2025 NBA Draft

Skybox · Post #1021 » by **Skybox** » Mon May 5, 2025 10:15 am

cedric76 wrote:Nique Clifford, Tyrese Proctor , Walter Clayton Jr are 3 players that could help us with 3PT

Proctor, to me, is a gift in the second round…he may not make it- but a good cheap bet.

RookieStar · Post #1022 » by **RookieStar** » Mon May 5, 2025 8:51 pm

cedric76 wrote:Nique Clifford, Tyrese Proctor , Walter Clayton Jr are 3 players that could help us with 3PT

Yes they would... Proctor is erratic in his 3pts though. 3 games straight he makes 5 3s/game but the next game he goes 1/7.

Skybox · Post #1023 » by **Skybox** » Mon May 5, 2025 9:05 pm

RookieStar wrote:
cedric76 wrote:Nique Clifford, Tyrese Proctor , Walter Clayton Jr are 3 players that could help us with 3PT

Yes they would... Proctor is erratic in his 3pts though. 3 games straight he makes 5 3s/game but the next game he goes 1/7.

I'll take that from a 6'5 freak athlete 21yo who got recruited to Duke from Australia. He finished the season at 40.5% from 3 on 5.8 attempts. That's not a bad bet, imo, especially at #46 or even #57...not expecting a keeper, just taking swings.

I figure that you've got to be a star to get noticed by Duke at all, then you spend your time at Duke in the shadow of superstars...maybe he's one of those kids (usually Kentucky) that are better suited to be NBA players than NCAA worker bees.

I'm definitely not betting the house on him even making Osceola, just seems like a decent swing - basically, why we even have srps.

T-Cat · Post #1024 » by **T-Cat** » Mon May 5, 2025 9:45 pm

What could Franz Wagner and or Jalen Suggs net us in the lottery?

MasterGMer · Post #1025 » by **MasterGMer** » Mon May 5, 2025 10:28 pm

Watch on YouTube

What about this guy from China, Hansen Yang? The call him Baby Jokic too.

Seems like a big guy with passing ability.

He is projected to be Second round. We could get him with our pick

MasterGMer · Post #1026 » by **MasterGMer** » Mon May 5, 2025 10:29 pm

RookieStar wrote:
cedric76 wrote:Nique Clifford, Tyrese Proctor , Walter Clayton Jr are 3 players that could help us with 3PT

Yes they would... Proctor is erratic in his 3pts though. 3 games straight he makes 5 3s/game but the next game he goes 1/7.

Proctor lost Duke the game in the Final 4. Very streaky shooter. Nay, we have Harris and Houstan

Idiosyncratic · Post #1027 » by **Idiosyncratic** » Mon May 5, 2025 10:39 pm

MasterGMer wrote:

Watch on YouTube

What about this guy from China, Hansen Yang? The call him Baby Jokic too.

Seems like a big guy with passing ability.

He is projected to be Second round. We could get him with our pick

Very interesting prospect. Some real offensive skill, defense might be rough in the NBA.

For a 2nd round pick though? Really hard to nitpick, especially since ours is not a more premium early 2nd. I just hope they use it. Give me a reason to check our G League boxscores for once :banghead:

Skybox · Post #1028 » by **Skybox** » Mon May 5, 2025 11:26 pm

MasterGMer wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
cedric76 wrote:Nique Clifford, Tyrese Proctor , Walter Clayton Jr are 3 players that could help us with 3PT

Yes they would... Proctor is erratic in his 3pts though. 3 games straight he makes 5 3s/game but the next game he goes 1/7.

Proctor lost Duke the game in the Final 4. Very streaky shooter. Nay, we have Harris and Houstan

Yes...more than enough shooting already. We're good.

:nonono:

thelead · Post #1029 » by **thelead** » Mon May 5, 2025 11:43 pm

MasterGMer wrote:

Watch on YouTube

What about this guy from China, Hansen Yang? The call him Baby Jokic too.

Seems like a big guy with passing ability.

He is projected to be Second round. We could get him with our pick

I'd take him over Maluach... yeah, I said it

RookieStar · Post #1030 » by **RookieStar** » Tue May 6, 2025 1:37 am

MasterGMer wrote:

Watch on YouTube

What about this guy from China, Hansen Yang? The call him Baby Jokic too.

Seems like a big guy with passing ability.

He is projected to be Second round. We could get him with our pick

Just like china to copycat everything... Baby Jokic is Bobby Avila lol

VFX · Post #1031 » by **VFX** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:18 pm

T-Cat wrote:What could Franz Wagner and or Jalen Suggs net us in the lottery?

Nothing as good as Franz or Suggs.

