Pacers Forever wrote:Pacers Forever wrote:Projected first round picks not taken.
Johnny Furphy
Tyler Kolek
Kyle Filipowski
Best available for tomorrow 1-25 per ESPN
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Pacers have pick # 6, 19, 20 tomorrow
This being the case if the Pacers are set on making all 3 picks I’m still ok with in no certain order these project prospects
Kevin McCullar Jr.
Jalen Bridges
After further research would also consider these
Harrison Ingram
Keshad Johnson
Ulrich Chomche - as a euro stash
I’ve moved off of liking Adem Bona.
I’ve come to the point of believing that whomever is drafted will not be able to take minutes away from the bottom of our current roster. I just feel like drafting so late in this draft will net us developmental players similar to the uphill climb Kendall Brown has faced.
Last season pick #36 was ANDRE JACKSON JR. to the Bucks. He averaged 10 minutes and 2.2 points this year. We have pick #36 this draft.
Last season with the #47 pick the Pacers drafted Mojave King and with the #55 pick Isiah Wong. Woo frickin hoo. They both ended up in the G league

contributing nothing to the organization.
I just don’t believe Chad can pull a solid rookie contributor out of the draft this year since the draft picks were so late. But I hope one of them has more potential than King and Wong.
Yeah,.. I don't think we get an immediate contributor this year. This draft, at least to me, is about who is going to have potential in 2-3 years, when Pascal is in the last year or two, JJ is a coach, Myles has completed his next extension & we need someone to back him up?....
I like Tyler Smith,... didn't think he would be there. Could be a really good fit for the bigger, combo-forward. He's got a lot to learn on defense & needs a lot of seasoning,... but has the physical tools & basic skill set to develop into a legit player.
Still like Chomche as a draft & stash big to learn (during the summers) behind Myles. He's got Olajuwon athleticism, but makes Bol-bol seem like a developed, seasoned vet.
Like Enrique Freeman,... For me, he's got a bit of that Antonio Davis toughness to him?...But he's probably 3 years away from being a consistent rotation player even at 12-15 minutes a game?
Also like Oso Ighodaro,.. Heard an interview this week with one of the scouts that interviewed him. They played a game,.. where they would start a tape of an action, then stop it,... Oso would then tell the coach what the offense was trying to do and what would happen next. He was right like 80% of the time.....
If Chad manages to draft a rookie this year,.. that by the end of 24-25 is starting to see actual minutes,.... Then we need to lock him up for the next 40 years !!

P.S. - I don't think we are actually going to draft these guys,.. we didn't really work any of them out. Wouldn't fit the Pacers history to draft someone without spending time with them.