2024 NBA Draft Thread

[Raven]

Even if that’s the case, that would be fairly good surplus value on a rookie wage scale at pick 8, no?

only if you assume he'd be the finished product while on the rookie scale.

[Eaglenole2002]

only if you assume he'd be the finished product while on the rookie scale.

I certainly wouldn’t expect that year 1, but years 3/4 I think it’s a reasonable expectation.

[scott]

I’d love to see a Castle vs Dillingham pre-draft workout against each other lol it’s been mentioned already, but the spurs do need to be adding winners to the team

"Coming this spring to ESPN... every year, the nation's top draft prospects battle it out in a 1-on-1 tournament to earn the right to be Wembanyama's teammate"

[Splits]

Just no on Buzelis. How in the does anyone have any confidence he can develop a 3 ball when he shot 27%, and shot 68% from the line? Huge huge risk.

And no on Salaun. Kid is so raw with so many holes in his game, it'd take a minor miracle to keep him from busting.

Hope we trade at least one of the pics for a known quan y, but I'm fine with any of these other scrubs as long as it doesn't include busts Matas and Salaun.

[Uriel]

Watching MPJ right now in the DEN-MIN game, and I’m like, is this who we aspire Risacher to be?

[skin27]

It looks like kyle anderson changed hos shooting form and release. It was different when he was with spurs.

[Mr. Body]

Watching MPJ right now in the DEN-MIN game, and I’m like, is this who we aspire Risacher to be?

Michael Porter Jr is what Risacher would become if he was Michael Porter Jr.

[baseline bum]

Kinda joking around here but I'm salty. Atlanta. Saw Quinn sidelines at JL Bourg with the headline "Hawks looking at every option" and I took that personally. sus af statistically anomalous +9 jumps in the lottery to #1 just kinda feels like the league is doing this to SA b/c they think SA bent ATL over on the DJ trade. Which they didn't, DJ is good ATL sucks for not making it work figure it out. Develop Hunter. Go all in with Jalen. I'm not crazy about Risacher but he looks solid and I like a scenario where he falls.

I could see someone like Sarr as the #1 in this draft at least initially being a curse wrapped in a blessing with regard to the ATL future FRPs but if Risacher comes in and does well it blows the whole plan which was going quite well before the lottery win. It's lose-lose b/c if ATL picks a successful Risacher, SA loses the fit and ATL uses the fit to weaken the 2025 2026 2027. FRP/swap values. Now Hawks have leverage. They can try to pry a ransom from SA to trade the right to select which I wouldn't really consider.

Risacher is secretly the sleeper agent CIA Pop paid to get selected by ATL and have another "cold streak" to turn that 2025 ATL FRP into gold lol

Oh well anyway lots of forwards next draft.

Imagine being salty one year after winning the lottery to draft mother ing Wemby... and still advanced in this lottery anyways and got Toronto's pick too.

[Raven]

Watching MPJ right now in the DEN-MIN game, and I’m like, is this who we aspire Risacher to be?

i don't think so, mpj is way taller and a better shooter.

[ace3g]

Hoops Hype's draft workout tracker list Dillon Jones for the Spurs:

2024 NBA draft workout tracker: Where have prospects gone? | HoopsHype

[Mr. Body]

Weber State? When has a great player ever come from Weber State?

[The Truth #6]

With Castle, either he's a or actually wants to play for the Spurs. Shouldn't be that hard for the FO to discern. If he wants to play for the Spurs, sounds like, I don't know, a good thing.

[Gandalf]

Yeah, even if it ‘sounds’ bad / demanding, they should be able to figure that out with the workout / interview.

[SouthernFryd]

Wow. Dillon Jones looks like a Better Sochan. He could have actually done some PG duty. Don't see him as PF tho. Maybe SF...or even your big PG if that's what you want. I like what I see. Guy has a great feel for the game.

https://youtu.be/E0O12AKhWd8?si=Ag-dLnH5xWho8pDH

[rascal]

I may or may not be reading too much into this, but you could see a visible look of disappointment in Brian Wright’s face when the Spurs landed at pick #4 after having already been announced to have jumped into the top 4.

This could suggest that his target all along was widely mocked to be in the top 3.

Just knowing he was in the top 4 and sitting through a commercial break like we all did had him thinking he's in the top 4 and possibly has a chance at 1 or 2 so it was a normal reaction to be disappointed to get 4 with only 4 teams left and the Spurs had the 2nd highest chance at the top pick.

Doesn't mean he wanted a top 3 just wanted the highest pick possible.

[rascal]

With Castle, either he's a or actually wants to play for the Spurs. Shouldn't be that hard for the FO to discern. If he wants to play for the Spurs, sounds like, I don't know, a good thing.

He was never said to be a problem with UCONN.

[Seventyniner]

Just knowing he was in the top 4 and sitting through a commercial break like we all did had him thinking he's in the top 4 and possibly has a chance at 1 or 2 so it was a normal reaction to be disappointed to get 4 with only 4 teams left and the Spurs had the 2nd highest chance at the top pick.

Doesn't mean he wanted a top 3 just wanted the highest pick possible.

This does make sense. Conditional on being in the top 4, getting the 4th pick is the worst possible outcome, regardless of whether or not the FO's big board has a clear gap between the top 3 and everyone else.

[exstatic]

Weber State? When has a great player ever come from Weber State?

Damian Lillard.

[Obstructed_View]

Wow. Dillon Jones looks like a Better Sochan. He could have actually done some PG duty. Don't see him as PF tho. Maybe SF...or even your big PG if that's what you want. I like what I see. Guy has a great feel for the game.

https://youtu.be/E0O12AKhWd8?si=Ag-dLnH5xWho8pDH

Does he have ACLs?

[Mr. Body]

Damian Lillard.

Yeah, no ing .

[Uriel]

This does make sense. Conditional on being in the top 4, getting the 4th pick is the worst possible outcome, regardless of whether or not the FO's big board has a clear gap between the top 3 and everyone else.

True. Although that disappointment would’ve been more palpable if the FO’s big board did have a clear gap between the top 3 and everyone else. For instance, one might expect to see more disappointment in Wright’s face if his target had been Risacher, as opposed to, say, Dillingham.

But what do I know? Maybe I’m reading too much into things and their big board is still fluid at this point.

[rascal]

True. Although that disappointment would’ve been more palpable if the FO’s big board did have a clear gap between the top 3 and everyone else. For instance, one might expect to see more disappointment in Wright’s face if his target had been Risacher, as opposed to, say, Dillingham.

But what do I know? Maybe I’m reading too much into things and their big board is still fluid at this point.

Target may have been Sarr so needed a top pick for that

[Mr. Body]

True. Although that disappointment would’ve been more palpable if the FO’s big board did have a clear gap between the top 3 and everyone else. For instance, one might expect to see more disappointment in Wright’s face if his target had been Risacher, as opposed to, say, Dillingham.

But what do I know? Maybe I’m reading too much into things and their big board is still fluid at this point.

The FO hadn't even interviewed or worked any players out. How could they have a top three?

[exstatic]

The FO hadn't even interviewed or worked any players out. How could they have a top three?

So, they just skipped the combine? I think interviews happen there.

[scott]

So, they just skipped the combine? I think interviews happen there.

Combine happens after the lottery though.