[2016 NBA DRAFT NIGHT THREAD] - Thursday, 6/23/16 7:00 PM EST

[DowNY]

Westbrook > Rose
Melo > Oladipo
KP > Adams
Noah or Pau > Kanter
Willy H = Sabonis

I think we have the edge still. Thunder lost interior defense by trading Ibaka.

[moocow007]

I could start a separate thread but here's a list of some of the most notable undrafted players and where they have signed

Alex Caruso - Texas A&M
Alex Poythress - Kentucky --- Orlando Magic
Andrey Desyatnikov - Russia
Brandon Austin - Alabama
Brannen Greene - Kansas
Cat Barber - N.C. State --- New Orleans Pelicans
Damion Lee - Louisville
Danuel House - Texas A&M --- Washington Wizards
Derrick Jones - UNLV
Dorian Finney-Smith - Florida
Egidijus Mockevicius - Lithuania
Elgin Cook - Oregon
Emmanuel Malou - Australia
Fred VanVleet - Wichita State --- Toronto Raptors
Gary Payton II - Oregon State --- Houston Rockets
Goodluck Okonoboh - UNLV
Gracin Bakumanya - Congo
Isaiah Taylor - Texas --- Houston Rockets
Jalen Reynolds - Xavier
Jameel Warney - Stony Brook
James Webb III - Boise State
Jarrod Uthoff - Iowa
Julian Jacobs - USC
Kaleb Tarczewski - Arizona --- Washington Wizards
Kyle Wiltjer - Gonzaga --- Houston Rockets
Mamadou Ndiaye - UC-Irvine --- Golden State Warriors
Marshall Plumlee - Duke
Moussa Diagne - Senegal
Perry Ellis - Kansas
Prince Ibeh - Texas
Rasheed Sulaimon - Maryland
Robert Carter - Maryland --- Golden State Warriors
Ron Baker - Wichita State --- New York Knicks
Rosco Allen - Stanford
Shawn Long - Louisiana-Lafayette
Sheldon McClellan - Miami --- Washington Wizards
Shevon Thompson - George Mason
Stefan Jankovic - Hawaii
Thomas Walkup - Stephen F. Austin
Tim Quarterman - LSU
Troy Williams - Indiana
Wayne Selden - Kansas
Yogi Ferrell - Indiana
Zach Auguste - Notre Dame

[semjazy]

I could start a separate thread but here's a list of some of the most notable undrafted players and where they have signed

Alex Caruso - Texas A&M
Alex Poythress - Kentucky --- Orlando Magic
Andrey Desyatnikov - Russia
Brandon Austin - Alabama
Brannen Greene - Kansas
Cat Barber - N.C. State --- New Orleans Pelicans
Damion Lee - Louisville
Danuel House - Texas A&M --- Washington Wizards
Derrick Jones - UNLV
Dorian Finney-Smith - Florida
Egidijus Mockevicius - Lithuania
Elgin Cook - Oregon
Emmanuel Malou - Australia
Fred VanVleet - Wichita State --- Toronto Raptors
Gary Payton II - Oregon State --- Houston Rockets
Goodluck Okonoboh - UNLV
Gracin Bakumanya - Congo
Isaiah Taylor - Texas --- Houston Rockets
Jalen Reynolds - Xavier
Jameel Warney - Stony Brook
James Webb III - Boise State
Jarrod Uthoff - Iowa
Julian Jacobs - USC
Kaleb Tarczewski - Arizona --- Washington Wizards
Kyle Wiltjer - Gonzaga --- Houston Rockets
Mamadou Ndiaye - UC-Irvine --- Golden State Warriors
Marshall Plumlee - Duke
Moussa Diagne - Senegal
Perry Ellis - Kansas
Prince Ibeh - Texas
Rasheed Sulaimon - Maryland
Robert Carter - Maryland --- Golden State Warriors
Ron Baker - Wichita State --- New York Knicks
Rosco Allen - Stanford
Shawn Long - Louisiana-Lafayette
Sheldon McClellan - Miami --- Washington Wizards
Shevon Thompson - George Mason
Stefan Jankovic - Hawaii
Thomas Walkup - Stephen F. Austin
Tim Quarterman - LSU
Troy Williams - Indiana
Wayne Selden - Kansas
Yogi Ferrell - Indiana
Zach Auguste - Notre Dame

I admit, I never watched single game of any of those players. But I heard Derrick Jones and Prince Ibeh, are super athletic, so maybe they should be target to develop in D-league? Are they any chances that those guys could learn enough basketball skills to play in NBA?

