2023 NBA Draft

[Duke4life831]

this is gonna be a much better and just more fun class overall. can't wait.

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Still mad Duke moved on from this kid. Would've loved to see him at Duke.

[clyde21]

this is gonna be a much better and just more fun class overall. can't wait.

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Still mad Duke moved on from this kid. Would've loved to see him at Duke.

yall got enough my guy don't get greedy

[Hal14]

Is it just me or does Ware kind of look like he could be Dominick Barlow's brother?

Look the way they move on the court, body language, similar frame, similar moves..

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[MemphisX]

this is gonna be a much better and just more fun class overall. can't wait.

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Yes it will.

[Mark_83]

Should I already start scouting potential veteran players we trade down with our pick for?

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man, he's a freak.

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Obviously a long way to go till draft but as of now i can't see ware being lower than 6 (with wemby, scoot, Thompson twins and whitehead being the other 5)

[SelfishPlayer]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

[Duke4life831]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

Meh this would've been bigger news if this happened when college sports didnt have the NIL rules. From what Ive heard, Paolo and Keels both got well over 7 figures this past year at Duke. Talk that Sharpe got seven figures and the dude didnt even play a game for UK. Put it this way, Nijel Pack got over 800k and a car to transfer to Miami a month ago. Im sure 80% of people on here have never heard of the name Nijel Pack. Oscar Tsweibe is making 2.5+ mil this year to come back and play for UK again.

Im all for guys going to the G League but a seven figure endorsement deal isn't a big time game changer for the G League that it would've been 5 years ago. These guys in college are making big time money and they still get a ton more exposure playing in college than compared to the guys in the G League.

[SelfishPlayer]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

Meh this would've been bigger news if this happened when college sports didnt have the NIL rules. From what Ive heard, Paolo and Keels both got well over 7 figures this past year at Duke. Talk that Sharpe got seven figures and the dude didnt even play a game for UK. Put it this way, Nijel Pack got over 800k and a car to transfer to Miami a month ago. Im sure 80% of people on here have never heard of the name Nijel Pack. Oscar Tsweibe is making 2.5+ mil this year to come back and play for UK again.

Im all for guys going to the G League but a seven figure endorsement deal isn't a big time game changer for the G League that it would've been 5 years ago. These guys in college are making big time money and they still get a ton more exposure playing in college than compared to the guys in the G League.

Scoot Henderson signing a seven figure deal with Puma is a fact, not hearsay.

[Duke4life831]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

Meh this would've been bigger news if this happened when college sports didnt have the NIL rules. From what Ive heard, Paolo and Keels both got well over 7 figures this past year at Duke. Talk that Sharpe got seven figures and the dude didnt even play a game for UK. Put it this way, Nijel Pack got over 800k and a car to transfer to Miami a month ago. Im sure 80% of people on here have never heard of the name Nijel Pack. Oscar Tsweibe is making 2.5+ mil this year to come back and play for UK again.

Im all for guys going to the G League but a seven figure endorsement deal isn't a big time game changer for the G League that it would've been 5 years ago. These guys in college are making big time money and they still get a ton more exposure playing in college than compared to the guys in the G League.

Scoot Henderson signing a seven figure deal with Puma is a fact, not hearsay.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/nijel-pack-transfers-to-miami-former-kansas-state-star-to-earn-800000-in-nil-deal-with-lifewallet/

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CBS, Jeff Goodman (later reported by SI). This isn't fact but hearsay?

I mean it's not really secret how big the NIL spending has gotten in college basketball and football. Again when we're talking guys like Nijel Pack getting 800k+. Ya the big names are getting big time money. It's not hearsay.

[SelfishPlayer]

Meh this would've been bigger news if this happened when college sports didnt have the NIL rules. From what Ive heard, Paolo and Keels both got well over 7 figures this past year at Duke. Talk that Sharpe got seven figures and the dude didnt even play a game for UK. Put it this way, Nijel Pack got over 800k and a car to transfer to Miami a month ago. Im sure 80% of people on here have never heard of the name Nijel Pack. Oscar Tsweibe is making 2.5+ mil this year to come back and play for UK again.

Im all for guys going to the G League but a seven figure endorsement deal isn't a big time game changer for the G League that it would've been 5 years ago. These guys in college are making big time money and they still get a ton more exposure playing in college than compared to the guys in the G League.

Scoot Henderson signing a seven figure deal with Puma is a fact, not hearsay.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/nijel-pack-transfers-to-miami-former-kansas-state-star-to-earn-800000-in-nil-deal-with-lifewallet/

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CBS, Jeff Goodman (later reported by SI). This isn't fact but hearsay?

I mean it's not really secret how big the NIL spending has gotten in college basketball and football. Again when we're talking guys like Nijel Pack getting 800k+. Ya the big names are getting big time money. It's not hearsay.

