2020 NBA Draft

No-Man · Post #141 » by **No-Man** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:43 pm

Gotta eat crow, Penny is the man

Ellis-Harris
Tucker-Lomax-Hardaway
Quinones-Baugh
Achiuwa-Jeffries-Thomas
Wiseman-Maurice-Dandridge

The-Power · Post #142 » by **The-Power** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:58 pm

Fischella wrote:Gotta eat crow, Penny is the man

Ellis-Harris
Tucker-Lomax-Hardaway
Quinones-Baugh
Achiuwa-Jeffries-Thomas
Wiseman-Maurice-Dandridge

Dominant bigs surrounded by good shooters. It's going to be an exciting team for sure! Achiuwa and Wiseman – that has the potential to be an incredible defensive duo if they can adapt to the college game quickly.

No-Man · Post #143 » by **No-Man** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:59 pm

The only issue for me it's that they don't really have PGs, Lomax is the closest, the other guys are shooters or scorers, and you kinda need creators in college, Quinones can pass it a bit, we will see, also I guarantee you that somebody is going to transfer out down the road

Post #144 » by **VCfor3** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:02 pm

In the span of a week or so (the days run together for me so forgive me if I'm a little off), Memphis has had the following basketball things happen:

Tucker signed.
Lester signed.
Boogie signed.
Achiuwa signed.
Won #2 in the NBA lottery

Needless to say people are pumped for the fall.

Post #145 » by **VCfor3** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:04 pm

Fischella wrote:The only issue for me it's that they don't really have PGs, Lomax is the closest, the other guys are shooters or scorers, and you kinda need creators in college, Quinones can pass it a bit, we will see, also I guarantee you that somebody is going to transfer out down the road

Boogie wants to play PG and I think he will get the starting gig. I know nothing about his passing skills though so maybe someone else can comment on how they see him working as the PG.

No-Man · Post #146 » by **No-Man** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:13 pm

VCfor3 wrote:
Fischella wrote:The only issue for me it's that they don't really have PGs, Lomax is the closest, the other guys are shooters or scorers, and you kinda need creators in college, Quinones can pass it a bit, we will see, also I guarantee you that somebody is going to transfer out down the road

Boogie wants to play PG and I think he will get the starting gig. I know nothing about his passing skills though so maybe someone else can comment on how they see him working as the PG.

He is a sharp shooter with limited ability to control a game as a PG

playing next to senior Rayjon Tucker... he is gonna have to defer a bunch too

remi_222 · Post #147 » by **remi_222** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:00 pm

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Theo Maledon, Killian Hayes and Malcom Cazalon will enter this draft ! top 10 for the first 2 !

nolang1 · Post #148 » by **nolang1** » Tue May 21, 2019 1:36 am

Obviously some players currently in the draft will return, but a couple returnees I'm interested in next year are Antoine Davis and Devin Vassell.

Vassell was a young (doesn't turn 19 until August) freshman who was thought to be a redshirt going into the year but earned some time with his defense (2 steals and 1.1 blocks per 40) and by being perhaps the best outside shooter for FSU (42% from 3 on 7 attempts per 40). At 6'6" with probably a 7 foot wingspan he's got real 3-D potential.

Davis obviously broke Curry's freshman three-point shooting record, which by itself should make him draftable (especially since I'm sure more of his threes were of the tougher off-the-dribble variety than Curry's, who as a freshman played off the ball alongside a good distributing point guard). At first glance Davis seems to be a somewhat inefficient chucker whose stats are pumped up playing for his dad, but he managed to get a team that was unanimously picked to finish last in the conference to at least be a middle-of-the-pack mid-major squad. Without Davis on the court, Detroit was a whopping 23 points per 100 possessions worse (-14 on offense, -9 on defense), so it's not unreasonable to say they would've been a bottom 10 Division I team without him. I'm pretty sure he's like a year older than the typical freshman though; if not I'd consider him to be a potential lottery pick.

ejftw · Post #149 » by **ejftw** » Wed May 22, 2019 7:50 pm

https://mikeksmind.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/2020-nba-big-board/

My first early big board...had to put some West Coast Bias in there

bulliedog8 · Post #150 » by **bulliedog8** » Wed May 22, 2019 8:27 pm

Matthew Hurt will be 1 and done. Wonder where he will go in the draft

Post #151 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed May 22, 2019 10:20 pm

bulliedog8 wrote:Matthew Hurt will be 1 and done. Wonder where he will go in the draft

Unless he puts on a Lauri Markkanen kind of shooting performance 2nd round. Only 6'9 with shoes and only a 6'9 wingspan. The only position he has a chance at playing is a stretch 4. He is pretty much Ryan Anderson 2.0. And Ryan Anderson can barely see the court the last few years.

bulliedog8 · Post #152 » by **bulliedog8** » Thu May 23, 2019 5:40 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:
bulliedog8 wrote:Matthew Hurt will be 1 and done. Wonder where he will go in the draft

Unless he puts on a Lauri Markkanen kind of shooting performance 2nd round. Only 6'9 with shoes and only a 6'9 wingspan. The only position he has a chance at playing is a stretch 4. He is pretty much Ryan Anderson 2.0. And Ryan Anderson can barely see the court the last few years.

