knicks are at least possible to pass us, tough to know how plausible though. It’s too early to assess both the Hawks and the Wolves with their new additions, though the Hawks schedule makes them an interesting case. The Knicks recent streak could be a fluke. They looked pretty bad against us despite winning.

We’d need two of those to move up (only one can finish below us) plus nobody to fall below us. Chicago is still right there and they have a fairly hard closing schedule too. Phoenix has 4 fewer losses but also have a tough closing schedule. Ditto to Washington. Don’t forget we’ve also got guys coming back from injury post all star break who could give us some wins, and teams start tanking more intensely post all star break.

A lot would have to break the same way for a bottom 5 finish. It’s possible but if I’d call it unlikely. Ending up where we are still gives us a legit shot of moving up though, and 7-8 isn’t too different from 5 in this draft.

[pistonsbball]

TWolves destroy the Clips without DLo, hopefully they go on a run. Atlanta with Capela might get better instantly and they have one of the easiest schedules. Ours is rated 2nd hardest. We've got a legit shot at a top 5 pick.

We have a legit chance of that even if we stay where we are, as odds of moving up are better.

Top 5 position would be surprising but not impossible.

The Warriors will stay bad. The Hornets look like they won’t win 5 more games the whole season. I don’t see Cleveland making a push (sorry Dre). I’ll go as far as to say there is really no significant chance they finish with a better record than us. That means only one more team is allowed to finish worse than us for a bottom 5 finish.

The Wolves, Hawks Knicks are at least possible to pass us, tough to know how plausible though. It’s too early to assess both the Hawks and the Wolves with their new additions, though the Hawks schedule makes them an interesting case. The Knicks recent streak could be a fluke. They looked pretty bad against us despite winning.

We’d need two of those to move up (only one can finish below us) plus nobody to fall below us. Chicago is still right there and they have a fairly hard closing schedule too. Phoenix has 4 fewer losses but also have a tough closing schedule. Ditto to Washington. Don’t forget we’ve also got guys coming back from injury post all star break who could give us some wins, and teams start tanking more intensely post all star break.

A lot would have to break the same way for a bottom 5 finish. It’s possible but if I’d call it unlikely. Ending up where we are still gives us a legit shot of moving up though, and 7-8 isn’t too different from 5 in this draft.

Minnesota I can see trying to win as many games as possible, their long game is trying to keep KAT happy. They've gotta show something. Just got to hope DLo can get up to speed pretty quickly.

Atlanta with Trae/Collins/Capela should be vastly improved and I'd expect them to beat bad teams and beat a few good teams, I think it's just a matter of how hard they tank.

Of course, DRose could mess it all up, hopefully our schedule will make it hard for him.

[whitehops]

right now we're 7th in the lottery order, which would give us a 32% chance of moving into the top 4. the irony of the lottery odds flattening is that we'd pretty much be just as likely to move down (48.4%) as we would staying at 7 or moving up (51.6%).

odds of finishing with a top 4 pick in the lottery:
1st - 52.1%
2nd - 52.1%
3rd - 52.1%
4th - 48.1%
5th - 42.1%
6th - 37.2%
7th - 31.9%
8th - 26.2%
9th - 20.2%
10th - 13.9%

[Snakebites]

I greatly prefer this new lottery system. It was crushing that we couldn’t benefit from it last year.