2025 NBA Draft Prospect Part 3

[RoteSchroder]

I'd be heavily inclined to take Wolf if we drop

Queen - pass. Kind of like a baby Cousins. Not that he'll be bad, but I don't think his on-ball offense is that necessary in the NBA. He has trouble getting his shot off and/or gets bothered by better defense.

CMB - pass for now. I wouldn't mind him, but that perimeter offense really needs to come along..tough have an SF/PF that can't shoot.

Essengue - don't think he's athletically or defensively dominant enough, if he were I'd consider him. His length, size and smoothness on O is interesting, but he's a project there too.

Maluach - hasn't shown enough dominance or ability or feel for the game, another project

Traore - ugly shooting form, I wouldn't risk it

Fears - not bad, but I'm a bit afraid of guards without solid jumpers

Newell - maybe

Sorber - maybe

McNeeley/Kon - they seem like low ceiling players, haven't looked to closely

Demin - maybe, but the drop off in scoring is concerning, so probably not. I wonder if teams are blitzing/hard hedging Demin/Kasp due to their initial 3 point shooting prowess..haven't been paying attention

[GreatWhiteStiff]

The most underrated guy is still Isaiah Evans. He only produces when he plays. He’s an elite movement shooter and will be an absolute terror to guard in the NBA. Remember guys like Reggie Miller and Rip Hamilton who were constantly running around and hitting jumpers? That’s Isaiah Evans offensive role at the next level.

I so want another Rip Hamilton type to exist and thrive in the nba, I actually think Rip sort of hurt the prototype by not being the most efficient player.

[Rodrickle]

The most underrated guy is still Isaiah Evans. He only produces when he plays. He’s an elite movement shooter and will be an absolute terror to guard in the NBA. Remember guys like Reggie Miller and Rip Hamilton who were constantly running around and hitting jumpers? That’s Isaiah Evans offensive role at the next level.

I so want another Rip Hamilton type to exist and thrive in the nba, I actually think Rip sort of hurt the prototype by not being the most efficient player.

Evans hits threes though. Rip was mid range

[BoyzNTheHood]

The most underrated guy is still Isaiah Evans. He only produces when he plays. He’s an elite movement shooter and will be an absolute terror to guard in the NBA. Remember guys like Reggie Miller and Rip Hamilton who were constantly running around and hitting jumpers? That’s Isaiah Evans offensive role at the next level.

I so want another Rip Hamilton type to exist and thrive in the nba, I actually think Rip sort of hurt the prototype by not being the most efficient player.

Evans hits threes though. Rip was mid range

The comparison is for the off-ball movement, not where they take their shots from.

[REJECTEDBYCLARK]

Evans should return to school and prove he can bring his stock rate closer to what it was in HS and do more than just jack up volume 3s even though he is really good at that.

If he were to declare it'd be hard to pull the trigger on him early because he hasn't shown that he'll be more than an Isaiah Joe BCS.

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Hmmmm, Jabari Smith JR is now 6'11. Maybe that's a good comp with not as good 3pt shooting?

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Jase Richardson is growing on me by the day

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Hmmmm, Jabari Smith JR is now 6'11. Maybe that's a good comp with not as good 3pt shooting?

It’s not a good comparison at all. Jabari is fairly dependent on the 3, so you take that away and you don’t have a similar player at all.

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Jase Richardson is growing on me by the day

He has an A/T of 2.2 so maybe he can develop into a PG/SG (right now a SG/PG)?

For the Raptors, would he be able to be better than IQ? Could be like a Kidd / Nash situation on a lower level.

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He might now have his dad's vertical but he does have a certain bounce on his movements. He moves around like a smaller VJ Edgecombe.

Jase > Traore, Fears, Philon

As a PG, I think Fland might be slightly ahead but Fland needs to get stronger.

Spurs now have #10 and #15. I could see them taking Maluach and Jase to learn PG behind Fox.

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Newell

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Hmmmm, Jabari Smith JR is now 6'11. Maybe that's a good comp with not as good 3pt shooting?

