2025 Draft Prospect Thread

[Walt Cronkite]

PG - Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr , Alijah Martin

CENTER - Clifford Omoruyi, Maxime Raynaud

I think alllllll those guys can be high contributors in those positions

Appreciate it. Who is the top rated prospect you are most skeptical of?

[UNCNYC]

PG - Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr , Alijah Martin

CENTER - Clifford Omoruyi, Maxime Raynaud

I think alllllll those guys can be high contributors in those positions

Appreciate it. Who is the top rated prospect you are most skeptical of?

For me that would be Harper and Denim. I think Denim is getting press being 6'9 and Harper reminds me too much of Harden... I think Flagg is the best out of the lottery but I don't think he will be the best out of this class... I guarantee one of

Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr, Maxime Raynaud, Will Richard, Alijah Martin will be better

[EmpireFalls]

PG - Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr , Alijah Martin

CENTER - Clifford Omoruyi, Maxime Raynaud

I think alllllll those guys can be high contributors in those positions

Appreciate it. Who is the top rated prospect you are most skeptical of?

For me that would be Harper and Denim. I think Denim is getting press being 6'9 and Harper reminds me too much of Harden... I think Flagg is the best out of the lottery but I don't think he will be the best out of this class... I guarantee one of

Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr, Maxime Raynaud, Will Richard, Alijah Martin will be better

Oh no, god forbid we pick a player who turns out like James Harden

[UNCNYC]

Appreciate it. Who is the top rated prospect you are most skeptical of?

For me that would be Harper and Denim. I think Denim is getting press being 6'9 and Harper reminds me too much of Harden... I think Flagg is the best out of the lottery but I don't think he will be the best out of this class... I guarantee one of

Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr, Maxime Raynaud, Will Richard, Alijah Martin will be better

Oh no, god forbid we pick a player who turns out like James Harden

lol, I never been big on Harden or Westbrook. Those two are arguably the most overrated duo ever imo lol

[GiggitySmalls]

PG - Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr , Alijah Martin

CENTER - Clifford Omoruyi, Maxime Raynaud

I think alllllll those guys can be high contributors in those positions

Appreciate it. Who is the top rated prospect you are most skeptical of?

For me that would be Harper and Denim. I think Denim is getting press being 6'9 and Harper reminds me too much of Harden... I think Flagg is the best out of the lottery but I don't think he will be the best out of this class... I guarantee one of

Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr, Maxime Raynaud, Will Richard, Alijah Martin will be better

Now that's a hot take.

Here's mine.

There's 100% chance that you're wrong.

Every year, it's the same old nonsense. Players who are hardly draftable or are bottom 2nd round talent are the best in the draft. I get you don't want to be like everyone else, but doing it at the expense of denying reality is straight up foolish.

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[UNCNYC]

Appreciate it. Who is the top rated prospect you are most skeptical of?

For me that would be Harper and Denim. I think Denim is getting press being 6'9 and Harper reminds me too much of Harden... I think Flagg is the best out of the lottery but I don't think he will be the best out of this class... I guarantee one of

Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr, Maxime Raynaud, Will Richard, Alijah Martin will be better

Now that's a hot take.

Here's mine.

There's 100% chance that you're wrong.

Every year, it's the same old nonsense. Players who are hardly draftable or are bottom 2nd round talent are the best in the draft. I get you don't want to be like everyone else, but doing it at the expense of denying reality is straight up foolish.

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Not when you have had this much success over the last few years... Fielding a team with these dudes could yield a top 5 spot in the EAST or WEST conference when healthy... I looked over the draft and these dudes are better than MAAANY who went before them

PG - Ajay Mitchell, Craig Porter JR, Ayo Dosunmu, Jared Butler, Tre Mann, Scottie Pippen JR

SG - Dyson Daniels, Josh Primo, Shaedon Sharpe, Isiah Joe, Bub Carrington, Grady Dick, Dalton Knect,

SF - Aaron Wiggins, Trey Murphy, Andre Jackson, Ben Sheppard,

PF - YuTa Watanabe, Toumani Camara, Jalen McDaniels

C - Jericho Simms, Christian Wood, Branden Carlson

[GiggitySmalls]

For me that would be Harper and Denim. I think Denim is getting press being 6'9 and Harper reminds me too much of Harden... I think Flagg is the best out of the lottery but I don't think he will be the best out of this class... I guarantee one of

Kam Jones, Zeke Mayo, Chase Hunter, Walter Clayton Jr, Maxime Raynaud, Will Richard, Alijah Martin will be better

Now that's a hot take.

