2024 NBA Draft Thread

[spurraider21]

well because you exhibit all thee hallmarks of narcissistic rage of course. I know you think this smarmy tone sounds convincing in your NPD brain and cannot see it but it is there.

i definitely engage in mockery when appropriate (like here your weird paranoia where you make constant alt/troll accusations, or now with your armchair psychology)

dno what else

please, tell me more, dr lumpkins

[vy65]

Heavy dose of Vitamin I being administered by Fuzzy Lumpkins, M.D.

[onechance87]

furphy been bad last few games.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

i definitely engage in mockery when appropriate (like here your weird paranoia where you make constant alt/troll accusations, or now with your armchair psychology)

dno what else

please, tell me more, dr lumpkins

I don't need to tell you anything you keep on doing the same thing. You are performing admirably. Keep fixating on the superiority between us and saying it is something else.

[baseline bum]

Was thinking something similar, but would you run a Shep-Castle-Vassell lineup? Feels pretty small.

Bend over, I'll show you feels pretty sma... err, wait nevermind

[Mr. Body]

Isaiah Collier's college career is now over.

[SpursBills]

Glad I found someone else on CMB island. I don't think he'll ever be a starter, but I view him as a weapon specifically to be used against these lighter centers like Chet, Mobley, Porzingis, maybe Sarr in the future. His build is like a fitter version of Kenneth Lofton Jr. I don't see him ever approaching league-average in regards to 3 point shooting, but he's got the quickness to switch on the perimeter and the size to punish small teams down low both as a rebounder and as a scorer. I think it's a reasonable bet that he has a Brandon Clarke-like impact as a valuable bench guy down the road, definitely worth a second rounder for me and I'm hoping teams stay away from him due to his complete lack of shooting.

Damn, at this rate this kid is going lottery. 24/7/4/2 on 11/15 today and doesn't turn 19 until the draft as South Carolina goes from last in the SEC last year to close to a top 10 ranking in 1 year.

[The Truth #6]

His asst/TO ratio is < 2. That’s awful for a PG. I mean people on Topic for not being able to shoot, but this guy can’t shoot OR pass.

He has good vision. He's young and plays aggressive and as freshman makes mistakes. But that doesn't mean he can't pass.

Tre Jones would be a counterpoint. Safe. Average to below average vision. Has great A/T ratio but doesn't mean he's a great passer.

[sfernald]

You guys know most of us don’t want to read all this back and forth school girl . We would like to talk and read about the nba draft. Please control yourselves. Post this in your twitter.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You guys know most of us don’t want to read all this back and forth school girl . We would like to talk and read about the nba draft. Please control yourselves. Post this in your twitter.

I would expect 'most of us' would see half this forum rising up against me in multiple threads. I am sure you would like me to stop but I think I will just continue putting you up for display.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Alright so let us review.

We ended last night with bag in a narcissistic rage. He finally spent himself out with the random and quite creepy comment about my Thanksgiving.

So when I got on today I saw that Dulcinea had posted. Most of bags arguments are longwinded but really can be countered completely with just a few sentences. So I made one:

Risacher, Sarr, and Topic are still top 3 in most drafts I see.

and right soon after 3 posts all within a couple minutes:

could be good synergy between Castle and Sheppard... their skill overlap could look something like Butler/Lowry tbh

Was thinking something similar, but would you run a Shep-Castle-Vassell lineup? Feels pretty small.

yeah was about to go back and edit the post to say just that

troll swarm hive mind

the likes on this one as well:

Thanks scott thanked for this postLikes spurraider21, heyheymymy liked this post

Where have we seen this before.

Regardless, that is bag showing predatory sociopathic behavior.

[spurraider21]

Alright so let us review.

[Russ]

Isaiah Collier's college career is now over.

But I'm sure he'll continue to attend classes . . .

[vy65]

[FuzzyLumpkins]

yes bag. continue attacking my character as opposed to my arguments.

Normal people will realize that I do not give a about how I look. I am triggering your mental illness over and over again. It is not cool but then you are you.

[rascal]

Castle will be a solid combo guard. He will be a fan favorite because he will do many things to win games.

He will have enough offense to not be a liability there even if he doesn't shoot the 3 at a really high clip. He's all around better than Topic. Spurs will still have holes on the roster and it's not going to be a one year fix for this team.

Still have to add a couple of solid 3 pt shooters preferably one at pg and a high volume scoring wing and a better big who can play some in the post to allow Wemby some flexibilty to more around and play pf at times.

