Some of the international players were measured few months ago at the Nike hoops Summit and/or the basketball without border camp:
https://x.com/NBADraftMikeyV/status/...920802/photo/1
https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/c..._measurements/
Edgecombe has been measured at 6'5" in shoes with a 6'6" wingspan.
Topic 2.0Tbh, it's the neck.
Would probably be 6'3 with an average neck.
Edgecombe still has decent/average size for a 2 guard but he’s definitely not a ‘wing’. 8’3 standing reach is not great.
whats your opinion on bogoljub markovic.Have you seen much of him.
I haven't seen him play.
Spurs main criteria to draft an international player with a second round pick will likely be: being fine with being stashed for a few years.
Nolan Traore sure seems to be dropping fast in various mocks and estimations, after posting some pretty mediocre shooting percentages for a second straight year. Like Nikola Topic, some of his supposed measurements have shown to be exaggerated, but unlike Topic he's shooting a 40% 2pt% to go along with his 25% 3pt%. Iirc, Tankathon had him at #2 at one point and now has him at #9.
The thing I'm most interested in is how hard it will be to trade up.
If the draft was today, we'd have #12 and #16 picks, not optimal. Obviously getting into top5 with those would be impossible, even if we add a future pick.
But trading up from #12 to let's say 7th or 8th if there's a player PATFO really wants should be doable.
Agreed, but he does have that DWade type at ude on the court that can't be measured. Probably wouldn't fit w/Spurs since 2 guard won't be a need but he's def a baller
Euro and US college players are on very different schedules and very diff types of oppositions.
The hype is always "delayed" for euro players and like last season, once college games are over and only euro players are playing (usually their best basketball), the hype will again be bigger on the euros.
Still a long way to go
The only fit I'd be worrying about is if the guy fits next to Victor. There will be plenty of minutes to go around at guard and swing positions for anyone really talented they draft unless it was someone super raw like say Ron Holland last draft.
Good point. He just gotta work on his range. Otherwise, he can contribute everywhere else with his effort/initiative.
I think in a richer draft than the previous getting 2 mid draft picks vs a late lottery for ex could be attractive if the draft is as deep as expected
The thing is that we need wings badly and not many are available around the league.
Unless we can get someone projected to be an all-star guard, it's not worth it, imo.
Castle and Devin look like sure things, Tre can be extended and Champagnie's size is more suited for a shooting guard than a forward, imo.
Meanwhile our wing rotation is among the worst in the league with Jeremy's injury and he's a non-shooter.
We need one of those 6'8-6'10 high volume 3pt shooters, that's why I wanted Markkanen badly.
Markkanen would have been perfect for this team.
Yeah, the Spurs are still in the BPA phase (caveat he can fit with Wemby, which any true BPA can).
Cooper Flagg and Tre Johnson both meet that criterion, but you may need a top two pick.
He still could be. My dream is that we get #1 and Utah gets #2, and we strong arm Danny into a 1/2 swap for Markannen with other contracts going his way. The hard on Danny has for a white American kid with Superstar potential cannot be measured by existing technology. If he says no, you trade back with someone else, and DANNY AINGE GETS STIFFED. That’s a win/win in my book.
First part is good but not interested in the second part just to own Ainge considering he could just take the guy the Spurs wanted at 3.
So interesting how Markkanen's emergence really spoiled Ainge's best laid plans.... The Jazz were considered one of the prime players in the Wembanyama draft, but Lauri's play propelled them to 37 wins (as he led the team in every impact stat) and now the entire picture looks to be transformed-- what was seen as Ainge winning both the Mitc and Gobert trades in a big way has led to pretty obvious success in Cleveland and Minnesota, meaning that slew of draft picks will mostly be picks in the 20s and the pick swaps will likely amount to nothing. Meanwhile Cleveland is 12-0, and the Timberwolves are fresh off of a conference final appearance and solidly in the mix for another playoff run, while Utah's in the race for worst record in the league, with Markkanen wasting his prime in limbo.
I’m thinking in this draft anyone 1-5 will be good. Don’t really care who Ainge picks at 2, as long as he’s crying while making the pick.
main focus should be drafting our future SF in this draft which is loaded with wings
In a perfect world, the player to complement a starting lineup of Castle, Vassell, Sochan and Wembanyama would be a good shooting SF.
Now, if the best guard available for Spurs first pick is significantly better than the best SF, Spurs should go with the guard and plays with a 3 guards lineup. It isn't ideal but some really good teams are playing these kind of lineups (Mavs, Thunder, Suns...).
Last edited by Bruno; 11-13-2024 at 12:49 PM.
The best fit for the Spurs may be McNeeley, but there are players in a higher tier than him. It's simple, all we need are two lottery-winning picks and #11 from CHI:
Stephon Castle
Devin Vassell / Egor Demin (6'9")
Keldon Johnson / Liam McNeeley (6'8")
Jeremy Sochan / Cooper Flagg (6'9")
Victor Wembanyama
Stagger the rotations and everyone plays 30 minutes. Fill the rest of the roster with "over the hill", "locker room presence", "coach on the court" -type veterans.
Why? What does that accomplish? No reason to take it personally that he wouldn't trade Markannen.
No, I just hate him in general. I’m guessing many GMs feel the same?
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