2020 NBA Draft

Patrick1978 · Post #1501 » by **Patrick1978** » Tue Jan 7, 2020 10:14 pm

clyde21 wrote:i still have Oscar and Okoro returning, but I added them to my board just for reference. Oscar is a T1 guy to me.

T1
RJ HAMPTON
SCOTTIE LEWIS
ANTHONY EDWARDS
JOSH GREEN
OSCAR TSHIEBWE

T2
NICO MANNION
JAMES WISEMAN
TYRESE HALIBURTON
OCHAI AGBAJI
ISAAC OKORO
TRE JONES
JADEN MCDANIELS
LAMELO BALL
COLE ANTHONY

T3
PAUL REED
TYLER BEY
OBI TOPPIN
ONYEKA OKONGWU
DANIEL OTURU
DENI AVDIJA
LEANDRO BOLMARO
JARED BUTLER
THEO MALEDON
KILLIAN HAYES
TYRESE MAXEY
ISAIAH JOE

Why do you have Lewis in T1?

Roddy B for 3 · 7/1/2019 (I broke a mirror on 7-1-2012)

Jaylen Smith towering over Wesson. Makes Wesson look like a G-Leaguer vs an NBA big.

Smith muscling him, using his brain, drawing fouls, hitting threes and just being big. Look like a real NBA 1st rounder.

King Ken · Post #1503 » by **King Ken** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 5:57 am

It's still really early in the process so these are far from final but here's my top 10 so far:

My top 10 is the draft is:

Draft grade/potential

1. Obi Toppin- 8/8.5

2. LaMelo Ball - 6.5/9.5

3. Anthony Edwards- 6.5/9.5

4. Onyeka Okongwu- 7/8.5

5. James Wiseman - 6.5/9

6. Cole Anthony- 7.5/8

7. Tyrese Haliburton - 7/8

8. Killian Hayes - 7/7.5

9. Tre Jones - 7/7.5

10. RJ Hampton - 7/7.5

Note: it's very early in the process. A lot of these guys will show more potential as the season goes along. I tend to be rigid at this point of the draft with potential of most players, so take it with a grain of salt outside of the ones I've seen a ton of like Edwards, Wiseman, Okongwu, and Ball.

Post #1504 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 12:22 pm

Roddy B for 3 wrote:Jaylen Smith towering over Wesson. Makes Wesson look like a G-Leaguer vs an NBA big.

Smith muscling him, using his brain, drawing fouls, hitting threes and just being big. Look like a real NBA 1st rounder.

It was interesting to watch Chol Marisal. He's definitely not in basketball shape after returning from stress fractures in both legs - he was out of breath in less than 5 minutes - and he looked to have terrible hands, but his defensive ability is impressive. He really moves well for a 7'2 player - someone to look out for 2021 - see if he can stay healthy. Both of MD's starting wings have potential. Wiggins should just give up on being a penetrator - he's too sloppy with his ball-handling - but... he's got nice form on his 3, he can D, and he's a nice athlete. Morsell is a physical defensive wing with great athleticism. Little by little, he's starting to develop an offensive game.

Patrick1978 · Post #1505 » by **Patrick1978** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 4:27 pm

Ruzious wrote:
Roddy B for 3 wrote:Jaylen Smith towering over Wesson. Makes Wesson look like a G-Leaguer vs an NBA big.

Smith muscling him, using his brain, drawing fouls, hitting threes and just being big. Look like a real NBA 1st rounder.

It was interesting to watch Chol Marisal. He's definitely not in basketball shape after returning from stress fractures in both legs - he was out of breath in less than 5 minutes - and he looked to have terrible hands, but his defensive ability is impressive. He really moves well for a 7'2 player - someone to look out for 2021 - see if he can stay healthy. Both of MD's starting wings have potential. Wiggins should just give up on being a penetrator - he's too sloppy with his ball-handling - but... he's got nice form on his 3, he can D, and he's a nice athlete. Morsell is a physical defensive wing with great athleticism. Little by little, he's starting to develop an offensive game.

Agree with you on all.
What i like about Morsell is that that he also offers some playmaking.

I hope that the Orlando GM Mr. Weltman sends some scouts to the Maryland games

shakes0 · Post #1506 » by **shakes0** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 4:53 pm

much better from Ant Edwards last night. He looked good. Even showed off for Trae who was sitting courtside. at one point Edwards dunked and Trae was filming it on his phone, Edwards walked over and mugged for his phone. I bet he posted it on twitter, but I'm too old to look into that. Maybe one of you younger cats can find it and post it here?

