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The Official Draft Thread is starting to get confusing and hard to navigate with so many pages, so I thought I'd make a new topic for my specific question. Who should the Suns take with the 30th pick? For the 5th pick, I already know I'd be happy with Oladipo, Len, Porter, McLemore or Bennett. We've talked a lot about that. But who are our options with the last pick in the first round? And if you're really a draft prospect expert, who do we take with the 57th pick from Denver?

There's an Official Draft Thread.

BurningHeart wrote:There's an Official Draft Thread.

I know, I said that in my first sentence. Everyone there right now is only talking about the 5th pick, and I don't want to scroll through all 83 pages just to find some info on the 30th (if there is any).

57th pick for one of the big 3: Solomon Hill, Grant Jerrett or Carrick Felix. They barely have to travel...

I'd love someone like Allen Crabbe, but I don't know if he will be there. But since McD is a scout, he just needs to take best player available, since most guys drafted in that range won't amount to much. Archie Goodwin is now projected to go 40th, but his bio is terrible and he sounds uncoachable. Guys like Jeff Withey and Kenny Kadji might be the most ready now, but they are both really old (23 and 25).

That's why I just think we may need to take BPA, even if we are already set at a position...so even if it is someone like Nate Wolters, we take him, and at least it's another asset.

Pick up the guy who's the biggest high/risk, high/reward guy.

With 6 First rounders in the upcoming two drafts, and with the desperate lack of youth on this team, we can afford to take a swing at the fences at a project.

Archie Goodwin, or Lucas Noguiera is my vote.

Low potential, 3 and D guys like Reggie Bullock can be found on the FA market every season.

DRK wrote:Archie Goodwin, or Lucas Noguiera is my vote.

Nogueira is an athlete #1 and a basketballer #2.

He has the tools to be a good basketballer but has no basketball instincts whatsoever. He sounds like the kind of player who got into basketball because everyone said he was so tall he should try it out.

Archie Goodwin on the other hand.... serious potential.

Wouldn't be disappointed with Muscala either. No-one has any idea how he'll go against better competition.

Archie Goodwin. Could be a bust, could be the next Russell westbrook. worth the risk at 30.

Yeah Goodwin was who I thought of as well - he could either be a perfect first guard off the bench in a year or two, or he could be Josh Selby 2.0

I'd like us to take a chance on Goodwin as well, serious potential there if he ever puts it together in the NBA. There's also a chance a guy projected to be a lottery pick tumbles down as well, such as Shabazz. Wouldn't mind taking a player like that at #30 regardless of the red flags, pretty low risk/high reward scenario.

Wait....you think that Shabazz will drop to #30?

Hahahahaha.

Goodwin, Ledo, Giannis...you can afford to swing for those boom or bust guys @ 30.

I wouldn't mind Glen Rice either.

I'm hoping Solomon Hill is our guy at 57.

sunster wrote:Wait....you think that Shabazz will drop to #30?

Hahahahaha.

No I don't, probably will end up in the late teens, early 20s at the latest.

But players with talent do drop in drafts for various reasons, just look at Perry Jones III as an example.

I think the #30 should be somewhat reliant on what we do at #5.

Other than that, the guys at #30 im looking at are:

Franklin
Goodwin
Kabongo
Rice
Nogueira

Nogueira, just for my patriotism. He has to gain some weight though. He runs the floor very very well, great for an uptempo system.

I like a PG here..... There will be a few worth considering. Erick Green, LoBrown, Wolters, KBong (not in any particular order) .... yet we brought in Larkin ? PGs in the past, selected late, have surfaced as contributors... Cole, Jackson, Vasquez, Chalmers, to name a few off my head top.

But when you look at the history of late firsts / early seconds... it's a 1 in 20+ shot of getting someone who sticks.


PS... my first choice for #30 is trading it to move up for a kid who may have tumbled down some (S'Bazz?, Dieng, Adams, Gobert)

Whatever you guys say........I don't drive Yugos...

Meaning...I don't know number 30 from number 45..... BTW, my next post is number 3000!!

If we can't draft McLemore or Oladipo, the SG talent in the late first round is pretty good. I think Goodwin is the type of player McDonough has drafted in the past...a guy who was once projected much higher, but fell due to some concerns. There's a lot of good talent at the end of the first, so I have a long list of guys I'd be perfectly happy with selecting.

Draft a shooter. Late picks that stick are usually shooters.

RunSunRun wrote:

sunster wrote:Wait....you think that Shabazz will drop to #30?

Hahahahaha.

No I don't, probably will end up in the late teens, early 20s at the latest.

But players with talent do drop in drafts for various reasons, just look at Perry Jones III as an example.

Fair play