2020 NBA Draft

Post #641 » by **GimmeDat** » Mon Nov 4, 2019 11:41 pm

Yeah the LaMelo #1 stuff is way too far. The jumper's broke, and he's lost on defense. But I get the excitement, he has some really outlier skills and physical tools that make his upside, in theory, extremely high.

Will need to go to the right development spot.

Expeditious · Post #642 » by **Expeditious** » Tue Nov 5, 2019 2:38 pm

clyde21 wrote:i think EJ might work himself into the lotto at some point IMO, kind of a similar rise to PJ had, i like him.

Unfortunately, EJ has looked completely lost through the scrimmages and two exhibitions. A step slow on defense and poor touch around the basket. It’s a small sample size and there’s still plenty of time to turn it around, of course, but my expectations have been officially tempered. He’s got the physical tools, but he looks like Skal Labisserie 2.0 right now. I don’t think I’d even pick him in the second round if the draft was today.

Immanuel Quickley has looked great though. He might be Kentucky’s best player at the moment. He needs to display better passing vision, but I think he’ll end up a late first rounder. Great shooter and defender with good size, and he looks really confident right now.

Big test against Michigan State tonight. We should learn a lot.

Upperclass · Post #643 » by **Upperclass** » Tue Nov 5, 2019 3:39 pm

Cassius Stanley will be the best player from this class

Upperclass · Post #644 » by **Upperclass** » Tue Nov 5, 2019 3:54 pm

imo the Ball narrative is for media coverage.. College hoops hasnt started yet and the NBA season is slow so far. LaMelo is a better prospect than his brother but neither should be/have been taken lottery. His shortcomings and potential to bust due to simple lack of care in his craft .. is sky high

MemphisX · Post #645 » by **MemphisX** » Tue Nov 5, 2019 11:59 pm

Upperclass wrote:imo the Ball narrative is for media coverage.. College hoops hasnt started yet and the NBA season is slow so far. LaMelo is a better prospect than his brother but neither should be/have been taken lottery. His shortcomings and potential to bust due to simple lack of care in his craft .. is sky high

Please name the 14 guys you had above Lonzo in 2017.

Post #646 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:25 am

Upperclass wrote:Cassius Stanley will be the best player from this class

So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

Post #647 » by **Marcus** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:30 am

Duke4life831 wrote:
Upperclass wrote:Cassius Stanley will be the best player from this class

So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

pretty high on him huh?

bigboi · Post #648 » by **bigboi** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:36 am

Duke4life831 wrote:
Upperclass wrote:Cassius Stanley will be the best player from this class

So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

This class sucks tbh. I haven’t seen such little hype around a freshman class like ever

Post #649 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:45 am

Marcus wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
Upperclass wrote:Cassius Stanley will be the best player from this class

So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

pretty high on him huh?

I mean what's not to love about a 20 year old freshman that has a negative wingspan, doesn't have a handle, doesn't have a jumper, doesn't facilitate and isn't known for his defense.

Stud!!!!!!!!!!

In an seriousness though. Duke doesn't have a 1st round talent on the team. That's saying something with how weak this class looks.

Post #650 » by **Marcus** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:47 am

Duke4life831 wrote:
Marcus wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

pretty high on him huh?

I mean what's not to love about a 20 year old freshman that has a negative wingspan, doesn't have a handle, doesn't have a jumper, doesn't facilitate and isn't known for his defense.

Stud!!!!!!!!!!

In an seriousness though. Duke doesn't have a 1st round talent on the team. That's saying something with how weak this class looks.

you're still watching the game though right?

Post #651 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:48 am

Marcus wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
Marcus wrote:
pretty high on him huh?

I mean what's not to love about a 20 year old freshman that has a negative wingspan, doesn't have a handle, doesn't have a jumper, doesn't facilitate and isn't known for his defense.

Stud!!!!!!!!!!

In an seriousness though. Duke doesn't have a 1st round talent on the team. That's saying something with how weak this class looks.

you're still watching the game though right?

Oh ya, even though they don't have a legit 1st round prospect, it's still Duke and I ain't going to miss a minute.

Alex has been the best Duke player so far.

Post #652 » by **Marcus** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:51 am

Duke4life831 wrote:
Marcus wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
I mean what's not to love about a 20 year old freshman that has a negative wingspan, doesn't have a handle, doesn't have a jumper, doesn't facilitate and isn't known for his defense.

