2024 NBA DRAFT THREAD 3

[Tor_Raps]

The draft lottery is going to be so intense man. Don't care what people say about this draft but there are still going to be very good players from it. It'll also get me excited for next year knowing we won't be tanking.

Loll not saying we won't suck but it won't be by design. It'll give me a false sense of hope.

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The more I think about it, its Top 4 or just give it to the Spurs. I really don't care for the Cody Williams and Dillinghams of this draft.

In a **** ty situation that’s honestly the best way to look at it. Give me a top 4 pick or let San Antonio have it so that next year when we’re back in the lottery we don’t have to worry about losing it in a much better draft.

[DreamTeam09]

I really hope we do land in the top 6. I'd rather get another quality wing prospect paired with Scottie & IQ sooner rather than later

[mihaic]

My take is probably not popular but I think we may draft durisic

[Dalek]

My take is probably not popular but I think we may draft djurisic

Honestly, who knows with this draft - he is playing well lately. I think a pick like that makes sense late second. He is a perfect draft and stash guy given the club he is on. Mega tends to have NBA buyouts, but I am not sure in his case.

[ForeverTFC]

Are we sure we don't want to just give this one away to the Spurs? Not having to deal with the stress of potentially giving away the pick next year might be a better outcome than whoever we get in this draft...

[ArthurVandelay]

I wouldn’t want to use a pick on him but a 2-way UDFA? Definitely. This is a great read.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/oregon-ducks-center-n-faly-dante-building-house-for-his-mother-in-mali-with-nil-money/ar-BB1jbcgB

[MainEvent]

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[CazOnReal]

Are we sure we don't want to just give this one away to the Spurs? Not having to deal with the stress of potentially giving away the pick next year might be a better outcome than whoever we get in this draft...

We aren't going to be this bad next year so might as well get a high pick to add to the core.

And if we are this bad next year with health prevailing...oh boy will it be apparent we need more talent (and thus high picks).

I think people are ignoring that the pick is protected until 2026. Will it be highly unlikely we keep it every year without some major shakeups/issues to address? Absolutely. But the option to fall back on tanking if an injury derails the season early is not an insignificant one and if Cooper Flagg is on the table, I could see them doing what they did with trading away Gay in the hopes of tanking for Wiggins even though that season went in the complete opposite direction.

[NotMyKawhi]

Are we sure we don't want to just give this one away to the Spurs? Not having to deal with the stress of potentially giving away the pick next year might be a better outcome than whoever we get in this draft...

We aren't going to be this bad next year so might as well get a high pick to add to the core.

And if we are this bad next year with health prevailing...oh boy will it be apparent we need more talent (and thus high picks).

I think people are ignoring that the pick is protected until 2026. Will it be highly unlikely we keep it every year without some major shakeups/issues to address? Absolutely. But the option to fall back on tanking if an injury derails the season early is not an insignificant one and if Cooper Flagg is on the table, I could see them doing what they did with trading away Gay in the hopes of tanking for Wiggins even though that season went in the complete opposite direction.

All depends. I think I take the worst team in the west over the 9th team in the east.

Ayton, Grant, Brogdan, Scoot and a top 4 pick or bulls? I go Blazers. Pistons gonna go all in during Free agency. I'm confident in saying we will be better than the Wiz and Hornets.

[ForeverTFC]

Are we sure we don't want to just give this one away to the Spurs? Not having to deal with the stress of potentially giving away the pick next year might be a better outcome than whoever we get in this draft...

We aren't going to be this bad next year so might as well get a high pick to add to the core.

And if we are this bad next year with health prevailing...oh boy will it be apparent we need more talent (and thus high picks).

I think people are ignoring that the pick is protected until 2026. Will it be highly unlikely we keep it every year without some major shakeups/issues to address? Absolutely. But the option to fall back on tanking if an injury derails the season early is not an insignificant one and if Cooper Flagg is on the table, I could see them doing what they did with trading away Gay in the hopes of tanking for Wiggins even though that season went in the complete opposite direction.

I think it’s going to be really hard to be bottom 6. Washington and Portland are locks and I’m pretty sure Ainge will tank next year. 3 spots left that we will have to compete with Charlotte, Hawks, Bulls, Spurs, Brooklyn for + the random team each year that suffers an injury.

I also don’t know that we have the obvious Gay trade to make. I guess you can say if you really want to tank, ship Poeltl out and that’ll do it.

