NBA Draft Discussion Part 10

[earthtone]

Essengue looks weak, has no offensive skills and doesn't move like a star from a couple of game highlights I saw. Basicalky guy who dunks and gets points off free throws.

Have to consider he's the 2nd youngest player in the draft and playing in a decent pro league, of course he's more likely to be a role player in this situation. If he were showing a ton of offensive skill instead of having it be more projection, he would be a top 3 pick in this draft.

FYI...he comes from the same team that gave us Killian Hayes.

Cooper Flagg comes from the same team that gave us Marvin Bagley, I don’t see how thats relevant

[WuTang_OG]

Wow Noa jumped big to BRK and Khaman dropped

Toronto always had Khaman and Noa top 2 as of yesterday. But best odds for KM right now ast +180

I hope Kon drops if Noa is taken before us. Nets could also just be doing it to get us to trade up.

he's a lock to charlotte. only him and tre worked out for charlotte lol everyone else skipped

[TimeForChange]

There are rumblings that Queen could be selected as high as No. 7, where he has a big fan in Pelicans general manager Troy Weaver, a fellow DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) native, a move that would send the draft in a completely different direction should it materialize.

lmao I can't think of a worse situation for Queen to go to

him and zion are gonna be hitting up the buffets

[XTC]

Apparently Noa was asked a couple weeks ago who he models his game after and his response was "Paul George & Kawhi Leonard"

He now says he models his game after "Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, and Kawhi Leonard"

Then you have all the reports how from the season how Masai has made multiple scouting stops in France this year. People where speculating Traore, but Essengue is a real possibilitym

Noa Essengue is their guy IMO.

[RaptorPride]

There are rumblings that Queen could be selected as high as No. 7, where he has a big fan in Pelicans general manager Troy Weaver, a fellow DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) native, a move that would send the draft in a completely different direction should it materialize.

DQ with Zion's influence...there are not enough beignets in New Orleans to satisfy those appetites.

**** its making me hungry thinking of the type of seasoned food they could be eating rn.

[Jerry Lucas]

The Essengue smoke is looking too obvious to me. First the Scottie/Pascal/Kawhi comments, and now the "secret" workout?

This is either the biggest smokescreen ever from the Raptors, or they did not do a good job hiding their Essengue interest.

[RaptorPride]

Wow Noa jumped big to BRK and Khaman dropped

Toronto always had Khaman and Noa top 2 as of yesterday. But best odds for KM right now ast +180

I hope Kon drops if Noa is taken before us. Nets could also just be doing it to get us to trade up.

he's a lock to charlotte. only him and tre worked out for charlotte lol everyone else skipped

lol as they should. Pelicans and the Hornets the last two teams any young player would want to go.

[djsunyc]

essengue reminds me of a taller mikal bridges

[CazOnReal]

Apparently Noa was asked a couple weeks ago who he models his game after and his response was "Paul George & Kawhi Leonard"

He now says he models his game after "Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, and Kawhi Leonard"

Then you have all the reports how from the season how Masai has made multiple scouting stops in France this year. People where speculating Traore, but Essengue is a real possibilitym

Noa Essengue is their guy IMO.

Need a source for this. The PG/Kawhi thing.

[Godaddycurse]

The Essengue smoke is looking too obvious to me. First the Scottie/Pascal/Kawhi comments, and now the "secret" workout?

This is either the biggest smokescreen ever from the Raptors, or they did not do a good job hiding their Essengue interest.

dont think they need to hide, there is a clear top 7 and they clearly like both essengue and Malauch

[WuTang_OG]

Whenever u get guys that are super long and do that 1 handed dunk so effortlessly like scottie and noa, just know masai is drafting them

[Tha Cynic]

noa refresher

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Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

[PushDaRock]

lmao I can't think of a worse situation for Queen to go to

I can

Charlotte

Living in that city for a guy with trouble keeping weight off combined with their training staff probably isn't a recipe for success.

[RaptorPride]

noa refresher

Watch on YouTube

Watching this just reaffirms to me that we need to trust he will become a plus offensive player. I don't trust his built as a defensive player. He's going to get bullied.

Yea just let him develop into a three. Keep him slim and mobile.

[Tha Cynic]

lmao I can't think of a worse situation for Queen to go to

him and zion are gonna be hitting up the buffets

DQ is fitting. If I'm Dairy Queen, I'm becoming a sponsor of that team right away, and naming a blizzard after Zion.

[Jerry Lucas]

The Essengue smoke is looking too obvious to me. First the Scottie/Pascal/Kawhi comments, and now the "secret" workout?

This is either the biggest smokescreen ever from the Raptors, or they did not do a good job hiding their Essengue interest.

dont think they need to hide, there is a clear top 7 and they clearly like both essengue and Malauch

Considering how secretive they have tried to be about their draft process since their interest in GIannis got leaked back in 2013 (I read it in a story about Bruno, apparently the Giannis thing contributed to how secretive Masai was about his Bruno interest the next year), I'm honestly having a hard time believing they got exposed like this for Essengue.

[grant101]

Have to consider he's the 2nd youngest player in the draft and playing in a decent pro league, of course he's more likely to be a role player in this situation. If he were showing a ton of offensive skill instead of having it be more projection, he would be a top 3 pick in this draft.

FYI...he comes from the same team that gave us Killian Hayes.

Cooper Flagg comes from the same team that gave us Marvin Bagley, I don’t see how thats relevant

It's relevant in so far as it's not a great league, populated by a lot of guards and wings. Results should be calibrated and contextualized.

[CazOnReal]

lmao I can't think of a worse situation for Queen to go to

I can

Charlotte

Living in that city for a guy with trouble keeping weight off combined with their training staff probably isn't a recipe for success.

New Orleans can at least claim to have some draft developmental success in Trey and Herb

Who the hell have the Hornets developed since then? And no, LaMelo does not count he was a Top 3 pick.

[XTC]

Apparently Noa was asked a couple weeks ago who he models his game after and his response was "Paul George & Kawhi Leonard"

He now says he models his game after "Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, and Kawhi Leonard"

Then you have all the reports how from the season how Masai has made multiple scouting stops in France this year. People where speculating Traore, but Essengue is a real possibilitym

Noa Essengue is their guy IMO.

Need a source for this. The PG/Kawhi thing.

My source is a redditor who claims to be a French reporter, so take it FWIW.

Draft is less than 24 hours away, so let's see what happens.

[WuTang_OG]

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