[Rubberducky]

yes bag. continue attacking my character as opposed to my arguments.

Normal people will realize that I do not give a about how I look. I am triggering your mental illness over and over again. It is not cool but then you are you.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I am actually done with this part. I got what I needed already. I have been saying what I have been doing the whole time. That is why the argument should be most impactful because they are not able to help themselves anyway.

[Dejounte]

Castle looks like a 6’6” version of Tre Jones when I watch him play. Good ball handler but so little creativity and he doesn’t attack the basket with a plan like special players do… he just makes regular passes like any competent NBA player should do. And for someone supposedly good at defense, he sure does leave his man open at the 3 point line a lot.

….and this isn’t me trolling rascal but just my honest opinion on Castle.

[CGD]

Caricaturing a liltle It seems there's a develpment or assisant coach for every little thing in the NBA today like shoe lace development coach or coffe machine assistant.

Wut?

[CGD]

Ah I see

In french it has a connotation of lack of competency mainly

which might very well be the case of today’s Spurs FO tbh, as I pointed before, constant personnel turnovers naturally leads to less competency at some point

Could you explain it to the rest of us? I assure no one else on this board gets the reference to “Mexican armies”

[rascal]

Castle looks like a 6’6” version of Tre Jones when I watch him play. Good ball handler but so little creativity and he doesn’t attack the basket with a plan like special players do… he just makes regular passes like any competent NBA player should do. And for someone supposedly good at defense, he sure does leave his man open at the 3 point line a lot.

….and this isn’t me trolling rascal but just my honest opinion on Castle.

Castle is much better than Tre Jones. Can Tre Jones cut to the basket and take down a lob pass for a dunk? Is Tre Jones strong enough to fight through screens and stay with his man on defense?

[Dejounte]

Castle is much better than Tre Jones. Can Tre Jones cut to the basket and take down a lob pass for a dunk? Is Tre Jones strong enough to fight through screens and stay with his man on defense?

To your first question: that’s why I said Castle is a 6’6” version of Tre Jones because with a couple more inches he can do that.

To your second: big whoop. Being a little bit better on defense than Tre (actually debatable since as I mentioned, he loses his man on threes) isn’t particularly that exciting

[Ariel]

Stephon Castle seems like a nice pick up at the mid teens, but there's guys of that archetype (big guards with all around games that can defend and pass but not shoot), every draft, like Anthony Black, Dyson Daniels, etc. I feel like we're more likely to get his type later on, than we are of getting a big skilled wing like Buzelis or a scoring lead guard like Dillingham. Also, as pointed out by several others, he overlaps with Sochan's skill set and role, and I'd add with Tre Jones, Blake Wesley, and even Cissoko. At some point you can't use your entire developmental quota on players who all have the same fatal flaw, and that may be a problem putting 2 of them together on the floor at once in a playoff game.
More so by exclusion than anything else, I keep circling around Dillingham and Sheppard at PG, and Buzelis and Knecht at the wing. As possible alternatives, I'd take a closer look at Topic and Collier at PG, and Risacher and Cody Williams as wings. And I don't rule out Sarr, because I still see in him some qualities you can't teach (size, length, how he moves, flashes of skill) and if we're going to take someone who doesn't fit, I'd rather go with him than anyone else.

[rascal]

Stephon Castle seems like a nice pick up at the mid teens, but there's guys of that archetype (big guards with all around games that can defend and pass but not shoot), like Anthony Black, Dyson Daniels, etc. I feel like we're more likely to get his type later on, than we are of getting a big skilled wing like Buzelis or a scoring lead guard like Dillingham. Also, as pointed out by several others, he overlaps with Sochan's skill set and role, and I'd add with Tre Jones, Blake Wesley, and even Cissoko. At some point you can't use your entire developmental quota on players who all have the same fatal flaw, and that may be a problem putting 2 of them together on the floor at once in a playoff game.
More so by exclusion than anything else, I keep circling around Dillingham and Sheppard at PG, and Buzelis and Knecht at the wing. As possible alternatives, I'd take a closer look at Topic and Collier at PG, and Risacher and Cody Williams as wings. And I don't rule out Sarr, because I still see in him some qualities you can't teach (size, length, how he moves, flashes of skill) and if we're going to take someone who doesn't fit, I'd rather go with him than anyone else.

Why are people on a white guy, Buzelis, who can't shoot.