2024-2025 College Basketball / NBA Draft - Volume III

[Redemption76]

The real war of the 5 KANGZ...

Acesexuals vs Edgeheads vs Kon Artists vs Khamanites vs Tredelphians

You forgot about us Jacubites!!

[MVP1992]

I'm just a Cedric...ummm Coward

If he was 19 I'd take him at 3.
Although, having basically a year off in the gym building his core and leg strength and quickness didn't hurt. 38.5" vertical.

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[Covi_Marsh]

Since the odds are highest we’ll be taking Edgecombe im trying to buy into his hype. Need to see some early Wade and prime Oladipo highlights. I was surprised to see Wade was about 6’2 without shoes with an 6’11 wingspan which helped a lot lol. They were 210 lbs at the combine as well.

[Eyeamok]

If Ace were willing to accept he's going to be learning behind PG for the next 2 years, I'd be more open to drafting him.

If he thinks he's a ready-made NBA star, then he is going to flame out faster than people realize.

Edit: I won't be shocked if we get to draft night and Ace is the pick. None of his metrics are Morey-like, but I still don't feel comfortable ruling it out. The way Kyle and Derek, two anti-Ace guys, looked on PHLY today (sad) makes me wonder if they're hearing he's the pick...

There are posts all over the internet and here saying that Ace does not want to be in Philly. But from what I have read he wanted a promise that he would be the 76ers pick. Morey, because he is not a liar, could not give him that promise, so Ace decided not to workout for the 76ers or anyone else. Now maybe he got a promise from Washington or Brooklyn. But that is a lot of money to leave on the table as you slide down the draft and he has to get past Utah before Washington or Brooklyn pick. Maybe his agent was trying to play hardball and Morey said Ok don't come in we have enough video of you anyway.

Posters say this is an important draft for this franchise but if the talent is mid after the 1st maybe even 2nd pick what are you going to do. As far as I am concerned Wednesday can't get here soon enough, and I believe Morey will make the correct decision.

[M2J]

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He's so right about MPj and Jabari.

But, seriously Jabari (who just turned 22 last month) and can guard 3-5, block shots and switch out to guards is a consistent jumpshot away from stardom. I think his biggest detriment has been the fact that he occupies the same space as Sengun and he's not been able to get into that rhythm with his mid range game as much.

Ace will get his opportunities with George and others taking days off for sure to shine in Philly. Plus off ball stardom is the best kind IMO

[76ciology]

Since the odds are highest we’ll be taking Edgecombe im trying to buy into his hype. Need to see some early Wade and prime Oladipo highlights. I was surprised to see Wade was about 6’2 without shoes with an 6’11 wingspan which helped a lot lol. They were 210 lbs at the combine as well.

Standing reach is nearly identical. Edgecombe has narrow shoulders, whereas Wade had broad ones, Wade is in a class of his own. Edgecombe #s is more comparable to SGA, Donovan Mitchell, Oladipo, and Westbrook at the same age. Oladipo had an outlier junior season with a 60% FG and 12% offensive rebounding rate.

[Iverson Armband]

Vecenie now has Tre above VJ and Kon for highest upside.

[Black Mage]

If Ace were willing to accept he's going to be learning behind PG for the next 2 years, I'd be more open to drafting him.

If he thinks he's a ready-made NBA star, then he is going to flame out faster than people realize.

Edit: I won't be shocked if we get to draft night and Ace is the pick. None of his metrics are Morey-like, but I still don't feel comfortable ruling it out. The way Kyle and Derek, two anti-Ace guys, looked on PHLY today (sad) makes me wonder if they're hearing he's the pick...

There are posts all over the internet and here saying that Ace does not want to be in Philly. But from what I have read he wanted a promise that he would be the 76ers pick. Morey, because he is not a liar, could not give him that promise, so Ace decided not to workout for the 76ers or anyone else. Now maybe he got a promise from Washington or Brooklyn. But that is a lot of money to leave on the table as you slide down the draft and he has to get past Utah before Washington or Brooklyn pick. Maybe his agent was trying to play hardball and Morey said Ok don't come in we have enough video of you anyway.

Posters say this is an important draft for this franchise but if the talent is mid after the 1st maybe even 2nd pick what are you going to do. As far as I am concerned Wednesday can't get here soon enough, and I believe Morey will make the correct decision.

