2024-2025 College Basketball / NBA Draft

[Arsenal]

Coming out of this dreadful season with just Maluach would be a total disaster. I'd much rather roll the dice on a guy like Noa Essengue.

[Iverson Armband]

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[Iverson Armband]

I'm feeling less stressed about losing this year's pick to OKC.

If so, we'll be a lottery team next year anyway, and can draft one of the plethora of ~6'9" forwards, or Dash Daniels (Dyson's young brother)

This is how I've felt all along. Yeah, getting the pick would be the optimum, but losing it gets OKC out of our pocket and we aren't competing next season regardless, so it would be a year to clean the slate again, but this time hopefully with a sane plan in place.

They are going to try to win next year. You can take that to the bank and cash it.

Now, to what degree they’re successful is another story. But with (or without) a “healthy” Joel, PG, Maxey, McCain, Grimes and Yabusele they are not sniffing another lottery pick. That pick is absolutely needed this year.

[mjkvol]

I'm feeling less stressed about losing this year's pick to OKC.

If so, we'll be a lottery team next year anyway, and can draft one of the plethora of ~6'9" forwards, or Dash Daniels (Dyson's young brother)

This is how I've felt all along. Yeah, getting the pick would be the optimum, but losing it gets OKC out of our pocket and we aren't competing next season regardless, so it would be a year to clean the slate again, but this time hopefully with a sane plan in place.

They are going to try to win next year. You can take that to the bank and cash it.

Now, to what degree they’re successful is another story. But with (or without) a “healthy” Joel, PG, Maxey, McCain, Grimes and Yabusele they are not sniffing another lottery pick. That pick is absolutely needed this year.

I may not like it, but you're right. They aren't winning anything with this group, but they'll make the playoffs and perhaps win a round, and that will begin an 'Iggy years' type of cycle until they clean the dreck out and start over. If they somehow lucked into Flagg, maybe a different story.

[mjkvol]

I'm wondering what NBA GM is going to make the dreadful mistake of wasting a 1st round pick on Johnni Broome.

[Mik317]

I watched some tape on Ace Bailey

he reminds me of Tatum


.....the Tatum I didn't want to draft.

The lack of separation is just bad and decades of relying on tough shot making is just not appealing. HOWEVA, IF the shot is real, he could be an elite spot up option who can attack on close outs...but that also doesn't seem real. I think Negrodamus said he was Oubre again and yeah that tracks...a guy who can technically do it all but is just not consistantly good enough at any of them all at once lol.
He does fall into Morey's take the top HS recruit on the board trend tho so idk.

[MVP1992]

I'm feeling less stressed about losing this year's pick to OKC.

If so, we'll be a lottery team next year anyway, and can draft one of the plethora of ~6'9" forwards, or Dash Daniels (Dyson's young brother)

This is how I've felt all along. Yeah, getting the pick would be the optimum, but losing it gets OKC out of our pocket and we aren't competing next season regardless, so it would be a year to clean the slate again, but this time hopefully with a sane plan in place.

They are going to try to win next year. You can take that to the bank and cash it.

Now, to what degree they’re successful is another story. But with (or without) a “healthy” Joel, PG, Maxey, McCain, Grimes and Yabusele they are not sniffing another lottery pick. That pick is absolutely needed this year.

What are the chances Embiid plays more than 45 regular season games and is healthy for a meaningful playoff run?

What are the chances PG plays 65 regular season games and is healthy for a meaningful playoff run?

McCain's knee recovery and avoiding further injury is not a given.

Maxey is starting to rack up niggling injuries (hamstring, hip, thumb, pinky finger, back).

That's just our core 4.

I have less confidence than some I guess.

[stormi]

April board.

Tier 1

1] Cooper Flagg

Tier 2

2] Dylan Harper


Tier 3

3] VJ Edgecombe
4] Colin Murray-Boyles
5] Kon Knueppel


Tier 4 — fluid

Asa Newell, Jase Richardson, Bennett Stirtz, JT Toppin, Jeremiah Fears, Carter Bryant, Ace Bailey, Derik Queen, Khaman Maluach, Tre Johnson

[Iverson Armband]

If they draft Edgecomb in the top 3 I will be livid.

[76ciology]

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[Iverson Armband]

I watched some tape on Ace Bailey

he reminds me of Tatum


.....the Tatum I didn't want to draft.

The lack of separation is just bad and decades of relying on tough shot making is just not appealing. HOWEVA, IF the shot is real, he could be an elite spot up option who can attack on close outs...but that also doesn't seem real. I think Negrodamus said he was Oubre again and yeah that tracks...a guy who can technically do it all but is just not consistantly good enough at any of them all at once lol.
He does fall into Morey's take the top HS recruit on the board trend tho so idk.

I agree with the Tatum comp.

