2025 NBA Draft Prospect Part 3

[dozo]

A 7 footer doing this is wild

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Condon and the Ivisic's can do this.

Wolf I guess is afforded the freedom. They got upset at home vs Michigan State. Wolf is a more nimble Kelly Olynyk.

Jase Richarsdon should definitely be a lottery pick despite tweener combo-guard size. If he was 6'4 without shoes, he'd be a top 5 pick. If the Spurs get Maluach and Jase, it might get scary.

PG Jase
SG Vassell
SF Castle
PF Wemby
C Maluach

Fox?

A 2 way Gary Payton ll.

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Condon and the Ivisic's can do this.

Wolf I guess is afforded the freedom. They got upset at home vs Michigan State. Wolf is a more nimble Kelly Olynyk.

Jase Richarsdon should definitely be a lottery pick despite tweener combo-guard size. If he was 6'4 without shoes, he'd be a top 5 pick. If the Spurs get Maluach and Jase, it might get scary.

PG Jase
SG Vassell
SF Castle
PF Wemby
C Maluach

Fox?

A 2 way Gary Payton ll.

Oh ya, Fox. Maybe Jase is Avery Bradley that is an elite shooter?

PG Fox - Jase
SG Vassell - Branham
SF Castle - Champagnie
PF Wemby - Sochan
C Maluach - Wemby

[tdotrep2]

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[BoyzNTheHood]

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Lots of made up problems. Apparently he’s slow. I don’t see anything slow about him

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I think he would fit with Utah at #18 (via Minn) or Indiana at #22 or Washington at #26 or Brooklyn with their many picks (would be a nice different big for them).

Highest reach for him, I could see San Antonio draft him #11 with the Atlanta 1st pick.

PG Fox - 1st pick
SG Vassell - Champagnie - Branham
SF Castle - Sochan
PF Barnes - Wemby
C Wemby - Wolf

Just don't let Boston get him!!!

[TorontoBarneys]

We could trade our 2026 1st for a 2025 1st. It is an option.

Of course, we could also package it together with our 2025 1st to move up to a higher lottery pick.

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We could trade our 2026 1st for a 2025 1st. It is an option.

Of course, we could also package it together with our 2025 1st to move up to a higher lottery pick.

I don't see any player that much worth more to move up to #2 or 3 from say #7 or 8.

If don't get #1, I'd be open to trade down. Re-stock the depth to make another Ingram level trade.

[dozo]

Fox?

A 2 way Gary Payton ll.

Oh ya, Fox. Maybe Jase is Avery Bradley that is an elite shooter?

PG Fox - Jase
SG Vassell - Branham
SF Castle - Champagnie
PF Wemby - Sochan
C Maluach - Wemby

That's a contender in a few years.

I think Jace is a lottery pick as well.

Bradley is a good comp.

Playing for State and being the son of an NBA player makes me think he could have a glow-up similar to Burson's.

[Spates]

I think Danny Wolf is exactly the player we need. A more natural floor general/shot creator.

He might be my favorite C in the class just based on creativity. That guy plays with gusto especially the way passes the ball. He is a bigger Kelly Olynyk.

I don't know if Kelly could ever move and block shots the way Wolf can. He's super fluid and stout. I'd love to see more vid of his turnovers to get a sense of how they happen.

[BoyzNTheHood]

I think Danny Wolf is exactly the player we need. A more natural floor general/shot creator.

He might be my favorite C in the class just based on creativity. That guy plays with gusto especially the way passes the ball. He is a bigger Kelly Olynyk.

I don't know if Kelly could ever move and block shots the way Wolf can. He's super fluid and stout. I'd love to see more vid of his turnovers to get a sense of how they happen.

He plays free, but you could also argue that it’s care free or care-less! He’s at his best when he’s able to do what he wants, but it comes at a cost sometimes.

[mtcan]

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Lots of made up problems. Apparently he’s slow. I don’t see anything slow about him

I love his game. We all see that he isn't the quickest and most athletic guy on the floor but man can he see the court get whatever he wants. That is exactly how you describe Nikola Jokic.

[PoundTown]

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Lots of made up problems. Apparently he’s slow. I don’t see anything slow about him

I love his game. We all see that he isn't the quickest and most athletic guy on the floor but man can he see the court get whatever he wants. That is exactly how you describe Nikola Jokic.