It would have been epic if Morey had and then the following occurs:

Sixers draft someone other than Ace

Ace tweets Morey made a promise and lied about it

Harden tweets "Told ya'll"

[Black Mage]

Vecenie now has Tre above VJ and Kon for highest upside.

Sam's brain is sizzled like the eggs weather forecasters put on hot summer car hoods.

[the_process]

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He's so right about MPj and Jabari.

But, seriously Jabari (who just turned 22 last month) and can guard 3-5, block shots and switch out to guards is a consistent jumpshot away from stardom. I think his biggest detriment has been the fact that he occupies the same space as Sengun and he's not been able to get into that rhythm with his mid range game as much.

Ace will get his opportunities with George and others taking days off for sure to shine in Philly. Plus off ball stardom is the best kind IMO

Ace doesn’t want to play off ball. VJ can’t shoot, or was shook, or both. If you’re aren’t taking Tre, trade down. Even if you want Tre, trade down.

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Kon in Charlotte is very entertaining to me with Kon playing Billy Hoyle and Lamelo playing Sidney Deane in a real life version of White Men Can’t Jump.

[ProcessDoctor]

Like another poster mentioned, today Neubeck said that he thinks if they pick someone at #3 it's either going to be Ace or VJ, with Kon as a darkhorse. He said he is confident that Tre would not be the pick at #3 and would be considered in a trade down.

IF Morey values VJ/Ace the same, then he is playing this perfectly. You know Charlotte is in love with VJ, and you can extract even a small asset to still get your 1A/1B. However, if you feel there's a dropoff after VJ/Ace, then you can't trade down past 4 unless the assets are astronomical, because you would be settling for someone that isn't "your guy."

I think a trade-up for Harper is unlikely, and I bet Morey is just daring San Antonio to take him, given their current roster construction.

Just 2 more days.

[Black Mage]

https://archive.is/k6W6H

Run. Run far far away. I don't want anything to do with Ace at this point. I can't tell what the goal of this article was supposed to be, hit, puff or just reporting; but it terrifies me.

[76ciology]

https://archive.is/k6W6H

Run. Run far far away. I don't want anything to do with Ace at this point. I can't tell what the goal of this article was supposed to be, hit, puff or just reporting; but it terrifies me.

Is this a real story?

[M2J]

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He's so right about MPj and Jabari.

But, seriously Jabari (who just turned 22 last month) and can guard 3-5, block shots and switch out to guards is a consistent jumpshot away from stardom. I think his biggest detriment has been the fact that he occupies the same space as Sengun and he's not been able to get into that rhythm with his mid range game as much.

Ace will get his opportunities with George and others taking days off for sure to shine in Philly. Plus off ball stardom is the best kind IMO

Ace doesn’t want to play off ball. VJ can’t shoot, or was shook, or both. If you’re aren’t taking Tre, trade down. Even if you want Tre, trade down.

Well there's been nothing to showcase he doesn't want to be played off ball... He wants opportunities... Maybe even opportunities to be featured.... You can feature a good shooter and finisher by running action that gives him or even multiple guys opportunities depending on who the defense reacts to.

I say that, because he played and was featured in large off ball in Rutgers.

[76ciology]

I think a trade-up for Harper is unlikely, and I bet Morey is just daring San Antonio to take him, given their current roster construction.

Just 2 more days.

Yup. These two teams are playing poker

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Givony said VJ impressed on workout and interview

[Black Mage]

https://archive.is/k6W6H

Run. Run far far away. I don't want anything to do with Ace at this point. I can't tell what the goal of this article was supposed to be, hit, puff or just reporting; but it terrifies me.

Is this a real story?

It's the unlocked NJ.com article.

[MVP1992]

https://archive.is/k6W6H

Run. Run far far away. I don't want anything to do with Ace at this point. I can't tell what the goal of this article was supposed to be, hit, puff or just reporting; but it terrifies me.

"Before practices, Bailey took a puff from his inhaler..."


"Ace Bailey, the Rutgers basketball player, had an incident during a game against Maryland where he left the court due to what was reported by some as an asthma attack.
However, the official reason provided by the Rutgers coach, Steve Pikiell, was that Bailey had a migraine.
It's important to note the conflicting reports and the fact that a message board publisher's source close to Bailey claimed it was an asthma attack. "