2024 NBA Draft Thread

[CorrectCrusader]

Even the player comps in KOC's mock are completely uninspiring

Here are the player comps for his top 10:

1. Derrick White
2. MPJ
3. JJJ/Jonathan Isaac
4. Markelle Fultz/Anthonyy Black
5. Harrison Barnes/Theoretical Josh Jackson
6. Lamar Odom
7. Chandler Parsons
8. Lou Williams/Bones Hyland
9. Goran Dragic
10. Roy Hibbert

Just gotta work with what's available. Having a Derrick White esque player on the team would be fantastic for us.

[scott]

Just gotta work with what's available. Having a Derrick White esque player on the team would be fantastic for us.

Sure... just not on a #1 pick salary, since he's still not a finished product. And if he pans out to the full Derrick White potential... you ready to pay Derrick White $45MM/year?

[Mugen]

Man, I'm going to be f'n annoyed to endure this ty season just to draft Mataz Buzelis with the 6th pick

[BatManu20]

Jeesh, just took a spin on tankathon and got probably the worst scenario: Spurs land #6 and TOR keeps their pick.

Could you imagine the meltdown here if that happened?!

I've gotten a lot of that too. I've been saying for a while now that I think the Spurs finally drop in the lottery this year for the first time in franchise history. We're still the only team in the league never to do it. Just feels like we're overdue, especially after the insane luck we had landing Wemby last year. That combined with the fact that Toronto is about to start tanking hard soon imo, Lottery Day could end up sucking a fat one for us this year tbh. If it does happen though, at least it's weaker draft this year.

[Mr. Body]

Jeesh, just took a spin on tankathon and got probably the worst scenario: Spurs land #6 and TOR keeps their pick.

Could you imagine the meltdown here if that happened?!

The Mugens of the forum would cut their heads off with chainsaws.

Which would be a great thing, actually.

Honestly, we got our insane luck last year. If bad draft luck is coming, better this year.

[Mr. Body]

Underlying my thought has always been a cost-benefit thing, where long-term payment for an overdrafted player is a bad deal.

1. Worst is selecting a bad player or bust at that draft position.
2. Second worst is having to pay an expensive second and third extension for a player that doesn't deserve it.

This year, there's going to be a lot of teams paying too much for talent marginal for those draft slots.

However, there are going to be plenty of good players selected in both rounds. IMM, you may almost be guaranteed to overpay a player from 1-4 or 1-5 this year. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to only draft 6. We'll all have a , but never see the irritation that would come in three to four years dealing with an unimpressive player.

We still have a high SRP to work with.

[baseline bum]

Even the player comps in KOC's mock are completely uninspiring

Here are the player comps for his top 10:

1. Derrick White
2. MPJ
3. JJJ/Jonathan Isaac
4. Markelle Fultz/Anthonyy Black
5. Harrison Barnes/Theoretical Josh Jackson
6. Lamar Odom
7. Chandler Parsons
8. Lou Williams/Bones Hyland
9. Goran Dragic
10. Roy Hibbert

ROFL KOC saying Sheppard is like a guy who is a top 5 perimeter defender in the league? Can't say I see that projection coming true.

[baseline bum]

Man, I'm going to be f'n annoyed to endure this ty season just to draft Mataz Buzelis with the 6th pick

Good luck, he'll probably go top 5.

Ugh if this ty season only gets them Salaun or Topic.

[baseline bum]

Underlying my thought has always been a cost-benefit thing, where long-term payment for an overdrafted player is a bad deal.

1. Worst is selecting a bad player or bust at that draft position.
2. Second worst is having to pay an expensive second and third extension for a player that doesn't deserve it.

This year, there's going to be a lot of teams paying too much for talent marginal for those draft slots.

However, there are going to be plenty of good players selected in both rounds. IMM, you may almost be guaranteed to overpay a player from 1-4 or 1-5 this year. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to only draft 6. We'll all have a , but never see the irritation that would come in three to four years dealing with an unimpressive player.

We still have a high SRP to work with.

In case 2 if he's not complete trash you just trade him like the Suns did Ayton. Before then it's a rookie contract, way less dangerous than a free agent contract.

[Mr. Body]

In case 2 if he's not complete trash you just trade him like the Suns did Ayton. Before then it's a rookie contract, way less dangerous than a free agent contract.

