2022 NBA Draft Thread

[ThunderBolt]

He is definitely a release valve for the drive-and-kick style of SGA, JDub and Giddey. I'm not itching to trade him, but because of his age, contract and shooting ability (every team wants shooters), he would make a hell of a sweetener in a trade negotiation.

Until Presti proves that he values shooting, I'm somewhat skeptical. We don't draft the same type of player we used to draft but we still seem to underprioritze shooting.

You on board with drafting Dick or Hawkins ?

I honestly don’t know. I didn’t really research this draft much and have no problem admitting I’m not an expert.

[Devilanche]

Until Presti proves that he values shooting, I'm somewhat skeptical. We don't draft the same type of player we used to draft but we still seem to underprioritze shooting.

You on board with drafting Dick or Hawkins ?

I honestly don’t know. I didn’t really research this draft much and have no problem admitting I’m not an expert.

Same . I give up after a quick look after our season end .


But basically the archetype . Are you looking for one of the better 3 point shooting threat from 12 or are we just looking for someone who doesn’t shoot below 30% from that ?

[kdthunderup]

Apparently Presti was in Monaco last week scouting out Coulibaly. He fits the current Presti mold to a tee. International, long wingspan, good fluidity and mobility for size, good feel and instincts but still raw skill wise, can’t shoot. Will be surprised if this isn’t our guy.

We’re putting a lot faith in Chip to develop everyone’s jumpshot instead of drafting naturally gifted shooters.

[Dadouv47]

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I don't buy those reports but if OKC is at 12 and those are the 3 guys the like the most and are available, who you would want them to draft?

I would probably go Coulibaly (very close with Bufkin) and Lively last

[Patches Perry]

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I don't buy those reports but if OKC is at 12 and those are the 3 guys the like the most and are available, who you would want them to draft?

I would probably go Coulibaly (very close with Bufkin) and Lively last

I like Coulibaly but like I said earlier in the thread, Presti needs to sort out these roster imbalances. I just don't see the minutes for Coulibaly unless we trade off a player or two.

If you just take the PG, SG, SF positions, that's 144 available minutes per game. Obviously there is a lot of play across these positions, but just for the sake of simplicity:

PG Giddey 32mpg (last year 31mpg)
SG- SGA 34mpg (last year 35mpg)
SF- Jalen Williams 32mpg (last year 30mpg)
Flex- Dort 32mpg (last year 31mpg)

That's 130 minutes between those 4, so 14 minutes remaining between positions 1-3. That's before you consider Joe, Wiggins, Mann and potentially Coulibaly. I know Jdub plays some minutes at PF but surely that is out of desperation.

[Mr Thunder Nick]

We clearly need a C or PF / Go for Hendricks even by doing a trade

[ThunderBolt]

You on board with drafting Dick or Hawkins ?

I honestly don’t know. I didn’t really research this draft much and have no problem admitting I’m not an expert.

Same . I give up after a quick look after our season end .


But basically the archetype . Are you looking for one of the better 3 point shooting threat from 12 or are we just looking for someone who doesn’t shoot below 30% from that ?

If the player shoots below 30% from three (especially if he isn’t a big) I’ll be irritated but not surprised.

[ThunderBolt]

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I don't buy those reports but if OKC is at 12 and those are the 3 guys the like the most and are available, who you would want them to draft?

I would probably go Coulibaly (very close with Bufkin) and Lively last

Bufkin is fine I guess. I’d imagine Mann is gone if we draft him. I’m with others that I have a hard time seeing the minutes for coulibaly.

[Dadouv47]

There's a range of 8-10 guys that I can see the Thunder drafting tonight so I'm pretty lost. I will obviously not be surprised if Presti draft a guy projected at 25 so nobody knows what will happen.

Other than pure draft at #12, feels like it can be a chaotic offseason for several reasons (CBA, tons of teams that could contend) so I hope Presti can take advantage of that.

[Dadouv47]

My gut tells me that we will trade either Kenrich or Dort and bring back Steven Adams.

[jake_swivel]

My gut tells me that we will trade either Kenrich or Dort and bring back Steven Adams.

Take some pepto, dadouv.

[ThunderBolt]

My gut tells me that we will trade either Kenrich or Dort and bring back Steven Adams.

[Devilanche]

My gut tells me that we will trade either Kenrich or Dort and bring back Steven Adams.

Nobody will see that coming . Not even Presti .

[retrobro90]

I'm gonna be shocked if its anyone but Bilal tonight. Think they could even trade up to 9/10/11 to get him. Hope he turns into something awesome

[Devilanche]

There’s a fair bit of Presti archetype nowadays in the draft .

[ThunderBolt]

I'm gonna be shocked if its anyone but Bilal tonight. Think they could even trade up to 9/10/11 to get him. Hope he turns into something awesome

How does the level of competition Coulibaly played against compare to college basketball and the league Dieng played in?

[jake_swivel]

There’s a fair bit of Presti archetype nowadays in the draft .

His team building from the last two builds in comparison to this team is pretty darn different. Don’t know how this one will ultimately do but it’s looked a lot more aesthetically interesting to watch.

[jake_swivel]

I'm gonna be shocked if its anyone but Bilal tonight. Think they could even trade up to 9/10/11 to get him. Hope he turns into something awesome

I personally have no idea what will happen. I’m not at all convinced it’s gonna be bilal and all the mocks I’ve seen have been pretty darn different from 4 onwards. Wouldn’t be crazily surprised to see Hendricks picked at 6 or drop to 12.

[ThunderBolt]

The one thing about Presti is, for better or worse, he doing tend to do the opposite of consensus. In a draft where people are willing to trade down I can see him seeing value and trading up.

[Devilanche]

That’s the thing. Everyone trying to move up and down.
So that means Presti is either staying put or trading out of this draft.