Probably Undrafted 2025 Players You Like
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:59 am
Inspired to make this thread by the team I root for, Michigan, having a great coach and so seeing guys who are not really draft prospects play well enough that you could see them as deep bench NBA guys.
The two that come to mind from this Michigan team are:
Vlad Goldin, who is a little soft and unathletic at times but reads the floor well offensively and is 7 feet tall, so might be a 3rd center type who can be a big body and do some Goga/Poeltl type stuff on offence, but a 3rd center version.
Nimari Burnett, struggled to find his role or make an impact after being a 4 star recruit at Bama and Texas Tech, but he's been insanely efficient this year, plays hard on D and has a 6'10 wingspan and can really shoot the 3. He'd definitely be a very low usage NBA player, but he's a 3+D guy who knows he should rarely dribble or do anything but hit 3s, cut and guard wings. Every NBA team needs 1 of those guys somewhere in the 11-15 spots, outside the rotation, along with a big, a PG and 2 young guys who have no idea what they're doing yet. If you put him on the court for 10-15 minutes when someone gets hurt, he'll probably be okay on D and hit 35-38% from 3. I think he'd be Philly's 11th man, for instance, but also straight up would not make most rosters. That kind of dude.
The two that come to mind from this Michigan team are:
Vlad Goldin, who is a little soft and unathletic at times but reads the floor well offensively and is 7 feet tall, so might be a 3rd center type who can be a big body and do some Goga/Poeltl type stuff on offence, but a 3rd center version.
Nimari Burnett, struggled to find his role or make an impact after being a 4 star recruit at Bama and Texas Tech, but he's been insanely efficient this year, plays hard on D and has a 6'10 wingspan and can really shoot the 3. He'd definitely be a very low usage NBA player, but he's a 3+D guy who knows he should rarely dribble or do anything but hit 3s, cut and guard wings. Every NBA team needs 1 of those guys somewhere in the 11-15 spots, outside the rotation, along with a big, a PG and 2 young guys who have no idea what they're doing yet. If you put him on the court for 10-15 minutes when someone gets hurt, he'll probably be okay on D and hit 35-38% from 3. I think he'd be Philly's 11th man, for instance, but also straight up would not make most rosters. That kind of dude.