2020 NBA Draft Prospects: Thread II

[KGdaBom]

Terry with his 6’1.5 wingspan will probably be there at 17...

I wouldn't hold it against him.

[wolves_89]

Have Ball's measurements (height w/o shoes and wingspan) ever been posted? I've seen estimates, but never what seemed like an actual measurement from a credible source.

[D1SGRUNTL3D]

D'Angelo Russell does everything Ball does and plays the same position. Sure Ball is 6"7/6"8 but he will be pushed around for a couple of seasons until he hits 200-210lbs. He's only 180lbs right now.

Can Minnesota afford two more seasons of below average play?

Karl Towns is young at 24, but in two seasons he'll be 26. At that point of his career how good will LaMelo be?

Scouts say LaMelo's passing ability is elite and has A+ potential while he's the worst defender...but then put him in his own tier. So I'm confused about him as a prospect because he has so many flaws I wonder how far he can advanced his defensive prowess to be an impact player by the time Towns reaches his prime and wants to win championships instead of waiting for guys like Culver, Okogie and others develop through his greatness. I totally understand, Minnesota isn't a free agent destination like LA or MIA, but I sure do hope Minnesota makes the best choice possible to make them contenders. They deserve it and I say this as a Knicks fan, I want to see Minnesota in the playoffs contending because I believe Russell and Towns are championship caliber players within maturity, time and development. I don't think Towns is soft and I believe if Minnesota builds the right pieces around these two they can compete.

A part of me wants to trade the pick, but it just seems like bad karma. Trading down seems risky, but the problem is this draft #1 pick is uncertain. It hurts more to be #1 in a draft where the talent gap between #1 and #2 isn't contrasting like other drafts. However, the Zion draft did have Ja Morant, but I'm referencing other drafts where the #1 was without question the best talent by far.

I would draft Edwards because he seems could be a Jimmy Butler/Dwayne Wade slashing SG/SF who can do everything if he reaches his "ponteital", which a part of me has doubts too because his gameplay at Georgia wouldn't warrant faith to be the #1 overall pick. Crazy potential draft. We'll see what happens.

Best of luck to Minnesota. Knicks would of drafted Toppin #1 overall and add to their collection of 9 powerforwards. I hope yall do better.

Lmao. Love the honesty. Wolves and knicks fans have been in the same boat for about the last 15 years. While I don’t like some Knick fans because I think they let the aura of nyc get to their heads, the NBA is clearly a better product when they knicks make the playoffs.

Ya it looks like It’ll be a lower seed first round exit whenever you do make it again, but damn it Madison square garden awesome when it’s electric. Better than the Hawks, magic or whoever making it.

Good luck to you guys too this upcoming season

[Jedzz]

That wingspan on Winston is very intriguing. I definitely see him having a long career as a backup PG

6'6 for Winston is intriguing?

What about...


Quickley: 6'8.25" wingspan
Maledon: 6'8.75" wingspan, 6'4 in socks it says. He was as high as .406 from 3pt and as low as .294, averaged 3.5 from three.

Are these real wingspans?

Théo Maledon - Mike Schmitz' gruden camp

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6'8.25" wingspan adds intrigue to good defender, 42% from 3, and 92% FT for Quickley. Really like this kid at 33.

yeah I honestly don't know how players like this are dropping to round 2. To shoot that consistently as a PG or any combo guard role, with that wingspan, you would think teams would be lining up. He's played both point and then also more offball I read because Maxey came floating in and was handed the point role. When I reviewd Maxey I was kind of surpised about this but think it was his size and competitive fire that got him the leading role over Quickley who's automatic shot could be used off ball. But yeah that kind of wingspan should help a 6'3 player be more than just relavant.

[Jedzz]

D'Angelo Russell does everything Ball does and plays the same position. Sure Ball is 6"7/6"8 but he will be pushed around for a couple of seasons until he hits 200-210lbs. He's only 180lbs right now.

Can Minnesota afford two more seasons of below average play?

Karl Towns is young at 24, but in two seasons he'll be 26. At that point of his career how good will LaMelo be?

