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Who do you want us to take at #3?

Ace Bailey
34
45%
V.J. Edgecombe
20
27%
Kon Knueppel
3
4%
Khaman Maluach
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1%
Tre Johnson
14
19%
Derik Queen
3
4%
 
Total votes: 75

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Post#601 » by Eyeamok » Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:03 pm

I'm putting my faith and trust in the fact that Morey and company can draft in the middle and lower part of the draft and do it well. So at the top of the draft it should be easy.....you would think right! :o

BUT it's the 76ers how confident can one really be!
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Post#602 » by stormi » Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:04 pm

Iverson Armband wrote:If they draft Edgecomb in the top 3 I will be livid.


Odd post. Edgecombe is a phenom.

Edgecombe is the secondary ballhandler in the S5 that we've been lacking since forever. He's the ideal running mate to either Maxey or McCain. A Derrick White type of swiss army knife but with more scoring upside.
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Post#603 » by Iverson Armband » Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:24 pm

stormi wrote:
Iverson Armband wrote:If they draft Edgecomb in the top 3 I will be livid.


Odd post. Edgecombe is a phenom.

Edgecombe is the secondary ballhandler in the S5 that we've been lacking since forever. He's the ideal running mate to either Maxey or McCain. A Derrick White type of swiss army knife but with more scoring upside.

I do not see it man. I see Isaac Okoro.
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Post#604 » by stormi » Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:41 pm

Iverson Armband wrote:
stormi wrote:
Iverson Armband wrote:If they draft Edgecomb in the top 3 I will be livid.


Odd post. Edgecombe is a phenom.

Edgecombe is the secondary ballhandler in the S5 that we've been lacking since forever. He's the ideal running mate to either Maxey or McCain. A Derrick White type of swiss army knife but with more scoring upside.

I do not see it man. I see Isaac Okoro.


Okoro was a linebacker cosplaying as a hooper.

Of the top 10 guys, outside of Harper, Flagg and Kon nobody got the rim at a higher frequency than Edgecombe. He's flashed self creation juice and is a much better and more translatable shooter (C&S/movement). VJ walks into the league as a top five guard defender with elite connective passing.

Might not have the “star” upside his peers do but I 100% believe he can be the 3rd best player on a chip team.

VJ, CMB and Knueppel are the only guys I'm debating between after Flagg and Harper are off the board.
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Post#605 » by stormi » Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:46 pm

There's major misconception regarding Kon Knueppel and his skillset. Too many people are boxing him into the Kevin Huerter archetype and using that to justify him being a bad pick or a “complimentary piece”.

He’s a better creator bet than a lot of these flawed guys.

Reaves/Bane level player.
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Post#606 » by Iverson Armband » Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:39 am

stormi wrote:
Iverson Armband wrote:
stormi wrote:
Odd post. Edgecombe is a phenom.

Edgecombe is the secondary ballhandler in the S5 that we've been lacking since forever. He's the ideal running mate to either Maxey or McCain. A Derrick White type of swiss army knife but with more scoring upside.

I do not see it man. I see Isaac Okoro.


Okoro was a linebacker cosplaying as a hooper.

Of the top 10 guys, outside of Harper, Flagg and Kon nobody got the rim at a higher frequency than Edgecombe. He's flashed self creation juice and is a much better and more translatable shooter (C&S/movement). VJ walks into the league as a top five guard defender with elite connective passing.

Might not have the “star” upside his peers do but I 100% believe he can be the 3rd best player on a chip team.

VJ, CMB and Knueppel are the only guys I'm debating between after Flagg and Harper are off the board.

I hear ya, I don’t like the idea of burning top 3 picks on guys who virtually have no shot of being an alpha offensively. So you have him as a better prospect than Jaden Ivey? I don’t even see him as that good with the ball.
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Post#607 » by mjkvol » Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:55 am

stormi wrote:There's major misconception regarding Kon Knueppel and his skillset. Too many people are boxing him into the Kevin Huerter archetype and using that to justify him being a bad pick or a “complimentary piece”.

He’s a better creator bet than a lot of these flawed guys.

Reaves/Bane level player.


100%. Reaves is exactly the guy I think of with Knueppel, with probably the highest floor of anyone in the top 10 aside from Flagg and Harper.

I'd be thrilled to walk out of this with Kon or VJ.
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Post#608 » by Mik317 » Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:35 am

if VJ was a legit 6'5 I'd be more on board
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Post#609 » by 76ciology » Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:15 am

stormi wrote:There's major misconception regarding Kon Knueppel and his skillset. Too many people are boxing him into the Kevin Huerter archetype and using that to justify him being a bad pick or a “complimentary piece”.

He’s a better creator bet than a lot of these flawed guys.

Reaves/Bane level player.


Agree. he’s in the same tier of shot creators as Grimes, McCain, and Maxey. High IQ, plays winning basketball.

I’m fine with him if we’re going the conservative route, more like a top 10–30 pick. Personally, I’m leaning toward a mix of conservative and high-upside swings at the 5th–6th spot.
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Post#610 » by stormi » Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:15 pm

76ciology wrote:
stormi wrote:There's major misconception regarding Kon Knueppel and his skillset. Too many people are boxing him into the Kevin Huerter archetype and using that to justify him being a bad pick or a “complimentary piece”.

