Draft Lottery prediction topic

[spurraider21]

im not happy with it, but this is my expectation, and i wont be projecting trades

1. Hawks: Risacher
2. Wizards: Sarr
3. Rockets: Sheppard
4. Spurs: Castle
5. Pistons: Buzelis
6. Hornets: Cody Williams
7. Blazers: Clingan
8. Spurs: Salaun ( me with the back of a bus, tbh)
9. Grizzlies: Devin Carter
10. Jazz: Knecht

[dbestpro]

To be truly different.

Pick Team Player
1 ATL Donoavan Clingan
2 WAS Zachharie Risacher
3 HOU Reed Sheppard
4 SAS Alex Sarr
5 DET Cody Williams
6 CHA Devin Carter
7 POR Stephon Castle
8 SAS Nikola Topic
9 MEM Dalton Knecht
10 UTA Matas Buzelis
11 CHI Tristan DeSilva
12 OKC Tidjane Salaun
13 SAC Jakob Walter
14 POR Zach Edey
15 MIA Ron Holland

[Blizzardwizard]

1. Hawks: Zaccharie Risacher
2. Wizards: Alex Sarr
3. Rockets: Reed Sheppard
4. Spurs: Stephon Castle
5. Pistons: Matas Buzelis
6. Hornets: Cody Williams
7. Trailblazers: Donovan Clingan
8. Spurs: Dalton Knecht
9. Grizzlies: Devin Carter
10. Jazz: Nikola Topic
11. Bulls: Ron Holland
12. Thunder: Johnny Furphy
13. Kings: Jared McCain
14. Trailblazers: Tidjane Salaun
15. Heat: Rob Dillingham

[DPG21920]

im not happy with it, but this is my expectation, and i wont be projecting trades

1. Hawks: Risacher
2. Wizards: Sarr
3. Rockets: Sheppard
4. Spurs: Castle
5. Pistons: Buzelis
6. Hornets: Cody Williams
7. Blazers: Clingan
8. Spurs: Salaun ( me with the back of a bus, tbh)
9. Grizzlies: Devin Carter
10. Jazz: Knecht

Be bold - do one with projected trades.

[spurraider21]

Be bold - do one with projected trades.

the most obvious trade would be a memphis trade-up for clingan. and you could be both right and wrong. i could mock a memphis trade up to 3 where they take clingan, but if they actually trade up to 7 instead, it throws off the whole mock. not worth it imo

[SOMA Spur]

a non-trade version...

1. Hawks: Donovan Clingan
2. Wizards: Alexandre Sarr
3. Rockets: Reed Sheppard
4. Spurs: Zaccharie Risacher
5. Pistons: Matas Buzelis
6. Hornets: Stephon Castle
7. Trailblazers: Cody Williams
8. Spurs: Devin Carter
9. Grizzlies: Dalton Knecht
10. Jazz: Nikola Topic
11. Bulls: Ron Holland
12. Thunder: Tidjane Salaun
13. Kings: Rob Dillingham
14. Trailblazers: Zach Edey

fun fact: Bub Carrington's cousin is Rudy Gay. Maybe we'll see Bub's name crack the lottery Wednesday.

[Pauleta14]

whats your issue with Matas?

Part subjective, I don't like his "frat boy" at ude, body language way to relax for a guy who disapointed last season.

Part at ude on the floor from last season, I've watched him a little bit but read a lot about him and he rarely gives it all, seems to be a good talker but doesn't walk to talk...

Some think it could be bc he doesn't have a great motor

Then you have the 3pt shooting issue and it's anybody's guess if he'll fi it or not.