Scouts say LaMelo's passing ability is elite and has A+ potential while he's the worst defender...but then put him in his own tier. So I'm confused about him as a prospect because he has so many flaws I wonder how far he can advanced his defensive prowess to be an impact player by the time Towns reaches his prime and wants to win championships instead of waiting for guys like Culver, Okogie and others develop through his greatness. I totally understand, Minnesota isn't a free agent destination like LA or MIA, but I sure do hope Minnesota makes the best choice possible to make them contenders. They deserve it and I say this as a Knicks fan, I want to see Minnesota in the playoffs contending because I believe Russell and Towns are championship caliber players within maturity, time and development. I don't think Towns is soft and I believe if Minnesota builds the right pieces around these two they can compete.

A part of me wants to trade the pick, but it just seems like bad karma. Trading down seems risky, but the problem is this draft #1 pick is uncertain. It hurts more to be #1 in a draft where the talent gap between #1 and #2 isn't contrasting like other drafts. However, the Zion draft did have Ja Morant, but I'm referencing other drafts where the #1 was without question the best talent by far.

I would draft Edwards because he seems could be a Jimmy Butler/Dwayne Wade slashing SG/SF who can do everything if he reaches his "ponteital", which a part of me has doubts too because his gameplay at Georgia wouldn't warrant faith to be the #1 overall pick. Crazy potential draft. We'll see what happens.

Best of luck to Minnesota. Knicks would of drafted Toppin #1 overall and add to their collection of 9 powerforwards. I hope yall do better.

Liked reading this and for certain your first point. I wonder if the Knicks had won the lotto and had #1 all this time, would the draft gurus be projecting Toppin #1 overall right now simply because they feel Knicks might take someone like him? I think it might look like that.

This is looking like a crazy draft. Let's hope the actual best player of this draft isn't picked at #13 after a couple years of proof.

[Jedzz]

Givony! selling stories again. This one is "best athlete" and shooting prowess "at game speed drill" (video)

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I'm not quite sure how that drill can be described as "at game speed shooting". They stand in one spot, have the ball delivered exactly the same each time and they never move their feet and try to focus entire on repeating their form at a constant rhythm. If anything this is as far away from a game experience as they will ever get. But hey, I never looked into Martin because he wasn't playing college and nobody was talking about him.

So...thoughts on KJ Martin (Kenyan Martin Jr?

[KGdaBom]

Have Ball's measurements (height w/o shoes and wingspan) ever been posted? I've seen estimates, but never what seemed like an actual measurement from a credible source.

Not that I'm aware of and I am willing to bet that 6'7" barefoot is not going to happen. I even doubt that it will happen in shoes. People just throwing that $hit out there and hoping it sticks.

[urinesane]

This sentences reflects how poor the people these days are.

It's always funny to read people talking like they have the only and important truth, but if you see the stats you will see that Wiseman only played 3 games with a 0.0% 3p and that in two of the three games he shot under 70% in FT.

Compare Noel's stats with Wiseman (even if a small sample). Wiseman is more of a scoring threat than Noel has ever been and it's not even close. It's an incredibly lazy comp and doesn't add to the discussion in any meaningful way.

Also your horrible grammar in the sentence talking about how poor people are is irony at it's finest.

You are right, my English grammar is very poor, how many languages do you speak? English is not my mother language, in fact, is my third or fourth one.

If you are going to ignore the fact that I refuted your 'Wiseman is a 3p shooter' only for my grammar, I hope that you talk better than me your third or fourth language.

Please quote where I said Wiseman was a 3pt shooter (spoiler: I never did).

Also, don't jump into a conversation and talk smack if you're not willing to take it.

edit: Oh I see what happened. I said HE IS 3 INCHES SHORTER (NOEL), not that Wiseman is a 3 POINT SHOOTER.

for future reference...

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[urinesane]

Ball needs to be the pick at #1...especially in the pandemic. He’s proven to be an expert when it comes to social distancing on defense.


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[UnFadeable21]

Have Ball's measurements (height w/o shoes and wingspan) ever been posted? I've seen estimates, but never what seemed like an actual measurement from a credible source.

Draft express ESPN posted his measurements today in their new mock draft.

6’7
190lbs
6’10 wingspan

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[Domejandro]

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