Moderators: Danny Darko, TyCobb, Kilroy
Danny Darko wrote:DS- what are you asking for? or was something already merged I missed?
dipstick wrote:Latest mock from nbadraft.net has Justin Anderson dropping to us. Are other prospects legitimately rising? Great news for me.
Karmaloop wrote:dipstick wrote:Latest mock from nbadraft.net has Justin Anderson dropping to us. Are other prospects legitimately rising? Great news for me.
I think it has more to do with the fact that prospects in that 15-45 range are pretty much interchangeable. If I had to put them in tiers.
(in no particular order)
Tier 1: Franchise Players (Okafor, Towns, Russell, Mudiay)
Tier 2: Upper Echelon Starters (Porzingis, WCS, Hezonjia, Winslow)
Tier 3: Decent Starters (Johnson, Kaminsky, Lyles, Turner, Booker)
Obviously, that represents their upsides but the difference between 23 and 33 probably isn't huge this year, so I don't think the Lakers are going to be moving up unless someone is considerably higher on their board.
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digcom99 wrote:
i think i can confidently say, though, that 100% of gm's perceptions (along with most realgm posters) would say that randle, clarkson, 27 and 34 for a mid round first rounder is waaaayy too much to give up. that is the crux of the argument against you right now.
if you had presented something more reasonable (like maybe clarkson and one of the picks instead), then maybe you wouldn't have had much push back.
personally, i think clarkson and 27 would be a slight overpayment, but at least that combo can be debated.
TyCobb wrote:Not really sure which thread to put this in, but self-awareness is strong with this one:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article24417898.html
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article24417898.html
He comes across really well in all his interviews. I think it was Jay Bilas that said that there's really not a single headcase amongst the top prospects this year.
dockingsched wrote:Both DX and nbadraft.net have the lakers going with Delon Wright at 27th
According to that analytics mock order from draft express that Ty posted before they see Wright as the 10th best prospect
Slava wrote:Since there is too much overlapping conversation, please use this thread from here on to discuss the #27 and #34 picks. All discussion regarding the #2 pick goes in the other thread here
Jajwanda wrote:If Joe Young were to have more of a positional fit (he were a 6-5 SG) and play the SG position, how high of a prospect would he be? The reason I ask is that you could definitely put Clarkson at the 2 defensively with Young guard 1s, while playing SG to Clarkson's PG. Young has Monta Ellis like athleticism and likes to play defense. At 27 that could be a big time addition. I think he deserves to be mentioned alongside the Anderson and Wrights of the world. One thing that should be mentioned is that 6-7, 215 was enough to slow LeBron in this year's Finals. Unless you want Anderson for his PF defense and small-ball, you don't necessarily need an overwhelmingly large SF in this league.
I'm curious to see, as a one-on-one basketball player how many players in this draft are in fact better than Joe Young.