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The 2024 NBA Draft will be upon us in about a week. So, what your favourite picks that are not projected to go in the lottery? Which of these players do you believe will become valuable players in this league?

This class is weird to me. Like, I wouldn't be surprised if more late 1st and 2nd round guys stick around longer than the lottery picks do. I could see quite a few rotation players picked from 20-60.

Three mid to late first round guys

Tristan da Silva, Colorado
Jared McCain, Duke (lottery bubble)
DaRon Holmes II, Dayton

Five first round bubble types

Jaylon Tyson, California
KJ Simpson, Colorado
Harrison Ingram, North Carolina
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton
Nikola Djurisic, Serbia

Five late 2nd round or UDFA types

Trey Alexander, Creighton
PJ Hall, Clemson
Jamal Shead, Houston
N'Faly Dante, Oregon
Quinten Post, Boston College

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Listed a player who did retire his name unlike some wrong report i had read here couple days ago.

Nuntius wrote:The 2024 NBA Draft will be upon us in about a week. So, what your favourite picks that are not projected to go in the lottery? Which of these players do you believe will become valuable players in this league?

Pelle larsson for obvious reasons. Swiss Army knife dude who can do everything but nothing at a good level. I think he can be a decent bench guy. Would love for your pacers to draft him to team up with mathurin and TJ

Enrique Freeman, Akron
Adem Bona, UCLA
Jamal Shead, Houston
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton
Isaac Jones, Washington State
Jaylen Wells, Washington State

Da'Ron Holmes - Could see him develop into a Naz Reid or a Bobby Portis style build.

Tristan da Silva - A older prospect, but I expect for him to make impact as soon as he enter the Court. Wouldn't be surprised to see him on a Rookie team.

Yves Missi - He's quite raw as a prospect, but if developed correctly, I could see develop into a Clint Capela or Rudy Gobert cailber player

Jayson Tyson - I think he can a solid piece to good team right away.

I like Cam Spencer as a guy that finds a way to stick. I like Jaylen Wells' shooting. Cam Christie there's something there possibly. Mogbo is a wildcard. I always liked Flip. He has warts but he also has big time game.

just outside the lotto I like Flip, Furphy, Oso and Bridges

deeper I like Trey Alexander, Cam Spencer, Dillon Jones

Simpson
Oso
Mogbo
Dadiet
Freeman
Dunn
Mitchell

Lottery bubble: Tristan da Silva, Kel'el Ware, Tyler Smith (though I have all 3 lotto in my mock, currently)
Non-lotto 1st: Kyshawn George, Zach Edey, Pacome Dadiet, Yvis Missi
2nd: Trey Alexander, KJ Simpson, Jaylen Wells, Keshad Johnson, Cam Spencer

Baylor Scheierman is at the top for me. He gets billed as one-dimensional, but is very much not!

TDS. He will helps a team win day one.

Fav? Da silva
Others. Missi, pullin, bona, mogbo, topic, christie

I can't believe this kid has fallen into "non-lottery" status, but I am currently liking Isaiah Collier more than I am not liking him.

Oso Ighodaro and Harrison Ingram

Collier and Carrington are probably #1 and #2 in terms of guys going mid-late 1st that could be stars at some point down the line

Kel'el Ware has all the potential in the world, but landing spot is the crucial factor for him

Other than that, just guys I like and think could become contributors at some point (not stars), I love Jamal Shead, but he's an awkward fit for most teams, Juan Nunez could be that next European PG who comes over off the bench and just has some really fun passing highlights, Ulrich Chomche is a popular pick for potential, and N'Faly Dante is a good bet for guy who can come in and contribute right away but long term his health issues might stop him from being a contributor

He's going in the lottery, but I'll stake my claim on this now, I think Rob Dillingham in terms of just talent as a scorer and potential upside is the best player in the class, but his size is a huge issue and why I don't put him at #1 on my overall big board, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's a top 3 player from this draft in 5 years.

Holmes and Dadiet