aggo wrote:what's the consensus on the talent pool in this draft?
I looked up some of the guys, like scoot and Brandon miller and amen, but tbh, I wasn't impressed at all.
Analysts have consistently said this draft is going to be the best draft in 20 years. I've been watching Scoot since his 1st year on the Ignite, dude reminds me of a young D Rose with a better jumper at the same age but he's also shorter. Miller is a do everything forward who is also a deadeye shooter, analysts are expecting him to be a #1 option who can initiate offense for himself and others. His passing is really underrated. The Thompson twins are hard to gauge because they played lesser competition in OTE, Amen once he steps on a NBA floor could be the best athlete in the NBA, dude is in the 0.1% in athleticism, Asur is a step below but still super athletic. Amen plays like a big point type, he's good at initiating offense and I think he will need the hall in his hands to develop properly. Asur can make some plays but is a much better shooter than Amen, but both are bad. Asur is probably closer to being an average shooter than Amen. Both have a good motor and will defend all over the floor. Amen has the higher ceiling than Asur, but Asur has the higher floor imo. Of course these are all projections, but over all they say the potential in this draft is off the charts.
The reason why analysts are saying this is going to be a great draft is because there is definite top end talent with Wemby being a generational type of prospect and in any other draft Scoot or Miller can go #1 easily. Along with the top end talent the next tier of guys all have high ceilings and there is great depth after them for players who can potentially come in and be good role players and or starters on teams. Some are saying after the lottery the talent flattens out to about the early 40s, meaning the talent difference isn't that much.