Cooper Flagg is the only player and he isn’t on the table for any amount of assets Orlando currently has available.

Skybox · Post #1032 » by **Skybox** » Tue May 6, 2025 7:31 pm

VFX wrote:
T-Cat wrote:What could Franz Wagner and or Jalen Suggs net us in the lottery?

Nothing as good as Franz or Suggs.

Cooper Flagg is the only player and he isn’t on the table for any amount of assets Orlando currently has available.

Yeah...If there's an NBA comp for Flagg - it seems to me to be Wagner. He may end up better than Franz, but hard to imagine a LOT better and no guarantees at all. Just NO.

VFX · Post #1033 » by **VFX** » Tue May 6, 2025 7:34 pm

Skybox wrote:
VFX wrote:
T-Cat wrote:What could Franz Wagner and or Jalen Suggs net us in the lottery?

Nothing as good as Franz or Suggs.

Cooper Flagg is the only player and he isn’t on the table for any amount of assets Orlando currently has available.

Yeah...If there's an NBA comp for Flagg - it seems to me to be Wagner. He may end up better than Franz, but hard to imagine a LOT better and no guarantees at all. Just NO.

He will undoubtedly be better than Franz.

He’s a better defender, rebounder, and rim protector inside. He has a better handle on the ball and he’s a better shooter while being younger. Franz is just a better finisher in traffic.

Whoever lands Flagg would not trade him 1:1 straight up for Franz.

Skybox · Post #1034 » by **Skybox** » Tue May 6, 2025 7:54 pm

VFX wrote:
Skybox wrote:
VFX wrote:
Nothing as good as Franz or Suggs.

Cooper Flagg is the only player and he isn’t on the table for any amount of assets Orlando currently has available.

Yeah...If there's an NBA comp for Flagg - it seems to me to be Wagner. He may end up better than Franz, but hard to imagine a LOT better and no guarantees at all. Just NO.

He will undoubtedly be better than Franz.

He’s a better defender, rebounder, and rim protector inside. He has a better handle on the ball and he’s a better shooter while being younger. Franz is just a better finisher in traffic.

Whoever lands Flagg would not trade him 1:1 straight up for Franz.

I agree with the last sentence...the rest is yet to be proven against NBA talent. I'd bet on the rebounding too but Franz is as versatile as any player in the league. I said the closest NBA comp is Franz, not that he wouldn't be better.

Guys that lead their teams in every statistical category in college shouldn't be expected to be able to do ALL of that in the NBA. Haven't we heard here how AB was a GOD in High School?

fendilim · Post #1035 » by **fendilim** » Wed May 7, 2025 12:33 am

Yang Hansen would be an interesting pick. But I highly doubt he lasts in the NBA. He isnt quick enough and will make more money back in China.

GelbeWand09 · Post #1036 » by **GelbeWand09** » Wed May 7, 2025 9:07 am

Love T-Cat's yearly fascination with either draft picks or 35+ year old former stars. :lol:

T-Cat · Post #1037 » by **T-Cat** » Wed May 7, 2025 9:20 am

GelbeWand09 wrote:Love T-Cat's yearly fascination with either draft picks or 35+ year old former stars.

Tarheel · Post #1038 » by **Tarheel** » Wed May 7, 2025 4:53 pm

Michigan jokes aside, I like Danny Wolf with one of our picks. Can spread the floor, protect the rim and put it on the floor a good amount for a legit seven footer. I think he'd be a nice compliment to Paolo and Franz at the five.

He'd need to learn to cover for his deficiencies athletically/laterally on the defensive end, but I think Mosley could help get a tune out of him there.

GGforever · Post #1039 » by **GGforever** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:30 am

Trade both picks and more to move up for Kon Knueppel

Skybox · Post #1040 » by **Skybox** » Thu May 8, 2025 10:38 am

Tarheel wrote:Michigan jokes aside, I like Danny Wolf with one of our picks. Can spread the floor, protect the rim and put it on the floor a good amount for a legit seven footer. I think he'd be a nice compliment to Paolo and Franz at the five.

He'd need to learn to cover for his deficiencies athletically/laterally on the defensive end, but I think Mosley could help get a tune out of him there.

I haven’t really seen more than clips…can he protect the rim at an NBA level? Will his offensive “craftiness” carry over to the NBA or will it just get run over by super strong super-athletic NBA defenders? How good do you feel about his ability to be a viable defensive backstop? (Not Gobert, just viable)

Kessler blocks everything and rebounds everything and he’s not an exceptionally agile guy (I believe)…Wolf is starting to really intrigue me as a (dare I say it) “unicorn”…am I way off?

What should we do?