2025 NBA Draft

[LeBowen]

My preferences if Spurs don't move up.

1) Jazz: Never had a #1 pick, never lost 60+ games before this season.
2) Nets: Jersey kid seems like a perfect fit.
3) Wizards: Maybe Ace can make up for KD never returning home.
4) Hornets: Edgecombe seems like a perfect fit next to Lamelo.
5) Pelicans: I don't want them getting another top pick after all the talent they wasted.
6) Sixers: them, but I don't want them dropping outside of top6 protection and Thunder getting the pick.
7) Raptors: Whatever.

[mo7888]

Keep going back and forth on what prospect I want more…

do I want a potential star in Jase who doesn’t quite fit the Spurs’ vision of versatility at all five positions? He is a great talent boost but is it worth it?

do I want a Derrick White level contributor in Kon who you could plug in 1-2-3 and not skip a beat? Kon taking over while Cooper was out was a nice showing. He is also 99th percentile in miscellaneous actions, meaning he was among the best in getting loose balls, etc. He is basically tailor made for playoff basketball.

do I want a huge risk, huge reward prospect in Queen? So many red flags but the payoff could be big if he has his head on straight and is a willing listener on defense and touches. The insane level of chemistry he and Wemby could have on offense would be epic.

do I want the safest bet in VJ Edgecombe? Not much more need to be said about him. He’s the pick where you’ll hear the least complaints about.

These are basically my four guys I’d want if the Spurs don’t jump to #1 or #2 (of which I’d want Cooper and then Harper). At 3 and 4 or if we stay at 8 or move down 1-2 at 9, 10… these are the best picks, IMO.

I doubt VJ would still be there at 8. I'd take Kon from that list you provided, but he might very well be gone too.

[CGD]

I doubt VJ would still be there at 8. I'd take Kon from that list you provided, but he might very well be gone too.

Agree, there appears to be growing consensus around the first 5. VJ and Tre Johnson seem firmly in there now.

The next 5 still seems fluid

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Nah, it’s not a fair comp. This guy brings more playmaking and “give a ” on D. Not just shooting. Interestingly, the most common comp I see is Cam Johnson, who many posters here are creaming their panties for.

But it’ll all be about the measurements. If he’s like 6’4.5 w/o shoes and T-Rex wingspan, I think he slips.

Kon most definitely doesn't give a on D, lol. He's another Knecht. No thanks.

[mo7888]

Kon most definitely doesn't give a on D, lol. He's another Knecht. No thanks.

So....you didn't watch his games at Duke?

[Dejounte]

I doubt VJ would still be there at 8. I'd take Kon from that list you provided, but he might very well be gone too.

These are my top four if the Spurs jump to 3 or 4 or stay at 8 or move down to 9 or 10.

[Vienna]

I doubt VJ would still be there at 8. I'd take Kon from that list you provided, but he might very well be gone too.

I thought Christian Braun played some good defense yesterday against SGA. and I thought, that he, in that role, gives an idea, what Kon might become in the NBA.

they should be similar in height and built, maybe Braun is a bit more atheltic, but not by much.

do I think such a player should be picked at #8? no, at that spot I would like to see more upside and therefore at #14 a player like Kon or McNeeley. (Kon won't be there, I know).

but if they did pick Kon at 8, because they don't see that high upside player, so be it. solid high floor pick.

[Mr. Body]

I don't want Utah or Charlotte to get Flagg. Screw Utah, and a great prospect getting wasted out there would be bad. If it's Charlotte I legit think he may go back to Duke. Awful franchise with terrible personalities and the horrible 'franchise' player.

Other than that, just don't want our mainline rivals to get too much better.

[fafo]

I'm ready

[lefty]

Draft Cooper Flagg abd trade him for Giannis

[SpurSpike]

[Knoxxx]

At least the wait is over soon to know what we are working with draft pick wise.

[exstatic]

My preferences if Spurs don't move up.

