2023 NBA Draft Prospects

Catchall · Post #81 » by **Catchall** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:21 am

Brice Sensabaugh is probably the best iso scorer in this draft. Some of his highlights remind me of Joe Johnson...

Crunch 99 · Post #82 » by **Crunch 99** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:11 pm

SoCalJazzFan wrote:I have my eye on this guy as Conley's replacement.
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/cason-wallace/

The mock draft from Yahoo Sports yesterday has us picking Cason Wallace at #13. This mock draft has a mistake though since it left out the Jazz/Minnesota pick.

https://sports.yahoo.com/2023-nba-mock-draft-5-first-round-risers-and-full-2-round-predictions-191225967.html

13. Utah Jazz: G Cason Wallace

Ht./Wt.: 6-4, 185 pounds | Class: Freshman | Kentucky

Head coach John Calipari has reworked the lineup and moved Wallace to the one, instead of playing off the ball to start the season. Wallace appears much more comfortable as the primary ballhandler and even though Kentucky recently lost to No. 8 Kansas, Wallace was one of the most productive guards on both ends of the floor, creating for his teammates dishing out five assists and forcing five steals.

Catchall · Post #83 » by **Catchall** » Thu Feb 2, 2023 6:54 am

Want to hear a not-so-entirely-crazy comp for Keyonte George? Okay, here goes.... Deron Williams. Big combo-guard with handle, shiftiness, shooting, playmaking, similar athleticism, below-the-rim play finishing, some toughness and ability to bully his way into the paint. I think George could play as a lead guard. He has more of a scorer's mentality though.

Watch on YouTube

Hoops Addict · Post #84 » by **Hoops Addict** » Thu Feb 2, 2023 4:41 pm

Catchall wrote:Want to hear a not-so-entirely-crazy comp for Keyonte George? Okay, here goes.... Deron Williams. Big combo-guard with handle, shiftiness, shooting, playmaking, similar athleticism, below-the-rim play finishing, some toughness and ability to bully his way into the paint. I think George could play as a lead guard. He has more of a scorer's mentality though.

Watch on YouTube

After shooting ....when the ball is in the air......George is so confidant he starts running back to the other basket before it goes through the hoop. Big confidence. Huge flex.

Hoops Addict · Post #85 » by **Hoops Addict** » Thu Feb 2, 2023 4:47 pm

8 steqals in one game.....great defense and 40%+ from 3.

Watch on YouTube

Catchall · Post #86 » by **Catchall** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 5:28 am

Five guys I like for the Jazz in the lottery: GG Jackson, Keyonte George, Jarace Walker, Jett Howard, Brice Sensabaugh

SoCalJazzFan · Post #87 » by **SoCalJazzFan** » Wed Feb 8, 2023 10:44 pm

Anyone else watch Ky-Ark last night? Cason Wallace and Anthony Black are very good prospects, IMO. Black doesn't appear to have a shooters touch, but his size and hustle and court vision are impressive. Cason appears to be a three level scorer who also shares the ball and runs an offense.

pickIBL · Post #88 » by **pickIBL** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:37 pm

We cant just rely on what can easily be seen on the tv sports package. Darlan may never make it to kansas or arizona. But he could go in the first rd this year, see the d league next year, and get a call up in 2024. And in a couple years he might be the best out of all these names.

No way to know for sure because we cant see him. But a great prospect for the jazz g league

Jampod · Post #89 » by **Jampod** » Mon Feb 13, 2023 7:02 pm

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2023-nba-mock-draft-victor-wembanyama-goes-no-1-to-spurs-in-first-projections-following-trade-deadline/amp/

New CBS mock has us getting higher lottery pick and drafting Nick Smith.

babyjax13 · Post #90 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:19 am

I don't like Sensabaugh in the lottery at all. If he isn't scoring he is actively hurting you, he offers absolutely nothing else so you have to be confident he can do that at a pretty elite level.

Right now we sit at 13, 16, & 27. Guys I like in those ranges right now:

13: Jett Howard, Nick Smith, Anthony Black, Cason Wallace (someone probably slips down in this range, but most of these guys go earlier)
16: Ricky Council, Dariq Whitehead, GG Jackson, Maxwell Lewis
27: Jalen Wilson, Brice Sensabaugh, Julian Strawther, Sidy Cissoko

Still on the "draft wings unless someone drops" train. It is such a deep wing class.

babyjax13 · Post #91 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:20 am

Hoops Addict wrote:
Catchall wrote:Want to hear a not-so-entirely-crazy comp for Keyonte George? Okay, here goes.... Deron Williams. Big combo-guard with handle, shiftiness, shooting, playmaking, similar athleticism, below-the-rim play finishing, some toughness and ability to bully his way into the paint. I think George could play as a lead guard. He has more of a scorer's mentality though.