Scoot Henderson graduated high school a year early and played pro ball last season. He never had to forgo receiving an NBA check to receive money as a student athlete:

First pick: Paolo Banchero, $9,089,300. Second pick: Chet Holmgren, $8,132,400. Third pick: Jabari Smith, $7,303,100 Fourth pick: Keegan Murray, $6,584,400. Fifth pick: Jaden Ivey, $5,962,600. Sixth pick: Bennedict Mathurin, $5,415,500. Seventh pick: Shaedon Sharpe, $4,943,700. Eighth pick: Dyson Daniels, $4,529,100.
Ninth pick: Jeremy Sochan, $4,163,100. 10th pick: Johnny Davis, $3,955,000. 11th pick: Ousmane Dieng, $3,757,200. 12th pick: Jalen Williams, $3,569,500. 13th pick: Jalen Duren, $3,390,900. 14th pick: Ochai Agbaji, $3,221,600. 15th pick: Mark Williams, $3,060,100. 16th pick: AJ Griffin, $2,907,300. 17th pick: Tari Eason, $2,761,800. 18th pick: Dalen Terry, $2,623,900. 19th pick: Jake LaRavia, $2,505,700. 20th pick: Malaki Branham, $2,405,400. 21st pick: Christian Braun, $2,309,100. 22nd pick: Walker Kessler, $2,216,900. 23rd pick: David Roddy, $2,128,300. 24th pick: MarJon Beauchamp, $2,043,200. 25th pick: Blake Wesley, $1,961,300. 26th pick: Wendell Moore, $1,896,400. 27th pick: Nikola Jovic, $1,841,600. 28th pick: Patrick Baldwin Jr., $1,830,200. 29th pick: TyTy Washington, $1,817,100. 30th pick: Peyton Watson, $1,803,800.

[clyde21]

im not sure what your point is, you said Big O's deal was 'hearsay', clearly it wasn't...take the L and move on.

[Almond2Oak]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

I’d argue the complete opposite, once the OAD rule is gone. The G-league then will be gone. They can barely attract much as is, except for a few and now with NIL in play. Good luck as seen by the class of 22’ which I believe they snagged a whopping 4 kids in the national top 50.

[clyde21]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

I’d argue the complete opposite, once the OAD rule is gone. The G-league then will be gone. They can barely attract much as is, except for a few and now with NIL in play. Good luck as seen by the class of 22’ which I believe they snagged a whopping 4 kids in the national top 50.

i dont think they'll do away with the OAD now, funneling players at least for a year to the G League seems like the better long term play to make the GL a more viable developmental league

[SelfishPlayer]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

I’d argue the complete opposite, once the OAD rule is gone. The G-league then will be gone. They can barely attract much as is, except for a few and now with NIL in play. Good luck as seen by the class of 22’ which I believe they snagged a whopping 4 kids in the national top 50.

The NBA is not for everyone. Foreign prospects like Embiid and Ben Simmons who both played high school basketball in the US will certainly look towards the G League first, potentially like Scoot Henderson at 17 years of age.

[Chuck Everett]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

I’d argue the complete opposite, once the OAD rule is gone. The G-league then will be gone. They can barely attract much as is, except for a few and now with NIL in play. Good luck as seen by the class of 22’ which I believe they snagged a whopping 4 kids in the national top 50.

The G-League is going nowhere. Dyson Daniels raised his stock significantly in the G-League as did Beauchamp.

[BostonCouchGM]

man, he's a freak.

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Obviously a long way to go till draft but as of now i can't see ware being lower than 6 (with wemby, scoot, Thompson twins and whitehead being the other 5)

not seeing it. Seems slow of foot and a slow twitch athlete. He gets away with so much in high school because of his enormous size advantage.

[BostonCouchGM]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

I’d argue the complete opposite, once the OAD rule is gone. The G-league then will be gone. They can barely attract much as is, except for a few and now with NIL in play. Good luck as seen by the class of 22’ which I believe they snagged a whopping 4 kids in the national top 50.

The G-League is going nowhere. Dyson Daniels raised his stock significantly in the G-League as did Beauchamp.

agreed. And with the G-League they don't have to live on campus and pretend to go to classes. Though, imo that is THE reason kids should go to college if money is the same at both places. But for some, they don't feel the need to bother.

[K_chile22]

Scoot Henderson signed a seven figure endorsement deal after completing what would have been his senior high school season in the G League. Once one of these young pros get drafted #1 overall, college will take a massive hit in recruiting top prospects even more than they already have.

I’d argue the complete opposite, once the OAD rule is gone. The G-league then will be gone. They can barely attract much as is, except for a few and now with NIL in play. Good luck as seen by the class of 22’ which I believe they snagged a whopping 4 kids in the national top 50.

The G-League is going nowhere. Dyson Daniels raised his stock significantly in the G-League as did Beauchamp.

They also have scoot who's likely to be another top 3 pick like Jalen Green, apparently Wemby is considering going to the ignite too because of his opt out but I doubt that happens

[andyhop]

I don't see why the NBA will continue to waste money on the G-League Elite, seems a pointless exercise for them