2025 Draft Thread

[BigO]

I actually agree that he sticks around, maybe until he's 30. However, I'll also predict he'll never impact a single playoff series.

We're changing the way we play. Now is the time to stop surrounding Giannis with slowness.

Solving the "slowness" problem is what got us Kuzma.

The idea that all of a sudden the NBA has changed is a figment of the imagination. Last year Boston had the best record and won and the year before it was Denver. Neither team was athletic.

I 'll take skilled players like a healthy Middleton and even guys like Green over less skilled athletes.

Besides Kuzma, drafting for athleticism has brought us AJJ and A J Johnson (who may or may not pan out). Both are very athletic, but both lack basketball skills.

I'm not suggesting drafting bad players. I am suggesting the team picks a play style, and that play style allows for more versatility than being stuck with deep drop centers.

Seeing our defense dominate with the Knicks 4th string center made it kind of obviouswhat type of center we should team Giannis with. .

I'm all in favor of a skilled athletic center in the second round. Didn't see one listed.

[ShootingtheJ]

Solving the "slowness" problem is what got us Kuzma.

The idea that all of a sudden the NBA has changed is a figment of the imagination. Last year Boston had the best record and won and the year before it was Denver. Neither team was athletic.

I 'll take skilled players like a healthy Middleton and even guys like Green over less skilled athletes.

Besides Kuzma, drafting for athleticism has brought us AJJ and A J Johnson (who may or may not pan out). Both are very athletic, but both lack basketball skills.

I'm not suggesting drafting bad players. I am suggesting the team picks a play style, and that play style allows for more versatility than being stuck with deep drop centers.

Seeing our defense dominate with the Knicks 4th string center made it kind of obviouswhat type of center we should team Giannis with. .

I'm all in favor of a skilled athletic center in the second round. Didn't see one listed.

Agree. Good thing we're not locked in to 1 position.

[emunney]

Every team plays the drop defense, so ya, learning the drop defense is important. Have you watched Indiana? That's almost all Turner plays.

The problem for a team is that you can't be rigid and need to have the ability to play everything.

In the mid second round, getting a high caliber drop defender, a decent inside scorer, a good rim protector and an eventual posibility of guy who can spread the floor, would be a great get.

I get a kick out of all the suggestions for draft picks, most of whom I never heard of because they play overseas or were rarely on tv. So the only way posters could have watched them would be googling them and seeing highlights.

I can't comment on any of these guys, but I have watched a ton of Kalkbrennner and he's a good player and would be a good get as a mid second round pick. Could there be better players available? Sure, but that's who I've seen, not just watched highlights of.

FWIW, if you're willing to look for games a bit, it's not hard to find a lot of full games that weren't broadcast in your area. It's not accurate to say they're not available and to therefore assume that people are basing their opinions on highlight packages. If there's somebody you'd like to check out, I'd be happy to dig around for you.

I'm sure you're right.

Serious question. In your opinion, how many posters on this board that say they like a guy who is playing overseas or playing for a low level college team, has googled and watched entire games of that player?

I've seen a few full games posted on here, but overwhelmingly it's a 2 minute highlight reel.

I think people are generally pretty transparent about where they're getting their opinions, but watching multiple full games of an off-the-beaten-path prospect is reserved for maybe a half dozen of the hardcore draft thread mainstays.

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[Matches Malone]

Saw a couple more names pop up for Bucks workouts soon.

Hunter Sallis, Wake Forrest (Bucks interested in him last year before he withdrew)
TJ Bamba, Oregon
Chase Hunter, Clemson
AJ Hoggard, Vanderbilt

Still haven't seen any top 8 prospects coming to Milwaukee for workouts like Gery said, but plenty of time still before the draft, so we'll see.

[Ron Swanson]

I'd probably take a gamble on Sallis. Dude has one of the weirdest outlier shooting seasons I've ever seen though. At Gonzaga he barely ever took 3's and for good reason (25%). Then he shows up at Wake Forest and all of a sudden is a 40% 3PT shooter on volume (5.4 attempts per game) only for that to crater this year back down to 27%.

[RogerMurdock]

Honestly, I think we should target the next Michael Jordan in the draft.

[Matches Malone]

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[The Wet Whistle]

Oweh returning to school as well

[Badgerlander]

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[JonHeist]

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Okay, that's it

I'd trade the unprotected '31 first for Kon Knueppel

[Bernman]

That # is hilarious for McNeeley. He should not go in the 1st rd. He's got major weaknesses & even his strengths there's not proof of concept.

It's also another area Harper shined & Bailey floundered, reinforcing it's only 1 of those guy's fault Rutgers had a losing record.

[emunney]

Man, I don't know. I think those numbers are too small to talk.

[drone3]

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There goes my top pick

[SupremeHustle]

What do you guys think about my boy Bogo? And by my boy I mean the guy I just now saw NBA DRAFT DOT NET has us picking.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/bogoljub-markovic/

[Ron Swanson]

His stock kind of took a hit when he went back for his senior year, but I still think if anyone is in the "squint hard enough and he could be the new Khris Middleton" category, it's Sandfort.

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[Frank Nova]

Current Top 5 draft targets (subject to change):

1. Yanic Konan Niederhauser
2. Koby Brea
3. Rocco Zikkarsky
4. Johnni Broome
5. Ryan Nembhard

[engelmartin]

What do you guys think about my boy Bogo? And by my boy I mean the guy I just now saw NBA DRAFT DOT NET has us picking.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/bogoljub-markovic/

If you get another pick for free by drafting him count me in. Or even two BOGOs, I could live with that

[SupremeHustle]

His stock kind of took a hit when he went back for his senior year, but I still think if anyone is in the "squint hard enough and he could be the new Khris Middleton" category, it's Sandfort.

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Khris in what way? In the video you posted he reminds me of Bojan Bogdanovic.