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UNCNYC wrote:Judging from our new GM and the current climate of the team this is my prediction as to who we will take with next years 1st pick and to be honest I wouldn't mind at ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bennett Stirtz
In fact I have pick one down to two players only. Tomislav Ivisic, and Bennett Stirtz
SWedd523 wrote:UNCNYC wrote:Judging from our new GM and the current climate of the team this is my prediction as to who we will take with next years 1st pick and to be honest I wouldn't mind at ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bennett Stirtz
In fact I have pick one down to two players only. Tomislav Ivisic, and Bennett Stirtz
I've already made this claim!
Bennett Stirtz or Thomas Haugh are the guys I expect to be hornets next year. Maybe Hannes Steinbach
UNCNYC wrote:I said this before he played a summer league game but Kon was my pick in the weirdest way lol.
My draft was different this year in that I had a lot of picks. (but I did end up on ONE) which I always do
Walter Clayton - Started out with him but he became popular so I moved on
Kon - I picked him cause I picked him out of who I thought WE would/should pick (which I stated before he played a single summer league game) meaning over the other selections outside of Harper & Flagg. I was actually happy on draft night
Maxime Raynaud - he woulda been my pick on a trade back with multiple first rounders included
Yang - he was considered but I do not remember to what degree
Feilds - I picked him but changed before he played a single summer league game
Hugo Gonzales - He ended up being my top pick
My pick for next year is in already - Tomislav Ivisic
JMAC3 wrote:UNCNYC wrote:I said this before he played a summer league game but Kon was my pick in the weirdest way lol.
My draft was different this year in that I had a lot of picks. (but I did end up on ONE) which I always do
Walter Clayton - Started out with him but he became popular so I moved on
Kon - I picked him cause I picked him out of who I thought WE would/should pick (which I stated before he played a single summer league game) meaning over the other selections outside of Harper & Flagg. I was actually happy on draft night
Maxime Raynaud - he woulda been my pick on a trade back with multiple first rounders included
Yang - he was considered but I do not remember to what degree
Feilds - I picked him but changed before he played a single summer league game
Hugo Gonzales - He ended up being my top pick
My pick for next year is in already - Tomislav Ivisic
Every player in the draft was somehow your number 1 pick in the weirdest way lol.. and that is what makes you so good at the game.
yosemiteben wrote:I'm not really tracking that. What are the rankings based on?
wilson115 wrote:Guess this goes here:
To build something great, it’s going to take time.
The Hornets know there is no skipping steps, as they showed in the 2025 NBA Draft and continued Laying the Foundation!
Bassman wrote:wilson115 wrote:Guess this goes here:
To build something great, it’s going to take time.
The Hornets know there is no skipping steps, as they showed in the 2025 NBA Draft and continued Laying the Foundation!
This is well worth watching, very good production quality. Gives some insights into their draft process. It either makes clear (or intends to) that Kon was their target as soon as they knew they had pick #4. Also infers they were very high on Liam but it was impossible to predict his slide going as far as it did.
I fear that Peterson demonstrates a trait that I suspected from his first draft; confirmation bias. By that I mean he gets an early read on a player and then builds all observable data, interviews and workouts to confirm his desire for that player. He certainly did that with Tiddy. Kon was legitimately in the discussion for any team as a top 5 pick, but they clearly zeroed in on him immediately. No doubt these teams do a LOT of scouting and research year round, and this is made clear during the video.
Question; who is the big white guy with red hair in their meetings and the draft room?
Bassman wrote:Question; who is the big white guy with red hair in their meetings and the draft room?
He has Tiddy at #81, and Clingan at #15 …but Clingan is a stiff that we would have been foolish to draft 
yosemiteben wrote:Bassman wrote:Question; who is the big white guy with red hair in their meetings and the draft room?
I believe you're referring to this guy:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryangisriel/
Fats: “ Good point and could be another one of the reasons why they were not comfortable drafting Ace “
UNCNYC wrote:Diop wrote:UNCNYC wrote:I would not be surprised if we made a playoff run this year if healthy. I think the draft gave us what we needed to a degree if they use the rooks. Kaulk is the rook that we need most cause the other 3 one should jump out as SG leader. Not sure we need to go the route of GUARD next year cause there are some GREAT ONES late in Stojokovic, Starling, Kayil,Philon, Bathea just to name a few... But the ones who have stood out to me are
My top 4
Mikel Brown Jr - this would be my pick based off fit for the team.
Alijah Arenas - Took too many sg's this year to not give time to develop
Dash Daniels - Similar to above
Brayden Burrows - Check up dude
Great thing is there are gonna be some GREAT options available to us. The bad thing is THIS YEAR we had GREAT OPTION and DOUBT we took them.
I think Brown could be good cause I think we NEED another PG. We can't seem to rely on MELO and I think Makel Brown should be considered.
sorry to break it to you but Dash Daniels has been disappointing for the junior National team. he's coming off the bench showing a clunky shot, poor handles and defensive struggles. if he doesn't work hard this season his NBA chances might slip away
Damn guess he aint his brother lol. Well good thing for us I aint got him as the pick lmao. Still hope he gets it together but I really like Mikel Brown Jr a lot. Don't be surprised if I do like I did BUB and pick him early on and sit back and chill lol
