NBA Draft Thread - Thursday June 23, 2022

[bisme37]

Lottery:
1. Magic ---Paolo Banchero | PF | Duke
2. Thunder --- Chet Holmgren | C | Gonzaga
3. Rockets ---Jabari Smith | PF | Auburn
4. Kings ---Keegan Murray | PF | Iowa
5. Pistons ---Jaden Ivey | SG | Purdue
6. Pacers ---Bennedict Mathurin | SG | Arizona
7. Trail Blazers ---Shaedon Sharpe | SG | Kentucky
8. Pelicans ---Dyson Daniels | SG | G League Ignite
9. Spurs ---Jeremy Sochan | PF | Baylor
10. Wizards ---Johnny Davis | SG | Wisconsin
11. *Knicks ---Ousmane Dieng | SF | France (*Traded to OKC)
12. Thunder ---Jalen Williams | SG | Santa Clara
13. *Hornets ---Jalen Duren | C | Memphis (*Traded to Pistons)
14. Cavaliers ---Ochai Agbaji | SG | Kansas



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May your team draft all the good players and none of the bad ones!

[KokoKaizer]

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[bisme37]

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Something is wrong here

Bloody hell! Lol, thanks for noticing.

[KokoKaizer]

Bloody hell! Lol, thanks for noticing.

You know, as a Magic fan we won our playoffs... so wasn't difficult

To the topic --> I'm absolutely not thrilled to pick 1 ...

Hope to trade back and get some assets ! (Houston ?)

And be pretty sure to have at least a Magic trade in the 2nd round for the mythical "Cash Consideration" ...

[MotownMadness]

Best night of the year in sports

[MagicFan12345]

Bloody hell! Lol, thanks for noticing.

You know, as a Magic fan we won our playoffs... so wasn't difficult

To the topic --> I'm absolutely not thrilled to pick 1 ...

Hope to trade back and get some assets ! (Houston ?)

And be pretty sure to have at least a Magic trade in the 2nd round for the mythical "Cash Consideration" ...

Magic is going to stay put and pick Jabari and then Magic will trade their 2nd rounder for cash considerations like they usually do

[Homer38]

Who will make the wtf draft pick of this draft?

Kings?

[WestbrookGOATed]

Cannot wait!!!

[ImSlower]

Every year I tell myself to watch it without reading twitter or this site, but I can never be that steadfast. So bring it on, Twitter F5'ers, let me know within 30 seconds of those Woj bombs. You're doing good work.

[NYPiston]

Who will make the wtf draft pick of this draft?

Kings?

As a Pistons fan, I sure hope so.

I still think they take the long term upside in Ivey (they ignored need with Mitchell last year) or trade it to a team that is thirsting for Ivey but if they don't, it presents an interesting option for the Pistons.

[Blame Rasho]

I wonder who among the top 3 will be the bust and who among the lottery will be a flat out stud.

[JujitsuFlip]

Hopefully some decent trades go down. Looking forward to the draft!

[Castle Black]

My personal mock as of today. Subject to change in the next 3 days.


1. ORL - Jabari Smith Jr.
2. OKC - Chet Holmgren
3. HOU - Paulo Banchero
4. SAC - Keegan Murray
5. DET - Jaden Ivey
6. IND - Ben Mathurin
7. POR - Johnny Davis
8. NOL - Shaedon Sharpe
9. SAS - Dyson Daniels
10. WAS - Jalen Duren
11. NYK - Ousmane Dieng
12. OKC - AJ Griffin
13. CHA - Mark Williams
14. CLE - Malaki Brenham

[Statlanta]

I wish we had the smarts to trade our pick for a future top pick. It's clear we have too many frontcourt players to even truly develop Chet, Paolo and maybe even Jabari

[God Squad]

Magic gonna mess this up.

[SK21209]

So apparently the Kings have had no contact with Ivey and really like Murray? A little surprising to me but I really like Murray so I don't think its some big mistake. Ivey in Detroit with Cade is really intriguing to me and if I'm Indiana, I pair Haliburton with Sharpe. Would make for a couple of really fun young backcourts in the East.

[Castle Black]

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[Castle Black]

Banchero to Houston at 3.

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[Jamaaliver]

While I think they'll all be fine NBA players, I'm not sure those 3 lead to an NBA title anytime soon.