2023 NBA Draft Thread

[Jstock12]

C - *Patrick Gardner, *Azuolas Tubelis,

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[UNCNYC]

C - *Patrick Gardner, *Azuolas Tubelis,

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Yes I have had him as a sleeper before he was on any board or had even played a game in college. lol. He is a talented big.

[fatlever]

I will say, I was at the Kansas and Indiana game a few weeks ago in Lawrence... Gradey Dick has the it factor. Not saying he is going top 5 or anything crazy, but his confidence, quick trigger and bbiq are legit for a Freshman and he has good size too at 6-7.

Wow I didn't know you went to the game. I thought I read you WATCHED it. First off congrats to Jalen Wilson for 1,000 career points. 2nd. I LOVE both of those players. that must have been awesome. I didn't know you were from there...

I live in Charlotte, but I was in Kansas City for a work party and decided to swing to Lawrence to catch a game with my wife.

Good times. If realgm wasn't so weird about sharing pics I could show some cool ones.

You can upload to imgur and then link... I think.

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[UNCNYC]

Great news, Max Lewis plays today on ESPNU at 3:30 PM. I am gonna DVR the game but that may be your last chance to see him before conference championship week.

Pepperdine VS Iona - ESPNU - 3:30 - (Max Lewis VS Dannis Jenkins, Walter Clayton)

[UNCNYC]

The game is going to begin at 4:00 on ESPNU with Max Lewis.

Also I really am a big fan of Reese Dixon-Waters. He doesn't average much stat wise (I think due to being on a team with talented upper classman) but I think he has a low key star power. Also want to invite Parker Stewart if he goes undrafted.

[UNCNYC]

Dannis Jenkins is such a great PG. I have he and Clayton as 2nd rounders. I like what I see from Max Lewis in that he can do a little bit of everything. The problem I havve with him is not sure he can do all he attempts to consistantly. I do not think this draft has many stars but players that can compliment a roster well.

[UNCNYC]

After this game I am cool if we take Lewis but not sure I have him as top tier anymore. I have narrowed MY selection to

Keyonte George, Nikola Durišić, Jalen Wilson (with a few still outside looking in)

Keyonte George - What I like about him is he can play combo guard. But I don't think he can do it in a starters role (meaning the PG spot) so not really sure how effective that is. He reminds me more of Hayward than Rozier.

Jalen Wilson - he is like a boxer that likes body blows. You does everything under the radar and next thing you know his stat line is rediculous and his team is beating yours.

Nikola Durišić - what I like about him is he can be insurance for Lamelo. but with such a deep PG draft not sure we should worry about that.

Max Lewis - he kinda reminds me of Jalen WIlson with more athleticism, but Jalen does it so much more effortlessly.

[Diop]

Wow I didn't know you went to the game. I thought I read you WATCHED it. First off congrats to Jalen Wilson for 1,000 career points. 2nd. I LOVE both of those players. that must have been awesome. I didn't know you were from there...

I live in Charlotte, but I was in Kansas City for a work party and decided to swing to Lawrence to catch a game with my wife.

Good times. If realgm wasn't so weird about sharing pics I could show some cool ones.

You can upload to imgur and then link... I think.

Sent from my SM-G973U using RealGM Forums mobile app

if i want to post pics from my phone, i use tapatalk, its the only time i use the app but it does make uploading photos very easy

[wilson115]

Weird chink in the armor here, Cason with some ugly misses from the freebie line despite going 5-6 from 3. Bruce Bowen 2.0?

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[UNCNYC]

So many players I like in this draft. Took me a bit but I also like Juan Nunez.

My picks for the 1st pick are

CG - *Keshon Gilbert, *Agustin UBAL,
SG - *Keyonte George,
SF - *Jalen Wilson, *Nikola Durisic,

My new sleeper is - Dalton Knecht. I love the way he carves up defenses. He reminds me sooo much of Agustin UBAL. Right now I think I would go with Durisic but not sure due to UBAL and Knecht around. I also don't know why Kevin McCullar, and Alex Fudge are so underrated.

[Braggins]

I'm worried enough about Wemby's health with this franchises luck and iffy medical staff that I'd almost rather get Scoot, but if they had the 2nd pick I'd be worried theyd take Amen Thompson or something. This draft will be stressful if they don't get the 1st pick.

[JDR720]

Most likely scenario, if we get healthy, is we end up playing our way into the 5-10th pick.

[UNCNYC]

I think it's best that we end up with a better record than the first pick. If we get pick 5 we will more than likely pick between Keyonte George or Anthony Black. Sometimes it's best to have players fall to you if you are not comptetent enough to choose them yourself.

Also if we draft Dalton Knecht, we can call his thread

Road House - The Dalton Knecht *4* Thread

Cheesy but good lol.

edit

Actually I like

4 house Road - The Dalton Knecht Thread.

Almost like you gotta connect the puzzle

[UNCNYC]

Actually I like

Road House - The Dalton Knecht *4* Thread.

The reason why is he is a PG and there are 4 others on the court with him.

[Braggins]

Most likely scenario, if we get healthy, is we end up playing our way into the 5-10th pick.

