Merged: The Draft Thread For Stuff About The Draft Including Thoughts About The Draft

I'd like to think we have a 100% chance that we land one starter out of the three picks regardless of draft position.

 

It going depends how good our scouting team is with potential players. Plus what potential players going show up when they come in with there workouts. I just wish Olshey would get these workout started.

 

Oh there you go again with alternative facts. Our picks suck duh! haha

 

Chris Boucher could be a surprise out of this draft.

 

A list like this is pretty useless in this draft. The predictions I've seen are so inconsistent, and there are so many talented players at 1 through 40, that all three of the guys you like for our first pick could be available to us each time we pick--or none of them could be.

 

Nbadraft.net updated their mock draft today and unless i'm blind they left Hamidou Diallo off the list completely. ???

Did he pull out?

 

Real men don't

 

And then they go to jail.

 

lol I think having a kid is more realistic

 

Yes.

 

Man, Jordan Bell makes so many mistakes defensively. In some games there's fewer glaring ones, but he still has a lot of work to do to become a reliable defender on a play by play basis in the NBA.

And I don't care what his agility numbers are. He struggles to change direction and doesn't cover much ground with his strides. Basically the opposite of the switch/pnr big defender prototype, Tristan Thompson. He's quick and nimble in certain situations, but the lack of ranginess+fluid hips is worrying to me, Especially when you add that he's a pretty low IQ pnr defender at this point (I don't think he's been coached well here).

Is he enough of a freak athlete to make for that? He better be, because if he's not, the length isn't there to bail him out if he's beat in space situations.

I have been impressed with his passing on the move though which makes me hopeful that he'll be an option in short roll situations. Problem is, I'm not sure how good of a finisher he'll be on non-dunks. We saw what GS did to Plumlee, and I think you'll be able to employ the same strategy w/Bell on the floor if he becomes a rotation player on a playoff team.

 

I rend to agree with you. I wached a game vs UCLA last night to focus on Bell. He was ok, but didn't stand out to me. On the other hand Ike did stand out.
I'll need to watch a couple more games to see if that was an anomaly

 

But... But... Blocks...

 

Wednesday deadline passed, any surprise withdrawals?

Thomas Welsh
Hamidou Diallo

I didn't realize that Grayson Allen had already decided to return to Duke. Forgot about him.

 

Diallo, Grayson and Welsh out of the Draft.

Bolden currently 40's to undrafted in most Mocks but one person I spoke to thinks he goes early 2nd round.

 

I continue watching Dennis Smith jr highlights. Still not sure how good a player he is or would become.
He's not Russel Westbrook, a bit shorter and not as explosive but he is a solid player. He does get his teammates involved, I don't think I was right saying he hogs the ball and he does score well in a variety of ways.
He was really the main offensive player on that team (two other players worth mentioning are Maverick Rowen and Abdul Malik Abu) and they won no more than half the games I watched him so the question I think is how good he can be on a team where he's not "the man".
Here are his highlights from one of his team's biggest wins, against Duke

 

He's going to be gone at #15, #20, and #26. So why reach for a 3rd guard, to put on a guaranteed contract, that won't play consistent mins to develop?

 

This is kind of entertaining: https://theringer.com/nba-draft-casual-fan-guide-2017-josh-jackson-deaaron-fox-f89ef73bd37c

 

Diallo is a bit of a surprise. Maybe he thought he wasn't ready, but I bet his camp just wasn't hearing enough first round talk.

Welsch is a guy I always thought would play 4 years. He's a big, smart, low mistake center who I think moves pretty well for his size. Think it's going to be hard for him to find his way onto a roster though with fewer teams rostering multiple straight 5's that aren't starting level guys.