I could be wrong, just have a bad feeling, he doen't have one area of his game that makes you dream lol

[TD 21]

1. Hawks: Risacher
2. Wizards: Sarr
3. Rockets: Sheppard
4. Spurs: Castle
5. Pistons: Clingan
6. Hornets: Walter
7. Trail Blazers: Buzelis
8. Spurs: Salaun
9. Grizzlies: Knecht
10. Jazz: Williams
11. Bulls: Carter
12. Thunder: Carrington
13. Kings: Holland
14. Trail Blazers: Edey

[offset formation]

Gonna have a little fun with this

1. Pistons trade up for best big in this draft who they need and before Rockets who reportedly have an eye on (maybe with Ivey): Clingan
2. Wizards: Sarr
3. Rockets: Rissacher
4. Spurs: Buzelis
5. Hawks trade down: Sheppard
6. Hornets: Knecht
7. Trail Blazers: Castle
8. Spurs: Salaun
9. Grizzlies: Holland
10. Jazz: Carter
11. Bulls: Walter
12. Thunder: Edey (see Thunder trying to out big the Spurs)
13. Kings: Carrington
14. Trail Blazers: Williams

[Degoat]

ATL- Sarr
WAS- Buzelis
HOU/MEM trade- Clingan
SA- Risacher
DET- Sheppard
CHA- Castle
POR- Cwill
SA- Ja’kobe
Hou- Carter
UTA- Knecht

[offset formation]

Part subjective, I don't like his "frat boy" at ude, body language way to relax for a guy who disapointed last season.

Part at ude on the floor from last season, I've watched him a little bit but read a lot about him and he rarely gives it all, seems to be a good talker but doesn't walk to talk...

Some think it could be bc he doesn't have a great motor

Then you have the 3pt shooting issue and it's anybody's guess if he'll fi it or not.

I could be wrong, just have a bad feeling, he doen't have one area of his game that makes you dream lol

Don't necessarily disagree vehemently with any of this though I think he just has one of those body frames and way of moving that kind of give off that vobe when it might not be an accurate reflection...and as to your summary...welcome to this draft

[itzsoweezee]

1. Hawks: Risacher
2. Wizards: Sarr
3. Rockets: Shepard
4. Spurs: Stephon Castle
5. Pistons: Knecht
6. Hornets: Clingan
7. Trailblazers: Williams
8. Spurs: Tidjane Salaun
9. Grizzlies: Carter

[CGD]

Is someone gonna make a “Say it with You Chest” thread where people call their two picks?

[Mr. Body]

ATL - Risacher
WAS - Sarr (maybe a swap to ensure this happens)
HOU - Clingan (trade to MEM)
SAS - Castle
DET - Sheppard
CHA - Holland
POR - Williams
SAS - Buzelis (trade to Chicago)
MEM - (now HOU) Knecht
UTA - Topic
CHI - (now SAS) Dillingham or Carter

[rascal]

4. Castle
8. Salaun
Spurs with a trade and draft Topic so three draft picks incoming

[LeBowen]

Bump for anyone who wants to get their predictions in.

[Seventyniner]

I guess I gotta go with what looks like the most likely scenario: Castle at 4 and Salaun at 8.

[Borosai]

Let's say... they'll trade down from #4, draft Carter, Salaun, Jones. Just for fun.

[spurraider21]

4. Castle
8. Salaun
Spurs with a trade and draft Topic so three draft picks incoming

spurs go into 2025 with a worse shooting roster than they did in 2024

[z0sa]

4. Castle
8. Knecht

Wishcasting tbh

[Ariel]

Not going to predict the whole lottery, but I will say:
Sarr goes no. 2.
Clingan goes top 3, either to Atlanta outright, or to someone else via Houston.
If Atlanta takes Clingan, Risacher will be there at 4. If Atlanta doesn't take Clingan, Houston does and Sheppard will be there at 4.
In the above case, Spurs trade up from 8 to 5 for possibly a future protected first (or, less likely, multiple 2nd rounders), and take 2 from Risacher/Castle/Sheppard
I don't know if it's what I believe or what I want to believe, but I think there's a fair chance chips fall like that.

[Spurs9]

Almost feel like the Spurs will trade up.