Cody Williams - 2024 NBA Draft Prospect

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Probably, but no way I'd have taken him over Castle.

That's you. NBA GM's took Sarr, Risacher and Reed before Castle...

[rascal]

Well last year I was thrilled to get #4 since figured Castle would slip there, as ATL and HOU definitely didn't want him so it was between WAS and us. And when Sarr poisoned the well with ATL forcing his way to WAS that basically let Steph fall to us as long as HOU didn't trade the pick. This year unless the Spurs advance to the top 4 I doubt we get Kon at #8 through #10 and can't say I'm too big a fan of anyone other than Kon after the guys who will go top 4. And not a fan of the one guy who might slip (Bailey).

Kon will likely be there at 8.

Flagg, Harper, Bailey, VJ, Tre Johnson, Fears and Queen are most likely the top 7 picks.

[ZeusWillJudge]

He HAD the talent to be drafted as high as he was, but he took three nasty injuries in his one year at Colorado. He should have been sidelined, and come back for another season in college. He fractured his wrist, came back and got his orbital bone fractured in practice, came back and suffered a complete ligament tear in his ankle just before the Pac-12 championship. Colorado's medical staff should be run out of town for putting him back on the floor that season. The orbital fracture had left him with double vision and the ankle injury limited his explosiveness (which was never elite) and his offense fell off a cliff. The worst possible thing that could have happened to him was to go to the worst team in the league, with a bunch of defense-optional teammates. Picking him at 10 may not have been any dumber than Orlando taking Chuma Okeke in the first round after his late injury the year before. I kind of liked him with the Spurs second pick because P3 did a lot of kinematic testing on him last summer that showed his rehab was at around 90%, and his data looked a LOT like his brother's. And if I remember right, his combine numbers were better than Jalen's. BUT... I was thinking in terms of him spending a season in the G-League, rehabbing and working his way back.

Right now I could see Utah not picking up their team option for his third year, but then him going to play in Europe for 2-3 seasons and coming back much better. If he isn't shot physically, he's a capable defender who could become a very good defender. But I don't care how well he defends, nobody can shoot sub-.400 from 2P and stay on a roster. From > 3 feet, I think he was worse than Boban. There's just no explanation for how bad his shooting was. Nobody who was high on him could have seen that coming.

[Ice009]

Do you mean he shot less than 40% from 2P range, or that percentage from > 3 feet?