Event 2018 NBA Draft

Oh ok.

 

What a dumb article! In what world is Kevin Knox going to be available at #24? Also, Baldwin isn't a free agent.

 

I’ve been watching videos on Kenrich Williams, I like him. He’d be the type of guy you buy a second round pick for.

 

News out of the draft combine say it's Chicago at 22 that has promised Chandler Hutchinson.

 

Which once again makes promising someone this early incredibly stupid because now anyone who wants him will simply jump up to 21.

 

Yeah, but it also alerts teams that if they want him they can come deal with Chicago as well. I just don't understand why a prospect would want to limit himself to the 22nd pick. With some solid workouts he might be able to get himself into the mid teens.

 

Idk, me personally if Chicago said we promise you at 22 I’d be happy because the only other realistic desirable location would be San Antonio at #18 and that’s only because of the uncertainty of Kawhi, which would mean more PT at a great organization.

 

I watched Khyri Thomas a lot this year. Probably the best wing defender in the draft. Reminds me of Bruce Bowen. Lockdown D.

 

If Chicago REALLY wants him then they screwed themselves now that it is out. If they were just trying to get more value out of the pick then Hutchison and his agent are being used as a pawn and are stupid. Other than a lack of depth I don't see why anyone would be happy going to the Bulls and not trying to improve their draft position. I refuse to believe that there isn't more going on here. Either his agent knew he wouldn't test and measure well at the combine and is protecting him or it's a ploy to make him more mysterious (which sometimes works). Considering he just turned 22 and would be much higher rated if he was 2 years younger it may simply be that they are trying to offset that knock on him.

 

Could he be a Terry Rozier type?

 

Rozier is a natural PG. I haven't seen Thomas in a distributing role.

 

So closer to a Donovan Mitchell? Not saying that he is Mitchell but coming out of college Mitchell was known for his defense.

 

Or Jrue Holiday

 

Jrue is a really big guard, he’s like the same size as Kidd/Smart.

 

Jrue is 6'4 and Thomas is 6'3.75 according to tankathon, so allmost the same height like holiday and Thomas has a 6'10.5 Wingspan.

 

Trade up to 21.

 

I still have a feeling San Antonio promised him at 18. Makes no sense for Hutchison to settle for 22nd to Chicago, and I think that's a smokescreen.. The only organization worth sitting on instead of trying to get drafted higher would be San Antonio due to their reputation of player development. Their looking to trade Kawhi so replacing him with another late-blooming, 6'7 with a 7ft+ wingspan rookie from the Mountain West Conference makes sense. In my mock draft video dropping tomorrow, I'll probably have him going at #18.

 

So I'm planning on gathering up some fellow YouTubers and doing a community mock draft... Maybe 5 or 6 of us control 4 teams or so and make trades and select players.

If you guys would be interested in watching a Live Stream where you guys could interact with me while I participate in this, let me know. I think that would be fun.

 

I'm in, if you want me to be.