[moocow007]

I could start a separate thread but here's a list of some of the most notable undrafted players and where they have signed

Alex Caruso - Texas A&M
Alex Poythress - Kentucky --- Orlando Magic
Andrey Desyatnikov - Russia
Brandon Austin - Alabama
Brannen Greene - Kansas
Cat Barber - N.C. State --- New Orleans Pelicans
Damion Lee - Louisville
Danuel House - Texas A&M --- Washington Wizards
Derrick Jones - UNLV
Dorian Finney-Smith - Florida
Egidijus Mockevicius - Lithuania
Elgin Cook - Oregon
Emmanuel Malou - Australia
Fred VanVleet - Wichita State --- Toronto Raptors
Gary Payton II - Oregon State --- Houston Rockets
Goodluck Okonoboh - UNLV
Gracin Bakumanya - Congo
Isaiah Taylor - Texas --- Houston Rockets
Jalen Reynolds - Xavier
Jameel Warney - Stony Brook
James Webb III - Boise State
Jarrod Uthoff - Iowa
Julian Jacobs - USC
Kaleb Tarczewski - Arizona --- Washington Wizards
Kyle Wiltjer - Gonzaga --- Houston Rockets
Mamadou Ndiaye - UC-Irvine --- Golden State Warriors
Marshall Plumlee - Duke
Moussa Diagne - Senegal
Perry Ellis - Kansas
Prince Ibeh - Texas
Rasheed Sulaimon - Maryland
Robert Carter - Maryland --- Golden State Warriors
Ron Baker - Wichita State --- New York Knicks
Rosco Allen - Stanford
Shawn Long - Louisiana-Lafayette
Sheldon McClellan - Miami --- Washington Wizards
Shevon Thompson - George Mason
Stefan Jankovic - Hawaii
Thomas Walkup - Stephen F. Austin
Tim Quarterman - LSU
Troy Williams - Indiana
Wayne Selden - Kansas
Yogi Ferrell - Indiana
Zach Auguste - Notre Dame

I admit, I never watched single game of any of those players. But I heard Derrick Jones and Prince Ibeh, are super athletic, so maybe they should be target to develop in D-league? Are they any chances that those guys could learn enough basketball skills to play in NBA?

Derrick Jones is arguably one of if not the best finishers in college basketball and is known for his terrific athleticism. His skills are somewhat iffy though as he relies a lot on his crazy athletic ability.

Prince Ibeh has terrific athleticism for a near 7 footer. Reminds me a little of Sam Dalembert when he was younger. Problem with Ibeh is a combination of lack of refined skill and lack of a killer instinct...a real bad combo. He flashes some great ability but just doesn't seem to really want to play hard or be great.

One guy I'm still very interested in is Brandon Austin. He's a 6'6"-6'7" PG that has a lot of physical and basketball talent. Problem is that he's had quite a few run in's with the legal system and was kicked out of two schools for being a real bad boy. Supposed did real well with the Sixers during pre-draft workouts and was considered by some scouts to have been the top player in his HS class.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJ2yfpcbb4[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCtDmzCDnPY[/youtube]

[EdgeOf]

Mostly garbage

Yogi Ferrell plays the point but I doubt he can carry even a backup role.

Most of the others are taken or I am not interested in, just depressing

[Mr_Perfect]

Westbrook > Rose
Melo > Oladipo
KP > Adams
Noah or Pau > Kanter
Willy H = Sabonis

I think we have the edge still. Thunder lost interior defense by trading Ibaka.

C'mon son.

[JCS]

Westbrook > Rose
Melo > Oladipo
KP > Adams
Noah or Pau > Kanter
Willy H = Sabonis

I think we have the edge still. Thunder lost interior defense by trading Ibaka.

