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Hi everyone, I don't think there's any discussion about this year's second-round draft pick. I'm going to leave you several names that might be interesting.There are some who will probably end up being first round picks like Wolf or Yaxel. I focused on "big men." PF or C Klitman's performance has been very disappointing overall, he can still grow as a player but he has averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists with more than 3 turnovers per game in the GLeague. (43%FG and 30% 3P) His shooting has improved a lot in the last 6-7 games.


Rocco Zikarsky-> https://central.rookieme.com/basketball/nbl25-next-star-review-rocco-zikarsky/#:~:text=Zikarsky%20often%20finds%20himself%20in,a%20much%20more%20appealing%20prospect.

Bogoljub Marković -> https://edemirnba.substack.com/p/bogoljub-markovic-scouting-report

Ryan Kalkbrenner-> https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/2025-nba-draft-scouting-report-ryan-kalkbrenner-c-creighton-144458936.html

Danny Wolf -> https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/2025-nba-draft-scouting-report-danny-wolf-fc-michigan-130307997.html

Yaxel Lendeborg-> https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/yaxel-lendeborg-keeps-getting-better.

Michael Ruzic -> https://www.babcockhoops.com/post/2025-nba-draft-michael-ruzic-scouting-report#:~:text=Player%20Overview,both%20ends%20of%20the%20floor.

Maxime Raynaud -> https://edemirnba.substack.com/p/maxime-raynaud-scouting-report

Joan Beringer-> https://edemirnba.substack.com/p/joan-beringer-scouting-report

JT Toppin -> https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/2025-nba-draft-scouting-report-jt-toppin-f-texas-tech-163051864.html

Alex Condon -> https://www.babcockhoops.com/post/2025-nba-draft-alex-condon-scouting-report

Those are 10 interesting big-boy names. Rasheer Fleming was my dark horse for the draft, but he's started to skyrocket since January and will be a first-round pick. He could even be a 10-15 pick.

I hope I haven't broken any rules.

Greetings, I look forward to your comments if you follow college basketball closely.

The homer in me would be ecstatic with Wolf.

We could easily trade up. Some teams don’t want players on FRP contracts and would be willing to move down. And especially if we take on some salary.

Wolf brings an interesting skill set. But he’s expected to go by #20 or so. We’d need to offer something significant.

the_l_train wrote:The homer in me would be ecstatic with Wolf.

Need to find the next Alperen Şengün

Maxime Raynaud could fill a need as our third string big if BBall Paul moves on. Part of me wants highest upside but I also understand that far back in the draft if you can get a guy who can be a third stringer for a year or two and then work himself into even a low MPG backup 9th or 10th guy in a rotation that's a win.... not really expecting anyone there who can make it into a rotation in year one and probably not even year two to be honest most likely looking for a third stringer with upside to be a rotation player.

theBigLip wrote:We could easily trade up. Some teams don’t want players on FRP contracts and would be willing to move down. And especially if we take on some salary.

Possible. but it would cost us.

The Sasser trade is my reference point.

Snakebites wrote:

theBigLip wrote:We could easily trade up. Some teams don’t want players on FRP contracts and would be willing to move down. And especially if we take on some salary.

Possible. but it would cost us.

The Sasser trade is my reference point.

I don’t expect to get a starter in the mid-high 20s. More like a rotation player, which seems to be what Sasser is and is probably his ceiling.

I think I'll probably be more eager to discuss topics like this AFTER the playoffs ends for us.

I know, I know. I'm used to already being in offseason mode by this point in the year too.

Am I off-base on Wolf? I know he was touted as being this 7 footer with point guard skills. But when I would see him play I'd see a pretty low success rate when he would be doing point-guard-ish things. He seemed a step slow and turned the ball over quite a bit; many of them unforced.

Do you laud a guy for doing a skill that he's not necessarily good at yet?

Invictus88 wrote:Am I off-base on Wolf? I know he was touted as being this 7 footer with point guard skills. But when I would see him play I'd see a pretty low success rate when he would be doing point-guard-ish things. He seemed a step slow and turned the ball over quite a bit; many of them unforced.

Do you laud a guy for doing a skill that he's not necessarily good at yet?

I haven't seen him play. Is he like Kyle Anderson?

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DetroitSho wrote:

Invictus88 wrote:Am I off-base on Wolf? I know he was touted as being this 7 footer with point guard skills. But when I would see him play I'd see a pretty low success rate when he would be doing point-guard-ish things. He seemed a step slow and turned the ball over quite a bit; many of them unforced.

Do you laud a guy for doing a skill that he's not necessarily good at yet?

I haven't seen him play. Is he like Kyle Anderson?

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Homeless Jokic.

Markovic
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I’d be interested in both of the Ivisic brothers to have a shot at being a end of the bench stretch 5 one day.

Invictus88 wrote:Am I off-base on Wolf? I know he was touted as being this 7 footer with point guard skills. But when I would see him play I'd see a pretty low success rate when he would be doing point-guard-ish things. He seemed a step slow and turned the ball over quite a bit; many of them unforced.

Do you laud a guy for doing a skill that he's not necessarily good at yet?

I watched him all season long. He's a tremendously skilled big. He has exceptional handles (ambidextrous). He's got elite shooting at all three levels. Sure he made mistakes and turnovers. This can be corrected. Teams draft for potential and he has a very high ceiling. No way he falls to late 1st round or 2nd round for that matter. Frankly, I wish he would return to UM for one more year, take NIL, and deliver a championship. So, yes, he's that good. And its not mean but the BB pundits who have watched him.

This player, who I hadn't controlled, seems very interesting to me. He's not a Big player, he's a exterior ayer, but it could be worth investing in him.
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Nate Mdongo- Goergy’s tech- plus defender and high end lob threat, NBA 4/5, solid three point shooter on low volume, reminds me of a poor man’s Beef Stew Ben Wallace combo, pretty good option for mid 2nd rd

Baye Mdongo