2024 Draft Thread - Part II

[closg00]

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Gossip, but at this point I am just hoping we land Sarr, I would be seriously bummed to take Risacher @2. However, we have the excitement of watching to see who may fall to us at 26, 51, + a Kuzma trade watch.

[J-Ves]

Oof if ATL takes Clingan and we take Risacher I’ll be absolutely incensed as Buck would say

[tontoz]

If we had a poll about who we dont want to draft at 2, Risacher would be my top pick. Bottom tier athlete at the wing who lacks on ball creation...no thanks.

[DCZards]

I don’t have a problem with drafting Risacher. He’s widely considered the first or second best player in this draft.

[AFM]

I’d rather have Sheppard personally. But resigned to it being Risacher at this point.

[tontoz]

If i wanted to trade down it would certainly make sense to feign interest in Sarr/Risacher.

[Frichuela]

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Gossip, but at this point I am just hoping we land Sarr, I would be seriously bummed to take Risacher @2. However, we have the excitement of watching to see who may fall to us at 26, 51, + a Kuzma trade watch.

Likewise. No Risacher and his tiny hands please…

[NatP4]

If i wanted to trade down it would certainly make sense to feign interest in Sarr/Risacher.

Can only hope. Haven’t been linked to Sheppard/Topic at all.

Still 1/2 on my “board”

[dobrojim]

I’d rather have Sheppard personally. But resigned to it being Risacher at this point.

Agree on Shep

Not resigned to anything yet. How would we really know?

[dckingsfan]

I’d rather have Sheppard personally. But resigned to it being Risacher at this point.

Agree on Shep

Not resigned to anything yet. How would we really know?

I know right, I love this FO doesn't tip its hand.

[80sballboy]

I like Sheppard but to get to the next level, we will need stronger defenders. That's what helped win Boston their title. OKC is going to get better and better with long defenders. Is Saar a poor man's Chet? Maybe not, but if he can defend most positions and his offense will get better by 2026-27, it's fine. Risacher would be fine at a lower pick, but I think you can say that about almost everybody in this draft. "Yeah, he's ok, but I don't want him at 2."

[nate33]

I’d rather have Sheppard personally. But resigned to it being Risacher at this point.

Agree on Shep

Not resigned to anything yet. How would we really know?

I know right, I love this FO doesn't tip its hand.

Yeah, so far, I think the only rumor that there is a compelling reason to believe is that San Antonio is interested in Risacher. I think there is reason to believe it because the rumor was probably leaked from a naive person in the Wemby camp rather than from the Spurs organization itself. I'd say it's probably true that Wemby really wants Risacher, although that doesn't necessarily mean that the Spurs organization is going to bow to Wemby's whims.

Beyond that, I'd say all the other rumors are mostly just Atlanta and perhaps us trying to scare San Antonio into trading up to get Risacher. We may actually be interested in him, I don't know. But the fact that we are rumored to be interested in him is totally independent of whether or not we have actual interest.

[nate33]

I like Sheppard but to get to the next level, we will need stronger defenders. That's what helped win Boston their title. OKC is going to get better and better with long defenders. Is Saar a poor man's Chet? Maybe not, but if he can defend most positions and his offense will get better by 2026-27, it's fine. Risacher would be fine at a lower pick, but I think you can say that about almost everybody in this draft. "Yeah, he's ok, but I don't want him at 2."

There's no reason to commit to the Boston model just because Boston won a title. Denver won a title the year before with mediocre defense at the center position and bad defense at the PG and SF positions. I don't see why Sheppard can't be at least as good defensively as Jamaal Murray.

[gambitx777]

I like Sheppard but to get to the next level, we will need stronger defenders. That's what helped win Boston their title. OKC is going to get better and better with long defenders. Is Saar a poor man's Chet? Maybe not, but if he can defend most positions and his offense will get better by 2026-27, it's fine. Risacher would be fine at a lower pick, but I think you can say that about almost everybody in this draft. "Yeah, he's ok, but I don't want him at 2."

There's no reason to commit to the Boston model just because Boston won a title. Denver won a title the year before with mediocre defense at the center position and bad defense at the PG and SF positions. I don't see why Sheppard can't be at least as good defensively as Jamaal Murray.

Why are we acting like Sheppard can't play defence. His numbers are solid there it's not like he's a scrub you can't garud anyone.

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[AFM]

Why is Sheppard "too short" but Risacher having the vertical of a cubicle worker not a huge issue for the "experts"?

[nate33]

I like Sheppard but to get to the next level, we will need stronger defenders. That's what helped win Boston their title. OKC is going to get better and better with long defenders. Is Saar a poor man's Chet? Maybe not, but if he can defend most positions and his offense will get better by 2026-27, it's fine. Risacher would be fine at a lower pick, but I think you can say that about almost everybody in this draft. "Yeah, he's ok, but I don't want him at 2."

There's no reason to commit to the Boston model just because Boston won a title. Denver won a title the year before with mediocre defense at the center position and bad defense at the PG and SF positions. I don't see why Sheppard can't be at least as good defensively as Jamaal Murray.

Why are we acting like Sheppard can't play defence. His numbers are solid there it's not like he's a scrub you can't garud anyone.

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Sheppard got blown by a bit too often for my tastes. He has excellent defensive instincts off ball, and he has great hands and quick reaction time to challenge shots, but his defensive footwork is poor when on ball. He needs some work there.

[tontoz]

I think part of Sheppards problem on D is just bad habits. Sometimes it really seemed like he would let someone drive past him just so he could try to get a block or steal from behind.

[jangles86]

Tidjane Saluan is great mates is Victor Welbanyama.
Bilal Coulibaly is good friends with Wembanyama.

Trade 2&26 for 4&8 to spurs.

Take Castle and Salaun.

Draft Traore in 2025

Sign Wemby as free agent in 5 years.

Wemby
Saluan
Couli
Castle
Traore

[DCZards]

I like Sheppard but to get to the next level, we will need stronger defenders. That's what helped win Boston their title. OKC is going to get better and better with long defenders. Is Saar a poor man's Chet? Maybe not, but if he can defend most positions and his offense will get better by 2026-27, it's fine. Risacher would be fine at a lower pick, but I think you can say that about almost everybody in this draft. "Yeah, he's ok, but I don't want him at 2."

There's no reason to commit to the Boston model just because Boston won a title. Denver won a title the year before with mediocre defense at the center position and bad defense at the PG and SF positions. I don't see why Sheppard can't be at least as good defensively as Jamaal Murray.

Yeah…but Denver got sent home this year by a team with great defense (Minny) and when Denver won it all it helped that they had solid wing defenders like KCP and Bruce Brown.

[closg00]

First pre draft shoe to drop

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