He’s a pretty good shooter. But ya I agree on the Ryan Anderson comparison. But from what I’ve heard, is that his brother graduated at minn in 3 years so he could grad transfer to wherever matthew would play to help him get through his freshman year because he isn’t the brightest. Has some learning disabilities. So that is why he would be a 1 and done. But maybe duke will help him stay on the straight regarding school. Get him all the help he might need

remi_222 · Post #153 » by **remi_222** » Sat May 25, 2019 6:19 pm

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Link for Theo Maledon (top 5 in mock drafts), n°6 for ASVEL (white jerseys)

No-Man · Post #154 » by **No-Man** » Sun May 26, 2019 5:42 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:
bulliedog8 wrote:Matthew Hurt will be 1 and done. Wonder where he will go in the draft

Unless he puts on a Lauri Markkanen kind of shooting performance 2nd round. Only 6'9 with shoes and only a 6'9 wingspan. The only position he has a chance at playing is a stretch 4. He is pretty much Ryan Anderson 2.0. And Ryan Anderson can barely see the court the last few years.

Hurt can pass and has nice ability on D, needs to put on strength but he looks the part as a 2-way modern 4, should easily go in the 1st

nolang1 · Post #155 » by **nolang1** » Sun May 26, 2019 9:25 pm

Most of the talk in this draft is justifiably about the incoming freshman class, and two more players who have a good shot of joining this class by reclassifying are Sharife Cooper and N'Faly Dante.

Cooper led his team to an undefeated season and was the USA Today NPOY, but by virtue of being a point guard who's just a little over 6 feet his status as a prospect has always lagged behind his on-court impact. He's got the most Chris Paul-like offensive game I've seen from a high school player since CP3, and his worst-case outcome is being a 3+ inches taller version of Tyler Ulis. If Jared Harper stays in the draft Cooper will almost definitely be at Auburn this coming season.

N'Faly Dante is more raw otherwise but is right up there with Wiseman as the best rim protector and lob threat in the class; he's shooting 76% from the field in the EYBL. 6'11" with a 7'5.5" wingspan. Kansas, Kentucky, LSU, and Oregon are the most likely schools for him.

clyde21 · Post #156 » by **clyde21** » Tue May 28, 2019 5:17 am

Read on Twitter

Post #157 » by **GimmeDat** » Tue May 28, 2019 5:28 am

clyde21 wrote:

Read on Twitter

NBL let's gooo (I'm hoping haha).

There's actually a bit of traction that RJ is going to sign with the NZ Breakers in Aus.

Eskobar13 · Post #158 » by **Eskobar13** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:17 pm

This should be a big boost for NBL but also for the overseas route, no?

If this dude plus Luka thrive for the next 3-4 years in the league, more and more players should follow, specially if there really is a crackdown on money being handed down by college to top recruits.

Could have major implications or am I just day-dreaming here?

pootbrah · Post #159 » by **pootbrah** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:42 pm

NBL doesn't have the best track record with young players to be fair (I used to follow more intently over 5 years ago to be fair and from my inside scoop it stripped more kids confidence completely away than develop their potential), it is progressing though in the last few years. The fact they now have to pay development players a minimum 17k might make them value developing their young talent a bit more too (they used to not get a dime, kids just suckered out of college with empty promises), something teams traditionally have struggled with imo. The pace of the league is also increasing so young, inexperienced and athletic guys may do better than years past but still it's a different breed of game than American ball in terms of physicality and tactics and what not.....

New Zealand are a greatly run franchise though and would probably be the team I'd pick to go to as a young player. I recon Braswell would be a great coach for a young guy too.

Still NZ hyping up big news to just say theyre signing a 17-18 year old, a bit of a let down to many I'm sure haha.

Post #160 » by **GimmeDat** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:54 pm

I mentioned the NBL a month ago but I thought it'd be too good to be true for a guy of Hampton's stature to join.. pretty stoked. Will have to catch his games in person when I can.

It should really set a precedent, at least until the OAD rule is abolished.

The NBL had hinted, both before and after this announcement, that this is would not be the only prospect signing either. The main buzz is around LaMelo, which makes sense, but it sounds like there might even be someone else.

Aussie bias conceded, I think it's going to be a league to keep a strong eye on next season. Brian Bowen might be back if he goes undrafted, Harry Froling if he goes undrafted too. You'll have Bogut coming back to play again next season too (he's fully committed to a multi-year deal with no out during the season). Plenty of quality fringe NBA imports and some top end locals who might follow Mitch Creek's path to an NBA contract as well.