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Buzelis gang mount up!

honestly i hope so. there is a place for one and done type players, as there was historically a place for direct-from-high-school players, but the current system where almost everybody draftable just leaves right away sucks. you get wildly immature players (from a basketball perspectives), many of...

Yeah, but are we assured he's an MLE guy in a couple of years? Malik Monk went for 4 years 78M... they're different players, but I wouldn't say they're in the same tier in terms of what they have proven so far. Too many questions marks to make that leap IMO.

They also kept saying the Spurs are leaking things as misdirection and smoke screens so there's that :lol Maybe it's because we're too caught up and knowledgable but the video was pretty much worthless from the Ringer. Seemed like a video for the casual.

I found this tidbit interesting: https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/40403204/2024-nba-mock-draft-latest-first-second-round-predictions-all-58-picks If it's true the Spurs are trying to entice teams to trade up for no. 4, I wouldn't be so confident in them going with any of the most...

Based on the latest ESPN mock, the Spurs’ big board appears to be: 1. Risacher 2. Sheppard 3. Castle 4. Dillingham 5. Buzelis 6. Knecht 7. Williams 8. Salaun

Givony has been a massive backer of Risacher throughout the cycle. There's no other player he's pushed so relentlessly and over-praisingly. He's also the one who created and is still pushing the narrative of the Spurs trading up and giving a lot for him. A lot of what he's saying is kind of...

In a couple of years 4/64 will essentially be the MLE.

That’s too steep a price to pay in my book for such a flat draft. I like Risacher too and he’s #1 on my draft board, but I certainly wouldn’t give back Atlanta’s 2025 pick for him. The most I’d be willing to give up is pick #35, which the Hawks probably would say no to. Given that, I’d be happy to...

Salaun at 4 would be a disaster. Legit. **Taking a swing on Salaun at 8 is one thing, but drafting him over Castle or Sheppard at 4 would be another. I'd never forgive BW tbh.

I'm watching what they do at 4, if they draft Castle there, I see them rolling the dice on Salaun at 8. If Risacher or Buzelis is taken at 4, Carter could be the 8th pick.

Yup. Similar situation too. Banchero hadn't worked out with Orlando either, but they were able to land a last-minute sit down with him and then selected him a couple days later.

Fully agree. Castle at 4 is perfect form me though cause he's my pet cat in this draft, though I'd honestly be happy with any of those top 4 guys tbh.

Most likely outcome (and I say likely very loosely here lol): Sarr, Risacher, Reed top 3. So SA, unless they trade up, starts with that base of players being gone by 4 IMO

Didn't Jabari Smith Jr have the best odds to be picked at #1 in 2022 draft and then he dropped to #3?

Why would anyone take this bet? You're not making any money on Risacher and there's a good chance he doesn't get picked there.

Still think Sarr ends up going 1st Overall, but this is the Hawks we're talking about here so who knows tbh. 1805272185361047742

It's Cooper Flagg draft because ESPN needs something to market. Who knows how's draft going to look this time next year.

I'd bet money that Cooper Flagg is going to have a good, but not exceptional year at Duke. He's a physical specimen against high schoolers without a lot of polish, and he cannot shoot. Once people actually watch him play it's going to be feeding season. Good, but not generational. Fortunately the...

How does that relate to what I posted on next year's draft already being known as the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes other than youre referencing their status' coming out of HS? I certainly never heard Hollands draft after HS be referred to as the Ron Holland sweepstakes

Not said by me, lol. I was never high on Scoot or Amen or Ausar or as even top 3 picks unlike much of the board. The beautiful thing is I put that on record here on multiple threads. Next year has Cooper Flagg. People are already calling it the Cooper Flagg draft just as tge called last year...

wayyyy too much no?

Another thing about the #8 pick is that it could be viewed as an opportunity to draft the best possible future trade piece-- so even if there's not a neat fit, it could be all about accumulating assets that might look good to others. Who knows, maybe the Spurs acquire their next future star in a...

Yup. I still have the Hawks taking Sarr #1 overall, as I posted in the Draft topic thread a couple hours ago, despite the fact that he hasn't worked out with them. He has the highest upside in the draft, especially defensively, and I personally think ATL would be crazy to take a 3-and-D wing over...

I’d rather just try to trade for Sexton and use 8 on someone else tbh…

I would be pretty disappointed if Reed is avaible to SA at 4 and they dont get him.