2024 clyde draft stuff

[clyde21]

1 Alexander Sarr
2 Rob Dillingham
3 Matas Buzelis

4 Reed Sheppard
5 Donovan Clingan
6 Stephon Castle
7 Ron Holland
8 Cody Williams
9 Nikola Topic
10 Ja'Kobe Walter
11 Dalton Knecht
12 Kel'El Ware

13 Jared McCain
14 Zaccharie Risacher
15 Kyshawn George
16 Kyle Filipowski
17 Oso Ighodaro
18 Jalen Bridges
19 Bub Carrington
20 Trey Alexander
21 Johnny Furphy
22 Devin Carter
23 Terrence Shannon Jr.

[clyde21]

saved for positionals

[clyde21]

saved for mock

[clyde21]

1/1 update

[clyde21]

1/8 update

[clyde21]

3/9 update

[Chuck Everett]

3/9 update

Where does Topic sit on your board?

[clyde21]

3/9 update

Where does Topic sit on your board?

no clue tbh, he hasn't played since Jan 4...was waiting for Euroleague tape but he got injured after 2 games (in which he wasn't very impressive) so at this point that tape is non existent and I don't have enough to go on to feel comfortable ranking him yet

[shangrila]

No concerns about Dillingham's defence?

[clyde21]

No concerns about Dillingham's defence?

definite concerns, size wise as well, but most of these top guys have some mission critical flaws and it feels like more a crapshoot than most years.

[clyde21]

3/25 update, probably good w/ this up until at least the combine.

[clyde21]

final pre combine update

Sarr to #1, but I wouldn't bet my house on it.

[clyde21]

5/15 update

[FarBeyondDriven]

1 Alexandre Sarr
2 Rob Dillingham
3 Matas Buzelis

4 Donovan Clingan
5 Stephon Castle
6 Reed Sheppard
7 Nikola Topic
8 Cody Williams
9 Ja'Kobe Walter
10 Dalton Knecht
11 Kel'El Ware

12 Jared McCain
13 Ron Holland
14 Zaccharie Risacher
15 Kyshawn George
16 Kyle Filipowski
17 Oso Ighodaro
18 Jalen Bridges
19 Bub Carrington
20 Trey Alexander
21 Johnny Furphy
22 Terrence Shannon Jr.

are you not planning on doing a full first or even two round mock? Why stop at 22?

[clyde21]

1 Alexandre Sarr
2 Rob Dillingham
3 Matas Buzelis

4 Donovan Clingan
5 Stephon Castle
6 Reed Sheppard
7 Nikola Topic
8 Cody Williams
9 Ja'Kobe Walter
10 Dalton Knecht
11 Kel'El Ware

12 Jared McCain
13 Ron Holland
14 Zaccharie Risacher
15 Kyshawn George
16 Kyle Filipowski
17 Oso Ighodaro
18 Jalen Bridges
19 Bub Carrington
20 Trey Alexander
21 Johnny Furphy
22 Terrence Shannon Jr.

are you not planning on doing a full first or even two round mock? Why stop at 22?

i usually only rank 16-25 players in a draft, ones that I am most comfortable ranking and differentiating between each other and the rest of the crop

there really is no point in ranking 30 or 40 or 50 players, once you get low enough in a draft the idea that people can differentiate in the talent difference between the 29th ranked guy and 30th ranked guy is nonsense imo. you get low enough it just becomes about role/fit and what type of players you need

[SNPA]

1 Alexandre Sarr
2 Rob Dillingham
3 Matas Buzelis

4 Donovan Clingan
5 Stephon Castle
6 Reed Sheppard
7 Nikola Topic
8 Cody Williams
9 Ja'Kobe Walter
10 Dalton Knecht
11 Kel'El Ware

12 Jared McCain
13 Ron Holland
14 Zaccharie Risacher
15 Kyshawn George
16 Kyle Filipowski
17 Oso Ighodaro
18 Jalen Bridges
19 Bub Carrington
20 Trey Alexander
21 Johnny Furphy
22 Terrence Shannon Jr.

are you not planning on doing a full first or even two round mock? Why stop at 22?

i usually only rank 16-25 players in a draft, ones that I am most comfortable ranking and differentiating between each other and the rest of the crop

there really is no point in ranking 30 or 40 or 50 players, once you get low enough in a draft the idea that people can differentiate in the talent difference between the 29th ranked guy and 30th ranked guy is nonsense imo. you get low enough it just becomes about role/fit and what type of players you need

Interesting having Bridges that high. What do you like about him? How’s his defense?

[SNPA]

https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/jalen-bridges-and-the-secret-sauce

I like his game from the little I’ve seen. A 6’7 true 3 and d guy? Why is he so low on boards? Seems like exactly what teams would throw a second rounder at.

[clyde21]

are you not planning on doing a full first or even two round mock? Why stop at 22?

i usually only rank 16-25 players in a draft, ones that I am most comfortable ranking and differentiating between each other and the rest of the crop

there really is no point in ranking 30 or 40 or 50 players, once you get low enough in a draft the idea that people can differentiate in the talent difference between the 29th ranked guy and 30th ranked guy is nonsense imo. you get low enough it just becomes about role/fit and what type of players you need

Interesting having Bridges that high. What do you like about him? How’s his defense?

i like his physical pro, well built, moves well, solid c+s guy, not a defensive stopper by any stretch but good enough on that end and can scale up or down, has untapped on-ball juice as well imo, think he be a plug and play rotation guy as soon as his rookie season if given the chance

[FarBeyondDriven]

https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/jalen-bridges-and-the-secret-sauce

I like his game from the little I’ve seen. A 6’7 true 3 and d guy? Why is he so low on boards? Seems like exactly what teams would throw a second rounder at.

I watched a lot of their games and tbh I kinda came away more impressed with Bridges than Walter in many of them. Of course, he's much much older but still. His drastically improved shooting on volume and the fact that he's got defensive versatility makes it understandable why people would be high on him. I would not be surprised if he went anywhere from PHO at #22 on. These teams that are trying to compete might not want to wait on 19 y/o to develop and would prefer a plug-in-play 3 and D wing.

[FarBeyondDriven]

1 Alexandre Sarr
2 Rob Dillingham
3 Matas Buzelis

4 Donovan Clingan
5 Stephon Castle
6 Reed Sheppard
7 Nikola Topic
8 Cody Williams
9 Ja'Kobe Walter
10 Dalton Knecht
11 Kel'El Ware

12 Jared McCain
13 Ron Holland
14 Zaccharie Risacher
15 Kyshawn George
16 Kyle Filipowski
17 Oso Ighodaro
18 Jalen Bridges
19 Bub Carrington
20 Trey Alexander
21 Johnny Furphy
22 Terrence Shannon Jr.

are you not planning on doing a full first or even two round mock? Why stop at 22?

i usually only rank 16-25 players in a draft, ones that I am most comfortable ranking and differentiating between each other and the rest of the crop

there really is no point in ranking 30 or 40 or 50 players, once you get low enough in a draft the idea that people can differentiate in the talent difference between the 29th ranked guy and 30th ranked guy is nonsense imo. you get low enough it just becomes about role/fit and what type of players you need

gotcha