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3 days into having 4 new Raptors, who is your favorite young prospect on this team. Draft position aside, who’s talent/potential excites you the most:

Dick
Walter
Mogbo
Shead
Ulrich

I’m personally most bullish on dick

Let’s go!

Dick is our best prospect right now. Shooting is the most important skill in the NBA. He's a handle away from being a very dangerous scorer and distributor. That's probably what we will see him exercising in summer league.

Mogbo has the highest potential. He led the NCAA in dunks, has a NBA centres standing reach, he has several guard skills, and a guard-like feel for the game.

Walter's floor is a 3+D player but he'll probably be an elite sixth man long term. I see a lot of KCP in him but he could overshoot that depending on his handle and creation development.

Shead had 4 years to develop a shot, didn't happen then and won't happen now. I don't see him ever being a starter level NBA player.

Chomche is the youngest player in the NBA. It's not fair to rank him now, but he's by far the worst player on the list in the OP.

I'll also go by order of the picks

Imo the guys I know about are all likely to peak at fringe starter/high end role players on a good team but I haven’t looked much into our lower picks yet so my ignorance precludes confidence. I’d think Dick is highest and I assume Walter is next based on what I know so far.

Thaddy wrote:Dick is our best prospect right now. Shooting is the most important skill in the NBA. He's a handle away from being a very dangerous scorer and distributor. That's probably what we will see him exercising in summer league.

Mogbo has the highest potential. He led the NCAA in dunks, has a NBA centres standing reach, he has several guard skills, and a guard-like feel for the game.

Walter's floor is a 3+D player but he'll probably be an elite sixth man long term. I see a lot of KCP in him but he could overshoot that depending on his handle and creation development.

Shead had 4 years to develop a shot, didn't happen then and won't happen now. I don't see him ever being a starter level NBA player.

Chomche is the youngest player in the NBA. It's not fair to rank him now, but he's by far the worst player on the list in the OP.

Chomche may be the worst player right now, but he has the highest upside. He's the only one I could see as a superstar one day.

That may never happen, but he has the physical tools. At 18, he already has a nice handle for a 7 footer.

In terms of this season...

Dick is the most ready out of those guys listed. He's played in the league already, he's had a full year of conditioning and he will be a be rotation player to start the season, if not a starter.

Mogbo has the body/skillset to play some minutes as an energy big who rebounds and defends multiple spots. I don't expect him to make a big impact right away, but I wouldn't be surprised if he earned some minutes early on, like Siakam did in his rookie year.

Shead is probably next in line because despite his height, he has NBA strength and he could be used as a sparkplug off the bench in certain situations.

I think it will take Walter some time. He will need to work on his strength and conditioning and most 19 years olds in general don't make much of an impact immediately.

All these guys minus Dick will probably split time between the gleague and the Raps.

Chomche, we will see you in 2026.

Chomche has the highest upside. Legit star potential.

DAcReator wrote:3 days into having 4 new Raptors, who is your favorite young prospect on this team. Draft position aside, who’s talent/potential excites you the most:

Dick
Walter
Mogbo
Shead
Ulrich

I’m personally most bullish on dick

Let’s go!

lol you came out of the closet

After watching tape on all these guys Chomche has by far the highest upside. The mobility, physical tools, athleticism, and even some of the core skills like vision, pushing the ball in transition, and more. It makes him look like he could become Giannis like good if we develop him right. I hope he ends up in the 905 and gets to grow up around our team.

mihaic wrote:

DAcReator wrote:3 days into having 4 new Raptors, who is your favorite young prospect on this team. Draft position aside, who’s talent/potential excites you the most:

Dick
Walter
Mogbo
Shead
Ulrich

I’m personally most bullish on dick

Let’s go!

lol you came out of the closet

I'll rescind my pause, then.

Mogbo should be the more ready player, and might have a higher ceiling.
I don't think he can reach Siakam, but a decent two-way would be pretty good.

I am not very high on Dick due to his defense, a specialist of shooting without the ability to create with handle won't get him far.

Walter is projected as 3&D, but not much better than Dick due to his lack of quickness.

Shead maybe a decent backup guard, unless he can shoot like VanVleet to become borderline starter