C'mon son.

Thank me later

[DowNY]

Westbrook > Rose
Melo > Oladipo
KP > Adams
Noah or Pau > Kanter
Willy H = Sabonis

I think we have the edge still. Thunder lost interior defense by trading Ibaka.

C'mon son.

Thank me later

Mr. Perfect has more class than that. It's not even that serious.
You on the other hand 13 year ballboy can eat a D & catch the itis. Hold this block.
Congrats on being the 1st to achieve that.

[NY2TheBay]

Mr. Perfect has more class than that. It's not even that serious.
You on the other hand 13 year ballboy can eat a D & catch the itis. Hold this block.
Congrats on being the 1st to achieve that.

I was talking about this same thing earlier with my friend, but the strong selling point I was talking about was being in the East with that lineup. KD will check out Rose this offseason and see where he is at Im sure.

[DowNY]

Mr. Perfect has more class than that. It's not even that serious.
You on the other hand 13 year ballboy can eat a D & catch the itis. Hold this block.
Congrats on being the 1st to achieve that.

I was talking about this same thing earlier with my friend, but the strong selling point I was talking about was being in the East with that lineup. KD will check out Rose this offseason and see where he is at Im sure.

Yeah man. Getting to the finals in the East is a much easier task to do vs. the West. Once you make the finals & you're in the dance for the ship, anything can happen much like with this Cavs/Warriors series.
In the West, you most likely not even getting a chance to get to the finals.
Thunder have no cap space to make any more improvements. This Ibaka trade was it.
Spurs, Mavs & Warriors can all add another piece or so.

[NY2TheBay]

Mr. Perfect has more class than that. It's not even that serious.
You on the other hand 13 year ballboy can eat a D & catch the itis. Hold this block.
Congrats on being the 1st to achieve that.

I was talking about this same thing earlier with my friend, but the strong selling point I was talking about was being in the East with that lineup. KD will check out Rose this offseason and see where he is at Im sure.

Yeah man. Getting to the finals in the East is a much easier task to do vs. the West. Once you make the finals & you're in the dance for the ship, anything can happen much like with this Cavs/Warriors series.
In the West, you most likely not even getting a chance to get to the finals.
Thunder have no cap space to make any more improvements. This Ibaka trade was it.
Spurs, Mavs & Warriors can all add another piece or so.

Its not crazy to think that this scenario becomes attractive to KD. Not sure if you caught some of the players tweets about this rose trade but they are surprised. I think the players know he was trying to get through last season healthy and had a rough start with the orbital issue while being unhappy with the org. Sometimes the players have a better pulse on this than fans or what advanced stats show.

The only question I would have would be the shots, the shots that would have to be distributed. Melo would have to really turn into a draymond type 4. Distribute, facilitate out of the post, rebound at a higher rate and defend on a nightly basis. But you make it work.

[DaGawd]

I was talking about this same thing earlier with my friend, but the strong selling point I was talking about was being in the East with that lineup. KD will check out Rose this offseason and see where he is at Im sure.

Yeah man. Getting to the finals in the East is a much easier task to do vs. the West. Once you make the finals & you're in the dance for the ship, anything can happen much like with this Cavs/Warriors series.
In the West, you most likely not even getting a chance to get to the finals.
Thunder have no cap space to make any more improvements. This Ibaka trade was it.
Spurs, Mavs & Warriors can all add another piece or so.

Its not crazy to think that this scenario becomes attractive to KD. Not sure if you caught some of the players tweets about this rose trade but they are surprised. I think the players know he was trying to get through last season healthy and had a rough start with the orbital issue while being unhappy with the org. Sometimes the players have a better pulse on this than fans or what advanced stats show.

The only question I would have would be the shots, the shots that would have to be distributed. Melo would have to really turn into a draymond type 4. Distribute, facilitate out of the post, rebound at a higher rate and defend on a nightly basis. But you make it work.

Im gonna have to call for your ban if/when KD signs with the Warriors bro

[thebuzzardman]

Yooo we signed Owen Wilson

Not sure about this pic.

