2023 NBA Draft: Thursday June 22 [no spoilers please]

[clyde21]

Blazers take a win now guy

[OkcSinceSGA]

3 hours to get to pick 23?? I’m done with this ****. This draft is pacing 7 hours.

[giberish]

Murray-blocking the Kings.

[CIN-C-STAR]

Worth the flyer from here on out. Elite high school player, was an elite shooter at Duke last year. His foot injury prior to the season really set him back and because of that never really became a top guy for Duke. But ya the dude can really shoot it and is worth the flyer right now.

I agree. I think he is the best player available and one of a couple with star potential.

Yup. He didnt show good defense last year, so if he had that he would be a real big steal right now because he would have a solid 3&D baseline. But ya even with that said, he has the best potential out of the rest of the guys on the board. Id take him. Im hoping Denver grabs him.

I like Vukcevic's potential a lot too, and he's a fellow Serbian that could be MPJ insurance, so was kinda thinking Denver might go that route.
Can't go wrong with elite shooting + Jokic tho.

[Chuck Everett]

Jackie didn't have a Hollywood hit until he was 72.

Ya. Im a huge fan of Chan. But Im talking Hollywood hits and a true Movie star here in the states. Chan definitely has his hits and when I was younger he was huge.

But Cruise was in Risky Business 40 years ago this year. Top Gun was one of the biggest movies of the 80s. The dude has huge hits in every decade since the early 80s. No one has had this kind of top level sustainability in Hollywood before.

Eastwood, Streep, DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson and Harrison Ford have Cruise beat but Cruise has decades left to go so he'll likely surpass them.

Not in terms of making crowd pleasing movies that make tons of money at the box office they don't. Cruise makes global hits. The others haven't done that in years (except for Harrison Ford).

[RIPskaterdude]

Booooo Portland

[XTC]

Lillard punching air at the moment

[clyde21]

Omax last one left in the green room?

[Blame Rasho]

Has any draft pick that fell really far lived up to their original mocked status?

Wasn't Michael Porter Jr. supposed to go higher in his year but red flags due to his back or something?

He still went 14th

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Rashard Lewis with the sonics

[BostonCouchGM]

not a fan of the POR pick with size still on the board and them desperate for it. Not the worst, but not what I'd do with Miller, Gueye, Nnaji and Jackson-Davis still available.

[kdawg32086]

Wanted the Blazers to pick him up. Unfortunate.

Kris Murray is the consolation prize. (I wanted Jackson-Davis from Indiana).

[Teen Girl Squad]

3 hours to get to pick 23?? I’m done with this ****. This draft is pacing 7 hours.

Given that each pick is only 5 minutes, its insane that this is taking as long as the NFL first round which is 10 minutes per. Hypothetically, we should be in round 2 already.

[SweaterBae]

Good grief, how lazy is it to show a highlight reel of Murray's brother?

[Canada_7]

Lol at his NBA comparison being his twin brother.

[rapstarter]

This really is taking way too long

[Dan Z]

Jackie Chan would like a word

Jackie didn't have a Hollywood hit until he was 72.

Ya. Im a huge fan of Chan. But Im talking Hollywood hits and a true Movie star here in the states. Chan definitely has his hits and when I was younger he was huge.

But Cruise was in Risky Business 40 years ago this year. Top Gun was one of the biggest movies of the 80s. The dude has huge hits in every decade since the early 80s. No one has had this kind of top level sustainability in Hollywood before.

What about Harrison Ford?

1977: Star War: A New Hope

1980s: Empire, Raiders, Jedi, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade. I won't count Blade Runner here because it wasn't a hit when it came out.

1990s: Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Fugitive, and Air Force One.

2000s: Crystal Skull?

2010s: Cowboys & Aliens, Ender's Game, Force Awakens, Blade Runner 2049, and The Rise of Skywalker.

2020s: 1923 and Dial of Destiny

[Dan33185]

So weird...."here's some footage of this picks brother from last years NBA season"

[RIPskaterdude]

Welp

[Duke4life831]

Ya. Im a huge fan of Chan. But Im talking Hollywood hits and a true Movie star here in the states. Chan definitely has his hits and when I was younger he was huge.

But Cruise was in Risky Business 40 years ago this year. Top Gun was one of the biggest movies of the 80s. The dude has huge hits in every decade since the early 80s. No one has had this kind of top level sustainability in Hollywood before.

Eastwood, Streep, DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson and Harrison Ford have Cruise beat but Cruise has decades left to go so he'll likely surpass them.

Not in terms of making crowd pleasing movies that make tons of money at the box office they don't. Cruise makes global hits. The others haven't done that in years (except for Harrison Ford).

Ya Im not talking really talented actors who have been acting for a long time. Im talking about an A list movie star that people flock to the theaters to watch him. And even Ford, outside of Star Wars which he wasnt one of the main stars of for the new trilogy. He really hasnt led a big movie since the last Indy movie in 08.

I also want to be clear, Im not saying Cruise is the best actor out of this group, probably easily last. But ya the dude is just a movie star and people love to watch his movies.

[Repeat 3-peat]

I really like what Dallas did tonight.