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2025 NBA Draft

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Trade 1 of our picks for a Player
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Trade both of our picks for Player
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1741 » by RookieStar » Sat May 31, 2025 9:41 pm

Skybox wrote:Chills/vibes...

Raynaud gives me Vuc Chills...that's a good thing
Clayton gives me Cole vibes...that's not a good thing
Clifford gives me Josh Hart vibes...love that
Fleming gives me Isaac vibes without the limp...that's a good thing
Demin gives obvious Giddey vibes...that's an intriguing thing
Edgecombe gives me Keyonte George vibes...that's a bad thing
Some days Jase gives me Kyrie vibes, others he gives me Cole chills
Is Kon Turk 2.0? Is McNeeley Turk 2.0 or not even Kispert?
Where does Danny Wolf ultimately land on the Jokic ---Filipowski scale? (I understand that it's a gigantic range)

Puzzling...how can Rutgers with picks #2 and #3, with a patsy chunk of their schedule, in a sport where there are only 5 guys on the court at a time, still manage to suck?


ey @eyriq..... someone here is slandering our boy...
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1742 » by ogmagicfan » Sat May 31, 2025 9:57 pm

Whats the list of players we've worked out so far?
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1743 » by VFX » Sat May 31, 2025 10:05 pm

It appears that NAW is linked to Orlando in free agency, so I’m out on smaller wings in this draft. Just not enough minutes to go around and The Magic need point guard help or Isaac insurance to move him.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1744 » by eyriq » Sat May 31, 2025 10:06 pm

RookieStar wrote:
Skybox wrote:Chills/vibes...

Raynaud gives me Vuc Chills...that's a good thing
Clayton gives me Cole vibes...that's not a good thing
Clifford gives me Josh Hart vibes...love that
Fleming gives me Isaac vibes without the limp...that's a good thing
Demin gives obvious Giddey vibes...that's an intriguing thing
Edgecombe gives me Keyonte George vibes...that's a bad thing
Some days Jase gives me Kyrie vibes, others he gives me Cole chills
Is Kon Turk 2.0? Is McNeeley Turk 2.0 or not even Kispert?
Where does Danny Wolf ultimately land on the Jokic ---Filipowski scale? (I understand that it's a gigantic range)

Puzzling...how can Rutgers with picks #2 and #3, with a patsy chunk of their schedule, in a sport where there are only 5 guys on the court at a time, still manage to suck?


ey @eyriq..... someone here is slandering our boy...
Skybox is almost always off on his evaluations.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1745 » by RookieStar » Sat May 31, 2025 10:32 pm

VFX wrote:It appears that NAW is linked to Orlando in free agency, so I’m out on smaller wings in this draft. Just not enough minutes to go around and The Magic need point guard help or Isaac insurance to move him.


FA and not trade???

Is NAW a UFA or RFA?
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1746 » by djguevara114 » Sat May 31, 2025 10:34 pm

NAW would be such a horrible signing….
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Post#1747 » by Skybox » Sat May 31, 2025 11:21 pm

djguevara114 wrote:NAW would be such a horrible signing….


Good player but so is KCP...I don't get it.

On the other hand, it doesn't take much for any knucklehead to post some "Insider" ish and we all go nuts
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1748 » by VFX » Sat May 31, 2025 11:37 pm

Skybox wrote:
djguevara114 wrote:NAW would be such a horrible signing….


Good player but so is KCP...I don't get it.

On the other hand, it doesn't take much for any knucklehead to post some "Insider" ish and we all go nuts


NAW for $10-12m off the bench is better than KCP for $22m.

If Jett Howard wasn’t absolute ass they wouldn’t have needed to sign KCP. Weltman is a terrible talent evaluator so here we are.
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Post#1749 » by SOUL » Sat May 31, 2025 11:39 pm

I'd take NAW if we're moving KCP in a package for a PG
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1750 » by Skybox » Sat May 31, 2025 11:41 pm

VFX wrote:
Skybox wrote:
djguevara114 wrote:NAW would be such a horrible signing….


Good player but so is KCP...I don't get it.

On the other hand, it doesn't take much for any knucklehead to post some "Insider" ish and we all go nuts


NAW for $10-12m off the bench is better than KCP for $20m.



Of course he is...but we already have KCP, Suggs, AB, Harris even, Trev Queen...show me where KCP is gone and I'm all for NAW. Early in his career, he showed some decent playmaking and scoring on occasion too. - but he's become known as a very good defensive role player..I'm a fan.

My point was only that this would be another misguided head-scratcher of a signing on top of the other, rather than addressing a need.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1751 » by djguevara114 » Sat May 31, 2025 11:52 pm

VFX wrote:
Skybox wrote:
djguevara114 wrote:NAW would be such a horrible signing….


Good player but so is KCP...I don't get it.

