2022 NBA Draft

[crows2]

Jaden hardy is being slept on

How exactly is the presumptive number 3 pick being slept on?

not much talk about him

There’s literally a thread a few down from this titled “Jaden Hardy should go #1 in 2022 change my mind”.

[3toheadmelo]

How exactly is the presumptive number 3 pick being slept on?

not much talk about him

There’s literally a thread a few down from this titled “Jaden Hardy should go #1 in 2022 change my mind”.

you seem mad I don’t read every thread on this board

[Hal14]

How exactly is the presumptive number 3 pick being slept on?

not much talk about him

There’s literally a thread a few down from this titled “Jaden Hardy should go #1 in 2022 change my mind”.

Yeah and the guy who did the most in depth scouting report videos on all of the top prospects last year (Adam Spinella) posted a mammoth article recently where he ranks Hardy no. 1 on his preseason big board.

I've seen others on Twitter say they have Hardy no. 1 as well.

[WargamesX]

What do y’all think about Matthew Mayer? Is he a lock for a first rounder?

[retrobro90]

Watch on YouTube

Very impressed with the TyTy/Collins here. Having only heard Vecenie/Matt Pennie talk about TyTy prior to this you'd think he was Andre Miller. Guy looks quick with good length and a good looking stroke. Collins I had seen before but wow super impressed here. Lacing it on these makes from 3. So long and dynamic as a play finisher.

[TheSuzerain]

TyTy looks like a lotto pick in that.

[clyde21]

my preseason top 3 tiers

1 Chet Holmgren
2 Paolo Banchero

3 Jabari Smith Jr.
4 Nikola Jovic
5 Kendall Brown

6 Yannick Nzosa
7 Ousmane Dieng
8 Jaden Hardy
9 Patrick Baldwin Jr.
10 Caleb Houstan
11 Bennedict Mathurin
12 Jaden Ivey

[K_chile22]

Jabari Smith to me is like if Christian Wood was actually a four and good on defense

[retrobro90]

Anybody catch the OTE game earlier today? Very hard to judge the level of competition there but Jean Montero has really impressed me at every step. Obvious questions about his size but there's no doubt he's an NBA level scorer and distributor imo.

[namlede]

How good is Chet's defense or how good do you project his defense to be? He doesn't seem as quick twitch as Mobley, but he may be longer.

[RollingWave]

Ignite had their first exhibition game, Scoot henderson didn't play, they got punched in the mouth to start, something ridiculous like 20-0, they recovered and made it more of a game but obviously it's very hard to come all the way back from that.

Very general impression.

Hardy: shots didn't fall, rough game. Did have 6 assist, but overall for the whole team a lot of pass that wasn't clean

Foster: couldn't get clean shots off, concerning. rebounded pretty well though.

Daniel: probably the biggest culprit for the horrific start, losing dribbles and all, deer in headlight, did obviously look less bad later on but still only got 3 shots off.

Beauchamp: pretty much the only one that played well statistically, pretty efficient and scored in variety of ways, interesting.

Zeng: the only one of the bunch that had a positive +/- (partly because he didn't start and wasn't involved in most of the horrific start where they were annhilated.) shots weren't really falling but got big blocks and rebounded well,

didn't get to watch most of it though, will need to rewatch

[Duke4life831]

Just an exhibition game, but a few takeaways from Duke's game so far today. Nice seeing AJ get on the court and work himself into shape, that dude is just so long. You can easily see the 7+ wingspan on him.

Also its refreshing to see that Paolo doesnt look like he will be relegated to just the dunking spot like Jalen was last year. Has spent plenty of time out on the perimeter, running fast breaks, really just playing all over. Hopefully this isn't just a exhibition thing and this is how he plays Paolo all year. Players like Paolo used to be K's specialty at really building an offense around and showcasing that kind of talent. Hopefully since its his last year he puts in more effort and is at least an adequate coach this year and not a horrible one like he has been the last few years.

[clyde21]

it'll be interesting to see difference in how Paolo is used vs. JJ, honestly from a physical profile/skill standpoint they are pretty similar, will play similar roles/archetypes in the NBA, so im intrigued in watching how Paolo's handled differently.

[Duke4life831]

it'll be interesting to see difference in how Paolo is used vs. JJ, honestly from a physical profile/skill standpoint they are pretty similar, will play similar roles/archetypes in the NBA, so im intrigued in watching how Paolo's handled differently.

