2019 Draft Class

[clyde21]

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[clyde21]

nice, Lecque's staying in.

really last big names we're waiting for are Grimes, Dotson, Nwora and KZ.

[clyde21]

bummer, Grimes is returning.

Amir Coffey, Rayjon Tucker and KZ Okpala staying in draft

[DeBlazerRiddem]

Question - is THT too much of a reach at 7? I really love him, and I do think it's a little bit of a reach, but not too much. I feel like the only way the Bulls could publicly justify taking him is if they traded back.

His shooting percentages don't scare you?

[nolang1]

Question - is THT too much of a reach at 7? I really love him, and I do think it's a little bit of a reach, but not too much. I feel like the only way the Bulls could publicly justify taking him is if they traded back.

His shooting percentages don't scare you?

They do for me, but once you get past 3 or 4, you're basically choosing which type of potential role player you want. He's one of the youngest players in the draft (fellow freshmen Cam Reddish, Romeo Langford, and Bol Bol are all at least a year older than him), is probably right there with the best guards in the draft at non-shooting stuff, and you could probably convince yourself that shot selection is more of an issue than him having a totally busted jumper.

[clyde21]

Dotson/Nwora returning

[doordoor123]

Don’t think Langford goes very high, think he’s more of a 20s pick. Still, I like his upside long term. Problem is it might be too long term. His personality for me made me drop him a bit. Just kind of immature. He’s ignorantly confident, but also timid. He doesn’t know who he is as a person yet. It could mean it’s going to take him time to get that point. And yeah, sometimes kids can be intimidated by interviews, but hes gotten that kind of attention since high school. Don’t get me wrong, I like his skills and physical ability, I think his issues in Indiana were mental. Which could also explain his issues shooting even despite his hand injury. You need to have confidence in your shot and when you have an open shot, you have to have the confidence to make it. Mentally he’s just not there. Best team for him will be a team who brings him up slowly as a third String player just to learn how to be an NBA player mentally.

[doordoor123]

Grimes and Dotson wouldn’t have been drafted. Better they return. The next two years should have a good crop of players with the transfers going on. There were some good transfers last year who haven’t played yet as well.

[Stillwater]

Grimes is transferring out of Kansas= more Ochai Agbaji

[clyde21]

Grimes is transferring out of Kansas= more Ochai Agbaji

love both Grimes and Agbaji.

what should've happened at Kansas is Grimes/Agbaji should've started down the stretch and Dotson should've been the lead guy off the bench, but he had it backwards.

bummer that Grimes won't be part of the '20 crop now either.

[clyde21]

Here are the full lists of staying/returning

STAYING IN NBA DRAFT (86)

Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech
RJ Barrett, Duke
Tyus Battle, Syracuse
Darius Bazley
Bol Bol, Oregon
Marques Bolden, Duke
Jordan Bone, Tennessee
Ky Bowman, Boston College
Ignas Brazdeikis, Michigan
Oshae Brissett, Syracuse
Armoni Brooks, Houston
Charlie Brown Jr., Saint Joseph’s
Moses Brown, UCLA
Brandon Clarke, Gonzaga
Nicolas Claxton, Georgia
Amir Coffey, Minnesota
Tyler Cook, Iowa
Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech
Aubrey Dawkins, UCF
Luguentz Dort, Arizona State
Carsen Edwards, Purdue
Bruno Fernando, Maryland
Daniel Gafford, Arkansas
Darius Garland, Vanderbilt
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
Jaylen Hands, UCLA
Jared Harper, Auburn
Jaxson Hayes, Texas
Dewan Hernandez, Miami
Tyler Herro, Kentucky
Amir Hinton, Shaw
Jaylen Hoard, Wake Forest
Daulton Hommes, Point Loma Nazarene
Talen Horton-Tucker, Iowa State
De’Andre Hunter, Virginia
Ty Jerome, Virginia
Keldon Johnson, Kentucky
Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State
Sacha Killeya-Jones, NC State
Louis King, Oregon
VJ King, Louisville
Sagaba Konate, West Virginia
Martin Krampelj, Creighton
Romeo Langford, Indiana
Cameron Lard, Iowa State
Dedric Lawson, Kansas
Jacob Ledoux, Texas-Permian Basin
Jalen Lecque, Brewster Academy
Nassir Little, North Carolina
Trevor Manuel, Olivet (MI)
Charles Matthews, Michigan
Jalen McDaniels, San Diego State
Ja Morant, Murray State
Kouat Noi, TCU
Zach Norvell, Gonzaga
Jaylen Nowell, Washington
Chuma Okeke, Auburn
KZ Okpala, Stanford
Miye Oni, Yale
Lamar Peters, Mississippi State
Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s
Jordan Poole, Michigan
Jontay Porter, Missouri
Kevin Porter Jr., USC
Brandon Randolph, Arizona
Cam Reddish, Duke
Isaiah Reese, Canisius
Naz Reid, LSU
Austin Robinson, Kentucky Christian
Isaiah Roby, Nebraska
Samir Sehic, Tulane
Simi Shittu, Vanderbilt
Justin Simon, St. John’s
D’Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
Jalen Sykes, St. Clair College
Rayjon Tucker, Memphis
Nick Ward, Michigan State
P.J. Washington, Kentucky
Tremont Waters, LSU
Coby White, North Carolina
Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State
Kris Wilkes, UCLA
Grant Williams, Tennessee
Zion Williamson, Duke
Kenny Wooten, Oregon