He’s a better creator bet than a lot of these flawed guys.

Reaves/Bane level player.


Agree. he’s in the same tier of shot creators as Grimes, McCain, and Maxey. High IQ, plays winning basketball.

I’m fine with him if we’re going the conservative route, more like a top 10–30 pick. Personally, I’m leaning toward a mix of conservative and high-upside swings at the 5th–6th spot.


Who are your high upside swings if you wanted to go for the home run between picks 3-6?
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Post#611 » by 76ciology » Fri Apr 11, 2025 1:58 pm

stormi wrote:
76ciology wrote:
stormi wrote:There's major misconception regarding Kon Knueppel and his skillset. Too many people are boxing him into the Kevin Huerter archetype and using that to justify him being a bad pick or a “complimentary piece”.

He’s a better creator bet than a lot of these flawed guys.

Reaves/Bane level player.


Agree. he’s in the same tier of shot creators as Grimes, McCain, and Maxey. High IQ, plays winning basketball.

I’m fine with him if we’re going the conservative route, more like a top 10–30 pick. Personally, I’m leaning toward a mix of conservative and high-upside swings at the 5th–6th spot.


Who are your high upside swings if you wanted to go for the home run between picks 3-6?


Mock at page 26
Vj Edgecombe and Maluach at page 27
Tre Johnson and Kasparas at page 28

Swing Skills:
- Edgecombe: Take scoring into another level and and create good looks for others
- Maluach: Capable of hitting threes and atleast shoot over smaller defenders that would switch
- Tre Johnson:Take scoring into another level and create good looks for others.
- Kasparas: Take scoring into another level and create good looks for others.
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Post#612 » by Negrodamus » Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:43 pm

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Post#613 » by 76ciology » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:28 am

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Post#614 » by ProcessDoctor » Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:51 pm

Edgecombe can create a little more than I realized. He's probably not a future MVP candidate, but I can see him becoming an All-Star. STOCKS of 3.0 per 36 has me excited.

I'm not going to sweat over his height. Even if he's 6'4", he plays like he's 6'6".
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Post#615 » by Negrodamus » Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:49 pm

The most likely Sixer scenario would be losing the pick, because that would be the most demoralizing. But after that, it would be getting Flagg and him having a continued reputation in the NBA as a guy who comes up lame in the clutch.
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Post#616 » by Negrodamus » Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:33 pm

Btw, I’m back on board with Tre Johnson. Currently, the All-NBA potential talents in this draft, imo, are:

Flagg
Harper
Tre
Fears
Queen

I think Queen has the biggest mountain to climb since he needs to completely overhaul his body.

I can tell Tre’s favorite NBA player is Kobe. He has that type of iso offensive game that’s built in elite footwork. And he can make an all NBA team without playing a lick of defense.

Edgecombe would make sense making the list, but I don’t feel like that iso game is ever going to reach elite status like it could with the aforementioned list. Still love him as a prospect, but you need to completely be the focus of the defense to reach that level of NBA stardom and I don’t feel like that’ll be the case for him.
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Post#617 » by Arsenal » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:25 pm

Who projects to be a better defender between Tre Johnson and Kon Knueppel? Their numbers on offense look very similar with Tre scoring more, Kon rebounding more, and everything else very close.
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Post#618 » by Negrodamus » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:12 pm

Arsenal wrote:Who projects to be a better defender between Tre Johnson and Kon Knueppel? Their numbers on offense look very similar with Tre scoring more, Kon rebounding more, and everything else very close.


Haven’t watched enough Kneuppel, but I’d say him sight unseen. It’s remarkable how often Tre lets guys just blow by him. It’s constantly and with little resistance.
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Post#619 » by stormi » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:18 pm

Arsenal wrote:Who projects to be a better defender between Tre Johnson and Kon Knueppel? Their numbers on offense look very similar with Tre scoring more, Kon rebounding more, and everything else very close.


Kon is better at almost everything.
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Post#620 » by stormi » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:21 pm

Negrodamus wrote:Btw, I’m back on board with Tre Johnson. Currently, the All-NBA potential talents in this draft, imo, are:

Flagg
Harper
Tre
Fears
Queen

I think Queen has the biggest mountain to climb since he needs to completely overhaul his body.

I can tell Tre’s favorite NBA player is Kobe. He has that type of iso offensive game that’s built in elite footwork. And he can make an all NBA team without playing a lick of defense.

Edgecombe would make sense making the list, but I don’t feel like that iso game is ever going to reach elite status like it could with the aforementioned list. Still love him as a prospect, but you need to completely be the focus of the defense to reach that level of NBA stardom and I don’t feel like that’ll be the case for him.


Fade Queen.

Undersized bigs that can't protect the rim or switch onto the perimeter are red flags.

Derik Queen instantly destroys your roster malleability and just isn’t talented enough offensively to compensate for that.

Besides Murray-Boyles I'm drafting Maluach over Queen out of straight principle.

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