Here's mine.

There's 100% chance that you're wrong.

Every year, it's the same old nonsense. Players who are hardly draftable or are bottom 2nd round talent are the best in the draft. I get you don't want to be like everyone else, but doing it at the expense of denying reality is straight up foolish.

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Not when you have had this much success over the last few years... Fielding a team with these dudes could yield a top 5 spot in the EAST or WEST conference when healthy... I looked over the draft and these dudes are better than MAAANY who went before them

PG - Ajay Mitchell, Craig Porter JR, Ayo Dosunmu, Jared Butler, Tre Mann, Scottie Pippen JR

SG - Dyson Daniels, Josh Primo, Shaedon Sharpe, Isiah Joe, Bub Carrington, Grady Dick, Dalton Knect,

SF - Aaron Wiggins, Trey Murphy, Andre Jackson, Ben Sheppard,

PF - YuTa Watanabe, Toumani Camara, Jalen McDaniels

C - Jericho Simms, Christian Wood, Branden Carlson

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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[UNCNYC]

Now that's a hot take.

Here's mine.

There's 100% chance that you're wrong.

Every year, it's the same old nonsense. Players who are hardly draftable or are bottom 2nd round talent are the best in the draft. I get you don't want to be like everyone else, but doing it at the expense of denying reality is straight up foolish.

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Not when you have had this much success over the last few years... Fielding a team with these dudes could yield a top 5 spot in the EAST or WEST conference when healthy... I looked over the draft and these dudes are better than MAAANY who went before them

PG - Ajay Mitchell, Craig Porter JR, Ayo Dosunmu, Jared Butler, Tre Mann, Scottie Pippen JR

SG - Dyson Daniels, Josh Primo, Shaedon Sharpe, Isiah Joe, Bub Carrington, Grady Dick, Dalton Knect,

SF - Aaron Wiggins, Trey Murphy, Andre Jackson, Ben Sheppard,

PF - YuTa Watanabe, Toumani Camara, Jalen McDaniels

C - Jericho Simms, Christian Wood, Branden Carlson

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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Do you expect me to pick Jokic every draft lol. That NEVER happens... But one thing that has happened is I have drafted better than many GM's and would have gotten picks in return for these guys... If I were to focus on the first round trust and believe they would allll be all stars...

[JustBuzzin]

Not when you have had this much success over the last few years... Fielding a team with these dudes could yield a top 5 spot in the EAST or WEST conference when healthy... I looked over the draft and these dudes are better than MAAANY who went before them

PG - Ajay Mitchell, Craig Porter JR, Ayo Dosunmu, Jared Butler, Tre Mann, Scottie Pippen JR

SG - Dyson Daniels, Josh Primo, Shaedon Sharpe, Isiah Joe, Bub Carrington, Grady Dick, Dalton Knect,

SF - Aaron Wiggins, Trey Murphy, Andre Jackson, Ben Sheppard,

PF - YuTa Watanabe, Toumani Camara, Jalen McDaniels

C - Jericho Simms, Christian Wood, Branden Carlson

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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Do you expect me to pick Jokic every draft lol. That NEVER happens... But one thing that has happened is I have drafted better than many GM's and would have gotten picks in return for these guys... If I were to focus on the first round trust and believe they would allll be all stars...

Wish you could be the Hornets GM. Get this franchise back on track to success.

[UNCNYC]

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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Do you expect me to pick Jokic every draft lol. That NEVER happens... But one thing that has happened is I have drafted better than many GM's and would have gotten picks in return for these guys... If I were to focus on the first round trust and believe they would allll be all stars...

