Final word on the strength of this draft class

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Re: Final word on the strength of this draft class 

Post#61 » by FarBeyondDriven » Wed Jun 26, 2024 4:06 pm

DOT wrote:I feel like 2013 is the apt comparison

No true superstar at the top, best players are gonna be taken in the mid-late 1st, and a bunch of guys are gonna end up sticking around for a solid 8-10 years

Big difference is probably no Giannis level superstar emerges from the middle of the 1st, but you never know, nobody thought 2013 was gonna have a Giannis level player either

But I guess that depends on how exactly you define a class as being bad though, cause 2000 is probably the standard of a bad class, only 3 All Stars each with only 1 appearance, meanwhile 2013 only had 3 All Stars but you have a 2x MVP (and 1x DPOY) and a 4x DPOY player in there

Basically, this is a bad year to have the #1 overall pick.


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Re: Final word on the strength of this draft class 

Post#62 » by QingJames » Wed Jun 26, 2024 5:11 pm

joshuacf wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
joshuacf wrote:Worst draft class in my lifetime


Are you 3?


LMAO if you think 2020 was worse than this.

2020 has a few clear stars:
Edwards
Ball
Maxey
Bane
Haliburton

Of course, only Edwards and Haliburton are going to be a perennial all stars.

Some decent roleplayers:
Okongwu
Nesmith
Quickley
Pritchard
Merrill
McDaniels
Joe

And then quite a few players who people think are good, but are actually not:
Williams
Vassell
Anthony
Stewart
Jones
Smith
Reed
Tillman

Rest of the draft is pretty much junk. I think this draft has fewer fringe all star calibre players like Maxey, but probably better depth than 2020. I don’t think it’s at all out of the range of possibilities that this draft turns out to have more impactful players than 2020.
eyeatoma wrote:You guys still dont' get it. Playoff accomplishment don't matter when you're up for your 1st MVP. When you're up for your 3rd in a row, damn straight it matters, as the only ones who done it are top 15 players of all time who have won rings.
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Re: Final word on the strength of this draft class 

Post#63 » by EmpireFalls » Wed Jun 26, 2024 5:33 pm

QingJames wrote:
joshuacf wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
Are you 3?


LMAO if you think 2020 was worse than this.

2020 has a few clear stars:
Edwards
Ball
Maxey
Bane
Haliburton

Of course, only Edwards and Haliburton are going to be a perennial all stars.

Some decent roleplayers:
Okongwu
Nesmith
Quickley
Pritchard
Merrill
McDaniels
Joe

And then quite a few players who people think are good, but are actually not:
Williams
Vassell
Anthony
Stewart
Jones
Smith
Reed
Tillman

Rest of the draft is pretty much junk. I think this draft has fewer fringe all star calibre players like Maxey, but probably better depth than 2020. I don’t think it’s at all out of the range of possibilities that this draft turns out to have more impactful players than 2020.

I see almost zero chance that this draft has a better “best 10” players than 2020.
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Re: Final word on the strength of this draft class 

Post#64 » by QingJames » Wed Jun 26, 2024 6:44 pm

EmpireFalls wrote:
QingJames wrote:
joshuacf wrote:
LMAO if you think 2020 was worse than this.

2020 has a few clear stars:
Edwards
Ball
Maxey
Bane
Haliburton

Of course, only Edwards and Haliburton are going to be a perennial all stars.

Some decent roleplayers:
Okongwu
Nesmith
Quickley
Pritchard
Merrill
McDaniels
Joe

And then quite a few players who people think are good, but are actually not:
Williams
Vassell
Anthony
Stewart
Jones
Smith
Reed
Tillman

Rest of the draft is pretty much junk. I think this draft has fewer fringe all star calibre players like Maxey, but probably better depth than 2020. I don’t think it’s at all out of the range of possibilities that this draft turns out to have more impactful players than 2020.

I see almost zero chance that this draft has a better “best 10” players than 2020.

But it could quite easily have a better bottom 40
eyeatoma wrote:You guys still dont' get it. Playoff accomplishment don't matter when you're up for your 1st MVP. When you're up for your 3rd in a row, damn straight it matters, as the only ones who done it are top 15 players of all time who have won rings.

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