On the other hand, it doesn't take much for any knucklehead to post some "Insider" ish and we all go nuts


NAW for $10-12m off the bench is better than KCP for $22m.

If Jett Howard wasn’t absolute ass they wouldn’t have needed to sign KCP. Weltman is a terrible talent evaluator so here we are.


NAW for any cap space is awful. Cannot create and is a mediocre defender (watch OKC series?) and streaky shooter… Find a minimum level guy…
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1752 » by VFX » Sat May 31, 2025 11:54 pm

djguevara114 wrote:
VFX wrote:
Skybox wrote:
Good player but so is KCP...I don't get it.

On the other hand, it doesn't take much for any knucklehead to post some "Insider" ish and we all go nuts


NAW for $10-12m off the bench is better than KCP for $22m.

If Jett Howard wasn’t absolute ass they wouldn’t have needed to sign KCP. Weltman is a terrible talent evaluator so here we are.


NAW for any cap space is awful. Cannot create and is a mediocre defender (watch OKC series?) and streaky shooter… Find a minimum level guy…


NAW scored 23,17, and 12ppg off the bench in the series against OKC. You are acting like Orlando has a bench guy here that did anything close to that against Boston. :lol:

Meanwhile Orlando spends the same amount of money on guys like Isaac and Cole who DID actually nothing this year in the playoffs.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1753 » by T-Cat » Sun Jun 1, 2025 2:27 am

Andrew Nembhard has 6 steals tonight and was picked before Caleb Houstan in the 2022 NBA draft!

It's a good thing the draft didn't flatten out! Lol
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1754 » by GelbeWand09 » Sun Jun 1, 2025 11:38 am

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Idiosyncratic wrote:Jett was the rare pick who was probably a bust before he even stepped on an NBA court. I mean the Jett thing has been discussed ad nauseam, but at this point I am just glad it doesn't look like we missed on any star or maybe even all-star. Though I would rather have the obvious candidates much more than Jett and many of them still probably carry 1st round value or close in a trade.

Don't blame people for being traumatized by Weltman's drafting after that pick though... IMO there is a natural balance to the world, Jett had to mega bust and TDS had to be average so our next pick can be an all-star. That is my cope at least
He also took Chuma around 15 spots too soon.

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What have they in common. Bad athletes, without being highly skilled. Worst combination you can draft.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1755 » by RookieStar » Mon Jun 2, 2025 12:44 am

What i like about this draft, outside of the top 4 or 5... evem draft sites predictions are all over the place.

One has Maluach on the 8th while another has him 18. One has Kaspar top 5 while the other has him droppig tobusbat 16th. Lol

Wonder who we will pick
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Post#1756 » by fendilim » Mon Jun 2, 2025 1:25 am

VFX wrote:It appears that NAW is linked to Orlando in free agency, so I’m out on smaller wings in this draft. Just not enough minutes to go around and The Magic need point guard help or Isaac insurance to move him.

Might as well cross him out then, we were reportedly linked to Klay last year. Lol

Then proceeded to sign KCP, probably in less than an hr through free agency.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1757 » by fendilim » Mon Jun 2, 2025 1:25 am

RookieStar wrote:What i like about this draft, outside of the top 4 or 5... evem draft sites predictions are all over the place.

One has Maluach on the 8th while another has him 18. One has Kaspar top 5 while the other has him droppig tobusbat 16th. Lol

Wonder who we will pick

Wouldnt be surprised if we land with either Coward or Drake Powell.
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Re: 2025 NBA Draft 

Post#1758 » by cedric76 » Mon Jun 2, 2025 5:16 am

fendilim wrote:
RookieStar wrote:What i like about this draft, outside of the top 4 or 5... evem draft sites predictions are all over the place.

One has Maluach on the 8th while another has him 18. One has Kaspar top 5 while the other has him droppig tobusbat 16th. Lol

Wonder who we will pick

Wouldnt be surprised if we land with either Coward or Drake Powell.


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Suggs, Tyus, Jase
Bane, AB, Jett
Franz, TDS,
P5, JI, Panda
Wcj, Goga, Moe
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Post#1759 » by Orl_Magic » Mon Jun 2, 2025 7:08 am

MartinsIzAfraud wrote:
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Orl_Magic wrote:We worked out Chaz Lanier. This guy can fill it up. Hope we draft this kid and give him Garry Harris minutes.
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5/5 from 3 in 4 mins.

This is a 2nd round pick you take



I would take him at 25
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Post#1760 » by cedric76 » Mon Jun 2, 2025 12:22 pm

Hot take, Jase richardson will be available at #25 and we are going to pass on him, he ll be a second rounder
Suggs, Tyus, Jase
Bane, AB, Jett
Franz, TDS,
P5, JI, Panda
Wcj, Goga, Moe

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