Wish you could be the Hornets GM. Get this franchise back on track to success.

aww thanks man ever since you came on this board you have been nothing but one of them ones

[UNCNYC]

When the Hornets drafted or signed players I suggested over the years they drafted GREAT. Nearly 4 allstars there in Bryant, Ball, Miller and Walker.

Kobe Bryant - I was OBSESSED with this pick
KJ Simpson
DJ Carton
James Bouknight - I chose Josh Primo instead
Kemba Walker
Tre Mann
LaMelo Ball - I was super cool with him but picked Tyrell Terry just to break the internet lol
Devonte Graham
Cody Martin
Caleb Martin
Jalen McDaniels
Miles Bridges - took him last minute
Brandon Miller
McBob
Jamal Mashburne
Christian Wood
Mark Williams

Everything else outside of Zo, Bouges, Crash and LJ has been a nightmare

[GiggitySmalls]

Not when you have had this much success over the last few years... Fielding a team with these dudes could yield a top 5 spot in the EAST or WEST conference when healthy... I looked over the draft and these dudes are better than MAAANY who went before them

PG - Ajay Mitchell, Craig Porter JR, Ayo Dosunmu, Jared Butler, Tre Mann, Scottie Pippen JR

SG - Dyson Daniels, Josh Primo, Shaedon Sharpe, Isiah Joe, Bub Carrington, Grady Dick, Dalton Knect,

SF - Aaron Wiggins, Trey Murphy, Andre Jackson, Ben Sheppard,

PF - YuTa Watanabe, Toumani Camara, Jalen McDaniels

C - Jericho Simms, Christian Wood, Branden Carlson

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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Do you expect me to pick Jokic every draft lol. That NEVER happens... But one thing that has happened is I have drafted better than many GM's and would have gotten picks in return for these guys... If I were to focus on the first round trust and believe they would allll be all stars...

No, i expect you to make outlandish claimes about players compared to real top-tier prospects. Sharpe, Daniels, and Murphy are the best of the group you listed, and all 3 are 3rd options at absolute best, like totally maxing out on a playoff team. Making a guarantee about nobodies being better than flagg who should be a senior in high school doing what he's doing at Duke? Dude, you have no credibility. It's the same mess every year. Who'd you have number 1 over wemby? Because I remember you having some nobodies awell. Just horrible non realistic takes that add nothing to our team unless we pick them in the late 2nd or unsigned fa's. There's a difference between top prospects and your favorite players. Anyone can have a favorite player, but it's not gonna always be a top prospect. Year in year out you are just shoving 2nd round undrafted role players as your number 1 guy overall. Every year, you are wrong.

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[Walt Cronkite]

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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Do you expect me to pick Jokic every draft lol. That NEVER happens... But one thing that has happened is I have drafted better than many GM's and would have gotten picks in return for these guys... If I were to focus on the first round trust and believe they would allll be all stars...

No, i expect you to make outlandish claimes about players compared to real top-tier prospects. Sharpe, Daniels, and Murphy are the best of the group you listed, and all 3 are 3rd options at absolute best, like totally maxing out on a playoff team. Making a guarantee about nobodies being better than flagg who should be a senior in high school doing what he's doing at Duke? Dude, you have no credibility. It's the same mess every year. Who'd you have number 1 over wemby? Because I remember you having some nobodies awell. Just horrible non realistic takes that add nothing to our team unless we pick them in the late 2nd or unsigned fa's. There's a difference between top prospects and your favorite players. Anyone can have a favorite player, but it's not gonna always be a top prospect. Year in year out you are just shoving 2nd round undrafted role players as your number 1 guy overall. Every year, you are wrong.

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Uncnyc is a mystic, you don't count on him to necessarily tell you who your team should pick, but he will put someone on your radar that you didn't have previously. He won't tell you to draft cooper Flagg, but he will be the first to put josh primo on your radar. A failure of the method is that he can't yet predict who will inappropriately whip their dick out, but nothing is perfect.

