2023 NBA Draft Thread

Ron Swanson · Post #401 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:33 pm

If Nwora had Bates' raw talent, I think I would've been a lot higher on him as a prospect. As is, Bates is gonna be the ultimate test to the question of "how much can talent cover up poor basketball IQ?".

chonestown · Post #402 » by **chonestown** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:36 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:If Nwora had Bates' raw talent, I think I would've been a lot higher on him as a prospect. As is, Bates is gonna be the ultimate test to the question of "how much can talent cover up poor basketball IQ?".

A-yo, this is catnip for the "Giannis has low BBIQ" crowd.

Have at it, scalawags.

emunney · Post #403 » by **emunney** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:38 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:If Nwora had Bates' raw talent, I think I would've been a lot higher on him as a prospect. As is, Bates is gonna be the ultimate test to the question of "how much can talent cover up poor basketball IQ?".

I like his ball handling and his shot release a lot more than Nwora's, but good lord does he pound the air out of the ball. With Nwora, you knew if you passed him the ball, you wouldn't get it back. It might be the same with Bates but he might first hold it for 5 seconds and dribble it for 10-15 more.

machu46 · Post #404 » by **machu46** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:29 pm

Vecenie hearing Milwaukee is one of the teams trying to get into the first round or early second of the draft.

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Ron Swanson · Post #405 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:46 pm

machu46 wrote:Vecenie hearing Milwaukee is one of the teams trying to get into the first round or early second of the draft.

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RogerMurdock · Post #406 » by **RogerMurdock** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:55 pm

I've also explored options to move back to the late 20's or 30's, but it involves the blood of virgins and what-not, so I'm hesitant.

chonestown · Post #407 » by **chonestown** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:35 pm

RogerMurdock wrote:I've also explored options to move back to the late 20's or 30's, but it involves the blood of virgins and what-not, so I'm hesitant.

Oh, so you'd rather part with a 2029 #1 smh

Finn · Post #408 » by **Finn** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:02 pm

RogerMurdock wrote:I've also explored options to move back to the late 20's or 30's, but it involves the blood of virgins and what-not, so I'm hesitant.

I'm sure your wife/SO would volunteer!

M-C-G · Post #409 » by **M-C-G** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:37 pm

Jaime Jaquez fans out there? I don't watch college basketball but just watching a highlight video of the guy and seems to have a lot of skills and shooting we could use.

Badgerlander · Post #410 » by **Badgerlander** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:33 pm

M-C-G wrote:Jaime Jaquez fans out there? I don't watch college basketball but just watching a highlight video of the guy and seems to have a lot of skills and shooting we could use.

Love him. He’s a 6’7” Joker. Somebody is going to grab him around pick #20. NBA is going to give him more room to operate and he will destroy with his midrange game and awesome footwork.

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Badgerlander · Post #411 » by **Badgerlander** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:54 pm

And his whole family are ballers

lightningrodman · Post #412 » by **lightningrodman** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:16 pm

I like Jacquez, worried that his offensive game won’t translate well to the pros but he’s a very smart player and should be a rotation player right away.

Badgerlander · Post #413 » by **Badgerlander** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:39 pm

lightningrodman wrote:I like Jacquez, worried that his offensive game won’t translate well to the pros but he’s a very smart player and should be a rotation player right away.

I think he will have more space in the nba to run a midrange game and he has a Sabonis like post up game that he can punish smaller player with when they guard him. Bet his 3pt % is better because he will get wide open looks as defenders play off of him. He was pretty much the go to guy at the end of the shot clock at ucla when nothing was working and he still shot 62% at the rim, 71% on putbacks, and 40% on 2pt jumpers. The only way he struggles is if a team tries to make him into something he is not like OKC did with Sabonis. He’s got that Ingles, Sabonis, Harden, Joker type old man offensive game with a relentless motor. I think his floor is TJ Warren lite.

lightningrodman · Post #414 » by **lightningrodman** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:56 pm

Yeah, I think he will be effective, I just don’t know (especially in his rookie season) if a team would run a lot of post-ups or midrange touches for him (kind of felt the same about EJ Liddell last year). But on the other hand, he seems like a player who can adapt to whatever role his team needs him to play.

machu46 · Post #415 » by **machu46** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 1:17 am

lightningrodman wrote:Yeah, I think he will be effective, I just don’t know (especially in his rookie season) if a team would run a lot of post-ups or midrange touches for him (kind of felt the same about EJ Liddell last year). But on the other hand, he seems like a player who can adapt to whatever role his team needs him to play.

I think his offensive game translates far better than Liddell’s. Liddell’s offensive game in college almost certainly won’t work in the pros. It just requires faith that he’s skilled enough to learn to play a different way in the pros.

Big fan of Jaquez personally; I think his game will translate fairly well. I believe he was top 20 on my big board

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tski1972 · Post #416 » by **tski1972** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 2:05 am

So if the Bucks are able to find a way into the first round or early second, what are some names that I should pay attention to?

machu46 · Post #417 » by **machu46** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 2:56 am

tski1972 wrote:So if the Bucks are able to find a way into the first round or early second, what are some names that I should pay attention to?

The two that were mentioned earlier, Kobe Brown and Jaime Jaquez, both feel like pretty solid picks for a team desperate for ready to play guys.

Other guys I’d love that are currently projected late 1st/early 2nd:

Brandin Podziemski
Leonard Miller
Brice Sensabaugh
Sidy Cissoko

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benultimate · Post #418 » by **benultimate** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 5:16 am

Seem to have a draft dream in the lead up every year. Last night I dreamt we moved up to 7 and drafted Anthony Black. No idea how we moved up that high.

I'm batting at .000 so don't get your hopes up.

lightningrodman · Post #419 » by **lightningrodman** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:18 pm

tski1972 wrote:So if the Bucks are able to find a way into the first round or early second, what are some names that I should pay attention to?

Andre Jackson
Marcus Sasser
Kobe Brown
Olivier Maxence Prosper
Ben Sheppard
Julian Phillips
Jalen Slawson

German Athens · Post #420 » by **German Athens** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 1:18 pm

I’ve been watching more video’s of emunney’s guy, Andre Jackson, and let me say that I like the way he dunks.

That doesn’t matter much to the basketball game, but it matters to me.

I like the type of player who dunks where you could photoshop a player in front of them, and the dunk still looks believable. That’s Andre. He throws them straight back down to earth like the gods were throwing apples at Newton.

I like him.