The future is not looking good so far for the top 2020 NBA draftees

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Re: The future is not looking good so far for the top 2020 NBA draftees 

Post#41 » by Capn'O » Thu Jun 2, 2022 5:07 am

Richard4444 wrote:Patrick Williams - He just played 17 games this season until be out due to an injury. He strikes as a future great 2-way player. He even shot 51% from deep in a small sample. He gets limited usage playing as a starter next to four 20M+ guys (with 3 offensive-minded players with heavy usage). He was playing PF but I do not know if he has at the moment the frame to play in this position.


I think he's the second coming of Thaddeus Young. An all around solid player.
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Post#42 » by They_Them_Hatin » Thu Jun 2, 2022 5:52 am

Most of the lottery picks have been awful but this was a great draft. There’s so many stud role players and both Tyreses are future stars. There’s some drafts with less than a handful of decent role players.
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Post#43 » by WestGOAT » Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:53 pm

UcanUwill wrote:James Wiseman is big and athletic, still very young, I dont think he will be bust at all in a few years

Patrick Williams will be very good soon

Onyeka Okongwu - future DPOY candidate maybe

Deni Avdija - great defender with playmaking. Future Draymond?

Yes, OP, you are being very premature.


okay what about now? even LameMelo is looking mid nowadays.
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Re: The future is not looking good so far for the top 2020 NBA draftees 

Post#44 » by UcanUwill » Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:09 pm

WestGOAT wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:James Wiseman is big and athletic, still very young, I dont think he will be bust at all in a few years

Patrick Williams will be very good soon

Onyeka Okongwu - future DPOY candidate maybe

Deni Avdija - great defender with playmaking. Future Draymond?

Yes, OP, you are being very premature.


okay what about now? even LameMelo is looking mid nowadays.


3 years in there is still plenty of hope, but I worry more than last year for sure.
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Post#45 » by Scalabrine » Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:12 pm

FluLikeSymptoms wrote:Legit chance there’s no all-nba player from this draft but let’s see how it plays out.


Halliburton had a good case last year until he got injured 2/3rds into the season.
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Post#46 » by Prez » Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:22 pm

It’s not the greatest top 10, but there are several dudes outside the top 10 who I feel either pretty confidently will be multiple time all stars or at least I think there’s a chance they make one.

Haliburton’s a perennial all star, Devin Vassell will make a couple I think, same for Tyrese Maxey. And I wouldn’t be shocked if Desmond Bane and Jaden McDaniels at some point made an all star team down the road.
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Post#47 » by Infinite Llamas » Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:45 pm

Haliburton could be all nba as early as this year.
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Post#48 » by 7r5ur » Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:02 am

I think it looks worse than it is because the covid draft made evaluating the talent a lot more tricky, so the lottery looks pretty ugly. But enough really talented guys late (Hali, Maxey, Bane, etc) along with Ant and Melo at the top to make it decent enough.

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