Indiana Pacers Draft Pick Watch Thread

TroyD92 · Post #181 » by **TroyD92** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:49 am

RiotPunch wrote:
jakecronus8 wrote:How high could this pick + Donte get us? If one of the point guards drop it could be worth looking into. Hill is getting up there and Bled is Bled.

Which point guard in this draft is worth Donte, let alone him and the pick? I'd trade our pick and a future 1st on draft night to move up for one though, like Anthony, Hayes, Hampton, Mannion, etc.

Having watched nothing but high school highlights. Mannion would be fun

RiotPunch · Post #182 » by **RiotPunch** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 5:18 am

TroyD92 wrote:
RiotPunch wrote:
jakecronus8 wrote:How high could this pick + Donte get us? If one of the point guards drop it could be worth looking into. Hill is getting up there and Bled is Bled.

Which point guard in this draft is worth Donte, let alone him and the pick? I'd trade our pick and a future 1st on draft night to move up for one though, like Anthony, Hayes, Hampton, Mannion, etc.

Having watched nothing but high school highlights. Mannion would be fun

Mannion & DiVincenzo would be the most Ginger-Italian duo on the planet.

tedbrogen · Post #183 » by **tedbrogen** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:33 am

RiotPunch wrote:
VooDoo7 wrote:Do we have our own pick this year? I'm thinking no but having a brain fart.

Celtics have it.

Celtics have it once the Bucks clinch the playoffs. Top seven protected ;-)

Finn · Post #184 » by **Finn** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:07 am

TroyD92 wrote:
RiotPunch wrote:
jakecronus8 wrote:How high could this pick + Donte get us? If one of the point guards drop it could be worth looking into. Hill is getting up there and Bled is Bled.

Which point guard in this draft is worth Donte, let alone him and the pick? I'd trade our pick and a future 1st on draft night to move up for one though, like Anthony, Hayes, Hampton, Mannion, etc.

Having watched nothing but high school highlights. Mannion would be fun

Seems like destiny to me!

Pace Mannion, #3

LuessiT · Post #185 » by **LuessiT** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:12 am

I've only started going deep into this year's draft class but imo we're looking at a pretty good year.

RiotPunch · Post #186 » by **RiotPunch** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:26 am

LuessiT wrote:I've only started going deep into this year's draft class but imo we're looking at a pretty good year.

I'm falling in love with dudes. We can get an impact guy. It's helpful that we don't necessarily need a moonshot, just ideally a core 2-way piece.

Who's caught your eye of late?

RiotPunch · Post #187 » by **RiotPunch** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:33 am

Killian Hayes has been invading my thoughts. Can't stop watching him. He needs to toughen up and work on his ambidexterity, but his vision and scoring instincts out of the PnR is elite. His off the dribble and step back game is becoming lethal too. Unselfish, does well off-ball. The more I watch, the more I would do whatever possible to move up and secure him. Bit of a project, but worth it.

LuessiT · Post #188 » by **LuessiT** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:50 am

RiotPunch wrote:
LuessiT wrote:I've only started going deep into this year's draft class but imo we're looking at a pretty good year.

I'm falling in love with dudes. We can get an impact guy. It's helpful that we don't necessarily need a moonshot, just ideally a core 2-way piece.

Who's caught your eye of late?

There's plenty of guys. Imo we're looking at a very deep international class (and I love me some Europeans). Besides the top rated guys I like Sylla a lot. Looks like he's going to be an elite defender right off the bat.
In the US I like quite a few guys. There are plenty of plus to elite shooters out there not mocked that high. I like Nesmith and it's impressive what Stackhouse did for his game (big coach Stackhouse fan here). Bey looks okay though I'm always a bit vary of single season shooting improvement and that makes him or breaks him for me as a prospect. I think Howard is one of the best shooters we've seen in any given draft. If he's even playable on defense he should be considered in the lottery. Right now I think there is a huge discrepancy between what we've seen are successful NBA archetypes and where players are getting mocked in drafts.

Also here is a Stepien piece to Maledon:

https://www.thestepien.com/2020/02/07/theo-maledon-scouting-report/

coolhandluke121 · Post #189 » by **coolhandluke121** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:26 pm

Strength-of-schedule/opposing-PG-defense truthers win in a blowout. Brogdon is good, but not a lead guard by any stretch of the imagination.

Post #190 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:13 pm

M-C-G wrote:Gang, I no longer make the time to watch college bball outside of the tourney, but does Jordan Nwora have a very Khris Middleton vibe to his offense or am I way off base?

I can see that - a poor man's Midds. I don't think he has any real play-making skills though, at this point. He can score though. Solid prospect.

Post #191 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:15 pm

RiotPunch wrote:Killian Hayes has been invading my thoughts. Can't stop watching him. He needs to toughen up and work on his ambidexterity, but his vision and scoring instincts out of the PnR is elite. His off the dribble and step back game is becoming lethal too. Unselfish, does well off-ball. The more I watch, the more I would do whatever possible to move up and secure him. Bit of a project, but worth it.

Honestly... I think he's the best prospect in the draft. Hard to believe he's just 18. He could get bigger - what if he gets to 6'7 220ish? Not saying he will, but he might.

emunney · Post #192 » by **emunney** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:52 pm

In other threads we've talked about the model for building around Giannis, and whether it's better to have a bunch of tough all-around try-hards or knock down shooters. With Saddiq Bey and Devin Vassell, you don't have to choose. Give me both.

raysbookclub · Post #193 » by **raysbookclub** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:31 pm

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I wonder if Haliburton could drop to the Indy pick. Would be a great pick.

Post #194 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:44 pm

books wrote:

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I wonder if Haliburton could drop to the Indy pick. Would be a great pick.

It would be shocking - especially seeing the success of SGA - who he's somewhat comparable to.

tski1972 · Post #195 » by **tski1972** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:23 am

Make it 6 L’s in a row for Indy

TroyD92 · Post #196 » by **TroyD92** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:26 am

Indiana might be the 7th seed by the time this slide is over lol

kid idioteque · Post #197 » by **kid idioteque** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:31 am

Brogdon and Oladipo have been AWFUL together so far. I'm okay with this.

tydett · Post #198 » by **tydett** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:37 am

emunney wrote:In other threads we've talked about the model for building around Giannis, and whether it's better to have a bunch of tough all-around try-hards or knock down shooters. With Saddiq Bey and Devin Vassell, you don't have to choose. Give me both.

The degree to which we agree on drafting FSU players year after year (you, because you understand basketball; me, because I am a massive homer) makes me happy. Give me Vassell every day and Saturday. Kid can ball.

TroyD92 · Post #199 » by **TroyD92** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:30 am

Brogdon really has been trash for the last two months.

kid idioteque · Post #200 » by **kid idioteque** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:30 am

hey malcolm, wyd

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