He’s extremely coordinated and fluid for his size. I’d say above average speed for a guy his size. I think he can be a 4/5 like lauri. Probably needs to be rained in a bit with ball handling duties, but I could see him being a more mobile, quicker, longer Kelly O. He also rebounds really well. Defensively, he doesn’t project to be a rim protector but I think he will be a dude that’s average defensively, and at least average rebounding. Offensively, he has some very unique skills. If he’s effiencient he will be very good on that end. I think with a role like Kelly’s on our team, the turnovers would go down. They are currently letting him sabonis out there.

[BoyzNTheHood]

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Lots of made up problems. Apparently he’s slow. I don’t see anything slow about him

I love his game. We all see that he isn't the quickest and most athletic guy on the floor but man can he see the court get whatever he wants. That is exactly how you describe Nikola Jokic.

If I draft him I’m giving him the keys to the G-League team, and if he’s successful there he’s moving right in behind Jak until he takes over the job

[Ell Curry]

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Basically the case against him is:

Offence:
-Very high TO rate
-Has pretty good spacing around him, has a good coach too. Michigan mostly has 2 good 3pt shooters on the floor (Donaldson, Burnett, sometimes Walters) and either a good college 5 in Goldin who he has excellent chemistry with and is good at rolling and finding space to receive passes, or a stretchy big in Tschetter which is helpful, then the 5th spot is more meh (Gayle or Jones) from a shooting perspective.
-He's basically playing PG, whereas in the pros he'll presumably be doing much less off the dribble stuff, maybe he won't be as good at that, though I think Yale used him as a more traditional pick and pop big?
-Only 62% from the line
-Sometimes playmaking 4s who dribble a lot seem to be an awkward fit, like nobody is comparing him to Julius Randle because he's way less explosive than a young Randle, not quite as strong and much better at guard stuff, but their are some similarities. That's not a bad thing outside of a top 5 pick or so, but it can look better in highlights than over the course of a whole game.

Defence:
-Does tend to give guards a bit of space to take off the dribble 3s when he switches onto them, to avoid getting blown by. Might struggle with NBA face up 4s.
-Might not have the rim protection you want as an NBA 5, so maybe he's a 3rd big if he can't really cover starting wings or anchor a defence?

His strengths I think are obvious (passing, handle, shoots the 3 okay, rebounds, capable of a weakside block and the last month he's hitting more bank shots and taking a fadeaway that isn't automatic or anything, but it looks pretty good, he really does seem to have ability to add moves and counters every few months or so). Put him on a team with a big who can cover space and protect the rim and catch passes off the roll and he could be really useful, like a David Lee/KevinLove type 4 but with a better handle and a better halfcourt passer than even Kevin Love.

[ArthurVandelay]

A 7 footer doing this is wild

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Condon and the Ivisic's can do this.

Wolf I guess is afforded the freedom. They got upset at home vs Michigan State. Wolf is a more nimble Kelly Olynyk.

Jase Richarsdon should definitely be a lottery pick despite tweener combo-guard size. If he was 6'4 without shoes, he'd be a top 5 pick. If the Spurs get Maluach and Jase, it might get scary.

PG Jase
SG Vassell
SF Castle
PF Wemby
C Maluach

Fox?

Who??

[Ell Curry]

We could trade our 2026 1st for a 2025 1st. It is an option.

Of course, we could also package it together with our 2025 1st to move up to a higher lottery pick.

I don't see any player that much worth more to move up to #2 or 3 from say #7 or 8.

If don't get #1, I'd be open to trade down. Re-stock the depth to make another Ingram level trade.

I'm not sure we'd be able to get up that far, but if we can get Harper, I'd be excited if we got aggressive. I think he'll be a top 10 PG and that's worth a couple firsts, we don't have anyone who can drive offense anywhere that level.

[TNRaps4life]

My pick outside the top 3 is

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[Brinbe]

Asa Newell 3-6 from 3 today, 18 pts/2 blks. Not too bad against the number one team in Auburn but Broome has out-battled him on the boards.

[Mark_83]

My semi-realistic hope for the draft:

-Draft VJ or Tre with our pick
-Trade from our SG surplus (Walter, Dick, Agbaji) for a mid 1st to take Flemming
-Take one of Bryant/Tomislav/Kalkbrenner/Zvonimir with Portland's pick.

Barnes - Flemming - Chomche
Ingram - Dick - Battle
Poeltl - Ivisic/Kalkbrenner - Robinson
Barrett - VJ - Walter
Quickley - Shead

[dballislife]

if asa, cmb, and demin can develop a consistent 3 ball they can be very good players, you gotta look at these 3 in the 7-10 range