In all honesty I wouldn’t be shocked if K and Jalen butted heads early on and K kind of just checked out with him.

K had to truly go out of his way to misuse Jalen as much as he did.

But from early practice footage, reports from the Villinova scrimmage, the Countdown to Crazies scrimmage, and now this exhibition. It does look like K is going to use Paolo the appropriate way this year.

[clyde21]

it'll be interesting to see difference in how Paolo is used vs. JJ, honestly from a physical profile/skill standpoint they are pretty similar, will play similar roles/archetypes in the NBA, so im intrigued in watching how Paolo's handled differently.

In all honesty I wouldn’t be shocked if K and Jalen butted heads early on and K kind of just checked out with him.

K had to truly go out of his way to misuse Jalen as much as he did.

But from early practice footage, reports from the Villinova scrimmage, the Countdown to Crazies scrimmage, and now this exhibition. It does look like K is going to use Paolo the appropriate way this year.

yea I think that makes sense, obviously JJ had a lot of baggage that Paolo doesn't have, he's on the opposite end of the spectrum on that, Paolo's been that dude and a leader throughout his career so far, mentally speaking the perfect player for a Coach K team.

[Saints14]

How good is Chet's defense or how good do you project his defense to be? He doesn't seem as quick twitch as Mobley, but he may be longer.

I'm wondering about this too. Not sure if anyone else here listens to the Chucking Darts podcast but recently they had the founder of the Stepien on and were talking about Holmgren. They were both pretty down on his defense and felt due to his frame and below average athleticism it would be hard for him to a plus defender. I'm aware of how skinny Chet is but I always thought he was a defensive monster and block machine wherever he's played, and even if he had to play the 4 in the NBA would have a positive impact as a rim protector ala pre-injury KP. Curious what others who are more tuned into these guys than I am think

[Marcus]

How good is Chet's defense or how good do you project his defense to be? He doesn't seem as quick twitch as Mobley, but he may be longer.

I'm wondering about this too. Not sure if anyone else here listens to the Chucking Darts podcast but recently they had the founder of the Stepien on and were talking about Holmgren. They were both pretty down on his defense and felt due to his frame and below average athleticism it would be hard for him to a plus defender. I'm aware of how skinny Chet is but I always thought he was a defensive monster and block machine wherever he's played, and even if he had to play the 4 in the NBA would have a positive impact as a rim protector ala pre-injury KP. Curious what others who are more tuned into these guys than I am think

shot blocker for sure but need to see if that's due to size of the comp he played against. in terms of holding position yeah he'll need to put size on but he does appear to have good timing on his rotations and when to get up to get the shots. but again we have to wait and see how that translates at these next few levels.

If we're speaking in terms of comp to Mobes though i don't think Chet is quite as versatile or will be as overall impactful as what we saw from Mobes at USC or with the Cavs right now.

[God Squad]

Anyone else kinda low on this draft? I'm not sure I really "love" any of the top prospects except maybe Paolo. Even in Paolo's case I wanna see more. I'm sure some will surprise and some will improve. But ATM I'm really only looking at Paolo and to a lesser degree Hardy.

[peZt]

Anyone else kinda low on this draft? I'm not sure I really "love" any of the top prospects except maybe Paolo. Even in Paolo's case I wanna see more. I'm sure some will surprise and some will improve. But ATM I'm really only looking at Paolo and to a lesser degree Hardy.

I'd rather have a draft class have 2-3 top notch prospects than 10 solid prospects. This draft might not be super deep but I like the Top 2 more than most drafts of the past decade. I think Chet and Paolo have superstar potential and that's enough for me to declare this a good draft. Then you have other dark horses like Nzosa, Duren or Jovic

[retrobro90]

Anyone else kinda low on this draft? I'm not sure I really "love" any of the top prospects except maybe Paolo. Even in Paolo's case I wanna see more. I'm sure some will surprise and some will improve. But ATM I'm really only looking at Paolo and to a lesser degree Hardy.

I agree with the spirit of this statement even though personally I would exchange Paolo's name with Chet's and Hardy's name with AJ Griffin's.

Doesn't help that we just had an incredible class to watch and salivate over while guys in 2022 have yet to play a meaningful minute for their college programs.