It’s not a good comparison at all. Jabari is fairly dependent on the 3, so you take that away and you don’t have a similar player at all.

Poor man's Bosh then?

[Indeed]

I'd be heavily inclined to take Wolf if we drop

Queen - pass. Kind of like a baby Cousins. Not that he'll be bad, but I don't think his on-ball offense is that necessary in the NBA. He has trouble getting his shot off and/or gets bothered by better defense.

CMB - pass for now. I wouldn't mind him, but that perimeter offense really needs to come along..tough have an SF/PF that can't shoot.

Essengue - don't think he's athletically or defensively dominant enough, if he were I'd consider him. His length, size and smoothness on O is interesting, but he's a project there too.

Maluach - hasn't shown enough dominance or ability or feel for the game, another project

Traore - ugly shooting form, I wouldn't risk it

Fears - not bad, but I'm a bit afraid of guards without solid jumpers

Newell - maybe

Sorber - maybe

McNeeley/Kon - they seem like low ceiling players, haven't looked to closely

Demin - maybe, but the drop off in scoring is concerning, so probably not. I wonder if teams are blitzing/hard hedging Demin/Kasp due to their initial 3 point shooting prowess..haven't been paying attention

There wouldn't be a high performing high ceiling prospect after top 3. You have to take some risk, and it depends on what you and the development team believes in.

In the 2017 draft, Mitchell was drafted at 13 and Bam was drafted at 14. They are not without flaws.

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Newell

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Jase Richardson is growing on me by the day

He has an A/T of 2.2 so maybe he can develop into a PG/SG (right now a SG/PG)?

For the Raptors, would he be able to be better than IQ? Could be like a Kidd / Nash situation on a lower level.

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The reason I haven’t really been paying too much mind to guys like Richardson and even Fears is because of IQ. There may be too much redundancy there. But if they’re the BPA I don’t think you can turn them down for the likes of IQ either.

[BoyzNTheHood]

Hmmmm, Jabari Smith JR is now 6'11. Maybe that's a good comp with not as good 3pt shooting?

It’s not a good comparison at all. Jabari is fairly dependent on the 3, so you take that away and you don’t have a similar player at all.

Poor man's Bosh then?

I don’t have a good comparison for Newell at the moment. But I’d look more to a guy like PJ Brown, or a Charles Oakley at the moment. But it’s still to be determined.

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Jase Richardson is growing on me by the day

Is this list not super useless?

[REJECTEDBYCLARK]

I was hoping earlier in the year that Queen would emerge as a Filipowski type undersized hub 5 w/ a stroke but it is clear he is way behind Flip as a prospect which is unfortunate. Which is kind of funny how some people who hated Flip here last year buy into Queen this year.

I think I'm out on Queen entirely so add him to Kasparas as a definite pass.

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It’s not a good comparison at all. Jabari is fairly dependent on the 3, so you take that away and you don’t have a similar player at all.

Poor man's Bosh then?

I don’t have a good comparison for Newell at the moment. But I’d look more to a guy like PJ Brown, or a Charles Oakley at the moment. But it’s still to be determined.

I don't think he's that slow. Maybe a slightly taller Bobby Portis?

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Newell

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grib has newell's nuts down his throat. he also asked me why earlier in the year i didn't like ben saraf.

dude finds some good players (he hyped up paul mcneil preseason, a guy who could emerge next year) but he's also way off on some especially when he's going crazy with bart queries.

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I was hoping earlier in the year that Queen would emerge as a Filipowski type undersized hub 5 w/ a stroke but it is clear he is way behind Flip as a prospect which is unfortunate. Which is kind of funny how some people who hated Flip here last year buy into Queen this year.

I think I'm out on Queen entirely so add him to Kasparas as a definite pass.

If not for the GF grooming thing, I wanted Filipowski to be drafted at #31. I guess him and Mogbo are close but Kyle would be a good backup C. I guess he doesn't get many steals or blocks because of wingspan.