2023 Draft Prospect discussion

Kevin Willis · Post #101 » by **Kevin Willis** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 3:20 am

Goto 6:40. Those are his mitts - huge hands. Definitely bigger than Kawhi's.

ImaBeatDatAzz · Post #102 » by **ImaBeatDatAzz** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 3:46 am

I am so jealous we have no chance at VW. Please trade with portland for a pick, their FO stupid

PhilBlackson · Post #103 » by **PhilBlackson** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 6:42 pm

Players I'll be praying are available (and/or trade Gary to some Play In wanna be for their FRP lol):

Because we need a bucketgetter...

Brandon Miller
Cam Whitmore
Amen Thompson
Keyonte George (somewhat)

Failing that, all guys I'd love to either fall to us or find some way to move up for...

Jarace Walker
Kel'el Ware
Baba Miller (hope he slides under the radar)
Sidy Cissiko (one I can see most realistic to potentially get)

If none of them did...Chris Livingston (seems like such a sleeper to me)

My prayers to fall into the 2nd round and get -- Arthur Kaluma or Adem Bona

DreamTeam09 · Post #104 » by **DreamTeam09** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 7:51 pm

Leonard Miller is playing well this game, but on every long range jumper, he has a scissors kick in his form. That means he has no balance or core strength, which makes no sense cause he's definitely gotten bigger over the last 12months

JShuttlesworth · Post #105 » by **JShuttlesworth** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 7:57 pm

DreamTeam09 wrote:Leonard Miller is playing well this game, but on every long range jumper, he has a scissors kick in his form. That means he has no balance or core strength, which makes no sense cause he's definitely gotten bigger over the last 12months

I hate that about his shot, I can't get over it when I watch him play

720 · Post #106 » by **720** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 9:01 pm

7 foot 4 KD man.

720 · Post #107 » by **720** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 9:04 pm

Deep three.

AbC? · Post #108 » by **AbC?** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 9:20 pm

He's the best prospect I've ever seen and it's not even close.

Los_29 · Post #109 » by **Los_29** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 9:34 pm

It will be interesting to see how much VW's shooting has improved. Only shot 37% from the field and 30% from three last year in Europe. Granted he was only 17 years old playing with grown men but those are going to need to improve. Rebounding will need to improve as well. He's already an elite shot blocker and does things with the ball that 7'4 guys shouldn't be able to do.

Prestige · Post #110 » by **Prestige** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:01 pm

Imagine the Raptors are decimated with injuries, miss the play-in, and somehow get #1 overall by jumping the odds?

Wembanyama + Barnes ?

t54zhao · Post #111 » by **t54zhao** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:04 pm

Tank for wemby!

Clutch0z24 · Post #112 » by **Clutch0z24** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:05 pm

So many teams are going to be losing games on purpose....Shai will be available if He wins any games for Thunder....Many teams will bottom out for VW...If Raptors could tank i would support it....Even a chance at having 8-10 years of VW is worth it.

t54zhao · Post #113 » by **t54zhao** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:07 pm

PRESTIGE wrote:Imagine the Raptors are decimated with injuries, miss the play-in, and somehow get #1 overall by jumping the odds?

Wembanyama + Barnes ?

Why would we even need Scottie? Wembanyama is like Mobley, but taller and with better shooting. A 7'4" KD. Trade the entire team for Wemby.

PhilBlackson · Post #114 » by **PhilBlackson** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:20 pm

AbC? wrote:He's the best prospect I've ever seen and it's not even close.

He's DEFINITELY up there but despite his gigantic height/length I still think LeBron has to be at least close...

His combination of SPEED, SIZE, POWER, EXPLOSIVENESS & BBALL IQ is one of a kind itself.

Jordan is the GOAT but LeBron imo is or at least was the best PROSPECT I had seen. At 16 he could hang with most NBA players. By his 3rd year in the league (which for most players would be their 2nd) he almost single handedly completely turned around the franchise to become a 50+W team, by his 4th year (which again would be like most players' 3rd year considering his age) he got them to the Finals....by his 2nd year he was putting up 27/7/7 (which would be most players' rookie season) and 31/7/6 by his 3rd (again imagine a 2nd year player doing that). I'll be stunned if Victor comes even close to those accomplishments that I would consider all those years to be years where people still look at a young player as a prospect.

Nonetheless yeah he's an absurd prospect that has to be among the best ever seen that until he actually has an issue with his health, that I just can't see how anyone can say he's not EASILY the runaway top pick in the draft and would be in pretty much any year since LeBron.

Los_29 · Post #115 » by **Los_29** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:43 pm

Yeah, I've never seen anything like Lebron. Best prospect I have ever seen by far.

SFour · Post #116 » by **SFour** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:54 pm

that Wembanyama kid is ridiculous...can't believe I only found out about him today

he's Masai's wet dream

720 · Post #117 » by **720** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 12:24 am

720 · Post #118 » by **720** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 12:30 am

rapstarter · Post #119 » by **rapstarter** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 12:48 am

He's basically a rich man's version of what Ivan Chiriaev thought he was.

bballsparkin · Post #120 » by **bballsparkin** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:07 am

PhilBlackson wrote:
720 wrote:Really don’t want Wemby to go to OKC. Feel like they’re bad luck. Lineups would be crazy though.

I’d hate if that happened.

Not only because it would likely kill any chance of getting Shai but it’s complete bs that Silver basically kicked Hinkie out of the league for the exact thing people are PRAISING Presti for doing, f*ck them lol

If anything I hope he ends up on a team that has never had luck in a draft and that doesn’t generally actively tank year after year ie/ CHA, IND firstly and if not SAS would almost ideal for him. Some of those places deserve a little bit of good luck for at least trying most years even if it was in vein.

NBA showing its true colour is GREEN. Philly tv market is too lucrative to accept on going tanking, but, OKC? Yeah go ahead.

I would hate if that happens too. I want to watch Chet play against VW. Not with.