2024 NBA DRAFT THREAD

[TerrenceClarke]

stephon castlikina

Damn…. lol

You that low on him?

[3toheadmelo]

stephon castlikina

Damn…. lol

You that low on him?

he not as bad as frank but there's a lot of similarities. cant create own shot, shot 26.8% off the dribble, more of a wing than a pg, jump shot looks broken, meh athlete. but he plays defense. i dont really see the appeal in him to go top 10 even in a weak draft. i could be wrong about him he just screams meh imo

[TerrenceClarke]

stephon castlikina

Damn…. lol

You that low on him?

he not as bad as frank but there's a lot of similarities. cant create own shot, shot 26.8% off the dribble, more of a wing than a pg, jump shot looks broken, meh athlete. but he plays defense. i dont really see the appeal in him to go top 10 even in a weak draft. i could be wrong about him he just screams meh imo

It’s why I picked Bub over him. To me offense is more important than elite defense.

If he can’t shoot off the dribble he will be buns.


Bub is elite off the dribble already at 18.


I like Castle as a prospect and hope he turns out good tho.

[3toheadmelo]

Damn…. lol

You that low on him?

he not as bad as frank but there's a lot of similarities. cant create own shot, shot 26.8% off the dribble, more of a wing than a pg, jump shot looks broken, meh athlete. but he plays defense. i dont really see the appeal in him to go top 10 even in a weak draft. i could be wrong about him he just screams meh imo

It’s why I picked Bub over him. To me offense is more important than elite defense.

If he can’t shoot off the dribble he will be buns.


Bub is elite off the dribble already at 18.


I like Castle as a prospect and hope he turns out good tho.

bub's pull up is nasty. his game has sga vibes. with the right development team around him he will likely be a really good player

[thebuzzardman]

Bub seems to have swing for the fences star potential

[TheGreenArrow]

stephon castlikina

Damn…. lol

You that low on him?

he not as bad as frank but there's a lot of similarities. cant create own shot, shot 26.8% off the dribble, more of a wing than a pg, jump shot looks broken, meh athlete. but he plays defense. i dont really see the appeal in him to go top 10 even in a weak draft. i could be wrong about him he just screams meh imo

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[HarthorneWingo]

Damn…. lol

You that low on him?

he not as bad as frank but there's a lot of similarities. cant create own shot, shot 26.8% off the dribble, more of a wing than a pg, jump shot looks broken, meh athlete. but he plays defense. i dont really see the appeal in him to go top 10 even in a weak draft. i could be wrong about him he just screams meh imo

It’s why I picked Bub over him. To me offense is more important than elite defense.

If he can’t shoot off the dribble he will be buns.


Bub is elite off the dribble already at 18.


I like Castle as a prospect and hope he turns out good tho.

An 18 year is no use to this organization at this point. He’ll never see the court.

[HarthorneWingo]

According to the hoopshype draft workout tracker. Knicks worked out Enrique Freeman. Hes a dude that’s been flying up draft boards and apparently having killer work outs. I haven’t watched him at all to give an opinion on him though.

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Not familiar with him but, I mean the stats are pretty impressive to say the least. 18.6ppg, 12.9rpg, 1.7bpg, 57%fg, 37%3pt (albeit on just 1.5 attempts per game). That's for a 6'7" skinny dude.

Akron is in the MAC which doesn't exactly have the greatest teams or the toughest competition is the thing. But still for a guy that's only 6'7" to grab near 13 rebounds a game is a good indicator that he's a relentless dog with very good feel for at least that end of the court.

He also does come off as quite intelligent in the draft combine interviews.

If you compare him to Ryan Dunn, for example and for arguments sake, they have similar builds and strengths, Dunn is much more fluid and explosive. Freeman may have a little more offensive shot creating potential but Dunn has Freeman beat by a mile in the defensive category (and Freeman is supposed to have defense as his bread and butter).

The basic stats would indicate that Freeman is much better than Dunn but that's grossly misleading as Freeman was clear and by far the best player on the Akron team. The rebounds also can be quite a bit misleading as despite being only 6'7" and 205lbs, Freeman was their defacto "big man".

Freeman himself said he believes he's a 4 in the NBA and that's kinda what he played at Akron. I'm not sure how well he'd translate to the NBA to be honest.

I would just take Dunn if I were the Knicks as Dunn is without question going to be able to translate his defense to the NBA. No question.

I was a fan of Herb Jones and he was the glue guy in Alabama even then. His first 2 years are nearly identical to Dunn, who only played 2 years. Jones didn't start shooting until his fourth year. But according to the eye test, I'd argue Dunn is the better defender, especially vertically. Dunn is also the better athlete and finisher than Jones. The only reason I soured on Dunn was because he was listed much bigger than what he measured even though he's exactly the same size as Jones. He might be the steal of the draft.

There’s little hope for Dunn as a shooter. He shot barely over 50% from the FT line.

Can he dribble and pass the basketball, at least?

[Ray Williams]

I want Edey to back up IHart.

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[WargamesX]

Of all the names I heard the two that sort of stand out is Dunn and Newton. Dunn can be their obvious upside pick, though I think that upside is probably C&S Robert Convington type player. However, with Newton there is upside too. I don’t think he is a PG because he is a bit to slow to get to the basket, but he could develop into a very interesting D&3 combo guard who can move the ball around to cutters from the perimeter or the paint.

[3toheadmelo]

it's possible collier might drop to us. in theory he can be a nice back court fit next to brunson if he improves his shooting. really talented player. 6'4 big body, used to play football. doubt we pick him though, might be better off on a team like the wizards/spurs where they need a guard badly.

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[G_K_F]

Any thoughts on DaRon Holmes and Johnny Furphy?

I’m not expecting anything more than than role player/bench player roles from these picks.

[TheGreenArrow]

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Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This regime never gets their guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They refuse to trade up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s the biggest knock on this Fo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bob Ross]

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Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This regime never gets their guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They refuse to trade up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s the biggest knock on this Fo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean Obi was their guy

[Spree2Houston]

I think we’re taking a center after Mitch gets traded on draft night. We’ll resign Hartenstein but he’ll eventually will be packaged with Randle for our 2nd star next to Brunson. The rookie will be groomed to take over the starting Center spot. In hindsight, it would’ve been nice if we had the Dallas’ pick last year and taken Lively. We could’ve let go Hartenstein and traded Mitch for a better player to build with Brunson.

[TheGreenArrow]

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Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This regime never gets their guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They refuse to trade up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s the biggest knock on this Fo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean Obi was their guy

Fair but we wanted Trey Murphy and he got taken 1pick ahead and there was an opportunity for us to trade up and get him but we didn’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can’t let that happen again with Dunn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jvsimonetti0514]

Good I don’t want to draft Dunn

[8516knicks]

Good I don’t want to draft Dunn

Dull - y noted.

[8516knicks]

Givony's latest has Collier and Shannon falling to us.

[FrozenEnvelope]

I need to start doing some homework cause I don't know anything about this draft but Ntilikina has scarred me for life so I don't want to take a kid who can't contribute on offense no matter how good he might be defensively. And also scarred by Knox so no kids with low motors either. And aren't Cs like Edey obsolete?

I'd take the 3 guys with the biggest upside. Not like Thibs is gonna play any of these rooks unless he really has to.