Your Top 20 in the 2023 NBA Draft a month before the NCAA Tournament

[WargamesX]

Why are so many people down on Hood? I was listening to barlowe the other day and they both had him outside the first round

Nothing out of the norm but this is just a draft full of guys with higher ceilings or higher production. I think he is a first round player. I think he is a high floor guy who can be effective on and off the ball. He doesn’t bring enough self creation to reliably say he will be a starting PG in the NBA and would need some development. He also doesn’t have an outlier skill like Wallace defense where you can see he could be special. He is skilled with the ball and a good shooter so there is hope he can develop because he looks like a legitimate NBA player. I think initially he could be slotted to be a good glue guy as a starter or more likely a backup PG/Combo guard as he develops.

With that said I don’t see him going back to school. There are not 30 guys better than him in this draft, maybe 15-20 at most. He could go back to school, but why? If he was at a school like Villanova where they could have helped him with the footwork/handle to compensate for he fact he isn’t physically able to just out run or overpower people to get to the basket. Then maybe it would be worth it, but he might as well go to the league and get paid to work his way up from the being a roleplayer.

[azcatz11]

Why are so many people down on Hood? I was listening to barlowe the other day and they both had him outside the first round

Nothing out of the norm but this is just a draft full of guys with higher ceilings or higher production. I think he is a first round player. I think he is a high floor guy who can be effective on and off the ball. He doesn’t bring enough self creation to reliably say he will be a starting PG in the NBA and would need some development. He also doesn’t have an outlier skill like Wallace defense where you can see he could be special. He is skilled with the ball and a good shooter so there is hope he can develop because he looks like a legitimate NBA player. I think initially he could be slotted to be a good glue guy as a starter or more likely a backup PG/Combo guard as he develops.

With that said I don’t see him going back to school. There are not 30 guys better than him in this draft, maybe 15-20 at most. He could go back to school, but why? If he was at a school like Villanova where they could have helped him with the footwork/handle to compensate for he fact he isn’t physically able to just out run or overpower people to get to the basket. Then maybe it would be worth it, but he might as well go to the league and get paid to work his way up from the being a roleplayer.

He reminds me of Evan Turner. So if you get Evan turned in the 20s that’s pretty solid

[babyjax13]

Why are so many people down on Hood? I was listening to barlowe the other day and they both had him outside the first round

i'm a pretty big fan of jhs. i just think he goes back to indiana.

I've had him in or near the first round most of the year starting before the season, but I agree that he just looks like an excellent connective piece.

[PoundTown]

Why are so many people down on Hood? I was listening to barlowe the other day and they both had him outside the first round

Nothing out of the norm but this is just a draft full of guys with higher ceilings or higher production. I think he is a first round player. I think he is a high floor guy who can be effective on and off the ball. He doesn’t bring enough self creation to reliably say he will be a starting PG in the NBA and would need some development. He also doesn’t have an outlier skill like Wallace defense where you can see he could be special. He is skilled with the ball and a good shooter so there is hope he can develop because he looks like a legitimate NBA player. I think initially he could be slotted to be a good glue guy as a starter or more likely a backup PG/Combo guard as he develops.

With that said I don’t see him going back to school. There are not 30 guys better than him in this draft, maybe 15-20 at most. He could go back to school, but why? If he was at a school like Villanova where they could have helped him with the footwork/handle to compensate for he fact he isn’t physically able to just out run or overpower people to get to the basket. Then maybe it would be worth it, but he might as well go to the league and get paid to work his way up from the being a roleplayer.

He reminds me of Evan Turner. So if you get Evan turned in the 20s that’s pretty solid

A little smaller, but way better looking jump shot. If Evan, had a better reliable 3 pt jumper, he would have been a really good player. Sometimes we take these players assuming the jumpshot will develop like Norm, but sometimes it just doensn't, ala Jarrett Culver.

I like this kid though. Plays both ways, handles, shoots, passes, competes hard.