Was always wondering if the actor from "The Greatest American Hero" had kids; apparently he did

[thebuzzardman]

I could start a separate thread but here's a list of some of the most notable undrafted players and where they have signed

Alex Caruso - Texas A&M
Alex Poythress - Kentucky --- Orlando Magic
Andrey Desyatnikov - Russia
Brandon Austin - Alabama
Brannen Greene - Kansas
Cat Barber - N.C. State --- New Orleans Pelicans
Damion Lee - Louisville
Danuel House - Texas A&M --- Washington Wizards
Derrick Jones - UNLV
Dorian Finney-Smith - Florida
Egidijus Mockevicius - Lithuania
Elgin Cook - Oregon
Emmanuel Malou - Australia
Fred VanVleet - Wichita State --- Toronto Raptors
Gary Payton II - Oregon State --- Houston Rockets
Goodluck Okonoboh - UNLV
Gracin Bakumanya - Congo
Isaiah Taylor - Texas --- Houston Rockets
Jalen Reynolds - Xavier
Jameel Warney - Stony Brook
James Webb III - Boise State
Jarrod Uthoff - Iowa
Julian Jacobs - USC
Kaleb Tarczewski - Arizona --- Washington Wizards
Kyle Wiltjer - Gonzaga --- Houston Rockets
Mamadou Ndiaye - UC-Irvine --- Golden State Warriors
Marshall Plumlee - Duke
Moussa Diagne - Senegal
Perry Ellis - Kansas
Prince Ibeh - Texas
Rasheed Sulaimon - Maryland
Robert Carter - Maryland --- Golden State Warriors
Ron Baker - Wichita State --- New York Knicks
Rosco Allen - Stanford
Shawn Long - Louisiana-Lafayette
Sheldon McClellan - Miami --- Washington Wizards
Shevon Thompson - George Mason
Stefan Jankovic - Hawaii
Thomas Walkup - Stephen F. Austin
Tim Quarterman - LSU
Troy Williams - Indiana
Wayne Selden - Kansas
Yogi Ferrell - Indiana
Zach Auguste - Notre Dame

I admit, I never watched single game of any of those players. But I heard Derrick Jones and Prince Ibeh, are super athletic, so maybe they should be target to develop in D-league? Are they any chances that those guys could learn enough basketball skills to play in NBA?

Derrick Jones is arguably one of if not the best finishers in college basketball and is known for his terrific athleticism. His skills are somewhat iffy though as he relies a lot on his crazy athletic ability.

Prince Ibeh has terrific athleticism for a near 7 footer. Reminds me a little of Sam Dalembert when he was younger. Problem with Ibeh is a combination of lack of refined skill and lack of a killer instinct...a real bad combo. He flashes some great ability but just doesn't seem to really want to play hard or be great.

One guy I'm still very interested in is Brandon Austin. He's a 6'6"-6'7" PG that has a lot of physical and basketball talent. Problem is that he's had quite a few run in's with the legal system and was kicked out of two schools for being a real bad boy. Supposed did real well with the Sixers during pre-draft workouts and was considered by some scouts to have been the top player in his HS class.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJ2yfpcbb4[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCtDmzCDnPY[/youtube]

Brandon Austin is going to go Tyree on Ron Baker if they room them together.

[King of Canada]

God, I'm glad I didn't stay up. Phill hoodwinked all of us with all of those workouts.

[The Infamous1]

It's almost like no one told Danny ainge this Isn't the NFL. Piling up a bunch of draft picks is meaningless for the NBA

[thebuzzardman]

It's almost like no one told Danny ainge this Isn't the NFL. Piling up a bunch of draft picks is meaningless for the NBA

Ainge is a good trading partner for the Knicks. He has like 25 players who were picked in the last 3 years and the Knicks currently have a roster of 6. Too bad they aren't cash strapped.

[br7knicks]

thunder trading ibaka, this means they're expecting KD to leave, and a rebuild?

[SARGO127]

thunder trading ibaka, this means they're expecting KD to stay , and a retool?

Fixed

[MaseInYourFace]

Knicks should sign Warney before OKC, GS, or spurs do it.