[UNCNYC]

I forgot to include that I also wanted us to draft ZO as well, but I was a bit dissapointed cause we didn't get Shaq. I also felt we were secondary to the Magic then. and I wanted Lillard over MKG. I was a huge Lillard fan that year but not fair to include him since he was never a HORNET

I do not remember us drafting LG, I was very young, I just remember LJ a little in college and LJ as a HORNET. I started watching college then I just remember bits and pieces, Tar Heels, Duke, UNLV, Rameel Robinson, Charlie Ward, who I was a HUGE fan of and Hank Gathers death, thats all that I really remember. I was a HORNETS fan from year one but not day one from a know whos on the roster standpoint. I also don't remember us drafting Mugsy, Curry, Gill or Crash.

Not sure about Eddie Jones, Baron, and J Richardson but I was a fan of theirs but I wont include them since I am kinda drawing blank there...

[JustBuzzin]

Not one of them is even close to an all star. You can pick whatever 2 best from each group and you have a team that picks in the range of 4 to 7 at best.

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Do you expect me to pick Jokic every draft lol. That NEVER happens... But one thing that has happened is I have drafted better than many GM's and would have gotten picks in return for these guys... If I were to focus on the first round trust and believe they would allll be all stars...

No, i expect you to make outlandish claimes about players compared to real top-tier prospects. Sharpe, Daniels, and Murphy are the best of the group you listed, and all 3 are 3rd options at absolute best, like totally maxing out on a playoff team. Making a guarantee about nobodies being better than flagg who should be a senior in high school doing what he's doing at Duke? Dude, you have no credibility. It's the same mess every year. Who'd you have number 1 over wemby? Because I remember you having some nobodies awell. Just horrible non realistic takes that add nothing to our team unless we pick them in the late 2nd or unsigned fa's. There's a difference between top prospects and your favorite players. Anyone can have a favorite player, but it's not gonna always be a top prospect. Year in year out you are just shoving 2nd round undrafted role players as your number 1 guy overall. Every year, you are wrong.

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Bro just let him cook!

He just likes the underdogs. I don't mind watching some players off the radar. Maybe we hit on one of these guys in the 2nd Rd who knows...

[Snidely FC]

One ballplayer no one speaks of on this board is Kon Kneuppel. He is overshadowed (rightfully) by teammate Flagg but has moved up to #6 on the ESPN rankings. If you were, say, as I was, a fan of prime Joe Ingles you'll like yourself some Kon KaNipple.

Knueppel has taken well to his demanding role for the Blue Devils, operating with and without the ball effectively, and showing more versatility than some critics were expecting. He has also begun to live up to his billing as a top-flight shooter, breaking out with six 3s in a win against Miami this week, and having made multiple in each of his past six games (21-for-45, 46.7%) while shooting 89% from the free throw line. He'll move the ball and make teammates better but is also a player who opponents can't leave open.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

[Walt Cronkite]

One ballplayer no one speaks of on this board is Kon Kneuppel. He is overshadowed (rightfully) by teammate Flagg but has moved up to #6 on the ESPN rankings. If you were, say, as I was, a fan of prime Joe Ingles you'll like yourself some Kon KaNipple.

Knueppel has taken well to his demanding role for the Blue Devils, operating with and without the ball effectively, and showing more versatility than some critics were expecting. He has also begun to live up to his billing as a top-flight shooter, breaking out with six 3s in a win against Miami this week, and having made multiple in each of his past six games (21-for-45, 46.7%) while shooting 89% from the free throw line. He'll move the ball and make teammates better but is also a player who opponents can't leave open.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

There is a joke about him being a natural compliment to Tiddy somewhere here but I can't quite work it out.

[Braggins]

I watched the last 12 minutes of the Rutgers game today and Ace Bailey really popped like you would expect from a top 3 pick. He finished with 30/7 on 15 shots. His shot making was awesome, his physical tools popped, and he had flashes on defense. His stat profile is starting to catch up to the pedigree and hype. He might challenge Harper for #2 if he keeps it up.

[JustBuzzin]

Ace Bailey is all of a sudden looking like the best player for Rutgers.

Put some respect on Bailey he's not dropping past the top 3.

Rashard Lewis Jr.

[JustBuzzin]

This also opens up the possibility that Harper could drop to #3.

I like Harper's fit more than Bailey.