Mr. Body
Body Of Work

I'd caution against another draft pick for this year. There's only so many 1st and 2nd year guys you can handle without cannibalize development. This is a problem OKC is facing, for example. Pokusevki is hurt. Ousmane Dieng was a guy they coughed up three FRPs for. James Robinson-Earl is pretty...

Raptors lose again, six games under. 500. I'm not sure what the cause is, but at this point they should just roll into the lottery and consider blowing it up.

Sochan is lighter on his feet, Kawhi more powerful. Kawhi was a menace when he actually played defense. I only hope Sochan gets somewhere close.

Dallas in bad shape if they could barely handle Detroit at home.

Jesus, how are they playing that guy?

Feel like Pop played cooler on Sochan tonight.

Are we going to see Sochan again?

Then Pop ut in Branham and Blake at the same time.

Branham airballed a 3. Seems like the yips have returned a bit.

Christ, Sochan hit a three.

Pop actually called a timeout on a defensive breakdown. Honestly Sochan is kinddda taking too many shots and is blowing his defense. He's doing great, but settling him down and not letting his head get too big is good right now.

Sochan is like Neo in the Matrix at this point -- "He understands now."

Didn't Drew Gooden play only like 20 games for the Spurs?

He's shredding the Wizards so far. A guy like Kispert, understandably not the best defender, was neither strong or fast enough to stop him.

Charlotte is a nowhere franchise in a craphole city that doesn't care about professional basketball, though. They already ran the Hornets out of town because their owner did an infidelity. Their current owner is a moron when it comes to putting a team together. It would be the worst possible...

The mainstream, 'top' guys were confused about the draft. They failed to accept that Keegan Murray was actually good, the same as they overrated Jabari Smith, Jr. It's because they don't know what they're talking about, most of them. They failed to recognize that Mathurin was an exceptional talent....

It's not a conviction. I'm just amazed people will be so fired up about a blatantly mediocre class other than the top guy. Hope springs eternal! I hope you guys don't wind up bawling your eyes out. But let's not keep lying about a few things, alright? 1. Media always, always talk a draft...

No one said last year wasn't a great draft class. I don't know where you or anywhere else got that.

It's a sort of survivorship bias mixed with a gambler's fallacy. Somewhere along those lines. Spurs fans are desperate to have this awful year matter, so they've intoxicated themselves with a draft class they swear must be superior because their hearts demand it.

No doubt they're here to stay. They get Klutch and ESPN money/involvement. But something shitty's going on with young players and how the NBA is having to project futures. I don't remember players who have shown absolutely nothing the year before drafted getting drafted before -- guys like Peyton...

It's not even a strong class outside the top 1. Scoot, dunno. The rest? Media is gonna hype every draft class they get to because they want the clicks. But have you actually watched these players? It's a heap of late lottery and 14-20 guys at best.

Ah a rich guy believing he's a genius because of what everyone around him did. What a new story! Add a bit of nepotism, too.

Can anyone explain why he had to do OTE instead of an actual learning environment last year? Or was it his choice?

There was a game late in Ginobili's rookie year, I think against Sacramento (when they were good), where they couldn't handle him. It was his break-out game. Of course, Manu was older, much more established as a player, and Sochan has a long way to go to come close to his career, but this had the...

Toronto is in no-man's land. They're not good and it's not really apparent why, especially in a mediocre year, they can't be a playoff team. Do they stop resisting and get a lottery pick in a bad draft year? Or do they swing for another player? For Boston, there's something missing to this team...

Sochan is too fast for most guys his position, too big for guards. I don't think he's a full time PG, but he's an instant match up problem for many teams.

I would loooove to trade the second pick for a ransom if we don't get Vic. That would be awesome.

I'm firmly in the camp of this being a very down draft year. As good as this year's was, if missing a clear number one, this next one looks decidedly unimpressive.