2022-2023 College Basketball / NBA Draft

Kobblehead · Post #641 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue May 23, 2023 12:43 am

Arsenal wrote:We also gotta trade back into the 1st to snag Bilal Coulibaly. Looks like the big 3&D wing we've always needed.

Probably my favorite player in this draft. He's a top 5 talent projected in the late 1st. He's a steal for someone.

Mik317 · Post #642 » by **Mik317** » Tue May 23, 2023 2:59 pm

need to buy some second and just take a bunch of athletes lol

Kobblehead · Post #643 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue May 23, 2023 10:35 pm

This team needs organizational depth at PF. DaRon Holmes would be a huge youth/size/production injection.

stormi · Post #644 » by **stormi** » Thu May 25, 2023 4:00 am

Draft crushes atm: Cason Wallace / Taylor Hendricks.

76ciology · Post #645 » by **76ciology** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:47 am

Kobblehead wrote:This team needs organizational depth at PF. DaRon Holmes would be a huge youth/size/production injection.

Until Biid is here, we’re “all in” for 40-ish% 3pt shooter at PF as attribute we look for

Kobblehead · Post #646 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu May 25, 2023 12:17 pm

I think the Sixers are finding out that being middle of the pack in three point shooting isn't enough to offset being among the worst rebounding teams in the league.

It's fine to have a rotational F that you play at the 4 that specializes in three point shooting. But if you're running 48 minutes each game at PF with guys that can't rebound, you're at a huge disadvantage.

Kobblehead · Post #647 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu May 25, 2023 12:18 pm

If a guy like Paul Reed isn't coming back, we need to bring in a young athletic guy that can play PF and occasional smallball C. Holmes meets that description.

Negrodamus · Post #648 » by **Negrodamus** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:16 pm

Didn't realize Julian Phillips put his name in the transfer portal too. I guess he didn't care for the dwindling minutes at the end of the season. I wouldn't take him tbh.

mjkvol · Post #649 » by **mjkvol** » Thu May 25, 2023 4:46 pm

Negrodamus wrote:Didn't realize Julian Phillips put his name in the transfer portal too. I guess he didn't care for the dwindling minutes at the end of the season. I wouldn't take him tbh.

Barnes has a blind spot much like Rivers regarding playing young guys. If a kid isn't killing it on the defensive end, he'll often be buried on the bench. Philips' confidence continued to crater with the quick hooks.

I hate to say it, but I don't know why a 5 star player would come to UT. Hell, he had to play Chandler, as he was the only one generating offense on that team.

phillynative · Post #650 » by **phillynative** » Thu May 25, 2023 7:55 pm

Kobblehead wrote:If a guy like Paul Reed isn't coming back, we need to bring in a young athletic guy that can play PF and occasional smallball C. Holmes meets that description.

What about the kid on the gleague team Michael Foster? Or is he more of a small ball 4?

Kobblehead · Post #651 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu May 25, 2023 11:40 pm

phillynative wrote:
Kobblehead wrote:If a guy like Paul Reed isn't coming back, we need to bring in a young athletic guy that can play PF and occasional smallball C. Holmes meets that description.

What about the kid on the gleague team Michael Foster? Or is he more of a small ball 4?

Issue with Foster is he kinda has Julius Randle dimensions. Barrel-chested and not great arm length or verticality. I think he's a solid F, but I think the paint would be ez pass with him at the 5.

Negrodamus · Post #652 » by **Negrodamus** » Fri May 26, 2023 12:56 am

Anyone we draft at center is not going to be worth anything next year unless they ridiculously outperform their stock. Try to sign Moritz Wagner or something. There are always relatively cheap centers in free agency.

Kobblehead · Post #653 » by **Kobblehead** » Fri May 26, 2023 1:16 am

I think Zach Edey is pretty much guaranteed to vastly outperform his draft slot.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ryan Kalkbrenner was an instant success, as well

phillynative · Post #654 » by **phillynative** » Fri May 26, 2023 3:49 am

Kobblehead wrote:
phillynative wrote:
Kobblehead wrote:If a guy like Paul Reed isn't coming back, we need to bring in a young athletic guy that can play PF and occasional smallball C. Holmes meets that description.

What about the kid on the gleague team Michael Foster? Or is he more of a small ball 4?

Issue with Foster is he kinda has Julius Randle dimensions. Barrel-chested and not great arm length or verticality. I think he's a solid F, but I think the paint would be ez pass with him at the 5.

I think Foster is a more natural rim protector but he's only 6'8

76ciology · Post #655 » by **76ciology** » Fri May 26, 2023 8:41 am

In the NBA:
Paint (Non-RA): 15 ft long and 16 ft wide, around average 0.89 PPS (points per shot)
*Layups: around average 1.15 PPS

Brice Sensabaugh:
Pull ups ≤16 ft: 1.06 PPS (83 att.)

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Guys like sensa (and Cam) just needs that treatment Wolves gave for Wiggins or Knicks gave for Barrett, for him to be a star. And Sensa is way better scorer than both. If Sensa is drafted top 5, like where he is in my mock, he’s almost certain to be a star G in the league.

76ciology · Post #656 » by **76ciology** » Fri May 26, 2023 8:46 am

Kobblehead wrote:I think Zach Edey is pretty much guaranteed to vastly outperform his draft slot.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ryan Kalkbrenner was an instant success, as well

I’ve said it before but i’ll take a shot with him. I think we can run some schemes to max him and minimize his flaws, such as running zone defense or hard closeouts to funnel drives to him. He’s also gonna play limited minutes only

I think Biid’s back-up has to be an insane per 36 minutes guy like drummond or boban.

76ciology · Post #657 » by **76ciology** » Fri May 26, 2023 8:55 am

How do you guys see the C position evolving?

Clingan and Aday Mara are two names im interested to see for next year. Clingan reminds me of my Kessler call back then.

Just for fun, but I’d like to see a team moneyball their way with 2 or maybe 3 of these giants where they sub-in and sub-out if their conditioning drops due to pace. With 16 to 24mpg for each.

I also wonder what will happen if Wemby lives up to the hype where he would make Jokic and Embiid looks inferior in their match-ups.

mjkvol · Post #658 » by **mjkvol** » Fri May 26, 2023 11:07 am

76ciology wrote:In the NBA:
Paint (Non-RA): 15 ft long and 16 ft wide, around average 0.89 PPS (points per shot)
*Layups: around average 1.15 PPS

Brice Sensabaugh:
Pull ups ≤16 ft: 1.06 PPS (83 att.)

Read on Twitter

Have seen very little of Sensabaugh, but that move looked an awful lot like Jimmy Butler, the creating space for himself with his pivot foot and getting a good shot even against good defense. The question is whether he has the dog in him?

Kobblehead · Post #659 » by **Kobblehead** » Fri May 26, 2023 11:32 am

It looks like he lost weight, which is good. He had way too much body fat at Ohio State.

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Kobblehead · Post #660 » by **Kobblehead** » Fri May 26, 2023 1:02 pm

Portland and Houston seem antsy and wanting to trade out of pick #3 and #4. Spurs reportedly are going to go hard towards trying to get another top pick and pairing Scoot and Wemby.

Whatever happens, I hope Morey gets in as a third team to help facilitate and gets a 2nd rounder or something out of it.