Stud!!!!!!!!!!

In an seriousness though. Duke doesn't have a 1st round talent on the team. That's saying something with how weak this class looks.

you're still watching the game though right?

Oh ya, even though they don't have a legit 1st round prospect, it's still Duke and I ain't going to miss a minute.

Alex has been the best Duke player so far.

could he take a Kennard type of path if he can get his playmaking together? i liked the effort on defense last year too when he got a chance to play.

Post #653 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 12:55 am

Marcus wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
Marcus wrote:
you're still watching the game though right?

Oh ya, even though they don't have a legit 1st round prospect, it's still Duke and I ain't going to miss a minute.

Alex has been the best Duke player so far.

could he take a Kennard type of path if he can get his playmaking together? i liked the effort on defense last year too when he got a chance to play.

I'm an Alex fan, but I don't see him having that potential. Best case scenario is a similar player like Svi from KU a few years ago. But that's best case scenario. Most likely won't sniff the NBA.

Post #654 » by **Marcus** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 1:01 am

Duke4life831 wrote:
Marcus wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
Oh ya, even though they don't have a legit 1st round prospect, it's still Duke and I ain't going to miss a minute.

Alex has been the best Duke player so far.

could he take a Kennard type of path if he can get his playmaking together? i liked the effort on defense last year too when he got a chance to play.

I'm an Alex fan, but I don't see him having that potential. Best case scenario is a similar player like Svi from KU a few years ago. But that's best case scenario. Most likely won't sniff the NBA.

I love Svi so it hurts my soul to see you say that but i understand what you mean.

clyde21 · Post #655 » by **clyde21** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 1:20 am

love my nigerian brutha Ochai

HeadtopChunes · Post #656 » by **HeadtopChunes** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 1:23 am

kinda dissapointed by Jones so far, thought he be better

HeadtopChunes · Post #657 » by **HeadtopChunes** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 1:51 am

Wiseman is huge out there but hasnt done any "unicorn" things so far

nolang1 · Post #658 » by **nolang1** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:02 am

bigboi wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
Upperclass wrote:Cassius Stanley will be the best player from this class

So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

This class sucks tbh. I haven’t seen such little hype around a freshman class like ever

Next time people talk about how there's no way of even estimating how good a draft is a year out, this class of freshmen and the one before were both regarded as relatively weak when they were in high school. Zion propped the last draft up with his crazy freshman season, but so far in the NBA the same things that held him back from being considered the consensus top prospect in his high school class (conditioning/weight) have kept him off the court. On the bright side for this class, James "not a lottery pick because he's not a three-point shooting big" Wiseman has 20 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks on 7-9 shooting (with 0 turnovers and 0 fouls) in the first half of his college career.

Post #659 » by **Marcus** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:09 am

nolang1 wrote:
bigboi wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
So what you're saying is this is going to be the worst class of all time then.

This class sucks tbh. I haven’t seen such little hype around a freshman class like ever

Next time people talk about how there's no way of even estimating how good a draft is a year out, this class of freshmen and the one before were both regarded as relatively weak when they were in high school. Zion propped the last draft up with his crazy freshman season, but so far in the NBA the same things that held him back from being considered the consensus top prospect in his high school class (conditioning/weight) have kept him off the court. On the bright side for this class, James "not a lottery pick because he's not a three-point shooting big" Wiseman has 20 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks on 7-9 shooting (with 0 turnovers and 0 fouls) in the first half of his college career.

who said Wiseman wasn't at least a lotto pick?

HeadtopChunes · Post #660 » by **HeadtopChunes** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:18 am

Marcus wrote:
nolang1 wrote:
bigboi wrote:
This class sucks tbh. I haven’t seen such little hype around a freshman class like ever

Next time people talk about how there's no way of even estimating how good a draft is a year out, this class of freshmen and the one before were both regarded as relatively weak when they were in high school. Zion propped the last draft up with his crazy freshman season, but so far in the NBA the same things that held him back from being considered the consensus top prospect in his high school class (conditioning/weight) have kept him off the court. On the bright side for this class, James "not a lottery pick because he's not a three-point shooting big" Wiseman has 20 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks on 7-9 shooting (with 0 turnovers and 0 fouls) in the first half of his college career.

who said Wiseman wasn't at least a lotto pick?

alot of draft twitter has been down on him tbh

seen him around 18-30 on a lot of big boards today