CoreyVillains · Post #1507 » by **CoreyVillains** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 6:25 pm

I've broken down a bunch of LaMelo film on my twitter before i put together a thorough draft vid. You guys can check them out below.

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MotownMadness · Post #1508 » by **MotownMadness** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 6:29 pm

shakes0 wrote:much better from Ant Edwards last night. He looked good. Even showed off for Trae who was sitting courtside. at one point Edwards dunked and Trae was filming it on his phone, Edwards walked over and mugged for his phone. I bet he posted it on twitter, but I'm too old to look into that. Maybe one of you younger cats can find it and post it here?

He played well, also hurt his team a bit chucking in the end when they needed to start driving.

There was one stepback 3 that was Harden esque in a defenders face. Then he got a bit too trigger happy. Potential is undeniable though, Hes confident in his shot and is gonna be a high usage player.

Post #1509 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 6:53 pm

MotownMadness wrote:
shakes0 wrote:much better from Ant Edwards last night. He looked good. Even showed off for Trae who was sitting courtside. at one point Edwards dunked and Trae was filming it on his phone, Edwards walked over and mugged for his phone. I bet he posted it on twitter, but I'm too old to look into that. Maybe one of you younger cats can find it and post it here?

He played well, also hurt his team a bit chucking in the end when they needed to start driving.

There was one stepback 3 that was Harden esque in a defenders face. Then he got a bit too trigger happy. Potential is undeniable though, Hes confident in his shot and is gonna be a high usage player.

No doubt he's talented, but he hasn't played like a top 2 pick in the draft. He's been an inefficient scorer and really hasn't made up for that by excelling somewhere else. But there's plenty of time for him to improve this season.

HeadtopChunes · Post #1510 » by **HeadtopChunes** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 7:56 pm

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MotownMadness · Post #1511 » by **MotownMadness** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 8:07 pm

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Maxey definitely outplayed him last night too. But Edwards tries to do way to many ill advised jump shots once he thinks hes starting to feel it. Most are literally like Harden type 3s

Illmatic12 · Post #1512 » by **Illmatic12** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 2:57 am

Okoro getting off rn vs Vandy .. 17/4 in the first half and just hit a stepback three

TOPFIVETOPFIVETOPFIVE

Nesmith has been quiet but Saban lee is cooking

HeadtopChunes · Post #1513 » by **HeadtopChunes** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 2:57 am

Okoro showing some serious offensive flashes today

Probably gonna move him up on my board if he can keep that up

clyde21 · Post #1514 » by **clyde21** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 3:04 am

yea Okoro looks good tonight, doing some things offensively he hasn't done all year, he needs to keep this level of confidence up in his game

clyde21 · Post #1515 » by **clyde21** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 4:09 am

Roy Williams is such a POS

Post #1516 » by **Duke4life831** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 4:55 am

Cassius Stanley put on an athletic show tonight. Probably 3-4 highlight worthy dunks on the night. This one was pretty nasty

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Post #1517 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 5:07 am

All I see whenever I watch Ball play is Austin Rivers pre-NBA. A guy that doesn’t have the shooting or scoring ability to be the type of player he is dying to be.

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clyde21 · Post #1518 » by **clyde21** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 5:37 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Cassius Stanley put on an athletic show tonight. Probably 3-4 highlight worthy dunks on the night. This one was pretty nasty

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non NBA player save for the highlights dunks, kinda like Derrick Jones

clyde21 · Post #1519 » by **clyde21** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 5:39 am

NO-KG-AI wrote:All I see whenever I watch Ball play is Austin Rivers pre-NBA. A guy that doesn’t have the shooting or scoring ability to be the type of player he is dying to be.

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i'd give Lamelo pass if he wasn't so bad defensively, he's gonna have to supremely efficient on offense to make up the variance, don't know if he can get there.

at least with Zo you can always rely on the D.

Post #1520 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 1:57 pm

clyde21 wrote:
NO-KG-AI wrote:All I see whenever I watch Ball play is Austin Rivers pre-NBA. A guy that doesn’t have the shooting or scoring ability to be the type of player he is dying to be.

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i'd give Lamelo pass if he wasn't so bad defensively, he's gonna have to supremely efficient on offense to make up the variance, don't know if he can get there.

at least with Zo you can always rely on the D.

And there is no reason for me to think a guy that has always been not that efficient is going to just become a super efficient scorer. He's a shot chucker with a busted shot right now.