2022 NBA Draft

[916fan]

Johnny Davis hasn't been getting much love around these fronts, but he's a top 10 pick for me.

6'5 195lb SG out of Wisconsin. He's about the same age as Chet, only a 19-year-old Sophomore. Good athlete who can shoot the ball from any spot on the floor. He moves extremely well without the ball, but can also create shots for himself with mid-range pull ups. On defense, I'm curious to see what his wingspan is, but he's a good physical and smart defender who knows how to stay home with someone, while playing passing lanes at the same time.

I think his main areas of improvement are going to be ball handling and finishing at the rim. He's aggressive in attacking down hill, but improving those two aspects go hand in hand. He's strictly a SG, so his passing game isn't that of a combo guard, but you'd like to see him create more opportunities for others when his shot isn't there.

His confidence and bball IQ give him a certain "it" factor.

[MemphisX]

Johnny Davis hasn't been getting much love around these fronts, but he's a top 10 pick for me.

6'5 195lb SG out of Wisconsin. He's about the same age as Chet, only a 19-year-old Sophomore. Good athlete who can shoot the ball from any spot on the floor. He moves extremely well without the ball, but can also create shots for himself with mid-range pull ups. On defense, I'm curious to see what his wingspan is, but he's a good physical and smart defender who knows how to stay home with someone, while playing passing lanes at the same time.

I think his main areas of improvement are going to be ball handling and finishing at the rim. He's aggressive in attacking down hill, but improving those two aspects go hand in hand. He's strictly a SG, so his passing game isn't that of a combo guard, but you'd like to see him create more opportunities for others when his shot isn't there.

His confidence and bball IQ give him a certain "it" factor.

Definitely should be a top 10ish pick. We will see if previous perceptions of other guys prevail though especially if they shine in the pre-draft process.

1. Jabari Smith
2. Chet
3. Paolo
4. Ivey
5. Brown
6. Mathurin
7. AJG

Then you have Hardy, Duren, and PBJ to contend with based on their HS tape.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

Dennis Rodman Jr. is a guy who won't be getting picked in the 2022 NBA draft. However could he be coming on late, like his old man? Does anyone need an offensive rebounding/three point shooting specialist? Could this be the mold breaking nba player? 143.something Offensive Rating. You simply can't go wrong with DJ.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dj-rodman-1.html

[babyjax13]

Dennis Rodman Jr. is a guy who won't be getting picked in the 2022 NBA draft. However could he be coming on late, like his old man? Does anyone need an offensive rebounding/three point shooting specialist? Could this be the mold breaking nba player? 143.something Offensive Rating. You simply can't go wrong with DJ.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dj-rodman-1.html

Unfortunately, I don't see anything there that will attract NBA teams in the draft. Maybe he can show he fills a role during summer league and get a two-way. I'd expect him to play his senior year and hopefully he shows development, then. Right now his only really eye-popping game from a numbers standpoint is against Northern Colorado, which is usually a middling to bad team in the Big Sky and will likely slide as the season goes. I went to Idaho State so I know the talent level at these schools, some of them end up with a few good players and can make some fun runs, but the bench and end of roster players aren't much better than I am (and I'm certainly not going to do anything impressive) so him having a good game against that kind of talent isn't going to impress scouts. Take out that game and he's mostly getting single-digit scoring in the non Big-Sky games (second best game was Weber, which is usually the best in the Big Sky by a significant margin).

[stormi]

Best shooters in this draft. Who come to mind?

[babyjax13]

Best shooters in this draft. Who come to mind?

Antonio Reeves and Hyunjung Lee might be the best spot-up shooters in the draft. Jabari Smith, other than Lee, is the best shooting big. Jaden Shackleford can really shoot, probably available in that 45-60 range.

[God Squad]

For me their are like two tiers, After T1, everyone else is pretty much same tier per say.
T1.
Jabari
Chet
Paolo (meh)
Ivey (love)

T2
Kendall Brown
Maturin
Hardy
Duren
Murray
Eason
etc...

Also does anyone "love" PBJ game? I see the length and size, But for a supposed 6'10 Klay he doesn't make a lot of shots, even against sub par competition.

[crows2]

Best shooters in this draft. Who come to mind?

Despite the poor % so far this season, Buddy Boeheim would have to be up there. Max Abmas too.

[BlazersBroncos]

Am I crazy for seeing a quality role player in Christian Braun? I see a clear cut late FRP when I watch him.

Athletic enough, tough, good decision making, good shot mechanics, posting some sexy BLK + STL numbers.

I think he can be a nice 4-5th option role player as a low usage disruptor.

[clyde21]

Eason has to have at least a 7 foot w/s, looks like his hands might be huge too

[babyjax13]

Watching AJ Griffin cover the entire court laterally on defense is really impressive. I put him back into my 2022 mock. Even if there is not some offensive upside that's hidden in the college game, a guy who could be something like a much more athletic PJ Tucker would be a really nice get in the 7-14 range of just about any draft (a physical lockdown defender who can guard 1-4 and switch onto 5s and who hits open threes at a very good percentage).

[babyjax13]

Also, Antonio Reeves showing why I really like him in the 20-35 range : )

[MotownMadness]

Watching AJ Griffin cover the entire court laterally on defense is really impressive. I put him back into my 2022 mock. Even if there is not some offensive upside that's hidden in the college game, a guy who could be something like a much more athletic PJ Tucker would be a really nice get in the 7-14 range of just about any draft (a physical lockdown defender who can guard 1-4 and switch onto 5s and who hits open threes at a very good percentage).

When he does have good games he looks really good to me.

[CptCrunch]

Found this on reddit, snippet for 100 (crazy) prospects: https://baumboards.substack.com/p/the-baumboards-december-2021-top

Generally based on 2021 board comments. This is NOT me. I am not Maxwell Baumbach.

[Ruzious]

Am I crazy for seeing a quality role player in Christian Braun? I see a clear cut late FRP when I watch him.

Athletic enough, tough, good decision making, good shot mechanics, posting some sexy BLK + STL numbers.

I think he can be a nice 4-5th option role player as a low usage disruptor.

He's good at an awful lot of things - not great but good enough that he's not one of those guys who doesn't make it because he's not quite good enough at anything. And I think his 3 point shooting will come around. Everything about him says high BBIQ.

[DCasey91]

I’m very high on AJ, just needs time, acclamation and reps and will drafted in the top ten. I think he’s a top 5 player from this draft. It’s clear to me he has the class in that big guard or Butler mold at NBA level. Okoro, Culver and Williams I was so so on but not this prospect.

[EMG518]

I'm surprised after Mobley's early success people aren't higher on Chet. As of now I think my top 3 are

1.Chet
2.Paolo
3.Ivey

[clyde21]

what does Mobley have to do with Chet

[EMG518]

The largest concern with Chet is his weight and Mobley is not much bigger, also a smaller player for his height and length and he is handling the physicality of the league and defending at a high level. I'm not letting a guy like this drop if I'm picking because of a few pounds.

[TheBunk]

If you can't see the frame difference between Chet and Mobley, then I probably can't convince you of their difference. It should be apparent.