I'm still concerned about this too, but fwiw they are 2-5 since LaMelo's return and 2-4 since Hayward + LaMelo have been back and have still looked pretty bad. One of the two wins was against the Lakers without AD and they have a loss against the Pistons in that span.

Their next 11 games include games against Brooklyn, Memphis, Milwaukee, Indiana, Toronto x2, and Boston x2. The schedule doesn't let up too much after that because there are a lot of solid teams this season. I'm hoping they keep piling up losses in that stretch and then the front office surprises everyone with a bit of competence and sells some guys before the deadline, but yeah, I'm not getting my hopes up for an ideal outcome.

[Braggins]

I'm pretty skeptical of Keyonte George so far and don't have him as high as others.

I'd probably take Anthony Black 3rd if the draft were today tbh. Whitmore has a chance to surpass him and a lot of people are going to have Amen Thompson locked into 3rd, but as of right now hes the player I'm most sold on for this team after Wemby/Scoot. I really hope he goes to the Hornets or Rockets (unless they are both picking top 2 obv). Hes an insane fit for the Rockets roster and hes from Texas.

[UNCNYC]

Such a fun draft.. After a ton of research I put together two rounds of players I think would be extremely fun for us if drafted. Not a boring pick anywhere. And imagine if Trevon Brazile was in it.

ROUND 1

CG - *Andre Jackson, *Keshon Gilbert, *Agustin UBAL,
PG - *Anthony Black, *Taran Armstrong,
SG - *Keyonte George, *Mojave King, *Max Lewis, JJ Starling,
SF - *Jalen Wilson, *Nikola Durisic, *Gradey Dick, Jett Howard, Julian Phillips
PF - *Brandon Miller, Noah Clowney, Brice Sensabaugh, *Michael Sharavjamts,
C - *Azuolas Tubelis, *Patrick Gardner,

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ROUND 2

CG - *Jalen Hood Schifino, *Zyon Pullin, *RayJ Dennis, Kenneth "KJ" Simpson JR, *Reece Beekman, Trey Alexander, *Dalton Knecht,
PG - *Ajay Mitchell, Grant Sherfield, Jahmir Young, Kam Jones, *Daylen Kountz, Chase Hunter, *Jovan Small, Kerr Kriisa, Juan Nunez
SG - Kevin McCullar, *Ben Sheppard, *Reese Dixon-Waters, Jaylen Clark, *Curtis Jones, *Parker Stewart, *Milos Uzan, *Yannick Kraag,
SF - *Trey Townsend, Drew Peterson, Baylor Scheierman, Colby Jones, *David Joplin, *Jordan Miller, *Justice Sueing, JT Shumate
PF - *Alex Fudge, Oso Ighodaro, Tristan Da Silva, Mustapha Amzil, Taylor Funk,
C - Clifford Omoruyi, Branden Carlson, *PJ Hall,

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[Braggins]

I think its fine if they win a few more games as long as they stay bottom four. They are 4.0 games behind 5th/6th worst right now, and those two teams are Orlando and Washington, who both have enough talent to win some games here and there.

4th worst record has a 24.7% chance at top 2, which is only 2% worse than the last place team. The floor is 8th, but only has a 2.2% chance.

[luciano-davidwesley]

I think its fine if they win a few more games as long as they stay bottom four. They are 4.0 games behind 5th/6th worst right now, and those two teams are Orlando and Washington, who both have enough talent to win some games here and there.

4th worst record has a 24.7% chance at top 2, which is only 2% worse than the last place team. The floor is 8th, but only has a 2.2% chance.

If you finish with the worst record you are guaranteed at least 5th pick. 1-3 is the top tier of talent generally and then 4-5 also have pretty good elite talent hit rates. I haven't checked the percentages but it feels like 6 onwards has a much lower chance of snaring an impact/franchise player.

[UNCNYC]

I'm pretty skeptical of Keyonte George so far and don't have him as high as others.

I'd probably take Anthony Black 3rd if the draft were today tbh. Whitmore has a chance to surpass him and a lot of people are going to have Amen Thompson locked into 3rd, but as of right now hes the player I'm most sold on for this team after Wemby/Scoot. I really hope he goes to the Hornets or Rockets (unless they are both picking top 2 obv). Hes an insane fit for the Rockets roster and hes from Texas.

Hey plays saturday I think it 2:00 on ESPNU. UNLV also plays saturday at 4:00 on CBS I think as well. UNLV has Keshon Gilbert who is only a sophmore who might have climbed up the draft charts (i haven't looked in a bit). I know they have mocked so many of the players I have had on their before them. I see Max Lewis is now a LOTTERY PICK on a few mocks.

KEYONTE GEORGE - I like you was not a fan at first when I saw him play.
Then I saw him play again and became a fan. He reminds me a bit of Hayward in that he can play the PG in spots
but probably not as much as Rozier does.

He does have an IT factor too him and seems to try and takeover the game with both passing, driving and playing PG.

This is a road game and he will be going against a really good player in Jaren Holmes so that could be different.
I saw him play at home or neutral I believe.