2021 Draft Class: Positional Prospect Vs Prospect

Post #1 » by **BigSlam** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:56 pm

I've conducted this exercise for a few years now, and always find the results interesting.

If you had to choose 1 of each of the following pairings to join our roster, who would it be?

Pick one of the following head to heads. You'll end with 10 players.

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

JMAC3 · Post #2 » by **JMAC3** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:04 pm

BigSlam wrote:I've conducted this exercise for a few years now, and always find the results interesting.

If you had to choose 1 of each of the following pairings to join our roster, who would it be?

Pick one of the following head to heads. You'll end with 10 players.

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

I typically opt for the player with better size.

Post #3 » by **BigSlam** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:14 pm

My selections in green:

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III (thanks wilson!!)

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

Benjamin Linus · Post #4 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:18 pm

James Bouknight III over Moses Moody
Jonathan Kuminga over Keon Johnson
Franz Wagner over Jalen Johnson (close)
Davion Mitchell over Josh Giddey
Kai Jones over Alperen Sengun
Isaiah Jackson over Usman Garuba (close)
Corey Kispert over Trey Murphy III
Day'Ron Sharpe over Neemias Queta
Jaden Springer over Ziaire Williams (close)
Cameron Thomas over Chris Duarte
Chales Bassey over Jericho Sims

SWedd523 · Post #5 » by **SWedd523** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:09 pm

James Bouknight Vs Moses Moody

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

amcoolio · Post #6 » by **amcoolio** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:20 pm

BigSlam wrote:I've conducted this exercise for a few years now, and always find the results interesting.

If you had to choose 1 of each of the following pairings to join our roster, who would it be?

Pick one of the following head to heads. You'll end with 10 players.

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

I'm back out on Kai, he might be good on his second contract but we'd basically be wasting the lottery pick on a guy who catches lobs and I'm sorry we can find plenty of those in free agency or trade. I now prefer Garuba at 11 (apparently can catch passes and pass the ball very well in the inside, like Okongwu), then Jackson, then Sengun (like him offensively but will get murdered on defense), then Kai (has tools but is years away from playing rotation minutes IMO)

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #7 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:36 pm

BigSlam wrote:I've conducted this exercise for a few years now, and always find the results interesting.

If you had to choose 1 of each of the following pairings to join our roster, who would it be?

Pick one of the following head to heads. You'll end with 10 players.

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III - Moody. The guy just fits today's NBA. Bouknight might be better, but IMHO both his median outcomes and floors are much lower than Moody.

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson - Kumignga. Ballhandling matters here. Easier path to get better.

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson - Wagner. Has an NBA skill and has a proven record of being able to play team ball.

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell - Neither? If I had to pick it would be Mitchell.

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun - Kai. Both of these are high risk guys. Coinflip.

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba - Garuba. I don't feel great about this call, but Garuba just seems like someone who will make it.

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III - Trey. Another coinflip.

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta - no idea.

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer - no idea.

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas - Duarte. Cam just feels like his first few years will be very Monk like in the worst possible way.

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims - no idea.

KingCat · Post #8 » by **KingCat** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:49 pm

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun (This one is the toughest imo)

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

LofJ · Post #9 » by **LofJ** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:08 pm

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

Hornet Mania · Post #10 » by **Hornet Mania** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:15 pm

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

wilson115 · Post #11 » by **wilson115** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:04 pm

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III

SWedd523 · Post #12 » by **SWedd523** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:11 pm

Slam, go ahead and compile all these so we can see where we're sitting as a group

Post #13 » by **BigSlam** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:14 pm

wilson115 wrote:Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III

What a dork I am!!

I had Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III in my original post, but I redid the post and accidentally omitted them - and they were the 1st pairing on my original post!!

Going back to my original post and editing it to add them. Hopefully the other posters above follow suit.

Post #14 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:56 pm

Moses Moody >> James Bouknight III

Jonathan Kuminga > Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner <<< Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey < Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones << Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson < Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert > Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe > Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams > Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte > Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey < Jericho Sims

Soul Rebel · Post #15 » by **Soul Rebel** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:05 am

Moses Moody James Bouknight III

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

Snidely FC · Post #16 » by **Snidely FC** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:14 am

my picks in purple

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

geraldwallace · Post #17 » by **geraldwallace** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:38 pm

James Bouknight III

Jonathan Kuminga

Jalen Johnson

Davion Mitchell

Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson

Corey Kispert

Day'Ron Sharpe

Ziaire Williams

Cameron Thomas

Jericho Sims

MPM · Post #18 » by **MPM** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:44 pm

Moses Moody Vs James Bouknight III

Jonathan Kuminga Vs Keon Johnson

Franz Wagner Vs Jalen Johnson

Josh Giddey Vs Davion Mitchell

Kai Jones Vs Alperen Sengun

Isaiah Jackson Vs Usman Garuba

Corey Kispert Vs Trey Murphy III

Day'Ron Sharpe Vs Neemias Queta

Ziaire Williams Vs Jaden Springer

Chris Duarte Vs Cameron Thomas

Chales Bassey Vs Jericho Sims

Post #19 » by **BigSlam** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:41 pm

SWedd523 wrote:Slam, go ahead and compile all these so we can see where we're sitting as a group

Go back and update your post with Moody Vs Bouknight and I’ll think about it.

:wink:

SWedd523 · Post #20 » by **SWedd523** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 4:57 pm

Whachuuuuuuu mean

I already did