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I hope Clingan has great workotus with Washington and the Rockets tbh. Him and Sarr going in the top 3 would be huge for the Spurs.
How did Salaun do? His team also is in the playoffs no?
I hope Clingan has great workotus with Washington and the Rockets tbh. Him and Sarr going in the top 3 would be huge for the Spurs.
I never thought he would fall to 4. Sarr and ZR are going 1/2, though, order is unclear. The interesting question becomes, what does HOU do at 3? Clingan is getting hyped by the ESPN machine right now, but do they really take him there?
It would be a bit wild for Washington to take Risacher. Not just because... Risacher's ceiling ain't that high. I'm warming to him, but this isn't a big star we're looking at. (I get that none of them are.) But because they're jammed with forwards and he doesn't do anything the team doesn't already do.
He might be the best of them, and no one has a certain future with them, but trying to develop a stand-in-the-corner three point shooter while you have like six forwards of various kinds? How does that work? They need a defensive anchor or they need a unifying point.
He needs major development in ball handing and shooting for 3, and shooting at least shooting for a 4.
This is the fan debate here in DC. Take Cligan to establish a defensive identify after being for so long, or just embrace that they are starting from scratch (Bilal aside) and take the best player/sell off the others.
I don't buy Risacher to the Wiz tbh. I think they're going to go Clingan or Topic. I think there's a very real chance the Rockets take Risacher at 3 if he's there.
Let’s not be too in the moment guys. Risacher is #12 in the Kevin O’Connor big board lol.
Dude at #35 we could pick up this guy. Check out his offense and passing. He’s built like a in bull. We should just draft all ing playmakers, topic, castle, djurisic to surround Wemby!
https://youtu.be/ROBIsf92NPI?si=b0LPnKDi_TKjB3ti
Not bad tonight with 14 pts 2 rbs 1 stl 6/11 shooting 2/4 3pts but his team was beaten by nearly 20 His team is the 7th seed and they're playing the second seed Paris.
Just a little heads-up:
Aside of Risacher and Salaün, another young player is shining in France: Nolan Traoré.
He isn't eligible for the 2024 draft since he is born in 2006 but he is a player to keep an eye on for the 2025 draft. It's still unknown where he will play next year (France, NCAA, NBL...).
Hmmm....those 2025 draft picks looking more and more interesting...
Big match from Risacher, yes. I have rarely seen him score in such different ways. I said I had questions about his shyness, he showed tonight how aggressive he is. It remains to be seen if he doesn't force his nature too much. On the other hand, IQ question: two TOs in the last minutes of a close game.
Question: He said he didn't care where he was in the draft. Considering he's targeting Spurs, is there any way to make it known he wouldn't be happy elsewhere or do teams tend to force players? Selecting work outs (or something else), does it work? And in this case, one of the three teams would then be in a position to force a pick swap to their advantage with the Spurs, right?
(Only watch the end of Salaün's game. A beautiful spin move in transition... And a nice pass to his center. A bit unexpected versatility. And a good % again. You say "raw", Tidjane says "roar".)
Because he can play both at the 1 and 2. spurs will like the versatility
Nope. I think it’s gonna be Risarcher
I have a question I’ve wondered about for a while; in the age of instant messaging, etc., why can’t the NBA have teams keep them in the loop on draft-day trades so that they know when a team has traded their pick BEFORE they announce who it is? For example, if the Spurs pick at 4 and then trade #8 and #35 to move up to 6, why don’t they announce ‘this pick has been traded to the Spurs. With the sixth pick, the Spurs select….’
I hate thinking we drafted someone (or someone else drafted the guy we wanted) only to find out about the trade an hour or a day later. I know it’s not that much longer, but we’re already going nuts over this for 40+ days - and it would be easy to do with modern tech. Heck, just have the guy type it on the card / message he gives the commissioner, etc.
What’s going to be even weirder Imo is the draft is going to be a 2 day event now! Round 1 on one day and round 2 the next. Like will that result in more trades?
The NBA knows about the trades,because they have to approve them. The teams ask them not to announce until both teams traded picks are made. It’s not that they don’t want the fans to know, it’s that they don’t want other teams to have intel that team B has traded back, and maybe they jump in and pick a player that team B wanted.
I like the suspense tbh.
Houston is probably the team with the most ridiculous logjam of forward / wings, assuming Risacher can play 3/4 he'd have to fight for minutes with Jabari Smith Jr, Tari Eason, Cam Whitmore, Dillon Brooks, and Amen Thompson. They usually take BPA so I wouldn't be shocked if they go against the grain and take him if that's how they feel, but Sheppard makes a whole lot more sense IMO.
As for the Spurs at 4, if they learn to shoot probably Buzelis, Holland and Castle have a higher ceiling than Risacher, but that's a big if. Among them Buzelis is probably the one I like the most due to his skill set and ability to create, but Castle has grown on me since his measurements came out, at 6'5.5" barefoot he's legit wing size so he could defend 1-3, that opens up a lot of possibilities. But if the Spurs don't feel confident in them learning to shoot, then I'd go Risacher at 4 and either Dillingham/Sheppard at 8 (whomever is available), then you'd have 2 solid prospects who really fit and spare you from multiple years of heavy investment ending in a complete waste of time and resources.
Clingan at 2 is the best possible scenario for the Spurs, since they're unlikely to take him or Sarr that would effectively mean they get to pick one of their top 2 prospects. I don't think that's what's going to happen, but it'd be great.
Another reason is the Stepien Rule. If a team makes the pick and then finalizes the trade they are technically trading the rights to the player and not the pick so it would not count against prohibition of trading 2 picks in a row.
Just follow woj and shams on X if you want this lolI like the suspense tbh.
The intel that Risacher's agent has only one other client in the NBA, Deni in WSH who also plays the same 3/4 position that Risacher would play. Gotta figure this agent will be wise and not want to cram his only two clients on top of each other when he needs them to shine for his business. If there's anything he can do it's in his best interest though not sure what the dynamic is there and doubt he has much leverage. If he is a good agent he may have to come up with some creative tactics.
Maybe overthinking this angle but it is interesting cir stances nonetheless and if I'm him I'm wary of Risa going WSH
Man, looking at the Hawks salary table they would have to bring Bey back next season and Jalen Johnson is on his last year at 4.5. Hunter has 3 more seasons at 20+ each. Not as locked in as it seems.
Wondering if ATL doesn't view Risacher as the best choice after all because that wing/forward corps is not nearly as set or deep as it looks even though I bet Jalen Johnson is a high priority for the Hawks within reason. ATL may sense more instability at the position(s) than we think and seek to shore up the forward slot with Risacher.
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