Watch on YouTube

After shooting ....when the ball is in the air......George is so confidant he starts running back to the other basket before it goes through the hoop. Big confidence. Huge flex.

I'd love George, but I think he's going top 5.

Catchall · Post #92 » by **Catchall** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:23 am

babyjax13 wrote:
Hoops Addict wrote:
Catchall wrote:Want to hear a not-so-entirely-crazy comp for Keyonte George? Okay, here goes.... Deron Williams. Big combo-guard with handle, shiftiness, shooting, playmaking, similar athleticism, below-the-rim play finishing, some toughness and ability to bully his way into the paint. I think George could play as a lead guard. He has more of a scorer's mentality though.

Watch on YouTube

After shooting ....when the ball is in the air......George is so confidant he starts running back to the other basket before it goes through the hoop. Big confidence. Huge flex.

I'd love George, but I think he's going top 5.

I could see someone fall in love with Cam Whitmore's athleticism, Brandon Miller's shooting and Jarace Walker's measurables. That could get Keyonte to #7.

babyjax13 · Post #93 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:27 am

Catchall wrote:
babyjax13 wrote:
Hoops Addict wrote:
After shooting ....when the ball is in the air......George is so confidant he starts running back to the other basket before it goes through the hoop. Big confidence. Huge flex.

I'd love George, but I think he's going top 5.

I could see someone fall in love with Cam Whitmore's athleticism, Brandon Miller's shooting and Jarace Walker's measurables. That could get Keyonte to #7.

Yes, I think that's somewhat plausible. There is also the complete wildcard of the Thompson twins. They play in a joke of a league but obviously have talent, it's just totally unclear to me what level that talent is relative to other lottery prospects, especially considering than Amen's shooting has not progressed at all - but he's the more athletic of the two.

SoCalJazzFan · Post #94 » by **SoCalJazzFan** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:21 pm

https://alabama.rivals.com/news/investigator-reveals-brandon-miller-was-on-scene-for-fatal-shooting

I wonder how this will affect his draft position.

babyjax13 · Post #95 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:22 pm

SoCalJazzFan wrote:https://alabama.rivals.com/news/investigator-reveals-brandon-miller-was-on-scene-for-fatal-shooting

I wonder how this will affect his draft position.

I doubt it affects it at all. Short of being told "get my gun so I can shoot someone" I don't think there is enough here to determine felony level criminal liability, and even if there was, we've had players drafted high lotto after just as bad, if not worse situations. Teams will do their interviews and see if this seems like a dumb kid that didn't think about the gun being used to murder someone, or a person with questionable character. If it's the latter he will slip to the lower end of his draft range, i.e. after Black/Whitmore/George and maybe the twins or Jarace Walker.

bkohler · Post #96 » by **bkohler** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:27 pm

I'm sure everyone else is the same, but how much I like a prospect is very much tied to where I'm picking.

For instance, I don't like George all that much in the top 5, but if he slipped close to 10 I'd love him. Same with Howard, Dick, the Thompson twins, and Nick Smith. I'd like all of them a lot more on the back half of the lottery than the front. I just don't see a ton of separation between all of them. If I had the 5th pick I think I'd attempt to trade down to 8-11 range and feel comfortable I'm getting just as good of a player.

Post #97 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Thu Feb 23, 2023 12:15 pm

I haven't followed prospects that closely thus far but from the little I've seen, Brandon Miller is very impressive. He really leaped off the screen for me.

bkohler · Post #98 » by **bkohler** » Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:50 pm

Inigo Montoya wrote:I haven't followed prospects that closely thus far but from the little I've seen, Brandon Miller is very impressive. He really leaped off the screen for me.

I wonder if his legal stuff will cause him to slide. He definitely is starting to look the part.

bkohler · Post #99 » by **bkohler** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:27 am

I was just reading the espn piece on Wemby not wanting to be a center and it made me wonder if by some miracle the Jazz got the first pick would you roll out a line up of Lauri/Wemby/Kessler?

babyjax13 · Post #100 » by **babyjax13** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:56 am

I'm totally out on GG Jackson with our first two firsts. Probably the worst body language I have seen in any prospect, ever. His good games require unsustainable shooting, he has no vision, he berates his teammates, he has terrible body language, he kills ball movement. South Carolina would be better if they replaced Jackson with another Hayden Brown. His talent is undeniable, but he has to change the way he plays completely.