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Yup. I'm high on Eason. Like him almost as much as Sochan and Daniels.
I think he deserves a thread to himself. Lots of mentions in other threads. Is moving up on draft boards lately. Had a good combine. I don't think he will fall to our 20.
Tari Eason - NBADraft.net
Tari Eason: 2022 NBA Draft Scouting Report - Bing video
Yup. I'm high on Eason. Like him almost as much as Sochan and Daniels.
I think Dyson Daniels might be getting projected too high, at least for me. I like his swiss army knife approach, but still feels like a high end role player. But Eason seems to have more of an intangible edge to him in his at ude that I would rather roll the dice on. Same thing with Sochan. I said before that Sochan and Daniels actually have some overlapping skills, so why not take the taller version of a similar high-end role player.
Having said all that, I'm still leaning Eason over Sochan or Dyson Daniels.
the claw 2.0? (hand size wise)
Last edited by rjv; 06-02-2022 at 10:45 AM.
I wouldn’t be upset to see him drafted but they first need to get that go-to scorer either by draft or FA. But I rather they draft Keegan, Sochan, Dieng (him I’m starting to like a lot!).
And the award for ST darling of the week goes to... Tadam!... Ousmane Dieng.
Looks like there might be a nice player at #9 anyway.
Such a fascinating player: impact stats through the roof, tons of blocks and steals, good shooting percentages, godawful assist-to-turnover ratio (1.0:2.2), high foul rate, best defender on his team by far... the good seems to greatly outweigh the bad, but there are also some red flags in terms of decision making. It'll be interesting to see what teams do if he drops. He gets compared to Jeremy Sochan a lot as a pesky uber versatile defender, and one very interesting scenario could occur if Sochan drops to 13, where Charlotte could take him and also Eason two picks later at 15. Some might say they overlap too much, but I think the idea of grabbing two of the potentially best defenders in the draft (at 6'8 and 6'9) might positively change the complexion of that team, especially if Sochan is eventually capable of playing some minutes as a small ball center.
Word is he's dropping and Terry is rising.
Again, this board is fascinated with these defensive forwards, but if they can't become credible enough 3-point threats for the defense to regard them, they become virtually unplayable in a playoff setting.
Brings the Nasty on defense and offense with athleticism and strength. Saw a couple of clips where he's at a combine workout and monotonously putting down catch and shoot 3s. If he's there at 20, a no-brainer because he's a gym rat who brings a work ethic to fix his problems.
Is he a gym rat with a high work ethic?
I think part of the concern with him is that he gives off a space cadet vibe.
I agree with you about the "space cadet vibe", but as far as gym rat goes, he's made big changes in his game (for the better) from his freshman year in Cincy to his sophmore year with LSU... So he has definitely put some work in.
Beyond his great measurements, I think it's not mentioned enough just how productive he was at LSU last season. The only players in the draft with comparable BPM and WS/48 are Chet Holmgren and Keegan Murray, who are #2 and probably top 6. He has his problems (potential turnover and foul rates), but I don't see why someone wouldn't take him in the lottery.
If we're gonna take a wild swing for the fences pick, this is my guy. I bet if he does something great and Pop starts poking him in the chest, a la Kwahi, what's gonna happen is Pop will probably break a finger and Eason is gonna take it up as his direction to great improvement. NObody else brings that significant excitement about his game upside that we could hope to draft. He's that wild stallion we need with lots of tools.
That's true a good part of the time, but the Scottie Barnes/Brandon Clarke types do exist, who do so many things well that they can be valuable without being three point threats... And of course, Giannis exists.
Top 9 from Pelton's pre-NCAA tournament stat ratings of potential draftees.
1) Chet Holmgren
2) Walker Kessler
3) AJ Griffin
4) Keegan Murray
5) Tari Eason
6) Zach Edey
7) Dyson Daniels
8) Jabari Smith
9) Jeremy Sochan
Last edited by Drom John; 06-03-2022 at 03:08 PM.
That right there would be a reason SA would pass. They’re always looking for secondary creators. I looked back at his year in Cincy and he had a negative asst/TO rate there, too. It wasn’t an aberration or a function of transferring to a new program.
Barnes has some point forward skills, Clarke is a rim runner and Antetokounmpo is an Antetokounmpo.
It's crazy how productive Eason is. A year older than Kawhi when they both left as sop res, but beats him almost everywhere and in all advanced stats.
https://www.tankathon.com/players/co...-kawhi-leonard
What Stephen Jackson was with shooting and perimeter play, Eason might be in general -- he's going to win and lose games all by himself.
I like that comparison. He looks like a poor man’s PG13. Would love him at 20.
It seems crazy to me he is getting mocked so low, and Sochan so high, at least in comparison to each other. Sochan will probably be a good shooter in the end, but may not. Whereas Eason shot 80% from the free throw line this year. I guess we'll see what happens on draft day.
You add Davis to that, you have an overachieving core of Murray, Davis and Eason.
The only explanation I have is that there is something not right between the ears with him. Not fatal, but also enough to draw flags like inability to quickly read plays, etc., ala Lonnie Walker.
Eason looks like a very Spursian project. Size, physical tools, good motor. A raw chunk of stone to work on.
But how high do you take him?
For me, 9. He seems way better of a prospect than Duren, as far as defensive players who need to grow their game.
I’m ok with Sochan, too, and Mathurin, and Davis, and Jalen Williams. I suppose my comment is trying to understand the discrepancy between Sochan and Eason. Eason is wild, but wildly productive. If it’s only that he’s quirky, man, it’s not like he’s a Luka Sammich, so to speak. He communicates; he’s verbal. If anything maybe he’s slightly on the spectrum and a bit odd, but doesn’t seem anything like Kawhi personality wise, but with just as much upside, if not more. His measurements are prototypical for the modern NBA.
Anyway…
Yeah, one thing you can't say is that he is not a hard worker or is not a team type of guy. He is a top defender and you don't become that way by being lazy and he played well within the system as far as buying into team defense. He has a lot of potential but that word "Potential" has gotten a lot of GM's fired - As far as his personality, at ude, I just think he is a little weird not in a bad way just in a way I could see him playing Warhammer with a bunch of nerds and having a great time.
As as I said before he has the potential to end up being the one of the top 3 players of this draft in a couple of years, and he also could be a huge dud - It's either a homerun or strike out with him so I would not take him at 9 but if he fell to 20 or we were able to move up I would look at getting him
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