But at the end of the day, is the 3rd pick in this draft any better than the 10th pick next year? Is it possibly worse? I haven’t done the homework I usually do but all the mocks I read and listen to make everyone sound sooo underwhelming. I re-read Gradey’s mock write up for example and just based on that, I’d put him top 3 in this draft compared to everyone else’s mock write ups. I don’t know man, the whole draft seems so uninspiring.

[Coco Costanza]

Alex Sarr seems like the perfect player to market for if he were on the Raptors. He looks like a Raptor. And just imagine Matt Devlin after Sarr makes a play. "DI-NO-SARR! From Moncton...".

[CazOnReal]

But at the end of the day, is the 3rd pick in this draft any better than the 10th pick next year? Is it possibly worse? I haven’t done the homework I usually do but all the mocks I read and listen to make everyone sound sooo underwhelming. I re-read Gradey’s mock write up for example and just based on that, I’d put him top 3 in this draft compared to everyone else’s mock write ups. I don’t know man, the whole draft seems so uninspiring.

It's better for one simple reason: You're getting talent in more immediately. Whether that's drafting via the 3rd pick, trading it for a player who can help now, etc., that's an asset that can speed up this retool.

This draft isn't the greatest, that is something I agree with the scouts on, but there's always an All-Star or three and development has gotten better than the 2000 draft (The worst draft in NBA relative to the talent of the league at the time).

I also don't see the 10th pick in next year's draft being a wholly impactful player compared to pick #3 or so in this draft if i'm being blunt: We're still in the "too early to say" stage of the 2025 NBA draft but while they have 2 obvious top-end talents in Flagg/Bailey, it becomes a series of increasingly large question marks beyond "will Dink be available in the 2025 draft or will his early draft request be honored?" for the talent afterwards. It's a case of known vs. unknown where you know what someone in this draft can bring and what expectations to have for them. If anything, the 2024 NBA draft could be seen as a draft to fill out the team with depth and bet on your development for the BBQ core instead of gambling on a high upside, high chance of a bust player like Tidjane Salaun or Kel'el Ware.

And yeah, if you can get 1st/2nd to draft Sarr, you absolutely do it. Sarr is a great fit on this roster for both ends of the floor.

[Rapsfan07]

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Cody @ 6 is a big swing. I'd assume the FO had intel as to how his injury affected his play the latter half of the season if this is the case. The kid has all the potential.

Love Collier @ 19! Homerun pick IMO.

Trentyn Flowers @ 31 is a huge headscratcher, especially if we're taking Cody @ 6. There are so many better options

Cody at #6 is a tough one. He was my favorite earlier in the year and I've since cooled on him but it should be between him and Holland if we keep #6. These bigger wings with serious potential are the kind of swings we need to be taking.

Collier at #19 is a homerun. Personally I don't think he'll fall that far but if he does, we have to take him. If he doesn't, then I'm probably going to reach for Holmes here since we could easily grab one of KJ Simpson or Hunter Sallis at #31. I believe both of them have a chance to be quality guys at the next level.

[Syd-TK3]

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I know Risacher has been bad but I'm still taking him over Cody forsure

Holland would obviously be my first choice but if they picking from the other wing options

[_MidNight_]

Not sure if people are familiar with this tool, but this draft tool compares historical draft prospects with this year's draft (college ref stats only).

https://nbadraftcomp.herokuapp.com/advanced/

I ran the advanced stats one for Oso Igahdaro and he had a 90% similarity score to Xavier Tillman. Those two are the same guy, I swear!

Stephon Castle has a 91% similarity score to Keldon Johnson which I think makes a ton of sense.

Dalton Knecht with the 85% similarity score to Doug McDermott is another one I favor for his realistic archetype.

After the Combine measurements, it is cool to run the physical comp tool.

Thank you very much for this tool. Makes evaluating prospect much easier

[BoyzNTheHood]

More days until the lottery..

[Gavin_TDThree]

IQ
RJ
SB
DI-NO-SARR
JP

please make it happen!

[Jcity08]

Alex Sarr seems like the perfect player to market for if he were on the Raptors. He looks like a Raptor. And just imagine Matt Devlin after Sarr makes a play. "DI-NO-SARR! From Moncton...".

Oh god no, the crappy puns, I can almost hear it in Devlins voice.

[Yallbecrazy]

https://deanondraft.substack.com/p/is-isaiah-collier-worthy-of-1-overall

Done in December when Collier was ranked #1.

Essentially says Collier's archetype is terrible for the NBA. He only had a 4.2bpm as well so I'm not touching him in the 1st.