Early Top 5 Candidates
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:13 pm
Who are the players who you think have a realistic chance to end up being a top 5 pick come draft time? Realistic doesn't have to mean likely but simply that you see a path for the player that doesn't involve completely unexpected or far-fetched improvements or transformations.
Thus far, I have:
Victor Wembanyama
Scoot Henderson
Dariq Whitehead
Cam Whitmore
Keyonte George
Jett Howard
Brandon Miller
Jarace Walker
Roughly from more to less likely (with the first two being locks). I'm wait-and-see on Nick Smith as I want to see him versus college competition first. Anyone else with a realistic shot in your eyes?
I don't know much about Overtime Elite but from the little I've seen I'm not all that enamored with the Thompson twins yet. Still, they seem to be highly ranked so perhaps I should pay more attention to them. I don't see it with the highly ranked bigs yet but maybe someone wants to make an argument for them? Or C.G. Jackson? Anthony Black – I feel like he already had only a very narrow path and I doubt he gets there this season. Dillon Mitchell, Cason Wallace, Julian Phillips – they look like potentially good role players but hard for me to imagine them having enough appeal to a team picking in the top 5. It seems unlikely that a Sophomore like Terquavion Smith makes a leap large enough to enter this strong-looking group but crazier things have happened I suppose. I haven't looked into any international prospects besides Victor yet.
Am I missing someone? Kris Murray if he has a season like his brother had last year and Keegan is in the NBA RoY race and the Kings pick in the top 5 again?
Thus far, I have:
Victor Wembanyama
Scoot Henderson
Dariq Whitehead
Cam Whitmore
Keyonte George
Jett Howard
Brandon Miller
Jarace Walker
Roughly from more to less likely (with the first two being locks). I'm wait-and-see on Nick Smith as I want to see him versus college competition first. Anyone else with a realistic shot in your eyes?
I don't know much about Overtime Elite but from the little I've seen I'm not all that enamored with the Thompson twins yet. Still, they seem to be highly ranked so perhaps I should pay more attention to them. I don't see it with the highly ranked bigs yet but maybe someone wants to make an argument for them? Or C.G. Jackson? Anthony Black – I feel like he already had only a very narrow path and I doubt he gets there this season. Dillon Mitchell, Cason Wallace, Julian Phillips – they look like potentially good role players but hard for me to imagine them having enough appeal to a team picking in the top 5. It seems unlikely that a Sophomore like Terquavion Smith makes a leap large enough to enter this strong-looking group but crazier things have happened I suppose. I haven't looked into any international prospects besides Victor yet.
Am I missing someone? Kris Murray if he has a season like his brother had last year and Keegan is in the NBA RoY race and the Kings pick in the top 5 again?