2023 Draft Discussion Part 5

WuTang_CMB · Post #1741 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 8:59 pm

Orl and okc notorious for promises

Dalek · Post #1742 » by **Dalek** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:00 pm

HumbleRen wrote:

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Who do you think it is ? OKC/Orlando or Raps.

I would think OKC since they have his countryman and former teammate Ousmane Dieng. He also fits with Presti style of high upside Int prospect.

On a similar note I heard Indy promised Bobi Klintman but they have multiple picks in the first.

HumbleRen · Post #1743 » by **HumbleRen** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:05 pm

"My sources tell me that Bilal Coulibaly has a promise in the lottery before #14. Toronto has kinda shown the willingess to take on project picks "

- Jonathan Wasserman

dozo · Post #1744 » by **dozo** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:14 pm

gbball wrote:
dozo wrote:
gbball wrote:
If we were picking 10th, I'd still want Coulibaly. He has a chance to be the best player in the draft for a team that's patient.

Edit: top 10 is probably too much of a reach for him. So I'm looking at the bright side. Had we had a top 5 pick in Giannis' year do we risk taking him that high? We're in a perfect draft range to have a good shot a high upside project. Not too high to take him, not so low that there's a high chance of missing him.

We had two major holes on the team, now it's just one. It doesn't matter how you get the pieces, so long as you get them. Masai thinks Peoltl can be a starting Center on a championship team. Now we have a chance to add a high ceiling 3 level scorer with athleticism and defense.

A player like Coulibaly will bring some much needed optimism to the team.

The thought of losing a lottery selection for a starter/rotation player doesn't sit well with me. BPA is the way to go, let Flynn start. I'm ready for 16 win season and a top 6 selection in 2024.

If we start Flynn with Dowtin as a backup. I don't see how we'd be worse than this year. How many games did Fred win us, how many did he lose us? I like Fred. But I see him as a better fit at 6th man where he can try to takeover more. Flynn would just share the ball with guys like OG, Siakam and Barnes who need higher usage while providing some spacing. A little bit of Yin to the Yang of the rest of the starters. You need balance.

Flynn's offense/pace isn't the problem, its his defense. Downtin's POA defense is great but he needs to improve his 3pt shooting. I think they loose more games, probably not enough to secure a top 6 selection.

C_Money · Post #1745 » by **C_Money** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:14 pm

Hopefully its somebody else.

Post #1746 » by **DG88** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:14 pm

HumbleRen wrote:

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Who do you think it is ? OKC/Orlando or Raps.

Bilal is either being drafted by us or OKC

ItsDanger · Post #1747 » by **ItsDanger** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:17 pm

Play in for what?

Tortiglioni · Post #1748 » by **Tortiglioni** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:37 pm

Masai doesn't make draft promises. It's obviously Orlando.

REJECTEDBYCLARK · Post #1749 » by **REJECTEDBYCLARK** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:42 pm

Tortiglioni wrote:Masai doesn't make draft promises. It's obviously Orlando.

I was thinking Orlando too

Dalek · Post #1750 » by **Dalek** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:43 pm

Givony updated the ESPN best available Draft 2023 list: https://www.espn.com/nba/draft/bestavailable/_/position/ovr/page/1

11. Hood-Schifino - JHS is interesting to me. Poor advanced numbers, but he has great positional size, PG feel, and was a former teammate of Scottie. I think he has a bit of D'Angelo Russell in him once that shot gets more consistent. I think Givony has really liked JHS throughout the process.

The other combos are in an interesting order. NSJ I think he is the climber. He has good size, good speed, and can play off ball which will be a huge appeal for many people. Bufkin is similar - maybe a safer bet with the health side considered.

13. NSJ
14. Wallace
15. Hawkins
16. Keyonte
18. Bufkin

Tofubeque · Post #1751 » by **Tofubeque** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:53 pm

I doubt Bilal makes it to 13 then. Too much damn attention on him from playing on Wemby's team

ArthurVandelay · Post #1752 » by **ArthurVandelay** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:54 pm

HumbleRen wrote:

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Who do you think it is ? OKC/Orlando or Raps.

I pray Raptors

Or I pray his agent is feeding Wasserman hype and Raptors are picking him anyways

bboyskinnylegs · Post #1753 » by **bboyskinnylegs** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 9:56 pm

yeah Masai isn't the type to make promises. Maybe one of UTA/ORL/OKC?

CoreyVillains · Post #1754 » by **CoreyVillains** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:03 pm

Hey guys, Corey here from No Ceilings. Being as though you guys are in position to potentially select Taylor Hendricks, I thought I'd stop by and post the film session that I recently filmed with him. Gives a great glimpse into his approach and skillset!

Watch on YouTube

WuTang_CMB · Post #1755 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:07 pm

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ArthurVandelay · Post #1756 » by **ArthurVandelay** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:23 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:

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Can do many things…except shoot

HumbleRen · Post #1757 » by **HumbleRen** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:37 pm

bboyskinnylegs wrote:yeah Masai isn't the type to make promises. Maybe one of UTA/ORL/OKC?

He made a promise to SGA and PG.

HumbleRen · Post #1758 » by **HumbleRen** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:38 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:

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Easy for him to say when his team has the greatest shooters of all time lol.

I agree that regular season basketball and playoff basketball is completely different though.

ATLTimekeeper · Post #1759 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:46 pm

All Klay can do is shoot. I always think of Andrew Bogut's quote where he realized that the league wanted to promote Curry, so he just started pushing what he could get away with. Bob Myers basically formed a fun team to watch under Steve Kerr, and then the goons were fully supported by the refs.

bboyskinnylegs · Post #1760 » by **bboyskinnylegs** » Thu Jun 1, 2023 10:50 pm

HumbleRen wrote:
bboyskinnylegs wrote:yeah Masai isn't the type to make promises. Maybe one of UTA/ORL/OKC?

He made a promise to SGA and PG.

I don't know about SGA but Colangelo was running the team when we made a promise to PG.