Ayton was an anchor around their next for several seasons and was actually good. I wouldn't be so blithe about the problem.

[scott]

So long as the rest of the league doesn't think TOR will hard tank for two more years, their pick paired with some modest other asset (maybe a 2027 Spurs Top-10 protected, though you may not want to lock up assets like this) might net you a pretty solid player. Not hating the Spurs @ #6 and TOR not conveying scenario at all.

[baseline bum]

Ayton was an anchor around their next for several seasons and was actually good. I wouldn't be so blithe about the problem.

They traded him for Nurkic and Grayson Allen after paying one year of that extension despite Ayton being a widely known cancer. Rookie contracts are cheap unless you draft Anthony Bennett #1.

[Russ]

NBADraft.net's latest mock has the Spurs getting both Sarr and Knecht.

Strangely enough, Knecht at 3 and Sarr at 7.

[objective]

Any one taken in this draft in the top 7 is likely to be well overpaid on the second contract if they get the average number for their draft slot, that's just how it is

If the guys don't deserve the money, don't pay them.

[Dejounte]

Just get a ready-to-play guy is all I ask for.

I’m confident that they will aim for that kind of guy because if they draft someone who makes a ton of mistakes AND is named a starter off the bat, it sets a bad precedent.

[Dejounte]

I believe all players the Spurs have drafted in the top 10 have started right away. So I’d be looking at guys who can start right now and the politics around it to get a sense of who they might draft. For example, it’s a hard sell to me to see any PG (including Dilly and Topic) to get that starting position over Tre in game 1. On the other hand, someone starting over Champagnie is easy to envision.

[Mugen]

NBADraft.net's latest mock has the Spurs getting both Sarr and Knecht.

Strangely enough, Knecht at 3 and Sarr at 7.

I'd help pack Wemby's bags for the Knicks if that ever happened tbh

[CGD]

The Mugens of the forum would cut their heads off with chainsaws.

Which would be a great thing, actually.

Honestly, we got our insane luck last year. If bad draft luck is coming, better this year.

Yeah, good perspective about last year’s amazing luck/law of averages.

[Mugen]

The Mugens of the forum would cut their heads off with chainsaws.

Which would be a great thing, actually.

Honestly, we got our insane luck last year. If bad draft luck is coming, better this year.

In that scenario, they would have tanked this past year for nothing. And you'd still be sniffin' seats talking about how it was a genius move

[onechance87]

I haven't watched the Salaün/Risacher game last Saturday but Risacher has been underwhelming lately with a lot of bad or average games. Even if he has been either #1 or #2 in most of the recent mock drafts, I don't think he's really better than some other prospects and I wouldn't be surprised to see him dropping in mock drafts if he doesn't play better. That's just the weirdness of this draft, there isn't a single player who looks like an usual top 3 pick, and that includes Risacher.

even sarr last couple of games have not been good

[CGD]

In that scenario, they would have tanked this past year for nothing. And you'd still be sniffin' seats talking about how it was a genius move

Nah, that’s reserved for Washington Wizards die hards. Only those guys can truly stand by a team that went out of its way to avoid tanking the year of the generational talent, only to tank the year after in a historically terrible draft.

[CGD]

Certainly folks would go nuclear, but I'm not sure it would be the worst case situation. We'd still land a decent rotation level prospect (which we also need), and the TOR pick being pushed out might motivate the Spurs to consolidate it into a trade for a more proven commodity, which might be better off than adding a second of these subpar 19-year old prospects. I honestly wouldn't hate it, presuming the Spurs actually did some wheeling and dealing (for useful players they view as part of this next evolution, not for draft capital, not for more Cedi Osman types).

I think you are right. It’s actually not a bad scenario at all. I’m almost loathing the idea of the Spurs get #1 more.

[SOMA Spur]

Jeesh, just took a spin on tankathon and got probably the worst scenario: Spurs land #6 and TOR keeps their pick.

Could you imagine the meltdown here if that happened?!

Thats my screw it just draft Dilly scenario.

[alfahdlan]

We have polarizing opinions on whom to pick at this point, I guess we will have to wait till the NCAA tournament is completed. As of now, we will keep watching where our targets are trending.

[Mr. Body]

In that scenario, they would have tanked this past year for nothing. And you'd still be sniffin' seats talking about how it was a genius move

It wasn't tanking you ing idiot. It was figuring out the next decade.