2017 NBA DRAFT Part 3

Post #1421 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:18 pm

Not picking someone they didn't work out is a terrible idea.

emunney · Post #1422 » by **emunney** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:22 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Not picking someone they didn't work out is a terrible idea.

Didn't work out Giannis.

midranger · Post #1423 » by **midranger** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:25 pm

There are so many second rounders I like in our slot. Wouldn't mind having 2 or 3 seconds this year to fill up The Herd.

Big fan of drafting production with legit NBA athleticism in the second.

lvckv · Post #1424 » by **lvckv** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:28 pm

Read on Twitter

Mitchell, Jackson, Giles, Leaf, BAM and Allen are on the sheet

StickeeFingaz · Post #1425 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:31 pm

emunney wrote:
StickeeFingaz wrote:
M-C-G wrote:
What in the world do you make of that?

Who the hell knows. Just cliche GM speak. I don't think we will ever get a clear idea of what the plan is for the draft or for the future.

Your confusion confuses me.

I guess my point is that he could just be feeding us a line and he drafts for what he thinks is a need.

If Monroe opts out and we draft a center he could come out and say, "well Player X was our BPA all along", and we would never know. I'm probably not articulating it well but it made sense in my head before I actually had to write it.

skones · Post #1426 » by **skones** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:31 pm

M-C-G wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

What in the world do you make of that?

Translation: BPA

This seems obvious?

midranger · Post #1427 » by **midranger** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:33 pm

With the way the league is going, draft as many 6'8 hyper- athletic guys with a jumper or guards who can get their own shot as you can.

Badgerlander · Post #1428 » by **Badgerlander** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:49 pm

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machu46 · Post #1429 » by **machu46** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:53 pm

emunney wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Not picking someone they didn't work out is a terrible idea.

Didn't work out Giannis.

Did Giannis work out for anybody? I don't remember if he did or not. I would guess that the Bucks are willing to make exceptions in cases like that.

But they pretty much always bring in 10+ first round guys and then select one of them. This year's list is:

Donovan Mitchell
Justin Jackson
Harry Giles (Bucks went to see him)
Jarrett Allen (solo workout)
TJ Leaf (both workout and Bucks went to see him)
Bam Adebayo
Ivan Rabb
Tyler Lydon
Tony Bradley
Derrick White

And of this list, Giles, Leaf, BAM, and White are connected to us in terms of agents (BAM shares Giannis' agent and the rest are with Schwartz' agency)

Gianstoppable · Post #1430 » by **Gianstoppable** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:58 pm

I have this feeling we end up with TJ Leaf

machu46 · Post #1431 » by **machu46** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:00 pm

Gianstoppable wrote:I have this feeling we end up with TJ Leaf

Same. I think it'll be him, Giles, or Jackson.

JHSFIVE · Post #1432 » by **JHSFIVE** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:02 pm

Gianstoppable wrote:I have this feeling we end up with TJ Leaf

sure hope not

SirChurros · Post #1433 » by **SirChurros** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:03 pm

I think I'd be fine with Leaf.

I'd like Mitchell but I doubt he falls. Otherwise give me Bam.

Gianstoppable · Post #1434 » by **Gianstoppable** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:05 pm

Have It All wrote:I think I'd be fine with Leaf.

I'd like Mitchell but I doubt he falls. Otherwise give me Bam.

I dont know a ton about Leaf but respect his shooting stroke for a big and seems like a solid rebounder

DanoMac · Post #1435 » by **DanoMac** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:06 pm

M-C-G wrote:

Read on Twitter

If there is anyone I'd want to trade up for, it's DSJ.

SirChurros · Post #1436 » by **SirChurros** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:08 pm

Gianstoppable wrote:
Have It All wrote:I think I'd be fine with Leaf.

I'd like Mitchell but I doubt he falls. Otherwise give me Bam.

I dont know a ton about Leaf but respect his shooting stroke for a big and seems like a solid rebounder

Stretch-4 who can run the floor, is athletic and can shoot sounds good to me. That's basically Leaf. There are some questions about his defense, but I'm fine letting that slide because he an excellent spacer. If you start him and Thon, you have two bigs who are excellent shooters from deep.

Gianstoppable · Post #1437 » by **Gianstoppable** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:09 pm

Have It All wrote:
Gianstoppable wrote:
Have It All wrote:I think I'd be fine with Leaf.

I'd like Mitchell but I doubt he falls. Otherwise give me Bam.

I dont know a ton about Leaf but respect his shooting stroke for a big and seems like a solid rebounder

Stretch-4 who can run the floor, is athletic and can shoot sounds good to me. That's basically Leaf. There are some questions about his defense, but I'm fine letting that slide because he an excellent spacer. If you start him and Thon, you have two bigs who are excellent shooters from deep.

A Brogdon, Middleton, Giannis, Leaf, Thon lineup could be pretty good offensively and defensively for the most part I'd guess

buckboy · Post #1438 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:12 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Not picking someone they didn't work out is a terrible idea.

Yep. There's always a guy who slides.

Garden Of Edens · Post #1439 » by **Garden Of Edens** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:18 pm

I think our first choice is Mitchell, if he doesnt get to us I'm willing to bet we take BAM

HurricaneKid · Post #1440 » by **HurricaneKid** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:18 pm

lvckv wrote:

Read on Twitter

Mitchell, Jackson, Giles, Leaf, BAM and Allen are on the sheet

I actually take this to mean that Mitchell doesn't have a promise above our pick and that Kennard, Giles, Patton, and Ferguson all do. While I had been warming to Kennard, Giles, and Patton I think this is a positive development in that some of these mocks seem woefully wrong and even Ntilikina appears to be dropping into our range.

I don't get why FOs make promises like this though. Does anyone think that Charlotte would rather have Frank the Tank than 4 1st INCLUDING the Nets pick this year? I sure don't. I would always give myself outs to make moves if someone knocked my socks off with an offer. Its one thing to give a wide berth to FAs. Its another thing entirely to overpromise picks that will be under team control for 7 years.

There has been a lot of talk about Leaf and while I think he fits in the NBA he really doesn't fit our swarming long armed defense in that there is no sense in pressuring teams when you always have a clean outlet in whoever Leaf would be guarding. My nephew played on an AAU team that had several really good players that just weren't athletic enough to pressure with the rest of the team and it destroyed their defensive structure.