2024 Draft Prospects
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Stay away from the Kentucky kids!
They can't even be the best players on the court vs Oakland smh
They can't even be the best players on the court vs Oakland smh
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JDR720 wrote:Dillingham, Reed and Cody Williams (Colorado St.) were awful. Williams put up 0's. Reed just made a single shot. And Dillingham was 2-9.
I'm forcing myself to like this draft. In all honesty I hope we try to trade the pick for an established player.
I'm down to Risacher/Castle and even those guys aren't really moving me with excitement.
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JustBuzzin wrote:JDR720 wrote:Dillingham, Reed and Cody Williams (Colorado St.) were awful. Williams put up 0's. Reed just made a single shot. And Dillingham was 2-9.
I'm forcing myself to like this draft. In all honesty I hope we try to trade the pick for an established player.
I'm down to Risacher/Castle and even those guys aren't really moving me with excitement.
Come to the dark side! You know you want to.
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GoBobs wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:JDR720 wrote:Dillingham, Reed and Cody Williams (Colorado St.) were awful. Williams put up 0's. Reed just made a single shot. And Dillingham was 2-9.
I'm forcing myself to like this draft. In all honesty I hope we try to trade the pick for an established player.
I'm down to Risacher/Castle and even those guys aren't really moving me with excitement.
Come to the dark side! You know you want to.
Excuse me?
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Bassman wrote:JDR720 wrote:Dillingham, Reed and Cody Williams (Colorado St.) were awful. Williams put up 0's. Reed just made a single shot. And Dillingham was 2-9.
And I think it IS important to gauge young players on how they are handling intensity, pressure and “prove it” games. None of those you mentioned strike me as ready for top 5 selection, especially after how they’re performing in tournaments.
I don't. At all actually. Calipari himself has lost 3 out of the last 4 ncaa tournament games against veteran teams. It's the ncaa tournament.
Balllin wrote:Zion Williamson is 6-5, with a 6-10 wingspan. I see him as a slightly better Kenneth Faried.
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Trade the pick and if we don't stay the hell away from Williams and Kentucky dudes. Just wow.
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I don't know,well it's disappointing but drafting NCAA champions hasn't always panned out either. Then there's last year.
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MugzZo wrote:Trade the pick and if we don't stay the hell away from Williams and Kentucky dudes. Just wow.
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Lol. The Kentucky NBA factory is thriving despite the ncaa tournament
Balllin wrote:Zion Williamson is 6-5, with a 6-10 wingspan. I see him as a slightly better Kenneth Faried.
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I wonder if some folks' tones would be different if Reed had a good game instead of a stinker.
Horrible game in a first round loss to Oakland while healthy is a lot different than a sweet 16 loss while dealing with an injury.
Horrible game in a first round loss to Oakland while healthy is a lot different than a sweet 16 loss while dealing with an injury.

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JustBuzzin wrote:GoBobs wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:I'm forcing myself to like this draft. In all honesty I hope we try to trade the pick for an established player.
I'm down to Risacher/Castle and even those guys aren't really moving me with excitement.
Come to the dark side! You know you want to.
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JDR720 wrote:Dillingham, Reed and Cody Williams (Colorado St.) were awful. Williams put up 0's. Reed just made a single shot. And Dillingham was 2-9.
Cody Williams is also hurt, he only played 11 mins off the bench. He has been in and out of lineup for last few games so I am more willing to give him a pass.
Dillingham was bad but at least he had 10 pts and shot 9 times.
Reed was just invisible, 3 pts all game, only took 5 shots and 2 of those were in the last 2 mins.
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my problem with Shep in that Kentucky loss is that his bball IQ is supposed to separate him, but in the last two minutes of the game he badly fouled Gohlke taking a 3, forced an uncatchable pass to Reeves, and threw up an ill advised early shot clock 3. Really sunk the ship, in kind of a shocking way, for someone whose reputation so heavily depends on heady play
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Snidely FC wrote:my problem with Shep in that Kentucky loss is that his bball IQ is supposed to separate him, but in the last two minutes of the game he badly fouled Gohlke taking a 3, forced an uncatchable pass to Reeves, and threw up an ill advised early shot clock 3. Really sunk the ship, in kind of a shocking way, for someone whose reputation so heavily depends on heady play
Between watching the end of that one and BYU, it felt like watching Hornets offense. Just zero movement, lots of dribbling, panic and taking awful low % shots. Surprised at UK playing that way though, they broke my bracket. I picked them to win it all lol
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GoBobs wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:GoBobs wrote:
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Oh hell no!
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Diop wrote:JDR720 wrote:HornetJail wrote:Did someone say 1999?
I keep forgetting Mitch is a former player.
I just watched Winning Time and it covers when he starts at the Lakers, he was overpaid and averaged about 35 games a season over 5 years. Remind you of someone???
Well, he did blow out his knee 26 games into his first season with the Lakers and it took him out for a season and half the next one to recover enough to play. Prior to the injury he was pretty good. Put some respect on his name - he did earn a gold medal and 2 NBA Championships as a player.
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About to watch Cody Williams again. If he doesn't show anything this game then he's probably gonna drop out of my top 5.
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Halftime and Cody has done nothing.
He's not even involved on offense. I think this guy is getting hype because of his brother.
He's not even involved on offense. I think this guy is getting hype because of his brother.
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Castle with a good game. He could fit well next to Melo and Miller at the 3
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MugzZo wrote:Castle with a good game. He could fit well next to Melo and Miller at the 3
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He would be the 2, but I agree.








