2025 NBA Draft Discussion Part 9

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I don’t care who the Raps pick but I really hope they pass on Kon, Maluach or Queen if they stay at 9.

Haha. I am hoping gor Maluach, Kon or Essangue. I'd be OK with Quren as well.

The only one I want no part of is Jak.

Funny how polarizing some of these players are.

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[JShuttlesworth]

He wont be available with our 2nd Rounder, but I think Walter Clayton Jr. is going to be a quality role player in the NBA. I watched him in the tournament and just had a really good feeling about the kid

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[SpezNc]

At this point I just hope we don’t draft Derik Queen. I am not sure I understand the upside of an undersized center, bad defence and bad shooting .

That is said I will be behind and trust our front office no matter who we draft.

I think my wish is we can trade down and get more asset .

Obviously if Maluach fall to #9, you draft him and you run.

[grant101]

Admittedly hadn’t watched much Wisconsin, but dang! John Tonja is a hell of a player. He’s super old, so the upside is limited, but beyond being a solid shooter (probably even better than his percentages since a lot of his looks come off the bounce), he’s got a decent handle, creativity as a driver and a lot of grit. Good size too. I see him as a solid bench guard right away. A good Ochai replacement. He’s a fallback plan for me if Yang and Markovic are off the board at 39.

[PushDaRock]

I trust Givony more than almost any draft analyst or pundit. Interesting that he has this to say about Ace Bailey.



I think people are overthinking Ace and the discourse has gone too far negative.

Yeah, like Givony said, Ace has solid positional size, has the tools to be a fine shooter and has the length to be a decent enough defender. It's a battle of expectation as he had a lot of hype coming into the year as this T-Mac level guy and he's probably not gonna be that sort of lead player envisioned, so It's all about if he can be agreeable to playing within a secondary scoring role/team structure and will presumably not be a complete backhole when playing with much better players alongside him.

That, of course, is all mindset/mentality and isn't something you can just enter into a database or equation and find a concrete answer. Now he's young but seems like an good kid, so maybe he'll end up finding the right balance to things as he matures. But who you are off-the-court and what your mentality is on-the-court isn't completely correlated, so really who the hell knows there. I suppose this is where team environment and having the right vets does play a part in things.

Some of the criticism seems a bit similar thing to Tre Johnson where he's knocked for his offense/shot selection in College when that's probably not gonna be his role or shot diet at the next level and with the nitpicking, it misses that at the end of the day, he's gonna be an absolute elite 3 pt shooter at the next level with his high/quick release.

Anyway, Ace is probably not gonna drop below the Wiz at six so he'll end up okay, though his management may have cost him some money with the way they handled the whole Philly situation.

Everything I’ve heard about Ace is that he’s a hard worker, has the right attitude, yeah he took tough shots because his teammates other than Dylan Harper stink. I think with Ace a lot of his development will depend on what team he lands on and their ability to develop his game and put him in the situation to succeed.

Agreed with you about Tre as well. Another guy who’s a crazy hard worker and his game is truly made for the modern NBA.

He's been taking tough shots even in HS. He doesn't "settle" for them, he takes them because it's really the only thing he knows how to do. He can't create space or get to the rim for easier shots. it's why many of us were doubting he would even be an efficient scorer in college much less the NBA.

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[Basketball_Jones]

Pick kept

Sabonis is still out there lol

[djsunyc]

suns need alot but probably also want win now players. they can really draft anyone but a sg or trade it.

[WuTang_CMB]

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Sabonis is still out there lol

If Masai trades 9 for Sabonis he should be fired

[DG88]

Suns now will be drafting right after us. They need a big badly. Wouldn't be surprised if they're high on Queen.

[Jay_Hawk]

He wont be available with our 2nd Rounder, but I think Walter Clayton Jr. is going to be a quality role player in the NBA. I watched him in the tournament and just had a really good feeling about the kid

I love the kid’s game. Right now, he’s late lotto-early twenties on my board. He and Clifford are two guys I think could/should go higher than their projections.

[WuTang_CMB]

Suns now will be drafting right after us. They need a big badly. Wouldn't be surprised if they're high on Queen.

This helps us for leverage if we want to move back. Houston wasn't going to take Queen. So if Chicago, who is rumoured to like him, want him, our price just got higher

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[grant101]

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Thank goodness. I don’t mind trading the pick, but trading out of the draft and gutting our team for one year of KD would have sucked.

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Thank goodness. I don’t mind trading the pick, but trading out of the draft and gutting our team for one year of KD would have sucked.

was never gonna happen IMO

[SpezNc]

Pick kept

Sabonis is still out there lol

Malik Monk as well

[PhilBlackson]

Such a relief that we didn't waste our pick on KD.

Now hopefully the FO can stay focused on getting an extra lottery pick instead, that will be waaaay more fun than a crappy rental.