Draft Grades

MPM · Post #1 » by **MPM** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:19 pm

Repository for your takes, media takes, and your takes on media takes.

FWIW aside on draft grades - always feels weird giving someone an A+ for winning a lottery ticket. Happy for the Spurs but all they had to do was show up. I think the Mavs deserve a hand clap. Smart maneuvering.

EDIT - hope I didn't overstep creating this - just felt it was time.

JMAC3 · Post #2 » by **JMAC3** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:20 pm

A-. Only thing that would of been better IMO is getting a defensive wing and somehow accruing more picks for next year. If we had done either of those things it would of just been icing on the cake.

I know everyone will hate on Miller over Scoot, but I think we have far more options with the way we build this team moving forward, going to be fun. Compare Nick Smith to Kai, Thor, McGowens of years past. I think he is way further along and will contribute this season.

countryboi · Post #3 » by **countryboi** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:31 pm

We shouldnt even have an F. its no way you can get an F with the second pick, even at Scoot or Millers floor they are decent.

I dont like the Miller pick, Its going to fun to watching the same people that wanted Miller, later complain we should have taken Scoot. that said Millers shooting should make this team better and is exactly what we needed.

KingCat · Post #4 » by **KingCat** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:38 pm

I refuse to grade drafts after traumatizing myself by giving 2021 an A+... on the plus side, this draft didn't give me the same empty feeling that 2012 gave me so there's that.

MPM · Post #5 » by **MPM** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:53 pm

countryboi wrote:We shouldnt even have an F. its no way you can get an F with the second pick, even at Scoot or Millers floor they are decent.

It’s for robot rock

amcoolio · Post #6 » by **amcoolio** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:17 pm

Mitch could have traded the 2 for a future first round pick citing "too much young talent", so there was room for an F.

UNCNYC · Post #7 » by **UNCNYC** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:19 pm

i gave it a B to be optimistic but I thought more a C. I don't think we did much or as much as we probably could have to improve our roster.

MPM · Post #8 » by **MPM** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:21 pm

This may be the first draft I gave an A. I was a Miller/Scoot fence sitter so attendance award for not f'ing it up. Just think we extracted a lot of value in Smith and Bailey. Didn't care for Smith in the lottery but at 27, that's a solid A. Neither one feel like falling knives to me - both seem to be high talent guys that were victims of circumstance and injury and both guys began to really show their talent/potential of late.

Post #9 » by **yosemiteben** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:35 pm

I would give an A but I honestly don't know most of the guys we drafted so I don't feel qualified to grade

No obviously stupid decisions IMO, and I like combining 34 and 39 to move up

UNCNYC · Post #10 » by **UNCNYC** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:42 pm

I am ok with Miller and Bailey but I woulda rather someone else over Smitty. Maybe Sensabaugh, or Nikola, or Wilkson, Or Jackson

JMAC3 · Post #11 » by **JMAC3** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:59 pm

UNCNYC wrote:I am ok with Miller and Bailey but I woulda rather someone else over Smitty. Maybe Sensabaugh, or Nikola, or Wilkson, Or Jackson

It is a bit concerning you keep mentioned Nikola Durisic, when he withdrew from the draft lol. There is a reason he went undrafted my dude.

UNCNYC · Post #12 » by **UNCNYC** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:00 pm

In other words I would prefer this

Melo / Cody /
Rozier / Bailey
Miller / Hayward / Sensabaugh or Wilson or Jackson or Durisic etc...
Miles / PJ /
Williams / Nick

Then we could have even parted with PJ and Hayward and Rozier.

instead of

Melo / Cody /
Rozier / Bailey / Smith
Miller / Hayward /
Miles / PJ /
Williams / Nick

UNCNYC · Post #13 » by **UNCNYC** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:24 pm

JMAC3 wrote:
UNCNYC wrote:I am ok with Miller and Bailey but I woulda rather someone else over Smitty. Maybe Sensabaugh, or Nikola, or Wilkson, Or Jackson

It is a bit concerning you keep mentioned Nikola Durisic, when he withdrew from the draft lol. There is a reason he went undrafted my dude.

I kept checking and never saw his withdrawel. Only place I see it is on Reddit. Thanks for the update. I was wondering why he didn't get drafted because imo he could be lottery

Post #14 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:36 pm

I got excited when they described the guy from Xavier as Josh hart. I've desperately wanted a Josh Hart type on this roster. Then I realized we traded the pick.

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cornchip · Post #15 » by **cornchip** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:36 pm

I gave it a B but actually more of a B+.

Imo, an A+ would've looked like a Zion, Herb Jones (or Murphy), #14 and a future FRP for #2 deal. Imo, the choice was never really Miller vs. Scoot and it was pretty much Miller vs. the gamble on Zion. If the Pels only offered Zion, we definitely made the right choice.

Loved the Nick Smith and Colby Jones selections too.

UNCNYC · Post #16 » by **UNCNYC** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:38 pm

fatlever wrote:I got excited when they described the guy from Xavier as Josh hart. I've desperately wanted a Josh Hart type on this roster. Then I realized we traded the pick.

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yap I heard that comparison. I woulda loved Colby Jones. Different style of play but could fair well in the league. Great passer and defender.

Snidely FC · Post #17 » by **Snidely FC** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:57 pm

Kevin Pelton ESPN+ gave Hornets draft a B+

The Hornets getting Smith with the 27th pick was one of my favorite selections. In October, Smith was in the top five of the preseason mock draft by ESPN's Jonathan Givony. As underwhelming as Smith's season at Arkansas was, that seems like an overcorrection. Charlotte was also appropriately aggressive in moving up to draft Nnaji after he fell to the second round.

Ultimately, our opinions of Charlotte's draft will rest on the decision to take Miller over Scoot Henderson at No. 2. I'm good with considering Miller the better prospect independent of fit with LaMelo Ball, which shouldn't be the primary consideration so early in the draft.

Bassman · Post #18 » by **Bassman** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:40 pm

MPM wrote:This may be the first draft I gave an A. I was a Miller/Scoot fence sitter so attendance award for not f'ing it up. Just think we extracted a lot of value in Smith and Bailey. Didn't care for Smith in the lottery but at 27, that's a solid A. Neither one feel like falling knives to me - both seem to be high talent guys that were victims of circumstance and injury and both guys began to really show their talent/potential of late.

Dittos to everything you said, also likely my first A grade for this team’s draft night. Think Nnaji may be an overreach to stash verses taking other options, but should be interesting.

dmutombo321 · Post #19 » by **dmutombo321** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 6:24 pm

I'm fine with Miller over Scoot. Both have their flaws and I've made my concerns about Miller known but he would've been my selection too if no acceptable trade packages for the pick were available, which seems to have been the case. Let's hope he turns out to be more Paul George than Cam Johnson.

Would've preferred Tristan vukcevik as a draft and stash over Nanji and think alot of teams are going to regret passing on trayce Jackson Davis in the second round.

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Robot Rock · Post #20 » by **Robot Rock** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 6:38 pm

MPM wrote:
countryboi wrote:We shouldnt even have an F. its no way you can get an F with the second pick, even at Scoot or Millers floor they are decent.

It’s for robot rock

Looks like I'm not alone in voting for that.

How do you grade our draft?