1) Jazz: Never had a #1 pick, never lost 60+ games before this season.
2) Nets: Jersey kid seems like a perfect fit.
3) Wizards: Maybe Ace can make up for KD never returning home.
4) Hornets: Edgecombe seems like a perfect fit next to Lamelo.
5) Pelicans: I don't want them getting another top pick after all the talent they wasted.
6) Sixers: them, but I don't want them dropping outside of top6 protection and Thunder getting the pick.
7) Raptors: Whatever.

F Ainge and F the Jazz. Being a long term Spurs fan, I wish nothing good and everything bad on that franchise.

Other than that,your list is OK.

[exstatic]

At least the wait is over soon to know what we are working with draft pick wise.

The worst outcome would be 10/14. It’s possible for 8 to get knocked back to 11, but that would mean that the ATL #14 pick we owned, along with #12 and #13 all jumped up to the top 4.

[LeBowen]

F Ainge and F the Jazz. Being a long term Spurs fan, I wish nothing good and everything bad on that franchise.

Other than that,your list is OK.

They've been irrelevant for 25 years, let it go.
I don't want another superstar talent to get wasted in Washington, Charlotte or New Orleans, tbh.

[Mr. Body]

9 and 14 is only slightly less likely than 8 and 14. By far one of those two will happen.

[benefactor]

Kon is arguably the most complete player in this draft from a basketball standpoint. He is just limited by his lack of physical gifts. That's why he's a high end role player and not a runaway number one pick.

That basketball iq is the biggest reason I want him in San Antonio. I am so ing tired of dumb players on this roster. I am much more willing at this point to roll the dice on a lunch pail guy with an otherworldly basketball iq that is athletically limited over an "oh wow look at him go!" that winds up being another in a long line of guys that had so called potential

[exstatic]

They've been irrelevant for 25 years, let it go.
I don't want another superstar talent to get wasted in Washington, Charlotte or New Orleans, tbh.

I don’t want Flagg in the west unless it’s us. If you were a Spurs fan back then, Utah hatred will never be irrelevant. I also don’t want to see Ainge rewarded.

[couchman]

I wonder if Wright is capable of choosing Kon

[stnick2261]

Kon is arguably the most complete player in this draft from a basketball standpoint. He is just limited by his lack of physical gifts. That's why he's a high end role player and not a runaway number one pick.

That basketball iq is the biggest reason I want him in San Antonio. I am so ing tired of dumb players on this roster. I am much more willing at this point to roll the dice on a lunch pail guy with an otherworldly basketball iq that is athletically limited over an "oh wow look at him go!" that winds up being another in a long line of guys that had so called potential

Absolutely! We have the star power on the team already. I'm happy to spend a top 8 pick on someone with a high floor and sticks to his role and can carve out a nice 20 year career because he's smart and doesn't rely solely on athleticism.

[LeBowen]

I don’t want Flagg in the west unless it’s us. If you were a Spurs fan back then, Utah hatred will never be irrelevant. I also don’t want to see Ainge rewarded.

The West will be stacked regardless.
I'd rather have Utah as the main compe or than Californian teams. Or OKC. Or the Rockets.

I also don't get the hate for Ainge, he's just looking at his team's best interests. Better than getting bent over like most small market GMs.
If Utah had someone incompetent in charge, Kessler would've probably been traded to the Lakers at the deadline.

[Mr. Body]

I wonder if Wright is capable of choosing Kon

Why wouldn't he be

[Mr. Body]

The West will be stacked regardless.
I'd rather have Utah as the main compe or than Californian teams. Or OKC. Or the Rockets.

I also don't get the hate for Ainge, he's just looking at his team's best interests. Better than getting bent over like most small market GMs.
If Utah had someone incompetent in charge, Kessler would've probably been traded to the Lakers at the deadline.

Because Ainge is a pompous dumbass who is killing his team by trying to bend everyone over a barrel

[couchman]

Why wouldn't he be

Unathletic guys w bad measurements are not his deal.
He tends to really favor positional length.
On the plus side Kon is an all around player and Wright loves that

[Mr. Body]

Unathletic guys w bad measurements are not his deal.
He tends to really favor positional length.
On the plus side Kon is an all around player and Wright loves that

True. I think they value basketball IQ as much as anything, with extra length a bonus.