I see nothing similar about Ace Bailey and Oubre at all lol

[76ciology]

It sounds like CMB is the favorite on our board if we end up picking in the 5–6 range, and he’a certainly one of my options. He’d be an ideal fit alongside our more laid back core.

[Stanford]

Damn, I also see Tatum in Bailey. All the stuff I hated.

[Negrodamus]

Jayson Tatum: .381 FTr, 12.4 AST%, 85% FT, 4.6 OBPM, 3.2 DBPM
Airious Bailey: .243 FTR, 8.3 AST%, 69% FT, 3.7 OBPM, 0.8 DBPM

Hoop Math doesn't exist anymore, but I'm willing to bet that Tatum went to the rim waaay more than Bailey. They just don't seem similar to me. Bailey fears contact, Tatum embraced it.

[Mik317]

Jayson Tatum: .381 FTr, 12.4 AST%, 85% FT, 4.6 OBPM, 3.2 DBPM
Airious Bailey: .243 FTR, 8.3 AST%, 69% FT, 3.7 OBPM, 0.8 DBPM

Hoop Math doesn't exist anymore, but I'm willing to bet that Tatum went to the rim waaay more than Bailey. They just don't seem similar to me. Bailey fears contact, Tatum embraced it.

I was mainly talking about my hater ass view of pre draft Tatum moreso than the reality tbf.

Bailey looks insane on tape...when you cut out the bad lol. There is this idea that he is some type of sniper who at the very least will be a good spot up option...when he may not even be that apparently. So you are left with a guy who can occasionally hit tough shots, kinda rebound and gets some weakside blocks....and left hoping he develop his handle, shot. decision making, and more...and oh he may not even be the 6'10 he's listed at too lol.

If we weren't in the danger zone, I'd say he's a fascinating prospect that would get my bitch ass fired ....but we are and oh boy i am shooketh.

HOWEVA

honestly after the top 2...i am not enamored by any of the guys for our current team. Like I like the idea of Fears...it just doesn't make sense with our current roster and I don't think he's that much of a no brainer to trade guys on his behalf. I like the theoretical ideal of Mauluach but then I watched him play and I just don't see it. Kon is boring. CMB is a classic tweener/small ball 5. I don't think we can develop Queen. VJ is a small Wiggins. Tre Johnson is a small Bailey. I want us to keep the pick mind you but that just to give me something to overhype for a bit but if we don't jump into the top 2..i don't really care who we take at this moment.

(inb4 we reach on the next Picnic Baskets)

[Stanford]

Jayson Tatum: .381 FTr, 12.4 AST%, 85% FT, 4.6 OBPM, 3.2 DBPM
Airious Bailey: .243 FTR, 8.3 AST%, 69% FT, 3.7 OBPM, 0.8 DBPM

Hoop Math doesn't exist anymore, but I'm willing to bet that Tatum went to the rim waaay more than Bailey. They just don't seem similar to me. Bailey fears contact, Tatum embraced it.

Bro I just watch highlights

[Arsenal]

I watched some tape on Ace Bailey

he reminds me of Tatum


.....the Tatum I didn't want to draft.

The lack of separation is just bad and decades of relying on tough shot making is just not appealing. HOWEVA, IF the shot is real, he could be an elite spot up option who can attack on close outs...but that also doesn't seem real. I think Negrodamus said he was Oubre again and yeah that tracks...a guy who can technically do it all but is just not consistantly good enough at any of them all at once lol.
He does fall into Morey's take the top HS recruit on the board trend tho so idk.

Tatum shot 85% from the FT line in college, evidence he could be a great shooter. Bailey is at 69%, although I saw somewhere that he was much better in high school. Does anyone know Bailey's high school FT%?

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

Coming out of this dreadful season with just Maluach would be a total disaster. I'd much rather roll the dice on a guy like Noa Essengue.

I will explode with anger if we flushed this entire abortion of a season for a chance to land "Maluach" in the draft. We damn well better do better than that.
It better be Cooper Fkin Flagg we're drafting. I can't believe people are even considering him (Maluach) as an option for us drafting in the top 5. There's like ten players I'd draft before him, but that's just me and I'm a stupid a$$hole that likes the Sixers.

[Sixerfever216]

Coming out of this dreadful season with just Maluach would be a total disaster. I'd much rather roll the dice on a guy like Noa Essengue.

I will explode with anger if we flushed this entire abortion of a season for a chance to land "Maluach" in the draft. We damn well better do better than that.
It better be Cooper Fkin Flagg we're drafting. I can't believe people are even considering him (Maluach) as an option for us drafting in the top 5. There's like ten players I'd draft before him, but that's just me and I'm a stupid a$$hole that likes the Sixers.

U gotta relax bro your acting as if the 76ers will have the #1 pick lol

[Negrodamus]

I'll be disappointed if we leave with Kon. He just doesn't look athletic enough to be worth a top 7 pick. I've tried to get on board, but he's going to be a no from me dawg.