[clyde21]

RETURNING TO SCHOOL (89)

Milan Acquaah, Cal Baptist
Al-Wajid Aminu, North Florida
Bryce Aiken, Harvard
Desmond Bane, TCU
Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky
Troy Baxter, TBD (transferring)
Kerry Blackshear, TBD (transferring)
Phil Bledsoe, Glenville State
DaQuan Bracey, Louisiana Tech
Keith Braxton, Saint Francis (Pa.)
Nico Carvacho, Colorado State
Yoeli Childs, BYU
RJ Cole, UConn
Anthony Cowan, Maryland
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati
Caleb Daniels, Villanova
Tulio Da Silva, Missouri State
Javin DeLaurier, Duke
Silvio De Sousa, Kansas
Mamadi Diakite, Virginia
Alpha Diallo, Providence
James Dickey, UNCG
David DiLeo, Central Michigan
Davon Dillard, Shaw
Devon Dotson, Kansas
Al Durham, Indiana
CJ Elleby, Washington State
Steven Enoch, Louisville
Jaylen Fisher, TBD (transferring)
Savion Flagg, Texas A&M
Eugene German, Northern Illinois
TJ Gibbs, Notre Dame
Quentin Goodin, Xavier
Tony Goodwin, Redemption Christian Academy
Kellan Grady, Davidson
Devonte Green, Indiana
Quentin Grimes, TBD (transferring)
Jon Axel Gudmundsson, Davidson
Jerrick Harding, Weber State
Kevon Harris, Stephen F. Austin
Jayce Johnson, Marquette
Markell Johnson, NC State
Tyrique Jones, Xavier
Nathan Knight, William & Mary
Anthony Lamb, Vermont
A.J. Lawson, South Carolina
Tevin Mack, TBD (transferring)
Malik Maitland, Bethune-Cookman
Jermaine Marrow, Hampton
Naji Marshall, Xavier
Skylar Mays, LSU
Davion Mintz, Creighton
EJ Montgomery, Kentucky
Andrew Nembhard, Florida
Joel Ntambwe, Texas Tech
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
Devonte Patterson, Prairie View A&M
Reggie Perry, Mississippi State
Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
Jalen Pickett, Siena
Cletrell Pope, Bethune-Cookman
Nik Popovic, Boston College
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Neemias Queta, Utah State
Nick Richards, Kentucky
Laquincy Rideau, South Florida
Kevin Samuel, TCU
Paul Scruggs, Xavier
Josh Sharkey, Samford
Nike Sibande, Miami (Ohio)
Javonte Smart, LSU
Justin Smith, Indiana
Derrik Smits, Butler
Xavier Sneed, Kansas State
Lamar Stevens, Penn State
Marlon Taylor, LSU
Ethan Thompson, Oregon State
Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
Donnie Tillman, Utah
Tres Tinkle, Oregon State
Obi Toppin, Dayton
Justin Turner, Bowling Green
Kaleb Wesson, Ohio State
Jimmy Whitt Jr., Arkansas
Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
Charles Williams, Howard
Emmitt Williams, LSU
Holland Woods, Portland State

[clyde21]

btw, Bassey had 'change of heart' and decide to return to school...probably a good idea, the C class was getting a bit too congested

[Stillwater]

Grimes is transferring out of Kansas= more Ochai Agbaji

love both Grimes and Agbaji.

what should've happened at Kansas is Grimes/Agbaji should've started down the stretch and Dotson should've been the lead guy off the bench, but he had it backwards.

bummer that Grimes won't be part of the '20 crop now either.

I got the impression he will not play basketball in college anywhere next season but will retain his 2020 nba eligibility.

[Stillwater]

btw, Bassey had 'change of heart' and decide to return to school...probably a good idea, the C class was getting a bit too congested

Surprised tbh, he must not have gotten much shine from nba scouts at the combine.

[clyde21]

Grimes is transferring out of Kansas= more Ochai Agbaji

love both Grimes and Agbaji.

what should've happened at Kansas is Grimes/Agbaji should've started down the stretch and Dotson should've been the lead guy off the bench, but he had it backwards.

bummer that Grimes won't be part of the '20 crop now either.

I got the impression he will not play basketball in college anywhere next season but will retain his 2020 nba eligibility.

reports are that he's transferring to another school, so we'll see. not sure why he would go back to just sit out the year, that won't necessarily improve his stock.

[clyde21]

btw, Bassey had 'change of heart' and decide to return to school...probably a good idea, the C class was getting a bit too congested

Surprised tbh, he must not have gotten much shine from nba scouts at the combine.

not that surprised, not sure if he's a first rounder at this point, and it's a deep C class, while next year's looks pretty shallow at C...really the only 3 Cs projected in the first at this point are Wiseman/Stewart/Carey (and Carey is a questionable prospect IMO)

[Chuck Everett]

UCLA lost 3 players off a trash team. WTF?

[clyde21]

UCLA lost 3 players off a trash team. WTF?

that's probably why they left, UCLA is a mess right now

[No-Man]

UCLA is gonna be waaaay better next year