Who is your 2022 prospect who will be shockingly better than his draft stock?

[Drgaliza2]

100% kai sotto.. hes not even top 100 in mock draft and not even in the list of most mock drafts.. according to his agent there are already nba teams who are interested in him.. and theres a particular scouts who watch his game lately.. utah jazz if im not mistaken.. utah dont even have draft pick unless its top 6… so either they will trade for picks or they are bold enough to use top 6 pick for this dude.. i know celtics scouted him as well and is interested.. severely underrated or is just under the radar.. I have a feeling they will trade gobert for wiseman, kuminga, and a 2nd round pick to get sotto..

[Soca]

Bryce McGowens

[bdoody42]

Branham if he is outside the lottery.
Terry if he outside the top 20.
Mark Williams if he is outside the top 12.

[Mark_83]

1st
E.J. Liddell
Wendell Moore

2nd
Peyton Watson
Gabriele Procida

Undrafted
Vince Williams Jr.
Keyontae Johnson

[BlazersBroncos]

1st
E.J. Liddell
Wendell Moore

2nd
Peyton Watson
Gabriele Procida

Undrafted
Vince Williams Jr.
Keyontae Johnson

This is a great list.

Johnson coming back and succeeding in the NBA is a longshot but what a story that would be. I love the kids frame, just a beast. Has he been medically cleared? I feel like we need to hear that before even consitering him as a guy who plays professionally.

Watson and Minott are excellent flyers with that tall, bouncy frame everyone wants to find in a SF. Greg Brown type flyers in R2 but worth a shot.

[rambo_ortega]

I second this!

100% kai sotto.. hes not even top 100 in mock draft and not even in the list of most mock drafts.. according to his agent there are already nba teams who are interested in him.. and theres a particular scouts who watch his game lately.. utah jazz if im not mistaken.. utah dont even have draft pick unless its top 6… so either they will trade for picks or they are bold enough to use top 6 pick for this dude.. i know celtics scouted him as well and is interested.. severely underrated or is just under the radar.. I have a feeling they will trade gobert for wiseman, kuminga, and a 2nd round pick to get sotto..

[Madhouse]

Oscar....

[babyjax13]

Now that he is declared, 100% it is Peyton Watson. He's raw, he will take some time to develop...but he has every physical tool you could want, he works hard on the court, and he's a good defender. Admittedly, it could work out like Coboclo, but if you asked me what player taken after 20 could explode into an all-star caliber player, he's probably #1 on my list.

[Kalela]

Christian Koloko. I guess it depends on where he is drafted but I see good NBA player in him.

[Goldbum]

Jabari Walker. Modern combo forward hidden in plain sight.

[DCasey91]

Dyson Daniels. I think he’s legit as can. don’t know the range of where he’ll be picked in the draft but anything outside 20 is a bargain.

Really good feel for the game, has time when he has the ball, does all the little things, underrated imo.

[tidho]

Now that he is declared, 100% it is Peyton Watson. He's raw, he will take some time to develop...but he has every physical tool you could want, he works hard on the court, and he's a good defender. Admittedly, it could work out like Coboclo, but if you asked me what player taken after 20 could explode into an all-star caliber player, he's probably #1 on my list.

Seems a lot like this year's BJ Boston. Great HS class ranking and lottery projected at one point, just didn't pan out in their freshman year. Still could hit when they mature though.

[CptCrunch]

I've been shilling Wendell Moore for months.

No one ever talks about him. Ever.

A 20 year old junior, 2 months older than Ty Ty Washington, 5 months older than Ivey, averaging 13.4/5.3/4.4 AST in the ACC on 50/41/81 splits with 1.4 STL, 1.9 TOV.

6'4.5" w/o shoes, 6'10.5" span. NBA athlete, nothing special but not bad.

This guy is a stealth mode PG prospect. K wants to play him as SF, but I insist his future is as a combo guard or secondary handler in the league. He is basically the same age as the two best point guards mocked this year, you could discount his play because has more college experience than the other two.

He has better passing stats than Ivey and Ty Ty. And get this he didn't get to play PG full-time, had to share the ball with Paolo, Keels, and Jeremy Roach, all of them are obvious NBA players (of some sorts) in the future, top 5 for Paolo, 20-40 for Keels, 2nd rounder for Roach.

Moore is being mocked in a 25-40 scenario which is absolutely ridiculous. His passing signals are as good as any PG mocked this year (aside from Dyson Daniels hiding out down under). I am not saying Moore will be a slam dunk or is a safe pick, just that I see a path for him to greatly exceed his draft positions. This isn't some undersized upperclassmen scoring guard or a tweener PF, someone of his profile is exceedingly rare and he is being undervalued right now.

[BlazersBroncos]

I love Moore, think he has a great chance to be better than AJ. Actually like him and Dyson more than AJ, Mathurian and Davis. (Dont even have TyTy in the same league as any of these kids)

Brogdan to Moore comp anyone?

[babyjax13]

Now that he is declared, 100% it is Peyton Watson. He's raw, he will take some time to develop...but he has every physical tool you could want, he works hard on the court, and he's a good defender. Admittedly, it could work out like Coboclo, but if you asked me what player taken after 20 could explode into an all-star caliber player, he's probably #1 on my list.

Seems a lot like this year's BJ Boston. Great HS class ranking and lottery projected at one point, just didn't pan out in their freshman year. Still could hit when they mature though.

It is a pattern in the last few drafts that a highly regarded big wing who was either raw or injured (or both) drops and then performs pretty well. I think that Watson fits the pattern, and if he even turns into a Nassir Little level player that means you just drafted a big wing who can defend up and down positions at the end of the first round or early in the second...and that's a pretty big deal.

2018: Michael Porter Jr.
2019: Nassir Little
2020: Jaden McDaniels
2021: BJ Boston

[Nazrmohamed]

Christian Koloko. I guess it depends on where he is drafted but I see good NBA player in him.

I think so too but it won't be know until the last yr of his rookie deal. I think he can muscle up and end up like Clint Capella

[babyjax13]

Jabari Walker. Modern combo forward hidden in plain sight.

I love Walker. Don't see a combo forward, more like a stretchy 4/5. I don't understand why he's rated significantly lower than the power forwards mocked in the middle of the first round. A team like Minnesota, especially, could use him.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Vince Williams

[jezzerinho]

Christian Koloko. I guess it depends on where he is drafted but I see good NBA player in him.

I think so too but it won't be know until the last yr of his rookie deal. I think he can muscle up and end up like Clint Capella

To my mind he has one of the lowest bust risks in the class. He's gonna be good. Blow the doors off great? I wouldn't rule it out but I'd err on the side of v solid starter in a couple of years and contributor out the gate. He works way too hard to fail with those physical gifts.

[Ell Curry]

Really bad pg class but I do like Chandler wherever he lands, but most importantly with what roster he'd be playing with

Milwaukee at 24 with Jrue and Middleton playing the 2 and 3 as they get older looks intriguing for him, though not sure he'll shoot well enough to be off ball so much. Minnesota as a potential replacement for Russell in a few years if he pans out maybe. Not a lot of other great fits.